Author: solarbird
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Any bike people from North King County here?
Okay so. Seattle maintains a bike map. The Eastside, thanks to the 2 Line opening for partial service real soon, has started publishing a bike map. But nobody does a Northshore bike map connecting the two. UNTIL NOW Here’s what I know about from Shoreline through the Northshore towns (Lake Forest Park, Kenmore), out to…
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yes in fact i would download this shirt
I have never seen or wanted anything more “mirror universe Star Trek” than this 3D-printed shirt in my entire life. Yes, it’s a shirt. Yes, it’s still amazing, and no, not because it’s 3D printed, though that doesn’t hurt anything. It’s the self-closing front seam that does it. Pull open the seam in the front,…
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Dave Reichert hasn’t become some kind of moderate
It may be a little difficult to believe now, but once upon a time Dave Reichert, Republican candidate for Washington State governor, was semi-popular here. He got the nickname “Batman” when he jumped out of a car to stop some sort of assault – a mugging, I think? – in progress when he was sheriff,…
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Tell NBC News what you think of Ronna McDaniel
Should you wish to tell NBC News what you think of hiring serial-liar, election-denier, and coup defender and thus participant Ronna McDaniel, NBC News have a contact email for the editorial staff. I recommend you let them know what you think. I certainly did. #nbc #nbcnews … [more]
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okay gastrodonians gimmie a hand with this
So I have this skillet. Obviously, it’s a skillet. And it looks like a cheap skillet – real cheap. But I don’t think it is. The handle is cast iron or steel of some kind, despite being silver. The handle is also magnetic and heavy. The actual pan part, however, is aluminium, with no hint…
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this is some 1820s science right here
What. “We have discovered that hard, electrical conductors (e.g., metals or graphite) can be adhered to soft, aqueous materials (e.g., hydrogels, fruit, or animal tissue) without the use of an adhesive. The adhesion is induced by a low DC electric field.“ Most importantly: it stays stuck with the voltage turned off. It’s stable for MONTHS.…
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Yumi and the Weather
Ever wondered what Lush would’ve sounded like as a high-energy cowboy band?… [more]
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Fascism Watch: Pot-pourri Edition
Here we go. This is clearing everything else off the deck. At least it’s sorted. Climate first: MAGA Republicans Have a 920-Page Plan to Make Climate Change Worse. Here’s What It Says. You know how one of Trump’s “Day One Dictator” plan is “Drill, drill, drill?” The US is producing more oil than it has…
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Fascism Watch Catch-Up: Authoritarianism Edition
What’s there to say? Trump says some migrants are ‘not people’, and warns of ‘bloodbath’ if he loses. He means the former, he hopes for the latter. He said years ago that the way you get “real change” is when there’s riots in the streets, and he wants those riots. Dictator Trump says he will…
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Fascism Watch Catch-Up: Fundamentalist Fascism
This is going to be something akin to a list post, if not a true list post. Sorry, I’m not fond either. I never know in these things – should I start low key and build up, or lead with an overhand smash and fill out details? Eh, I’m not even sure I have time…
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Fascism Watch Catch-Up: Anti-LGBT activism and disinformation
Okay, so let’s catch up a little bit. Seems all I’m doing lately to be honest, but, well, it is what it is. First, a quick update on our internal refugee situation: Elle: Gender Refugees Explained Let’s move to disinformation. The fundamentalist movement, which forms the core of the MAGA fascist movement, has trafficked in…
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I’m about to hit you all with like four posts
I was determined to get through the backload of links and stuff, and I’ve done it. It’s not my best work but at least it’ll be out there. So: incoming, starting tomorrow morning. … [more]