As an American, I find this so stupid. Just put it all under one thing. I can’t believe how fragile we are as a culture that we need to separate these.
Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms’ apps are designed to be addictive and harm children’s mental health....
Oh, well, we’ve been over producing by taking in extra tasks and not getting raises for many years with extra work while in the office. I guess this is just our reciprocity and evening out our personal time.
I wonder if I sent him a pizza, would he feel better about it all?
Oh. And you expect me to be in the office? Then you should make an appearance daily in the office. I don’t care if you’re halfway across the US - you better show up to say hi and prove you’re there you fucking slacker.
Aaaaaaaand how much does the state get in tax payer funds/year that is supposed to be used to help with these people and their plight in that state? I’m sure they get humanitarian aid.
Playing in my 4e group, it’s all pen and paper and minis on a battle map that is drawn on.
I DM 5th and I use a battle map and minis, some printed mats, and a large books of battle mats (made by Loke). I also use dndbeyond to look up monster stats or quickly search rules and I play music via a Bluetooth lightbulb above our gaming table using Spotify. Finally, I use a laptop with google sheets for tracking initiative (and I kind of keep track of player HPs, AC, and spell saves) and google docs for outlining campaigns and taking notes.
My players for 5th use dndbeyond and can create characters using my resources I share and they are added to my campaign there so I can quickly review their stats/spells, etc as needed. Other players do it all pen and paper.
I read about the heat issues and thought it was baloney until my phone randomly started to heat up big time the other day while just browsing the web to read articles and use Voyager (my lemmy app). I ended up locking the screen and putting it down to cool down. It hasn’t happened since, but I do hope they figure it out because that was crazy weird!
With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to pass in the House....
Yup. That’s how it goes for sure for many. Not all, but there is a very large segment. They’re used to blocking or pressuring others into mass blocking (e.g., cancelling) others. There’s a time and a place for it, but it also seems to be the norm for anything that doesn’t align with them exactly.
I’m a millennial and we have our own issues, but that is theirs.
I can’t read the article, so not sure if this is all politically motivated or not. If so, I guess I can see their side to not disagreeing - there are moral issues that must be upheld.
Yup. I think that’s a big part of how/why they they are unwilling to disagree and keep a relationship even if you disagree - it’s easy to just block people and move on or organize a massive online movement against someone/something.
The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle....
Been a Spigen fan for about 5-6 years now. Honestly, I have the liquid crystal clear case, along with the EZ fit tempered glass, on my 14 and have dropped a couple of times without any damage.
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said....
He was also standing and talking with the fighters in the near background when Anakin was talking to Ahsoka after she was mourning the deaths of the clones.
Good. When all they have left is bots and advertisers figure out that’s all their clicks are and then decide to abandon the platform entirely, then X will be done.
Right, but they won’t pay. Eventually, it’s impossible to run servers or pay anyone. So it’ll die if there’s no advertisers and just bad actors and bots.
I stopped having anything to do with them when the whole ordeal about abusing women in the workplace was coming out.
The whole company hasn’t been good since the third expansion of WoW came out.
Edit: and I know there will be a comment about me commenting here. Yeah, it popped up in my ALL feed and happened to click just to see what they did now
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You kick out the federalist that do things like, investigate overturning elections, and suddenly the midterms are all republican wins.
From there, you have someone who can get power passed to change things like presidential term limits. Now you have a king or an emperor with a bunch of yes men backing him up in decisions. Eventually, they can institute whatever policies they want and force states, by force, to enact what they want with military power and courts who rule in their favor.
Oh, but there are people in the military who will stand up and do what’s right? Well, they will be branded as wackos and enemies of the state who are speaking ill of the totally “legit” election. So they are put in front of a firing squad and all that’s left are those who already believe in Der Fuhrer.
It’s a complete shit show in the making and fucking frightening what they could do with disinformation and no checks.
I thoroughly enjoyed both episodes. Where do I start?
First ep:
lots of OG Star Wars vibes with the logo, fade into a crawl, then start with a ship in space
lots of Phantom Menace vibes with the docking of the ship and two “Jedi” there for a “peaceful” thing, the little probe droid searching for a target with the shadowy apprentice waiting behind
the cameos of Rebels characters
Second ep:
the reveal of a night sister
could we get an older Cal Kestis cameo (unsure who the masked inquisitor is)?
Baylan with Dooku vibes of being evil, but also with a reason for that and why he thinks he’s right
some Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor parallels with gateways leading to other systems/planets
is this new Galaxy a reference or potential for Yuuzhan Vong?
Interesting. I haven’t read any of the new canon stuff about high republic. I do think they are/will tie in that stuff more though since it’s a whole new thing to explore. Anything that brings in new merchandise will make Disney say yes.
Ah. I misinterpreted your second point. I never read the stuff about the Tho Yor, so I was assuming it was High Republic stuff but I searched it and saw it’s Legends material
Edit: additionally, maybe they are going to introduce and retcon the Rakata as being from this new Galaxy originally? They’ve already talked about them in either Mando or Andor, I can’t remember.
Georgia’s second-largest school district says that it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”...
