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2026-05-07T04:33:11+02:00

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If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.

It gets awkward to explain when you're explaining the low end ...

2026-03-14T03:34:28+01:00

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It gets awkward to explain when you're explaining the low end of the ASCII code to somebody. The control code for CR is still there because back in the day there were line printers, nevermind typewriters.

Trump is also countermanding GOP tradition of belief in an open ...

2025-05-13T00:10:59+02:00

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Trump is also countermanding GOP tradition of belief in an open free market, dead set against government controls on prices of anything.

I can ball-park the era that was pre-General Motors, and nearly ...

2025-04-16T23:34:25+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…rmtn
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I can ball-park the era that was pre-General Motors, and nearly all the automakers that are no more, such as Tucker. Mexico was involved in U.S. auto production as early as the late 1950s going into the 1960s, and U.S. automakers had to join a conglomerate like General Motors or go extinct. Automakers like Studebaker went across the border too late in the game in the early/mid-60s and went out of business anyway.
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I should add that the Studebaker factory in Mexico didn't die--Volkswagon bought it to produce the VW Beetle there until relatively recently.

Yes, the entirety of YouTube is spam. That's why I no longer ...

2025-03-25T02:33:11+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…qxtx
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Yes, the entirety of YouTube is spam. That's why I no longer boost any post containing YouTube content.

Framing the situation as religious indignation further ...

2025-03-24T23:57:55+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…x6vu
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Framing the situation as religious indignation further illustrates that rational reasoning wasn't involved in the voters' choice. A rational reasonable person would have recognized right off that you'd get genocide either way, so the choice was relegated to a matter of degree. A rational reasonable person would have made the choice of the lesser degree; what we actually got was the choice of the greater degree, so rational reasoning had absolutely nothing to do with any of it.

You're both right, actually. Religious indignation across the ...

2025-03-24T06:13:08+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…xym4
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You're both right, actually. Religious indignation across the board was part and parcel of Biden's fall, and that of Harris, but it wasn't confined to just the charge of Palestine genocide. It was evangelical indignation that a woman was the choice against a man for office, and it was WASP indignation that she was both a woman and non-white....and I should add that devout fundamentalist Muslims believe that women should be excluded from high office.
This was an election that united the bigots.

Trump isn't going to change his pro-Russia position over an ...

2025-03-11T05:50:40+01:00

Trump isn't going to change his pro-Russia position over an apology.
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Zelensky apologized to Trump for Oval Office clash, Witkoff claims

Zelensky "apologized for that whole incident that happened in the Oval Office. I think that was an important step, Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said on March 10.

[url=https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-apologized-for-oval-office-clash-witkoff-says/]https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-apologized-for-oval-office-clash-witkoff-says/[/url]

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That would be a very foolish move, though, considering that ...

2025-03-06T22:56:42+01:00

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That would be a very foolish move, though, considering that China's interest in cozying up to Ruzzia is because China sees Ruzzia weakening and is now drooling over the prospects of Chinese hegemony over it. That objective is certainly within reach.

I usually stay posted on the current political climate but when ...

2025-03-05T02:14:12+01:00

I usually stay posted on the current political climate but when it comes to the address to the joint session of US Congress, I'm taking a hard pass to watch old time TV--journos can be counted on to report the scandals du jour and listen to Mr. Diarrheamouth so that I don't have to.

I was gonna say! If you're going with 691 flat dollars, why ...

2025-02-27T06:28:04+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…34tl
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I was gonna say! If you're going with 691 flat dollars, why mess with that one li'l dollar at the end?

It's easy to go off on tangents with Star Trek. When I read ...

2025-02-01T06:46:40+01:00

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It's easy to go off on tangents with Star Trek. When I read this thread I was thinking "split persons, split personalities" then went looking for the classic episode with Frank Gorshin in it. That was one where split skin coloring determined whose side of a political conflict one was on, complete different versions of history...and were it not for the fact it resembles the US today, with the split personalities aligning with certain versions of reality, I would have just kept scrolling past this thread. It's worth a mention:
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield

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2025-01-13T02:51:53+01:00

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That's going on my Must See list right now.

