Machinist @ Machinist @lemmy.world

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I have heard about land being volunteered for use in Texas as a political stunt, have not seen anything about land being purchased for that purpose.

I mostly agree with the point of the video in regards to the impossibility of it. Didn't recognize the presenter.Found this thread on r/Anarchism.

IDK.

Excellent response.

I'm trying to limit myself to watching for actual threats to my family. Basically a couple of things. Watching for the same stuff that tipped us off on COVID and watching for camps actually being setup on US soil.

Trying to ignore all the ragebait and most of the news. I think I see manipulation similar to what I saw on the first trump election now targeted left. So, pants on head crazy.

Heads down and try to only pay attention to the important stuff.

Woah. What's it called when you can't tell sarcasm and serious apart? Godwinned?

The .ml troll that got banned, are they serious or are they playing? That went 0 to nazi in the fewest steps I think I've ever seen.

My girl makes that decision and wants to keep the holder as well.

I actually have a wood lathe and all the other tooling to make one, not that I would.

I've been fixing the place up since August. It's a farm that hasn't been properly maintained in about 20 years.

I'm doing my best to build to the standard of the original owner and his son with modern materials and methods. It's a humbling experience. Nothing is quite square but everything is built like it's bomb proof. You couldn't afford to build out of solid wood like they did. The joints and meets are also super tight, you can't get a sheet of paper between roof boards on the barn in most places.

That sounds like a lot of fiddly work. Just sit a new roll on the back of the tank and use it until it fits.

Then they should have taken better care of their cat. Note that I said if it's wormy and doesn't have a chip.

I say this a cat lover that never lets our cats outside. There is an argument to be made that almost all housecats should be eliminated through whatever means necessary. The statistics on what they do to ground nesting birds, songbirds, reptiles, etc are pretty depressing. Anything that gets them off the streets and inside is good, in my opinion. They are an invasive species almost everywhere they live.

Correct, width is the same. It can't handle the diameter of modern jumbo rolls.

Oh yeah. In brief; Chani, and other Fremen women, dance on the sand. The longer the time between repetition, the greater their mastery. The dance is a religious rite that changes over the thousands of years in the series.

We've got a 100 year old toilet roll holder, the spindle was turned on a lathe and the wooden cutout it sits in was hand carved. It is a poor fit for modern high sheet count rolls. We can't stand to get rid of it so we just leave the roll outside of it until it is small enough to fit.

I've always figured if a young cat is dirty, wormy, and doesn't have a chip: fair game even if it isn't technically a stray. Cats are so destructive to native wildlife that they shouldn't be allowed outside, so removing one from the streets is a social good even if it nominally belongs to someone.

Hunter Thompson's routine according to E. Jean Carroll:

3:00 p.m. rise

3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills

3:45 cocaine

3:50 another glass of Chivas, Dunhill

4:05 first cup of coffee, Dunhill

4:15 cocaine

4:16 orange juice, Dunhill

4:30 cocaine

4:54 cocaine

5:05 cocaine

5:11 coffee, Dunhills

5:30 more ice in the Chivas

5:45 cocaine, etc., etc.

6:00 grass to take the edge off the day

7:05 Woody Creek Tavern for lunch-Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jig­gers of Chivas)

9:00 starts snorting cocaine seriously

10:00 drops acid

11:00 Chartreuse, cocaine, grass

11:30 cocaine, etc, etc.

12:00 midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write

12:05-6:00 a.m. Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous pornographic movies.

6:00 the hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo

8:00 Halcyon

8:20 sleep

Yeah, dogs have much stronger sense of self, however. They feel insult, shame, sadness, guilt, and unfairness. I think cats view the laughter as more of aggression/dominance thing than the emotions humans or dogs would map to.

I have a cat that can call birds. We had a gap under the garage door, and she called sparrows in under the door before I adjusted the hang. She murder-a-lized them all over the house.

Had another, even more sadistic, cat that was very aggressive towards other people. I always had to warn guests not to believe her and not to pet her or they would get cut. She would call people to her and let a little petting happen before ripping a finger or arm. Same cat enjoyed scaring children, one time she jumped through the air and barked in a child's face just to watch the fun. She had to be put down, I was the only person that was safe around her.

They use these instincts on us to get what they want. They often want petting, treats, or attention so we don't notice.

This applies to cats of average or above intelligence. There are a few dumb cats that have about as much awareness as a tater.

I've never had a shelter or bred cat. Instead, they just appear from the outside, get found in a parking lot, or sometimes materialize and no one knows where they came from. They get cleaned up and shots, chip, and fixed.

Some cats will get their prey/play drive mixed up and snap on you unexpectedly. Almost like they're startled but it's internal, they will often be 'apologetic' or confused afterwards. Some cats are worse about this than others and you shouldn't wrestle or play rough with this kind using your hands, toys only.

And, yes. Cats are absolutely aware of the size and power differential. They're always watching it at some level. Trust must be earned and often slowly built. Had one cat knock down a stack of pans and run behind me for protection. Some cats dislike being laughed at and it can cause aggression or cause retreat.

A cat's love is transactional to a high degree, they're lazy psychos that can learn friendship through trust. They love the comfort of you as much as they actually love you. They mimic affection and scheme a lot more than most people would like to think.

All cats are bad, it's what makes them so great to have in your life.

Burning Mountain in Australia, 6000 year old coal seam fire.

1.7 billion years ago, natural Oklo breeder reactor in Gabon.

Woah, never heard of this. Got a link or a technical term?

The naturally occuring nuclear reactor in Africa is really interesting as well. So is the coal fire in Australia that's been going on for like a thousand years.

Yeah, life goes on. What can I do about it without jeopardizing the safety of my people? Nothing, at this point.

We moved to a better state, I'm loving the first real winter of my life.

Getting chickens and probably rabbits in the spring. Time to prune apples, grapes, and blueberries as soon as I get a thaw. About to lift the main beam of my garage so I can repair it in preparation for redoing the roof. We agreed this evening that family movie night is Sundays and family game night is Thursdays. Our son knows to mostly keep his mouth shut at school and he makes straight As. My girl and I have some parties to attend coming up and I've got a cigar social on Saturday. Will pick up some work at a local shop this year to save up more money to build my own little machine shop.

Life goes on.