Exactly this. You want to ban because of content you don’t like, well you don’t get to cherry pick. The content is or isn’t what it is. They learned that.
This happened in a school, but it could happen at a higher level too. If it truly didn’t affect them that much in day to day schooling, then why the reversal at the school level after this ban went into place?
My thoughts:
It sent a message and despite them not wanting to admit it, they know deep down that the same bullshit hate they are spewing can be used against them at a content level. It didn’t change their minds on how they feel about the issues - no, that will never happen but perhaps it’ll curb some frivolous grass root efforts when the logic is applied to them.
And the person we’re responding here to also uses an example of language that evolved to what it is over a 300 year period FROM changes that happened between language barriers - Central American natives to Spanish to English (of which there are 2 variations).
The hard G or soft are pronounceable by the majority of the world. It’s not really a language barrier or change - it’s just inability to admit that maybe they were wrong in how they read it in their head and make the verbal change when evidence is provided.
With that said, they can continue to pronounce it with a hard g but it’s just being obstinate at this point.
What advantages? If memory serves correctly, they’d need a captain with a penis tattoo that says “welcome aboard” and a radar guy who can imitate whales. I’m not sure that’s so common.
Thanks for the serious answer even when I was making a stupid joke/reference.
As I replied to someone else, that is very interesting.
My thoughts: It does seem extremely limited for its advantage though. The electric mode is basically a stealth option, but once they fire or do anything else then should be findable and that electric mode probably won’t last THAT long if they were being hunted actively.
We have next door neighbors that are Muslim and are so very kind. They bring us plates of food when they cook and they even scared away some kids trying to steal our car at 2 in the morning....
Well, I downvoted because how is this helpful or a thoughtful gift for anyone, unless this is something they specifically have an identity around or are heavily invested in?
Even an LGBTQ+ person I wouldn’t buy a rainbow flag or rainbow gear for unless they specifically wanted one and didn’t have one. I’d try and get them something useful like food, something to entertain themselves, etc.
Disney is about to own all of Hulu (www.theverge.com)
Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu.
Israel’s ‘Teddy Bear’ armoured bulldozer is anything but cuddly (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death (www.nbcnews.com)
Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad Republican support (apnews.com)
Dozens of states sue Meta over addictive features harming kids (www.politico.com)
More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms’ apps are designed to be addictive and harm children’s mental health....
Remote employees ‘don’t work as hard’, says head of world’s biggest commercial landlord (www.theguardian.com)
Steve Schwarzman of the Blackstone group said staff want to work from home so they can save money...
Texas private company paid $75 million in 1 year to bus migrants out of state, report shows (abc13.com)
Texas reportedly paid a private company $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S....
Help needed: how do YOU do things?
So, after almost 2 decades I decided to 0lay DND again. Since I have been and always will be forever DM, I’ve been reading up....
Netflix Plans Price Hike After Actors' Strike Is Resolved (Report) | TheWrap (www.thewrap.com)
Streaming competitor Disney+ is looking to boost revenue with live sports tier
Apple and devs plan software fixes for iPhone 15 Pro overheating issues (arstechnica.com)
Apple says patches won’t affect performance and that titanium frame isn’t to blame....
This Sims 2 ad from 2002 (lemmings.world)
Sony removes most Traces of Knights of the Old Republic remake. (www.gameinformer.com)
TBH & IMO, sad to see but I’m actually a bit relieved because i was worried about what a KOTOR remake (not port) from Aspyr would even look like.
Senate leaders reach deal on short-term spending bill in push to avert shutdown (www.cnn.com)
With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to pass in the House....
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss (apple.news)
A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for hairstyle (www.nbcnews.com)
The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle....
Fine Woven review from The Verge highlights the problems (www.theverge.com)
Kind of glad that I went with a Spigen case, instead. I can’t justify $60 for a case that is so delicate.
2 pilots were killed in a collision at a Reno air show (www.cnn.com)
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said....
Russian submarines tomorrow (i.imgur.com)
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Ahsoka S1E5 - Discussion Thread
Season 1 Episode 5 “SHADOW WARRIOR” is now out. Discuss below!
Twitter (X) loses over 30% of users in two months! (en.shiftdelete.net)
Money well spent (i.imgur.com)
Diablo 4 Expansion Details Leak
We added even more pointless legendary items that won’t drop after level 30...
Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting • The Register (www.theregister.com)
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Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
Trump's mug shot (lemmy.world)
Ahsoka Episode 1 + 2 discussion
Well - it’s here! The first two episodes are on Disney+...
Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher (apnews.com)
Georgia’s second-largest school district says that it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”...
Bagel egg sandwich! (i.imgur.com)
Everything bagel with egg, turkey, cheese, onion, green pepper, and mayo. Solid way to start the day.
When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
Watching TV shows or movies that display Russia as a military superpower is almost surreal nowadays.
Was just watching Jack Ryan Season 3 and seeing the display of force and their movements causes some interesting dissonance given what we know now.
Gift for Muslim Family
We have next door neighbors that are Muslim and are so very kind. They bring us plates of food when they cook and they even scared away some kids trying to steal our car at 2 in the morning....