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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But I’d argue that my decision to live near where there are job opportunities was part of my planning process.

Didn't you start this by saying people should move out of cities and get homes where they are affordable?

Sounds like you need to make up your mind.

 

Pretty meh soup, by the way. Not worth the price... but I see the word 'coconut' and I can't resist.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

Robin. He's fucking sick of caves. Do you know what bat guano smells like?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Hooray, already on both of those types of drugs for other reasons (not mental health, a nerve disorder). So they probably won't help. Thanks though!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I just saw that series recently. What a wonderful show.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Back in the old analog days, the recording studio I managed kept around a toaster oven, because old tapes can get sticky because the binder has gotten soft and that's how you harden it again.

 
 

The Shiva hypothesis, also known as coherent catastrophism, is the idea that global natural catastrophes on Earth, such as extinction events, happen at regular intervals because of the periodic motion of the Sun in relation to the Milky Way galaxy.

Initial proposal in 1979

William Napier and Victor Clube in their 1979 Nature article, ”A Theory of Terrestrial Catastrophism”,[1] proposed the idea that gravitational disturbances caused by the Solar System crossing the plane of the Milky Way galaxy are enough to disturb comets in the Oort cloud surrounding the Solar System. This sends comets in towards the inner Solar System, which raises the chance of an impact. According to the hypothesis, this results in the Earth experiencing large impact events about every 30 million years (such as the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event).

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

It was sarcasm.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Trump will mandate more lead pipes. "They took the sweetness out of the water! Water used to be sweet! It isn't sweet anymore! We like sweet water, don't we, folks?"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"If people starve to death because we have no post-disaster emergency services, that's God's will."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

Again, how do you plan for that? Most towns only have one or two companies per type of occupation.

Bear in mind that 78% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck so regularly moving elsewhere is not an option.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/

This kind of sounds like one of those Boomer "I got a job at 18 and started saving and paid for college and bought a house" things that are no longer possible in 2024.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

What. The. Fuck.

I'm watching the live stream from WFLA, which is a St. Petersburg station. He's a photo of a bridge leaving the area right now (just after noon on Tuesday Florida time.)

Either most people with cars have evacuated or there are a lot of people who may learn the last lesson of their lives. I hope the former.

Also, the eye apparently will pass right over Cape Canaveral.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be amazing if there were some sort of fully-indexed global network of computers full of information where you could do something like type the words "Logan Paul" into a text box and instantly get an answer about who that person is?

Alas...

 

Bill Adair, PolitiFact creator and Knight Professor of Journalism at Duke University, sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his upcoming book, “Beyond the Big Lie.” He reveals how his fact-checking site operates with the simple missive of answering people’s curiosities, deciphering political speech amidst the rise of social media, and the government’s role in combatting misinformation and disinformation.

 
 
 
 

Edit: Just found this graphic. Tampa could very well be fucked on a Katrina level without any levees breaking.

 
 
 
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