Off-and-on trying out an account over at @tal@oleo.cafe due to scraping bots bogging down lemmy.today to the point of near-unusability.
The fragrance is available in two versions – one for men and one for women – and will set back supporters a whopping $249 for each 100ml bottle.
A Profile of Trump Voters: The Demographics of his MAGA Enthusiasts and Their Relationship to Him
In their majority they tend to be white, male, and mainly older, are highly conservative, support traditional values such as religion and proud patriotism, are less likely to have a college degree, are more likely to be rural or small town-based and lower-income
I dunno if $250 bottles of cologne is highly aligned with what Trump's demographic wants, but I suppose he has more experience in brand building than I have.
Oh, that's a good point. The time doesn't work out.
About 18 months ago, the defense secretary’s office floated the idea to the services
Presumably Hegseth had some idea, since it's his office that pushed the idea. Also, since he personally has been an Army reservist, I kind of imagine that this is a personal Pete Hegseth idea.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it.
Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to what gamers call a “kill screen,” a point where the Tetris code glitches, crashing the game. That might not sound like much of a victory to anyone thinking that only high scores count, but it’s a highly coveted achievement in the world of video games, where records involve pushing hardware and software to their limits. And beyond.
Double the Speed Limit, Hits Speed Bumps at Full Speed...Excellent
I remember a computer science professor telling us that he was once somewhere like New York City and was about to miss his flight and wasn't going to reasonably make it to the airport.
He decides to do a Hollywood-style "if you can get me to the airport in the next twenty minutes, there's X hundred dollars in it for you" to the first cab that pulled up. The prof says "The cabbie said okay and he got me there in time, and we didn't die, but I am never, ever doing that again."
Sometimes people might approve of that speed, though.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/busy+as+a+beaver
busy as a beaver
Very busy, assiduous, or hardworking. The phrase refers to beavers' reputation for being extremely industrious.
Between working two part-time jobs, volunteering on the weekends, and looking after his little brother, Sam's been busy as a beaver this summer.
Frankly, I'd really rather that the Irish Star not encourage him to be spending more time making policy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Brands
In 2008, Robert Wang, Yi Qin, and one other friend, all former employees of Nortel in Ottawa, Canada, started working on designs for the Instant Pot.[4] Wang is credited as the inventor of the Instant Pot.
Apparently, the Instant Pot is out of Canada, interestingly enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_700_Club
The 700 Club is the flagship television program of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing each weekday in syndication in the United States and available worldwide on CBN.com.
Not to be confused with The 300 Club.
Genetic engineering is still in its infancy.
Mate demand with time, and one tends to get supply.
EDIT: In the news, a couple months ago:
Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves, an iconic predator last seen roaming North America over 10,000 years ago.
But in the end, it’s not about whether we can bring back the dead. It’s about what we do with the power to remake the living.
What they need to do is to set up a bunch of freezers at the Pentagon, then have a fixed contract with various pizza delivery places to deliver N pizzas every day. If they actually want the pizzas, they eat them. If they don't, they stick 'em in the freezer and donate them M days later --- whatever degree of delay they require against traffic analysis on their pizza deliveries --- to a food kitchen or something.
There are still other information-leaking indicators, though:
Lights in windows, for offices with them.
How full parking lots are after hours. During Operation RYAN, Soviet intelligence used this as an input.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/forecasting-nuclear-war
The bulk of newly available Stasi and KGB documentation on RYAN from the BStU Archives in Berlin does not address Able Archer 83. However, it casts an unprecedented light on Stasi and KGB perspectives since 1984, as well as on the operational details, structure, and scope of the RYAN project. The collection includes a KGB catalogue from 1984/85 that, in excruciating detail, outlines the 292 indicators that might precede a potential “surprise nuclear missile attack.” Many of them refer to activities in and around Washington offices and buildings, including the White House parking lot. The collection also includes summaries of monthly KGB reports up to April 1989, which list possible global indicators of preparations for a “surprise nuclear missile attack.” These records tell us that hundreds of KGB officers were assigned to work on the RYAN program and a special division was created inside the KGB exclusively for this purpose.
If he's talking about Fertility Mode, that's also on Nexus.
There are a number of increasingly-sophisticated Skyrim impregnation frameworks, but I would guess that he's talking about Fertility Mode.
Skyrim Nexus is a dark place....
I'd call it the second-most-restrictive "tier" of Skyrim mod site after Bethesda's official mod site.
Look at LoversLab, which is more permissive.
And there are Skyrim mod sites that carry content that LoversLab won't permit.
The majority are, well, what you expect: various ways to make Eve and other women in the game various levels of nude (with the most popular level being 'fully'). Someone did put her in an apron, though, which I suppose leaves something to the imagination. There are also a lot of main menu replacers that just put hardcore smut of one variety or another right there on the home screen, if that's your bag.
Now. Look. I have no issue with what adults do in the privacy of their own home. If you want to turn your copy of any game into an overstimulating carnival of omnipresent erotic delights, please do so with my blessing. But I am a tad mystified. I do wonder what kind of lifestyle it is that leads a person to turn a videogame main menu into hardcore pornography.
Up next, a reaction video of Joshua Wolens as we expose him to progressively more-intense degrees of the Skyrim mod library.
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-165-35/
New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN § 165.35 Fortune telling
Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A person is guilty of fortune telling when, for a fee or compensation which he directly or indirectly solicits or receives, he claims or pretends to tell fortunes, or holds himself out as being able, by claimed or pretended use of occult powers, to answer questions or give advice on personal matters or to exorcise, influence or affect evil spirits or curses; except that this section does not apply to a person who engages in the aforedescribed conduct as part of a show or exhibition solely for the purpose of entertainment or amusement.
