Jesus, can you mark this post NSFW!
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Man, I thought we were here for the greasy bulgogi picnic. We have North Kore-Andy-Bo-Bandy here pointing at art with his big ol’ naengmyeon-locker and friggin’ and Yuri Lahey over here, 3 bottles of Русски Стандарт deep stumbling around talkin’ about shit balloons. Jeeeezuz!
And they would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those peaky kids and that no-good revolver!
This can’t be true until there as many likes as the kid has insta-followers. Basic math
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If you wanted to see under the kilt, you only needed to ask…or not even, sometimes.
I wanted to be make fun of a such a privileged perspective in the title, thankfully the article is more balanced:
“Moll recognizes that climate change poses an existential threat to his ability to run outside—and that this passion in and of itself is a “luxury.”
“The environment and the health of our climate is so intertwined with the ability to run,” he told me, pointing out that many countries in the Global South are bearing the brunt of climate impacts. “Not everyone is afforded the material conditions to have a passion like ultra-endurance running.”
I run proton w/ netshield in combination w/ ff focus as a default browser, with all blockers turned on, for general use. As others said about battery use, about the same as any other VPN. Turn off either netshield or blockers and it’s terrifying how many annoying ads are in the avg. site.
Sweet-boi
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/14157615
> Fruity Feathered Friend
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> (TheRealBigRed) (2024)
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> Image description: A creatively crafted owl sits, made entirely from the body of a pineapple. The top leaves of the pineapple form a crown, mimicking the plumage of an owl. Its eyes, carved from the golden flesh of the fruit, are wide and expressive. The meticulous design transforms an ordinary pineapple into a representation of an owl, showcasing both nature’s and human’s artistry.
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> ::: spoiler Full Generation Parameters:
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> (pineapple) owl hybrid, sharp focus, award-winning photograph
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> Negative prompt: bad lighting, deformed, text
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> Steps: 46, Size: 832x1216, Seed: 1880346009, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 10, Clip skip: 2
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Pour One Out for Groundwater
The bottled-water company last year tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11792585
> In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits > > The bottled-water company last year tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally. > > Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the state. Poland Spring, the bottled-water giant, had lobbied aggressively against the measure. > > The proposal would have placed a 10-year limit on large-scale water-extraction contracts, a restriction that the bill’s supporters said would protect Maine’s precious groundwater at a time when water levels are falling across the country. It failed to pass on Thursday by a 21-to-12 vote in the State Senate. > > Poland Spring, a major presence in Maine, draws water from eight locations around the state to bottle and sell. It is trying to lock in a new contract of up to 45 years to pump water in Lincoln, a former mill town. > > BlueTriton — which owns Poland Spring and other major bottled-water brands, including Arrowhead and Deer Park — lobbied against the changes. Last year, The New York Times reported that the company wrote, and circulated among legislators, a proposed amendment that would have gutted the bill. > > Non-paywall link
Watch OS 10 Beta: No More Lock Button?
Don’t worry, they haven’t removed the sweaty/hairy arm attached to it tho.