ripcord

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Senate GOP fears drop in Trump enthusiasm, energy in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Four elections? Are you counting midterms, I guess?

Dogs are in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

(that's Violet, not Lucy)

Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why is this article (almost completely) written like there are multiple brothers at this point? One has been dead for 4 and a half years.

The Senate just voted 72-11 to kill Sanders resolution to have the State Department report Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 24 points 9 months ago

Clearly Bernie is anti-Semitic.

Project 2025 will cement America as a rightwing authoritarian state in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

One of them has been dead for years

ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate hours after Haley said she would not debate unless Trump also did in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you underestimate some of those things. People know about the stuff you listed and they still want him.

But...that's what they said

Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes in c/world@lemmy.world
Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, games with ads are for suckers.

Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
Margot Robbie Is Taking a Break From Acting After Barbie in Case People Are Sick of Her in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hey, I'm also old and get that!

Margot Robbie Is Taking a Break From Acting After Barbie in Case People Are Sick of Her in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 46 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Who cosplays as Margot Robbie too. It's not just a name (for more context)

Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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Woooo collapse conversation button (kbin.social)
 

Not sure how long it's been there, but it's finally there. Nice QoL improvement.

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Where did Magazine search go? (kbin.social)
 

There used to be an interface for quickly searching available magazines, subscribing, seeing population counts, etc. Does this not exist anymore, or am I just missing it?

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TIL ancient Egyptians didn't use Hieroglyphics as an everyday writing system. They reserved this for special functions. The Egyptians used two script-like writing systems called Hieratic and Demotic. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
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TIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom (archive.ph)
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Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument Releases First Data (physics.aps.org)
 

The first data collected by the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument contain close to 2 million objects, including a roughly 12-billion-year-old quasar. The collaboration expects to report their first cosmology-related results within a year.

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