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[Veritable Quandry]

Andrew "Steiner" Hodgson (@distantvalhalla.bsky.social)

There's an American loudly arguing with the Heathrow security team because he froze his drink into ice to get his drink through airport security screening and he's literally screaming "ICE IS A SOLID" over and over again.

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Ice | Transportation Security Administration

Frozen liquid items are allowed through the checkpoint as long as they are frozen solid when presented for screening. If frozen liquid items are partially melted, slushy, or have any liquid at the bottom of the container, they must meet 3-1-1 liquids requirements.

www.tsa.gov

If ANY of it is melted, then it is ALL liquid.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Andrew "Steiner" Hodgson (@distantvalhalla.bsky.social)

There's an American loudly arguing with the Heathrow security team because he froze his drink into ice to get his drink through airport security screening and he's literally screaming "ICE IS A SOLID" over and over again.

bsky.app

This reminds me of a train trip in China. An old lady and a soldier were shouting at each other and a tour guide got up and went over, said something, and they two sat down and shut up.

I asked and they explanation: “I told them they were embarrassing China in front of westerners.”

Face is very important in China. Losing face is mortifying.

Which is why leopards have an all you can eat buffet in America.

 

[Isabeau]

Sylvain Neuvel (@neuvel.net)

There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. 1/?

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Sylvain Neuvel (@neuvel.net)

There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And remember this: 2/?

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Sylvain Neuvel (@neuvel.net)

the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, 3/?

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Sylvain Neuvel (@neuvel.net)

these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try.

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[Free]

Math nerds can be so vulgar.

Cox–Zucker machine

Name origin
The name sounds similar to the obscenity "cocksucker". This was a deliberate choice by Cox and Zucker, who, as first-year graduate students at Princeton University in 1970, conceived of the idea of coauthoring a paper for the express purpose of enabling this joke.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

There is a thing called Paris Syndrome that afflicts eastern tourists to Paris, most commonly Japanese, who visit the city with certain inflated expectations based on media representations in their home countries but are so profoundly disappointed when they experience the real place that they fall into a psychotic manic-depressive state.

 

[Free]

There is a thing called Paris Syndrome that afflicts eastern tourists to Paris, most commonly Japanese, who visit the city with certain inflated expectations based on media representations in their home countries but are so profoundly disappointed when they experience the real place that they fall into a psychotic manic-depressive state.

I have that whenever I visit a Cheesecake Factory franchise.

 

[Khamon]

I saw Frank at a Mardi Gras shindig last weekend and said hello. He answered, asked how I was doing, and asked about the other Khamon; so I know he knew who I was even though he never looked at me. It was kind of like talking to a blind person. Then he told me how his pace maker started acting up and the doctor told him that his heart wasn't beating. I was thinking yeah, you had a heart attack and died, but didn't say it out loud.

Justin, the current Lodge Ruler, came over and said hello. Frank never looked at him either but told him that it was a nice event and he was having a good time and tried to attend functions whenever he could. Then Justin looked at me and said "it's okay" so I wandered off and talked to the living people. Frank was sitting in a chair, listening to the music, later that evening, but then when I looked back around he was gone. It is nice to tell this story to a group of people who won't think I've gone off the rail.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

That whole Fyre Festival business was 8 years ago.

8 years.

Just thought I'd point that out, for no reason in particular.

 

[Free]

Goes in the list of headlines that make me happy.

California Activates Gigantic Glory Hole

California is activating a 70-feet wide "glory hole" — or "passive spillway," in the technical nomenclature — that spills into a huge drain.

futurism.com

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

I get the strangest messages from my Linkedin profile.

Argent,

I'm [redacted], and I work in franchise development for Massage Envy - the leading massage & skin care franchise which is now expanding in Texas.

Your experience at Coonspiracy caught my interest, as I think you'd be a good fit for franchise ownership.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I think I'd pay to watch a video of that interview.

"Describe an incident in which you needed to resolve some kind of crisis. How did you handle it, and what did you learn from the experience?"

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

"Describe your most successful massage-related experience at Coonspiracy?"

 

[Free]

"Describe your most successful massage-related experience at Coonspiracy?"

"Please avoid any that may have involved HR complaint legal procedures."

 

[Free]

This may be the purest DIY headlights I've ever seen.



Maglink

 

[detrius]

This is the smartest dumb thing I've seen in a while.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

You ever drive on a highway and see a road sign that makes you scratch your head and say "what the heck?" Well, one such sign showed up on a freeway in Fresno, CA.

Mysterious 'bat sign' on Highway 180 was a sticker, Caltrans says

A road sign in central Fresno is driving commuters a little "batty." It's posted directly under an official arrow sign at the Highway 180 off-ramp at Fulton Street.

abc30.com

via ABC30 App

 

[Veritable Quandry]

 

[Free]

 

[Noodles]

Monday, start of the week, weekend Jet Lag.

Tuesday, do a bit to ge caught up from. The weekend/Monday.

Wednesday Work, maybe

Thursday, Can't commit to too much and break things before the weekend

Friday, don't do anything so you don't break it for the weekend.

 

[Isabeau]

Are we certain it isn’t a warning for Mothman?