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Senior: “Yeah, we can’t change that because it will break everything.”

No one seemed to mention the important fact that UK and I think most Europe is a higher voltage than the US. Tom Scott as well as Technology Connections have some good videos on the whys and differences it causes.

Good luck, red states. You wanted this.

That erosion evidence would go through the Strait, but the point is that they found it from well into the Atlantic and on into the Mediterranean. Erosion in the Strait alone wouldn’t be enough to suggest massive water movement.

That shot was a glancing blow and would have gone through had it been a direct hit. The stupid part (done for the movie effect) was him taking it off and looking at it, as he clearly was in sight of someone shooting, maybe a sniper, and he should have taken the lucky bounce as a warning he was an easy target. But also, that beach was a slaughterhouse so the odds were still not great to survive even if he had taken cover.

Anyone can be a carrier. Which is why distancing and masking was important for everyone, in that order. That we didn’t do very well. So surprise, Covid everywhere.

Working on the ramp we learned “if the red is on the right, you’re in the wrong place.” I.e., planes have the right-of-way over anyone else normally.

“The solution to pollution is dilution.”

The body has evolved methods of protecting and ridding itself of bad things. It sucks at the time, but don’t try to go against what your body is trying to fix.

The first time I saw this and he got to the part about your hand not going through the chair, and how magnets just do the same thing at a distance, it was like seeing the Matrix briefly. Definite “oh shit” moment. Also gave me a flashback of Sagan telling me that matter was basically comprised of nothing. By accident Lucas was right - the Force is all around us, binding us. It’s all forces.

The transition is part of the problem. Even if the wealthy agreed, such a change couldn’t happen quickly as it would break the very society that the world exists on.

Then there’s the issue that 30% is still far too high, illustrating how even though we toss around the population number a lot, we do not comprehend what a huge number that is.

If campaigns were run purely on facts, the GOP probably wouldn’t exist at this point.

blowing around wet leaves with a leaf blower.

One does not simply blow wet leaves with a leaf blower. It is folly.

It was more of a statement than a question, and “is that what you saw” more rhetorical to get Pippin to tell what else he saw.

Oh no, not the strawberry catastrophe from The Mote in God’s Eye.

The parallel is with not having great choices against him, as well as an established GOP who could pull the votes when they need them. Outside of that, the problems and crimes, and the level of insanity were different.

What about Reagan? Same parallel of weak opposition, for a much longer time since Bush followed, and Clinton was more centrist. Perhaps that’s a start of the movement to the center.

Elected, but they didn’t say who elected him.

And I read somewhere that CVS store employees don’t get the better healthcare version that their own company owns.

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure”

It’s a byproduct of our society to ask what value your work does rather than you as a person. A better question would be “what stuff are you interested in?” I bet taking that spin will actually make people stop and think a second not only because it’s not the normal question, but people have lots of interests and now they’ll have to pick one that they want to share.

And it isn’t a hard rule the President has to nominate a VP, although that makes some things more difficult.