Fortune telling is a class B misdemeanor.
https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-18-pacsa-crimes-and-offenses/pa-csa-sect-18-7104.html
Pennsylvania Statutes Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses § 7104. Fortune telling
Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if he pretends for gain or lucre, to tell fortunes or predict future events, by cards, tokens, the inspection of the head or hands of any person, or by the age of anyone, or by consulting the movements of the heavenly bodies, or in any other manner, or for gain or lucre, pretends to effect any purpose by spells, charms, necromancy, or incantation, or advises the taking or administering of what are commonly called love powders or potions, or prepares the same to be taken or administered, or publishes by card, circular, sign, newspaper or other means that he can predict future events, or for gain or lucre, pretends to enable anyone to get or to recover stolen property, or to tell where lost property is, or to stop bad luck, or to give good luck, or to put bad luck on a person or animal, or to stop or injure the business or health of a person or shorten his life, or to give success in business, enterprise, speculation, and games of chance, or to win the affection of a person, or to make one person marry another, or to induce a person to make or alter a will, or to tell where money or other property is hidden, or to tell where to dig for treasure, or to make a person to dispose of property in favor of another.
(b) Advertising as evidence.--Any publication contrary to this section may be given in evidence to sustain the indictment.
(c) Competency of witnesses.--Any person whose fortune may have been told shall be a competent witness against the person charged with violating this section.
Looks like today it sits in misdemeanor territory.
It's all about the right Toyota pickup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Hilux
Due to its durability and reliability, the Toyota Hilux, along with the larger Toyota Land Cruiser (J70), has become popular among paramilitary groups in war-torn regions as a technical.[284] According to terrorism analyst Andrew Exum, the Hilux is "the vehicular equivalent of the AK-47. It's ubiquitous to insurgent warfare."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Tacoma
Most markets across the world receive the Toyota Hilux in lieu of the Tacoma.
When comparing with the Hilux, the Tacoma receives engineering with greater priority on ride quality, handling, comfort, and safety over ruggedness and payload capacity. The design intends to better suit the needs of the US and Canadian market, where pickup trucks are used as personal vehicles rather than for commercial, agricultural, and off-road purposes.
I think that the UK might technically have a few storms that would qualify as weak hurricanes in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1987
It looks like the US definition involves 1-minute sustained wind speed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone
In modern times, on average around 80 to 90 named tropical cyclones form each year around the world, over half of which develop hurricane-force winds of 65 kn (120 km/h; 75 mph) or more.[1]
Unfortunately, the UK appears to measure by gust (20-second) or hourly, so hard to compare exactly.
I'm not sure whether Storm Eunice qualifies, at least for mainland UK:
The map below shows the highest hourly mean wind speeds recorded from storm Eunice on 18 February 2022. Several coastal locations recorded an hourly mean wind speed of over 50Kt (58mph), while Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) recorded a remarkable hourly mean wind speed of 82Kt (94mph) for the hour to 1100 UTC at the height of the storm.
But the Great Storm of 1987 looks like it would:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1987
The great storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in England, France, and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.
Sustained winds speeds greater than 121 km/h (75 mph) were recorded for over an hour in southern Britain.
If it has hour-long speeds over 75 mph, then it must have 1-minute speeds over 75 mph.
That being said, that's the peak in the UK; the US has much stronger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was an extremely powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that struck the southeastern United States in early September 1935.
The storm made landfall late on September 2 near Long Key, at peak intensity, with an intensity of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg) and 1-minute sustained winds of 185 mph (298 km/h)
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It looks like the Great Storm of 1987 in the UK still doesn't qualify, as per the UK's Met Office, but that's due to some technical characteristic, rather than because the wind speed isn't high enough.
This storm wasn’t officially a hurricane, because they need specific conditions found in the tropics to form. But hurricane-force winds did occur in some locations in the UK during the Great Storm.
https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/hurricanes
Hurricanes cannot form at the latitudes of the UK as they require much higher sea surface temperatures to develop than exist close to the UK. However, the UK is sometimes affected by extratropical storms as they move to higher latitudes, such as ex-Hurricane Ophelia in 2017. Occasionally, intense mid-latitude depressions can produce near hurricane strength winds. The most widely publicised such depression occurred on 16 October 1987, known as The Great Storm.
It's just not even close, the UK has more dumb fuckers per capita than the USA.
We've got people who don't like paragliders here too.
Jury acquits homeowner who fired shots to ‘get paraglider’s attention’
Flinn saw the paraglider, Matt Senior of Issaquah, sail past his living-room window last July 2. He told Douglas County sheriff’s deputies he emerged from his home carrying a 12-gauge shotgun and fired it into the air “to get his attention.”
Flinn told Senior, then hovering 60 to 80 feet overhead, to get away from his property. Senior, an 11-year veteran paraglider, swore at Flinn and threatened to come to his home and assault him. Flinn fired another round into the air as Senior departed.
In his summation, Flinn’s attorney, John Brangwin of Wenatchee, said other paragliders had passed over Flinn’s property that day, but sailed far higher. He called Flinn’s confrontation of Senior a defense of his property, and invoked the spectre of drones and “black helicopters” spying on citizens’ private lives.
“We can debate whether he’s a trespasser or not, because his feet are not on the ground,” Brangwin told the jury, referring to Senior. “… But at what point do you have the right to protect your home?”
I could have guessed Liberia, but I remember being genuinely surprised when I first discovered that Belize spoke English. I'd have expected Spanish, given the geography.