Gonna put the hashtag ...

2024-12-30T01:47:39+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…rkgj
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Gonna put the hashtag #[url=https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=seedswap]seedswap[/url] right here because I think it's a good idea.

That sounds a whole lot better, and under NO agreement should ...

2024-12-16T19:03:09+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…denp
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That sounds a whole lot better, and under NO agreement should Ukraine give Kirsk back. ;-)

Who the hell are the buyers? People who need money laundered?

2024-12-05T01:03:48+01:00

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Who the hell are the buyers? People who need money laundered?

j/k ha

2024-12-04T04:45:16+01:00

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j/k ha

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2024-12-04T04:44:03+01:00

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..for Europe still because non Europeans were already onto it. ...

2024-12-02T23:30:39+01:00

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..for Europe still because non Europeans were already onto it. And if they weren't, they wouldn't have listened to any European, developing it all quite independently of Newton. Universal truths are known universally, independently, of any one person.

Slight correction there, Steph--Sir Newton defined the ...

2024-12-02T20:09:57+01:00

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Slight correction there, Steph--Sir Newton defined the methodology FOR EUROPE. The aforementioned enlightened Arabs were able to salvage quite a bit of the knowledge contained in the Christian-razed Alexandria Library, translated that into Arabic, and via that was able to convey those contents to Europe eventually; a substantial amount of that knowledge was copied and stored in Cordova, Spain, and a great deal of that was what passed for astronomy in ancient Greece, as well as medical knowledge which proved to be essential to surviving the plagues of the Dark Ages.

Rusty, you're quite correct about the enlightened Arabs. You ...

2024-12-02T17:52:49+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…3jz6
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Rusty, you're quite correct about the enlightened Arabs. You just can't do science with Roman numerals--no zero. It was during the Dark Ages when Europe had to deal with Arabs, then subsequently got dragged kicking and screaming into adopting Arabic numerals and Arabic math which included the zero, which Romans didn't have.

I happen to be a donor to a local seed library, so hopefully all ...

2024-12-02T01:33:25+01:00

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I happen to be a donor to a local seed library, so hopefully all other libraries have those too. <3

The U.S. used to be wise to these things, but that was in ...

2024-12-02T00:07:08+01:00

The U.S. used to be wise to these things, but that was in previous centuries.
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Oscar Holland, CNN
Wed December 27, 2017

"'We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,' [Driss Kettani] said in a phone interview. 'We tried to use the same (energy-efficient) solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco – to do with ventilation, the circulation of air and the control of light.'

"Large north-facing windows (and small south-facing ones) reduce the amount of direct sunlight entering the school, while ensuring that classrooms get enough natural light. And the arrangement of the school buildings maximizes the flow of air through the complex, creating a natural cooling system.

"These – and other – vernacular innovations meant that there was no need to install air conditioning at the school, despite the hot North African climate. For Kettani, it was just a matter of common sense."

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What traditional buildings can teach architects about #sustainability

Oscar Holland, CNN
Wed December 27, 2017

"'We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,' [Driss Kettani] said in a phone interview. 'We tried to use the same (energy-efficient) solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco – to do with ventilation, the circulation of air and the control of light.'

"Large north-facing windows (and small south-facing ones) reduce the amount of direct sunlight entering the school, while ensuring that classrooms get enough natural light. And the arrangement of the school buildings maximizes the flow of air through the complex, creating a natural cooling system.

"These – and other – vernacular innovations meant that there was no need to install air conditioning at the school, despite the hot North African climate. For Kettani, it was just a matter of common sense."

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vernacular-architecture-sustainability/index.html

#SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalArchitecture #ClimateChange #BuildingSustainably

Steph, both you and Rusty are correct because it's the Romans ...

2024-12-01T20:53:42+01:00

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Steph, both you and Rusty are correct because it's the Romans that combined the religions of the conquered to successfully enforce the Roman claim to divine right to rule. You'll find in scripture Persian elements from Zoroasterism in there too when you look closely enough, as Mithraism was a political response to the Persian mixture of Zoroasterism and Magism to start with, and I now direct your attention to the Gospel of Matthew, the only one that mentions "The Magi"--pagan high priests of Persia.

