Fuckin’ Jack-of-all-trades Stan and Jimmy the Garbageman. Good shit
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If you’re going with Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was awesome too. One of the only Heinlein ones that didn’t make me feel weird after I learned more about him.
Someone way to far down in the comments mentioned Arthur C Clark and the Rama series already.
I’ll go with Philip Jose Farmer and the Riverworld series then. Excellent 70´s to 2000´s philosophical sci-fi!
Woodn’t have guessed that was so interesting!
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato science@lemmy.world•Scientists Stunned by Electric Pangolin Found in CongoEnglish51·12 days ago👉⚡️🤯
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report findsEnglish211·12 days agoSeems like it’s either deliberately negligent or sinister:
« The switches are equipped with safeguards, including a locking mechanism, to prevent accidental movement.
They are most often used to turn engines off once a plane has arrived at its airport gate and in certain emergency situations, such as an engine fire. The report does not indicate there was any emergency requiring an engine cutoff.
A US aviation safety expert, John Cox, told Reuters a pilot would not be able to accidentally move the fuel switches that feed the engines. “You can’t bump them and they move, »
« The switches flipped a second apart, the report said, roughly the time it would take to shift one and then the other, according to US aviation expert John Nance. He added that a pilot would normally never turn the switches off in flight, especially as the plane is starting to climb. »
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Bees attack French town, leaving 24 injuredEnglish6·16 days ago« According to the mayor, the incident may have been related to Asian hornets threatening a beehive that had been installed on the roof terrace of a downtown hotel more than a decade ago. He said that this had likely caused the bees to become aggressive. »
Seems as plausible as some dumb kids throwing rocks at a hive or a smelly wind, I guess 🤷♀️
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The Mayor of Calgary, Canada, just received this warning letterEnglish13·19 days agoThey could use the inside lane of the four lanes on 4th Ave for a bike lane and a lot of their traffic problem would be gone without anyone missing anything. That would be constructive w/o construction tho.
Privileged solution to a waste problem, just throw more salt over your left shoulder!
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato France@jlai.lu•1936 Concept Of Making The Eiffel Tower Accessible By CarFrançais2·26 days agoL’Apocalypse est pour demain!
Not all hero’s wear chins?
That Linux really is something else
Should be « fuckin’ eh » but close enough.
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world•New York City Children’s Services pays $75,000 settlement for removing newborn from home because black mom smokes marijuana — which is legal in New YorkEnglish0·2 years agoSo, not necessarily a police problem as much as a systemically racist ACS problem?
JizzmasterD@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•I heard that lemmy will upvote anything. This is literally just a can of fucking beans1·2 years agoAh yes, the magical fruit…
I used to see that one (or a reasonable hand-drawn facsimile)all the time when I lived there. I thought it was just an Edmonton-themed limousine.