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Thursday March 14th, 2024 at 12:53 AM

xkcd.com
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Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.
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tedder
35 days ago
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What did he get wrong?
Uranus
aakashm
34 days ago
If you get your reentry from orbit wrong in a particularly bad way, you can 'bounce' off the atmosphere and end up a loooong way from Earth
Vixy
34 days ago
Ohhh, now I get it, Carl's supposed to be IN the spaceship.
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Pylgrimm
34 days ago
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Damn, how did he get the hair SO right.
iustinp
34 days ago
Damn, I didn't see it, now I can't unsee it. It's indeed perfect!

A Cat Covered in Toxic Chemicals Is Terrorizing Japan by Thomas Germain
Wednesday March 13th, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Gizmodo
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The city of Fukuyama, Japan is on high alert after a cat fell into a vat of toxic chemicals and escaped into the night. Officials warned the animal is covered in hexavalent chromium, and residents should be careful not to touch any “cat that seems abnormal.”

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tedder
35 days ago
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The origin story of catzilla
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Red Line Through HTTPS
Saturday June 18th, 2022 at 1:24 AM

xkcd.com
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Some organization has been paying to keep this up and it hasn't been removed from search results. Seems like two votes of confidence to me.
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tedder
669 days ago
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so good.
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rtreborb
670 days ago
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Clicking OK sends the website owner a word of encouragement to keep up the good fight.
San Antonio, TX

Justice Department Slams Portland Police for Unconstitutional Abuses by Tim Dickinson
Friday May 7th, 2021 at 10:20 PM

Politics – Rolling Stone
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In violent crackdowns of police-accountability protests, the Portland Police Bureau saw "all force as justified"
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tedder
1076 days ago
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Well summarized.
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Hug Count
Saturday February 6th, 2021 at 1:04 AM

xkcd.com
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I've never been that big of a hug person, but it turns out I'm not quite this small of a hug person either.
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tedder
1166 days ago
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Happy that handshakes are gone, but I miss hugs.
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1170 days ago
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skorgu
1163 days ago
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I predict late-2021 to require that chart to be re-scaled. I'm gonna hug *everyone*.
alt_text_bot
1171 days ago
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I've never been that big of a hug person, but it turns out I'm not quite this small of a hug person either.

Watch movers deliver Trump's junk to his Florida golf course apartment by Jason Weisberger
Monday January 18th, 2021 at 2:37 PM

Boing Boing
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Soon-to-be-Ex President Trump is apparently going to illegally reside in his mansion-converted-into-a-golf-clubhouse. — Read the rest

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tedder
1185 days ago
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"moving fans" is a delightful accident.
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fxer
1184 days ago
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His overall design aesthetic is “Saddam Hussein garage sale”
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dreadhead
1184 days ago
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One van was reported to be leaking "piss".
Vancouver Island, Canada
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