Bacchus, but that works too. They're all political ...

2024-12-01T19:44:49+01:00

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Bacchus, but that works too. They're all political inventions, after all--and as long as any version of Bible is held to be holy, the Roman Empire still exists.

...as I said--Christianized. Of course it coincides with the Yule ...

2024-12-01T18:35:17+01:00

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...as I said--Christianized. Of course it coincides with the Yule of Christmas, by design.

"Nope", as in, not indigenous, I guess?? "Nope", ...

2024-12-01T18:29:07+01:00

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"Nope", as in, not indigenous, I guess??
"Nope", as in not Christianized? that bit about "one for each day of CHRISTMAS" says Christianized.
See also what explains Grýla's peculiar interest in Spain, specifically. ;-)

That bit about "taking them to Spain" caught my eye, and ...

2024-12-01T17:28:02+01:00

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That bit about "taking them to Spain" caught my eye, and sure enough--the Wiki page puts the origins of this tale right around the time when Spain was ruled by the Muslim Saracen Empire, but also when Turkyie was ruled by Turks but before those two Turk tribes (and they're Asian in origin) became known as Ottomans. The Turks learned Islam from the Saracen Arabs and it's no surprise to me that the Turks and Spaniards (Cordovans, to be more precise) indulged in the same practice of abducting Christian male children to raise in Islamic practice.

My guess would be that's more of an indigenous story than ...

2024-12-01T06:53:53+01:00

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My guess would be that's more of an indigenous story than Christianity-related, though, and in the same breath I'll point out that Roman Christianity has been notorious for co-opting, then Christianizing, locally held religions, rituals and stories. Romans had been doing exactly that ever since Romulus murdered his twin brother Remus, which is how the Roman Empire got built.

We also make up exaggerations to make a point, so there's ...

2024-12-01T06:29:42+01:00

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We also make up exaggerations to make a point, so there's that. See also Grimm's Fairytales.

I can't say I buy into that everything/nothing dichotomy ...

2024-12-01T06:20:24+01:00

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I can't say I buy into that everything/nothing dichotomy because I've found that even legends and fairy tales have origins in some sort of truth somewhere, so it's far more common to have partial truths in any given story. The objective is to determine which is which. It's the Turks that give Shrek his own origin story, as it happens. "Ogre" is a variant pronunciation of "Uyghur", and it WAS a fact that Turks would kidnap Christian boys, so coming up with a story that would rightfully scare the kids was actually useful for self-preservation.

I didn't say a word about race. I simply said that there were ...

2024-12-01T06:00:58+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…d2yg
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I didn't say a word about race. I simply said that there were no Turks in the area until the 13th century. Nicholas was all 4th century, as you point out. I'm very familiar with Santa, as it happens, and still a believer in the REAL Santa.

It wasn't until the 1200s that the Uyghurs beat back the Byzantines from the area, but weakened themselves, got assistance from the Seljuks. It's the Uyghurs and Seljuks together that make Turkyie Turkish.

Oh dear--St. Nicholas was not a Turk. That area wasn't ...

2024-12-01T05:42:57+01:00

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Oh dear--St. Nicholas was not a Turk. That area wasn't Turkish until the 13th century. Sorry.
But yes, his home town, his bishopric, his tomb (which is empty) are located in what is NOW called Turkeyi.

I just might do that myself as I get into similar trouble with ...

2024-11-24T17:07:10+01:00

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I just might do that myself as I get into similar trouble with admins. Do you implement quote-boost and Translate Libre, perchance?

Right after I posted that comment I was made aware that Elon Musk ...

2024-11-22T23:27:50+01:00

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Right after I posted that comment I was made aware that Elon Musk declared it to be a terrorist organization for "doxing" so when the House should ever pass that bill against non-profits on the basis of terror associations, it's likely to come under heavy fire in January.
https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/19/elon-musk-calls-splc-a-criminal-organization-after-doxing-claim/76428624007/