8% is still too high. No one should profit from people being imprisoned.

Ligma nuts.

Me? I’m a Ligma male.

Unions are like condoms, in that regard.

A third or so of the country believes the right wing propaganda machine that has been churning for decades.

For everyone else, we’re constantly offered a choice between a center-right neoliberal, or an outright fascist. We’re just voting for how fast the country falls.

I upgraded to a nickel-plated nozzle, and it made a noticeable difference in PETG sticking to the nozzle less. Not a huge difference, but worth the few extra dollars.

All. Cops.

Think of it like laying rows of bricks. If the bottom row is uneven or off in some way, it’s going to throw every row above it off.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a cop that put it there. At least in the U.S. Do Irish police have as much of a nazi problem?

Yep. The one time Jesus got violent in the Bible, it was against the money lenders.

We don’t have an overpopulation problem. We have with resources being hoarded by a small handful of billionaires.

If I read it correctly, the probe checks periodically, and if it loses contact, it uses the location of known stars to point its antenna back towards the Earth. If that doesn’t work, it’s gone.

I drove an '04 Dakota for years (last year of that body style before they started making them bigger). Loved that truck, perfect size for camping or hauling band equipment.

Sucks that the mid-sized trucks now are bigger that the full-sized trucks from back then.

Part of ADHD. You forget things, beneficial or not. I usually realize when I’m on the way to work, then do the math of turning around for it, and how late I’ll be if I do.

Designer probably got a dimension wrong on the drawing, and the pavers went “Alright, we’ll do it exactly as you say. Teach you to proofread next time…”

Terry Pratchett, author best known for the Discworld series of novels.

Like, just the billionaires on an island? Who will do all the labor required to maintain their lifestyle? Because they sure as he’ll aren’t. To paraphrase Pratchett, it takes a hundred people standing in the mud to keep one person with their head in the clouds.

If the fediverse starts gaining traction, you can bet the mega-corps will use every dirty trick they have to co-opt it or, if that fails, undermine it.

Checked RIF just after midnight. Got a goodbye message and nothing else.

One of my favorite threads was an AMA from Nick Offerman in like 2012. Mostly I liked how if you looked at his comments in order, you could see him getting drunker as the thread went on, eventually posting answers to the wrong questions.