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@ Catoblepas @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • Share your favourite Star Trek trivia in the comments

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  • The ability to do a Vulcan salute is genetic, and I always wonder what Trek would have looked like if Nimoy didn’t have the gene for it. Or if he hadn’t been Jewish, since peeking at the priestly blessing as a kid is what he said inspired it.

    That one is probably too well known. Umm, do we all know about the officially licensed TOS novel Killing Time by Van Hise that had a reprint issued because it was too gay? (Kirk/Spock) I have one of the original versions around the house somewhere.

  • ‘I had to change where my kids sleep’: Man shares terrifying experience, says Amarillo officer tracked him 78 times

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  • An internal audit revealed Eder used police databases to monitor the victim over a five-month span.

    Eder turned himself into the Potter County Jail and was released on a single, $4,500 bond for all 78 charges combined.

    $4500 for 78 charges?? People get higher bail for selling weed.

  • Why the Flock Backlash Has Gotten So Intense. The sudden anger about these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system.

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  • I’ve seen posters taped up under the cameras, but I also see more cameras.

  • The Trick To Stop Speeding Drivers Is Actually More Green Lights

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  • I don’t see anything in the article about building more lights, just altering the timing so that the default light state is red instead of green.

  • The Trick To Stop Speeding Drivers Is Actually More Green Lights

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  • Sounds great, but I don’t live there and do have to deal with drivers and traffic lights, and I would like to implement whatever measures will slow them down. If the first and easiest is altering traffic light patterns, cool, do it. I’m supposed to not want this?

  • The Trick To Stop Speeding Drivers Is Actually More Green Lights

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  • Do you want traffic lights to only turn every 5-10 minutes? Lights were always going to be changing more than transit was arriving, if altering how it changes slows speeding drivers why wouldn’t you want that?

  • How to get rid of extremism

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  • Legitimately congrats on being self aware enough to realize this is a problem you have, plenty of people never do. If you haven’t considered and have access to therapy that could help.

    I would also say just learning more about different perspectives and ways of being helps kill extremism. You can not believe something but also try to understand the minds and experiences of those who do. Even if your conclusion is still ‘they are wrong’, you can at least understand what about their life and experience leads them to their beliefs, and extend to them the understanding that they are also people doing what makes sense to them according to their experiences.

  • Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day

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  • Outside any further evidence I’m fine to say it’s not. Especially when the criticism seemingly stems from a lack of awareness of historical labor movements.

  • Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day

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  • It is literally a labor slogan dating back to the 1800s.

  • I have been... and always shall be... your friend

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  • 🫶🤝👉🤏

  • Are we likely to see another large-scare exodus to the Threadiverse as reddit begins rolling out age-verification worldwide?

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  • Reddit is doing age verification now?? lmao

  • what's the craziest weather you've experienced?

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  • I’ve been in 3 tornadoes… don’t wish to be in any more. If you see a green sky, get into a basement if you can and an interior room if you can’t.

  • Microsoft executive vice president bemoans employees sending him "AI slop," saying "This is a doom loop."

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  • Drown in the cesspit you’ve filled to overflowing.

  • [Discussion] Do y'all have any favorite vegan recipes? My girlfriend is vegan and I'm wanting to impress her and add more meals into the rotation. Thanks in advance :)

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  • Any curry is the answer, really. Chop veg, sauté, add curry sauce, you can’t fuck it up and it’s delicious. Rice as a side is also dead easy even without a rice cooker.

  • ICE kidnaps 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer at citizenship interview

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  • Now imagine the first party comes back into power and goes ‘wow, thank god that will never happen again!’ twice more and does nothing to change the incredibly abuse-prone system, and you might have something approaching an analogy with context. Republicans are not the only party that has been in power since 9/11.

    This is completely ignoring that historically ‘centrist’ (conservative) Democrats have championed their immigration stance as ‘common sense’, ie indistinguishable from their Republican opponents.

  • Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims: Prices were 21.6 percent more expensive on average in Google AI Mode compared to a traditional search.

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  • Oh look, they finally found a way to make AI profitable! (It’s just scamming people again)

  • California Democrats pass more than 20 bills to curtail AI and social media

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  • As many as he thinks he can get away with, I’m sure. If he waits until the end of the month to sign he was hoping the heat was going to die off.

  • Trump’s ballroom construction ‘likely unlawful,’ John Roberts says

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  • They can’t hear you over their ‘gifts’ from generous conservative friends.

  • What was the scariest “We need to leave… now” gut feeling that you’ve ever experienced?

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  • I use a glass jar as my ashtray for this reason (well, also because my cat is a horrible goblin that won’t leave anything alone). Screw the lid on and it doesn’t matter how spicy things get, it’ll run out of oxygen and put itself out.

  • Adobe to offer free access to AI tools in Saudi Arabia in $4 billion deal

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  • This is what companies do when they have products they can definitely sell for money, right?

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    Its commitment is valued at more than $4 billion.

    Oh, fuck me, it’s just more stock manipulation. Say how much you were paid or fuck off.

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition

    www.npr.org /2025/05/12/g-s1-65988/episcopal-church-white-afrikaners-ends-partnership-u-s-government
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    Waiting for the library books I put a hold on to get transferred to my local librulery

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    An embroidered blanket with the Enterprise by Marie Watt, detail photos in post

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    Knowing the differ(ule)ence could save you

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    Mindless rule

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    Probrulematic

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Waxwing vs X-wing

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    And they were ROOMMATES!