We’re also now entering the period where historically diesel demand starts ramping up. Gonna get interesting.

The Peace corps is still a thing.

Not lucrative, but you also likely won’t have to worry about making rent.

It’s strange how the guy whose whole career has been fear mongering about Hamas was found so completely pants down on Oct 7th. Especially given how effective the intelligence arm of Israel is. Very strange.

Fashion should be about your expression, not about what is popular. If you long for something, wear it. The only thing that really made the fedora/trilby toxic was that a bunch of people jumped on a hype train because they viewed it as a short cut to being fashionable. Making it inherently inauthentic. The speed at which they ditched those hats only proved the point that they were wearing it not for themselves, but for the opinion of others.

Authenticity will always be fashionable. Not everyone will like your style/fashion. What matters is that you love your style more than anyone, because then the opinion of others won’t matter.

People still make those old hats. Measure the size of your dome. Find one you love. Wear the shit out of it.

Synthstrom Deluge. Sampler, sequencer, synthesizer, all in one and open source. Portable too, takes a 18650.

This video isn’t solely a Deluge, but you get the sorta idea of what sort of power house this thing is in the hands of a music nerd.

There were a lot of very well off Cubans who fled to the US who probably see this as an opportunity to go and reclaim what they see as long lost family fortunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36D6CzghGfw

One of the drawbacks he found were moisture problems inside because of the cooler temperatures, but this was in his shed. Though he’s testing more than just white paint, he’s testing daytime passive radiative paint.

Insurance better watch out.

Increasingly this is the decision people (especially the young) are making. So now you have less people paying into insurance. Raising the cost for those with it. So more people drop their insurance. But insurance execs and politicians are fine letting things snowball in the name of greed.

They roll over and play victim the moment someone pushes back on them

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Another bench press?

Who says I’m not?

Is there anyone not juggling worries like a brace of knives right now?

Doesn’t help that this was in a place called Dead Man’s Hollow

Yes, I am worried about more war

Iran was crippled months ago guys remember?

This says things not just about the US’ ability to intercept Iran’s missiles, but their ability to detect attacks early enough to scramble aircraft out of the way.

Meanwhile, China watches closely. My real worry is that they’ll try something in order to lock the US into this ineffectual leadership while they can.

Thanks Trump

First bit of advice I can give is stop labeling yourself with such strong negative adjectives. A quick lurk through your post history shows a level of introspection that dumb/stupid people do not have.

I don’t care how accurate you think you are, self denigration like that has major impact on your self esteem.

If you have some aspect where you feel deficient, improve it. Improvement is like steroids for your self-esteem. You are not clumsy, you need to work on your spatial awareness. If you think you’re dumb, educate yourself. Everything you listed can be improved.

Once you start fixing your self-esteem you’ll be less sensitive to the barbs of others and you’ll be able to digest feedback in a healthier manner.

Ok you convinced me, I’ll rewatch Deadwood again

Korean Natural Farming is cheap and effective. Also lets you add more things to your compost that’d normally cause issues.

I just watched this stray furry monster snag one yesterday.