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gizmonicus

@ gizmonicus @sh.itjust.works

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  • Rat King

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  • *claiming he is going to start a party. I don't believe he actually has the will or the focus required to do it. I hope he does, and splits the right's vote share, but I'm not holding my breath.

  • More than 1,000 trees removed to make more room for Fourth of July Glacier View Car Launch

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  • I would be on board with this if we would just finish the job and throw the rest of the cars off a cliff too.

  • How we modify the weather

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  • I am so completely fucking done with these brain dead ass conspiracy theories about cloud seeding. Science illiteracy is a real fucking problem.

    You. Cannot. Create. Torrential. Rain. With. Cloud. Seeding. Alone.

    Cloud seeding precipitates rain from existing weather systems. If those clouds do not contain the water required to create a torrential downpour then it is impossible to create a torrential downpour. And if those clouds have enough water in them to create a torrential downpour, it does not require cloud seeding to precipitate it.

    It is soul crushing to have to explain to people that human beings do not yet have the capacity to steer and control large weather systems. And it's very likely that we never will, given the scale and the amount of energy that it would require.

    We cannot control hurricanes. Why? Because hurricanes possess and release more energy than the entire combined energy production capacity of human civilization. They are mind bogglingly powerful, and to think that we can steer them to target political enemies IS BATSHIT INSANE.

    Climate change is real. Republican conspiracies cause me physical pain. And I need a stiff drink.

  • AI scammer posing as Marco Rubio targets officials in growing threat

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  • To be honest, following instructions from scammers couldn't be much worse than doing what the real Marco Rubio says.

  • Like its a drag race

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  • Always look both ways, no matter how long the light has been green. I need to see you're paying attention though, that's the thing. So many people in the front of the line are sitting on their phone so sleeping or whatever the fuck. It's pretty obvious when someone is just checking the intersection before moving vs. not even looking at the damn road.

    This goes for more than just driving too. If you're next in line at the café and you can't be fucked to think about anyone behind you while you finish sending a text or whatever while the server is waiting to take your order, you're an asshole. Make your order, pay, then do what you want to do.

  • 20% of american buyers are spending over $1000 a month on car loans. 22.4% of new loans were 84 months or longer. It means someone who buys a car today will be paying it off until July of 2032

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  • I bought a car in 2003. Hopefully, that will also be the last car I buy. "BuT rEpAiRs ArE eXpEnSiVe!!1" See above. Also, when your infotainment system takes a shit and makes it so you can't use your AC anymore, let me know how that goes.

  • This Is Why Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Needed Human Babysitters

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  • Because many people cannot distinguish between word salads and insight.

  • Nature is wise

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  • No thanks. I'd rather drown.

  • In an event sponsored by General Motors, Tesla, Ford, Chrysler, the US Transportation Secretary urged americans to use a car this summer

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  • I would love to be able to just take the bus to work. Even that would be great. Instead I have to drive and deal with traffic. I could be browsing lemmy or checking my schedule for the day, or taking a damn nap. But no, I'm "free" to take literally the only transportation option I have: my car. Walk? Nope, way too far. Ride the bike? If you like unprotected bike infrastructure and people passing you at 60mph, sure. Take the bus? Sure, just drive 10 minutes to the closest stop and take two different buses to get there on time.

    God forbid we spend money on infrastructure that benefits us all. No no, let's build asphalt oceans so we can ply the open road with our Ford F-9000 Pedestrian Pulverizer Special Edition with the CUMmins My Ass v8 9.0 liter Diesel. Because you wouldn't want anything fuel efficient, then you can't bitch and whine about gas prices of course.

    But it's cool, I guess. It's not like we're slowly cooking the planet with our shit box cars and stupid obsession with rugged individualism.

  • In an event sponsored by General Motors, Tesla, Ford, Chrysler, the US Transportation Secretary urged americans to use a car this summer

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  • Ah yes, the car: the pinnacle of freedom. Except no, it's the opposite. It's like being addicted to cigarettes. Once you've become fully dependent on them, and built your routine around them, and literally your whole schedule revolves around them, you forget how much life was before you decided to pick it up.

    Freedom of mobility is being just as able to get from point A to point B as anyone else despite being physically unable to operate a motor vehicle. Freedom of mobility is not being stuck in endless traffic jams, burning the planet to the ground to stay cool in the middle of a 12 lane asphalt heat trap. Freedom of mobility is being able to hop up to the corner store without ever setting foot inside a car.

    We, citizens of the USA, are slaves to the car.

  • The dream

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  • This is the hurdle, but we have to find a way. I honestly believe this is a big part of the dysfunction in the USA at the moment. We are so disconnected from each other. Cars exacerbate that problem.

  • Think I should call?

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  • I saw one the other day: "I met Jesus in prison". Damn, what did he do?

  • Corporations are saving the planet!

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  • I was handed a water bottle the.other day at a volunteer event and was lamenting the fact that in the US, we don't have attached caps. I almost immediately lost mine. It's possible to make them attached, AND not suck.

  • I think I bought the wrong game

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  • I've not been paying attention to the memeverse lately and having returned now to find that Möth is a thing again just warms my heart. Like a 1000W sodium lamp.

  • Biological rule

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  • No, it's a great analogy. For the purposes of electrical conductivity, the gender of the socket is really just an expression of the cultural norms where they were made. There are hundreds of different socket genders, and you can easily convert one type to another depending on what you want to accomplish. Sounds like they're really just advocating for gender affirming care.

  • Biological rule

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  • Assuming you plug it into the same receptacle or one that is on the same phase, nothing happens. Stupid for sure, don't do that, but it's already wired that way in the wall, you aren't short circuiting anything with a cable like that (also assuming you didn't mix up the neutral/hot wires when you made the cable). USA outlets at least. I don't know about the rest of the world.

  • Sweet tea

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  • I'm aware of the existence and superiority of maple syrup. I only use Aunt Jemima in this example because that's what oversweetened tea tastes like to me: shit.

  • Sweet tea

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  • The trick is to order half sweet/half unsweet. Otherwise you get Aunt Jemima on ice.