Christmas Dame, future patron saint of bachelors, fact-checker Voted most likely to do the thing everyone knows you shouldn't do Testing your posts for factuality and reproducibility.
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Last Notes npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc Not insulting anyone, still keeping it professional. Just going to make one employee own it until they solve it or find someone better. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc Lawyer sent them a letter already. Apparently they have just been circular filing everything. No worries. I'm now in the "make this personal" phase, where I make an individual responsible for handling this until they pass me onto someone more qualified or authoritative. Sending the sheriff out again is always an option. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Another controversial opinion: People on welfare should be punished for having kids after going on welfare. Not sure I'm ready to say take away their kids and boot them off the system, but maybe make them take a year of adulting classes if they get pregnant after going on the dole. Classes about parenting and budgeting and learning a skill. And if they don't attend the class, they go to jail and get their benefits cut. No more baby factories. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8wa5 @nprofile…p4t6 $32M each: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Droptail npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5h8v I was at Frugal MacDoogal in Fort Mill. That was the closest border point from my house, so closest place to get fireworks. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Liquor companies already on the shelf in NC prefer the government controlled system: they only have to convince a few people on a committee that their bottles should be sold, not every single store. Plus, companies in NC get a boost. Winning that presentation means your stuff is available in nearly every store in every county. Stores can not sell it, but they can't choose not on the approved list. Which is why South Carolina liquor stores are more interesting than NC stores. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…jw0c He's not in Europe. He's been told sims and phones are only for citizens. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…70x8 Nice touch with the rama rama at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yeBmSFkC4 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l7un It was a good community. We had something in common, and a regular in-stream of new topics. That led to a lot more constructive interaction than we have now. I like it here, but we're really just a bunch of random people saying random things. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Still shopping for a cheap phone. Amazon is useless - The majority of phones listed aren't 5G, even though I used 5G as a search term. I thought 5G would be as important a filter as color or storage, which is obviously why I'm not a fancy Amazon engineer. Tried searching the web in general. If your list of "best cheap phones" ranges from $227 to $429, you don't understand what "cheap" means. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…rq7v Most people don't even know what Watergate was. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye It was very eco-conscious of the attempted shooter to take the train from California to D.C. It's important to always minimize your environmental impact. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…dlsx The idiot at work went. He's a white guy, but he also got distracted by a firetruck and went to the wrong house, so I'm not sure he's a good data point. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…zm7x I kind of want him to come back at the end of the trip, not be on the news in a prisoner swap two years from now. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Question for frequent travelers: What is an item that you recommend folks buy to make traveling easier or more pleasant? TJ Jr. has a birthday and a big trip on the horizon. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc But it takes $4K to move into an apartment (deposit plus rent) and $100K+ to move into a tiny home. If there's no financing to help with that, it's not going to happen. Plus there are apartments everywhere and few places for a tiny home. Don't get me wrong - I had high hopes for tiny homes, but the deck is stacked against them. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc So now you have the price of the tiny home, plus the price of the land, plus code compliance. It becomes unaffordable very quickly. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc One of the problems was that cities made it hard to park your tiny house. They treated them like RVs and refused to let them have a long term parking space. (Many cities also ban trailer parks.) The other problem was that a lot of them cost more than a young person could afford with cash, and there wasn't a loan company working in that space. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mllk I don't know much about those two states. Decades ago I was in Washington for a party, and a bunch of us trooped down to the sheriff's office to get a CCP. It was a form and a fee back then. Probably pulled in a nice bit of cash from out of towners with very little effort. Don't know if you can still do that. Bit of trivia on Washington state: large portions of it are designated a rain forest, just not a tropical rain forest. Those parts are gorgeous. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye West Virginia split from Virginia due to ideological differences, and that split has been very wide lately. They eliminated some government commissions and expanded constitutional carry to 18-20 year olds. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/west-virginia-expands-constitutional-carry-18-20-year/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Eu finally approves deporting unwanted migrants. There is a lot of planning and negotiating still to be done, so it might be awhile before Europe starts actually shipping people to anywhere else. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/era-deportations-has-begun-eu-parliament-approves-member/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye One advantage Firefly has in SciFi TV show rankings is that there hasn't been any sequels ruining everyone's memory of the show. No gender swapping, no race swapping, no orientation swapping. No messaging, no lectures, no wokesplaining. If there had been anything released in the Firefly universe in the last 10 years, the old fans would hate it and there would be no new fans. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…4p2j We've got to recover from many of years of not hiring qualified people because they didn't check enough boxes. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…4p2j I'm confident that moving the TSA folks over to traffic control is not going to reduce collisions. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye The fire truck was on the runway at LaGuardia because flight crew on another flight were upset at a bad smell and didn't want to wait for a gate. Bet that flight crew feels bad right now. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Chuck Norris update: I heard that at his funeral, he'll be carrying the coffin. When he got to the Pearly Gates, he reviewed St. Peter's life. He told the angels "Be not afraid." npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…swsj But think of all the lesbians you could meet with an Outback! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…swsj Don't do it! I got rid of my box, and six months later had to order a cable that I know was in the box. Getting rid of the box is a guarantee that you'll need those! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…t4me "Sinking" and "sea level rise" are opposites. Is the land going down or is the water going up? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…7ypj Of the folks I know who have gone into the military, not one has mentioned college. The price of college skyrocketed when the government got involved with student loans. Suddenly there was no cap on what schools could charge. Does it really cost $6K/student for four months of buildings and instructors? No, but colleges can charge it and spend it, so they do. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…sqqc @nprofile…c2ja Thanks for that self-portrait. I'll keep it in mind when reading your future posts. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…sqqc @nprofile…c2ja Snopes is pretty left wing. If they couldn't find any evidence, there isn't any. If you would like, I could post links to other debunkers who all say the same thing: there are no court records, and the rumor came from a single person with no proof. If you have anything that would lend this rumor credence, feel free to share. Otherwise, you are just being a useful idiot. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…c2ja In the days of search engines, it's not hard to research things. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-child-rape-settlements/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Well, I made a nice dinner, but I also made a big mess. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…gaa4 One of my relatives got all groceries delivered, then suited up with the home hazmat kit before going outside to wipe down every single item with anti-bacterial wipes. Normally smart guy, Republican, does IT contract work for the Navy, lives in a slightly conservative part of the state. Not sure what happened to his brain for that period. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Looking for good recipes for wings in the air fryer or oven. Nothing too spicy. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting tomatoes in a fruit salad. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mtwd I used secular spark plugs, so I wouldn't have to worry about any religious symbols. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…73ds May be a mis-attributed quote. Maybe. https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/183/936/686/092/024/original/137e5587290a2fee.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…kgrj My new bread box is still a pile of wood, some of which is cut to size. One thing at a time. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Woohoo! With only one mid-job tool run (for a 3/8" extension), I was able to replace all my spark plugs. Not only did the car start on the first try when I was done, the problem I was trying to fix is gone. $50 on spark plugs (could have shopped around for a slightly better price) $60 on tools, most of which I'm likely to use again. (Not sure about the spark plug socket, but at least it was less than $10.) npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye In the past, when I wanted to make carnitas, I would go the carniceria, point to the pork butt and say "3 pounds carnitas" holding up three fingers. The hispanic man behind the counter would cut up 3 pounds into decent sized chunks and that was that. Now all the local butchers are halal, and don't sell pork. Which is why I now have 8 pounds of solid pork butt in the fridge. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I once had a roommate that studied naginata and kanji. This goes out to her. #memes https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/169/838/240/102/948/original/91156983ce2a524c.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Love this headline: "Billy Idol says smoking crack helped him quit heroin: ‘It worked’ " The article doesn't say what he did to quit crack. https://pagesix.com/2026/03/04/celebrity-news/billy-idol-says-smoking-crack-helped-him-quit-heroin-it-worked/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I was joking that maybe Iranian politicians would start making up excuses to attend meetings remotely. My son pointed out that they can't use Zoom or other software because the CIA would be listening, or Mossad, etc. Apparently there is no native Arabic conferencing software. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Tonight I learned about hanging drywall from a guy who hangs drywall. Not a professional drywall installer, just a guy at the MakerSpace who needs a lot of drywall installed to get the place up to code. I don't know what his preferred craft is, but watching him with power tools, it's not woodworking. Everyone is a good example. Sometimes of how to do things, sometimes how not to do things. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…cp6s https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…gaa4 Replacing the breaker yes. Resetting the breaker is just flipping a switch. So: 1. Flip the breaker to off 2. Put in the new outlet / light switch 3. Flip the breaker to on 4. If it stays put, awesome, I'm done. 5. If it flips back to off, move the wires, return to step 3. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…gaa4 I read the directions in the box. Then when the breaker popped, I moved the wires around a bit. