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coldbrewraktajino.bsky.social
50% my transient interests and 50% my lifelong hyperfixation (Star Trek), 100% done
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Ever wonder why HOTAS and HUDs are a thing? So your eyes stay where the hell they're supposed to be to ensure your focus is on what you're supposed to be doing. This is long overdue. Gimme some NCC-1701-ass controls. No bloody A, B, C, or D.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

TIL Edward James Olmos was offered the role of Picard. I can see it. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Perform...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

People might want to pass this around if it's not widely known... "Animal shelters, rescues, and veterinarian clinics around the U.S. are ...telling pet owners to check their pets' microchips after learning a major microchip company is no longer providing services." www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

Best part of this, because it is right. Trek is so much a work of fan imagination that we can barely tell the difference

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

unlimited water - sorry what?

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

The "more debt empowers you" is the same bullshit justification the guys who bought Knitting dot com gave for why they paid so much 😆

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I passed an "adopt a road" sign today where the adopting organization was called Ban Cars. Such potential in this strategy! Repaint the whole road in multi use path markings? How many bollards and speed bumps do you think we could add in the name of road maintenance?

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

The 30 year Boeing machinist in my family retired pre-2020 before he rage quit or got fired. His stories sound very familiar to the ones here--and he was in the Puget Sound area. It wasn't/isn't just a SE plants problem. prospect.org/infrastructu...

submitted 63 days ago • 6 comments

This sounds like a mashup of a few games I've enjoyed

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“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility

submitted 75 days ago • 12 comments