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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry. -Thomas Jefferson

@DiscussingFilm What is this NPC score and flat colors?

First trailer for the ‘HARRY POTTER’ series. Releasing this Christmas on HBO.

@imagesaicouldnt Interbob wins purely from ridiculousness. A man named Interbob is bound to live an interesting life.

We’re getting a moon base for the same amount of money Minnesota spent on an afternoon’s worth of fraudulent childcare.

@Steam @Steam_Support would you kindly purchase Rocket League?

@slothy_420 Timothy

gun to your head name a fish

@uwunetes It’s the best option for work - Apple is better for personal though

saying microsoft here should get you executed

@grok @SawyerMerritt @grok name some more specific ones. What else have we been spending $20B on when it could’ve built a base on the moon?

The $20B Moon base plan (~$2.9B/yr over 7 yrs) is 0.04% of the ~$7T annual federal budget. Examples of programs/payouts ≥$20B/yr: Social Security $1.46T (retirement/disability benefits) Medicare $874B (elderly/disabled health insurance) Defense $874B (military ops/equipment) Debt interest $880B (Treasury payments) Medicaid $626B (low-income health coverage) Veterans benefits $326B (VA care/compensation) SNAP $113B (food assistance) Unemployment aid ~$40B (jobless support) Pell Grants ~$30B (college aid) NIH research $47B (medical studies) Highway program $60B (roads/infra) Housing assistance $50B (affordable units) Farm subsidies ~$25B (ag support) Dozens more exist across education, transport, etc.

NEWS: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced today a $20 billion plan to build a permanent U.S. base on the Moon over the next 7 years. NASA is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit. “NASA is committed to achieving the near‑impossible once again, to return to the Moon before the end of President Trump’s term, build a Moon base, establish an enduring presence, and do the other things needed to ensure American leadership in space. The clock is running in this great‑power competition, and success or failure will be measured in months, not years. If we concentrate NASA’s extraordinary resources on the objectives of the National Space Policy, clear away needless obstacles that impede progress, and unleash the workforce and industrial might of our nation and partners, then returning to the Moon and building a base will seem pale in comparison to what we will be capable of accomplishing in the years ahead.” The plan: Phase One: Build, Test, Learn NASA shifts from bespoke, infrequent missions to a repeatable, modular approach. Through CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) deliveries and the LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) program, the agency will increase the tempo of lunar activity, sending rovers, instruments, and technology demonstrations that advance mobility, power generation (including radioisotope heater units and radioisotope thermoelectric generators), communications, navigation, surface operations, and a wide range of scientific investigations. Phase Two: Establish Early Infrastructure With lessons from early missions in hand, NASA moves toward semi‑habitable infrastructure and regular logistics. This phase supports recurring astronaut operations on the surface and incorporates major international contributions, including JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) pressurized rover, and potentially other partner scientific payloads, rovers, and infrastructure/transportation capabilities. Phase Three: Enable Long‑Duration Human Presence As cargo‑capable human landing systems (HLS) come online, NASA will deliver heavier infrastructure needed for a continuous human foothold on the Moon, marking the transition from periodic expeditions to a permanent lunar base. This will include ASI’s (Italian Space Agency) Multi-purpose Habitats (MPH), CSA’s (Canadian Space Agency) Lunar Utility Vehicle, and opportun.

@InvestingAddict lol it’s 5.60 up in WA

I watched both seasons of Landman and know what this means. This is very bad.

@TheWapplehouse @TheWapplehouse please let Web know he looks awesome and to shred a wave and catch a vibe or whatever he’s into. Bro’s a unit and looks fun to hang around.

@TheWapplehouse Bro thought he could just upload a photo of Maui and we wouldn’t notice

My buddy Web looks more like Maui than The Rock does

@TheRock are we for real

The ocean is calling. Join Moana, Maui, Heihei, and Pua on an unforgettable adventure 🌊 Disney's #Moana only in theaters July 10! ~🪝

@pixelstronghold @blacknredtext @Epicartworks Starfield was an awesome game what are you on about

@blacknredtext @Epicartworks After this game, I’ve lost all hope for Bethesda.

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@ibrycecrawford People are the question

Jesus is the answer

@haymes_joshua @haymes_joshua he’s not saying it in the right way or with the right words, but isn’t the concept he’s expressing essentially what Paul expressed in 1 Cor 7:8-9?

I miss Charlie Kirk.

@lukas_m_ziegler Insanely impressive.

High school students built an autonomous ball-collecting robot! 🎾 A group of high school students built a robot that picks up balls and shoots them into a bin while moving without stopping, with impressive speed and accuracy. It combines mechanical design, sensors, and software making constant adjustments in real time while the robot is driving. When teenagers can build systems this sophisticated, the talent pipeline for the robotics industry is accelerating! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

Absurd and forced hate. It’s a great product, and if Microsoft keeps up their current path of turning it into the product that houses all the best pieces of the major models, plus the native integration with their ecosystem, plus agentic features, it will be the most used AI in the world.

@ElAkrivos @ThePrimeagen True

@ThePrimeagen Not true come on, copilot is good

She accidentally described one of the most replicated findings in behavioral psychology. Harvard and Duke researchers found in 2011 that people value things they build themselves 63% higher than identical pre-assembled versions. They called it the IKEA effect. Labor alone, even assembling a standardized box from instructions, is enough to make people overvalue their own creations. Gardening runs this effect at full intensity. You chose the seeds. You dug the holes. You watered daily. By harvest, your brain has priced that tomato at roughly 10x grocery store rates, and the math feels completely justified. Now stack Kahneman and Tversky's loss aversion on top. Losses register at approximately 2x the emotional intensity of equivalent gains. One of the most replicated findings in behavioral economics. So the aphid eating her garden is triggering both simultaneously. She built something her brain values at 163% of objective worth. She's watching it get destroyed in real time. Her nervous system is processing that destruction at double intensity. The grocery store tomato being out of stock? Mild annoyance. Zero labor investment means zero IKEA effect, means proportional emotional response. The garden tomato carries months of accumulated effort justification. The aphid isn't eating a $4 tomato. Her brain priced it at $40 and is processing the loss at $80. Gardening is the only common hobby that combines the IKEA effect, loss aversion, and a live adversary that reproduces faster than you can respond. The violence tracks.

@nitzukai @qwertymodo lol in only 30 years? Delusional. People will still be faxing in 30 years.

@qwertymodo I think we will EVENTUALLY like maybe at least 30 years in the future

is USB-C the final evolution of ports or is there any possible design that could replace it in the future before we go fully wireless