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…cz7d CSAM is a misdemeanor? Way to go California! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Hockey memes are still funny. #memes https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/134/398/096/394/624/original/d3eac89f1ea0d30a.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…eqfl Maybe he learned Spanish from a public schol? Just kidding. His parents are rich. He probably went to private schools and hires people to speak Spanish for him. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Meanwhile, a Canadian lost a year and a half of work due to being stressed over the webform for making a hair appointment. (Betting the hair fell out due to meds. Lots and lots of meds.) https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/124/188/855/966/333/original/6db56ae79a246553.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…lsen If you want the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ccGjar4Es npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3qt I wish I could constantly promise something and deliver nothing and still get overpaid. I could come up with some wild promises and costs. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Turns out the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago won't actually have a presidential library. From near the end of the article: " Former President Obama’s official records will be maintained by the federal government at a facility in Maryland, while the Chicago site will be operated privately by the Obama Foundation." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obamas-gift-sticks-taxpayers-200m-bill-chicago-hides-true-costs-presidential-library npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Asking the real questions about the Olympics... #memes https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/122/084/841/367/065/original/b491ed06fd60e403.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3qt Buying a proper magnetic spark plug socket, a simple torque wrench, and the spark plugs is about 1/3 the cost I was quoted to have a mechanic do it. Then I'll have the tools for the next time I need to change spark plugs, so the second time will be an even better bargain. Plus, I like doing this sort of thing. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I'm considering replacing the spark plugs in my car myself. Is there any reason why that's a bad idea? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…swsj I've seen people use a router freehand to carve names into wood for porch signs. Just eyeball the wood, then carve out a name. Meanwhile, I'm over here with my tongue sticking out trying to color inside the lines. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…m0yn Bless your heart. I was a kid a long time before that. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye When I was a kid, I had a friend with a slightly crazy relative. You know, crazy enough that they can't live alone, but not crazy enough to be in an institution. One aspect of this person's craziness was toilet paper insecurity. She would buy a giant pack of toilet paper once or twice a week. Way more than the family needed. They put all the excess in the attic, and the kids used the unopened packages to build forts and furniture. It was cool. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Took junior to Red Robin for a burger at 6PM on a Wednesday. Someone had yarfed in the parking lot recently. How bad are your life choices that you drink yourself sick at a Red Robin during the Wednesday early bird special? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…z99d Isn't Wyoming where the Hollywood folks are buying giant ranches and then not living there? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye 1/2 I want to make a computer stand to get this second PC off the floor. I'll be getting a new robovac soon, which means the stand needs to be okay with getting bumped a lot. This desk is a standard sit/stand desk, and I figure I can hold the stand in place by using cutouts for the horizontal and vertical bar of the desk leg. Easy enough. I made a cardboard model to make sure I was measuring everything correctly. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…99v0 @nprofile…xyve @nprofile…l4kz @nprofile…lsen @nprofile…2659 @nprofile…zm7x Looks like one of their drivers was near the garbage bins. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…f6wy Can confirm npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz @nprofile…7ddz Cool. I can ship it out tomorrow. DM me the details. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…7ddz @nprofile…l4kz He was the first person to come to mind, but I think he does console games. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Attention old school gamers: While going through some stuff I discovered a CD from "MicroProse" that claims to be "Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers". The disk says it will work on Windows 95. I will ship it to the first person who wants it, for the low, low price of a shipping name and address. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_%E2%80%93_Duels_of_the_Planeswalkers npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…0f68 Now that's just kicking a man while he's down! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye San Francisco was giving free booze to homeless people: "During its operation, the program served only 55 people, translating to an average cost of roughly $454,000 per client." That's some quality booze! Or a lot of graft. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/san-francisco-ends-5m-year-program-supplied-alcohol-homeless-addicts npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mllk Will they have to turn off the phones during takeoff and landing? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Time for a new conspiracy theory! #memes https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/019/905/886/657/360/original/a8f4ef6bfd1a4d22.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…swsj The local pizza places always start off brave, claiming they'll be open all day, but they usually give in to the drivers and close early. Random trivia: the Domino's closest to UNCC is open until 3AM, 7 days a week. Except for snow days. All the other pizza places close at normal times. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Based on the extremely scientific method of looking out the window, I would guess we had at least an inch of snow, and it's still snowing. Remember to tip your delivery drivers a little extra today! