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cfi@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Bernie Sanders accuses Harris of being 'influenced' by billionaires in 2024 race20·13 days agoBruh return2ozma has been here forever, def not newly minted. There have been memes referencing their posting habits
cfi@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Did Dracula get less scary after the appearance of The Count on Sesame Street in 1972?9·19 days agoThe Count was actually pretty scary [for a kids show] in the early years. They toned him down later, but in 1972 he was still frightening for kids.
Similar to this, there was an incident where Nixon (who was probably drunk) decided, in the middle of the night, with just his valet and a handful of Secret Service agents, to go down to the Lincoln Memorial where people were protesting his administration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon's_visit_to_the_Lincoln_Memorial
One of the craziest pre-Trump POTUS stories
The Secret Service were scared to begin with, but Nixon insited on going. Later on, as the crowd got more and more brazen, the Secret Service made an excuse for him to leave, telling him that he had a phone call at the White House, but Nixon waved them off and told them to let it wait.
cfi@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Phone call campaign to tell Payment Processors to stop censoring adult content | Details insideEnglish25·1 month agoNo, even our debit cards use credit card companies for the actual processing
Ditto for PayPal, ApplePay, and Google Pay.
Soda is measured in metric in the US. Milk isnt
cfi@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Southwest flight descends 475 feet to avoid 'midair collision' with Hawker Hunter19·1 month agoSeveral Hawker Hunters, actually. I didn’t know so many were even active
cfi@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump cranks up distraction machine but focus refuses to budge from Epstein3·1 month agoDon’t give them ideas
cfi@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•UK F-35 fleet poorly supported, can't use vital weaponsEnglish15·1 month agoThe Brits also added an absurd amount of pressure by retiring the Harrier early, leaving the entire Royal Navy with no carrier-capable fixed-wing aircraft until the F-35Bs were delivered
cfi@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that threaten to impact weather forecasting (headline from four months ago)144·2 months agoCritical thinking skills are essential for that, and they stopped teaching that a long time ago. It’s not enough to have access to information, you have to have the skills to judge and interpret it. This is why misinformation is such a problem, people literally don’t have the skills to distinguish between it and actual facts
cfi@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market?11·2 months agoRegardless of what reader you go with, look into KoReader, a custom reader app that you install on top of existing firmware. Offers a lot of features that stock firmware doesn’t, like OPDS catalog connections
cfi@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What grocery items are always worth the extra $1-$5?5·2 months agoTheres a lot of craft soda or smaller soda worth your time. Also Fever Tree is fantastic for mixers/fizzy drinks
They’ll find a way to make it only apply when it’s against Republican interests.