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…zm7x By the time your repost is approved, you'll be off the timeline. May as well just post a screenshot and be done with it. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…jz6f No, robocopy from the Windows box to the NAS server. It was getting hung on the $RECYCLE.BIN. I had to change it to "recycler". npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz Why is the "6-Minute Daily" 90 minutes long? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…zm7x This was when that song was still popular. Midnight Oil was one of those lecture bands. Very few Americans care about the history of the indigenous people of Australia, but that was a big focus for their songs and chatter. The venue was not around for long, as most people like a drink with their show, in case the lead singer starts going on about his politics. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Relative called needing help with email. When he logged in, he got Copilot instead of Outlook. He heard AI could solve anything, so he asked Copilot for help: #AI https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/935/184/737/401/581/original/4c5504ca93c2192c.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…r4e5 He is able to say with full conviction, that you have a full right to practice your religion in peace, and that if you don't practice your religion his way, you don't deserve peace. And he doesn't see the contradiction there at all. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye In light of the new Star Trek series, let's take a look back at some classic moments. #memes https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/903/093/658/607/377/original/e13542edf882ded9.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I did not know this: "...internal bleeding can also be classified as a bruise or contusion that causes mild or serious injury." Anyway, the ICE agent has over a million waiting for him. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15468001/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-millionaire-renee-nicole-good.html npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Watched "This Is Spinal Tap" tonight. It holds up well. According to Wikipedia, when the band gets lost backstage, that's based on a Tom Petty incident. Other musicians loved the whole movie, especially the getting lost part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap#Reactions_from_musicians npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Me: hey browser, here's the first few letters of a website I visit every day. browser: I'll autocomplete that to the site you visited that one time two years ago! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Anyway, later we're doing some other exercise, and someone mentions a Dilbert trope. The facilitator had never heard of the comic strip, so we all started telling our favorite strips and punch lines. He kept saying "that's bad, that's bad" to all the knocks against management. Probably the worst group that guy ever facilitated. There were different races, and different ages and all that, but we all got along fine and didn't think much of him. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Back in the day, a bunch of us were sent to a diversity class, back when they were just as stupid, but new and less aggro. Nearly everyone in the room was a field tech - no desk jockeys. The facilitator was some scrawny little black dude. First off, we're supposed to describe a situation where we were unique. I start off with "I go to a lot of tech meetings like this - where I'm the only perky one." The group is laughing because I'm the only female. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…c2ja I am also human female. But I was raised by boys, so I'm not familiar with the ways of women. Kind of like a cat raised by dogs. I've had female roommates a few times. I don't recommend it. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc Ask them crazy questions, like if they prefer the movie or the book version. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Many years ago I had a side gig distributing CDs to goth clubs and college radio stations. A small label would send me a collection of CDs, and I would drop them off at appropriate places, then send playlists to the label proving that I was doing my job. Even though I only did goth clubs and goth DJs, I got sent this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlDjEd8gAkI #music npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz Note to self: Do not wear clothing that stands out like a red flag when assaulting ICE agents. Second note to self: buy a belt. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8f3a There usually is something up at the top. Here's DuckDuckGo: https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/856/727/141/838/294/original/ac7d2461e080e996.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye NY Post does a Freudian slip refering to the woman killed by an ICE agent as "morally wounded". https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/video-shows-ice-agent-shoot-woman-in-minneapolis-who-tried-to-hit-officer-with-car-dhs-says/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz I'm really bad at jumping in games. Sometimes I have my son sit in to get me through a spot. They could charge people $ to get them unstuck. It would be worth it to not hear him complain about my settings. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye My company has been doing stealth layoffs every December. This allows them to avoid the WARN Act. We just hired two people in November, and I made it to January, so I figured I was safe. But the new hires are in Manila, not the US. The one guy left in Scotland is also getting laid off. If the lady in Ottawa was also axed, my entire team has been moved to Manila. The quality of work from the Manila team isn't great, but they are so cheap management didn't care. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Welp. Just got laid off. I didn't like the job, but at least it paid the bills while my job search went nowhere. Not sure what to do now. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz Didn't they just get hacked again? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…zfce Red state politicians are welcoming them, but the red state citizens have a different view. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…jw0c Well, I certainly misremembered the details on that one. Thanks for the link.