@MunicipleOrrery @eigenrobot Same.
I can do the vulcan eyebrow on either side too.
Which, to my surprise, pleased jock fans of the Rock.
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Ted Hill
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Ted Hill
@TedCaseHill
A sideways view from a sideways thinker.
Katılım Kasım 2022
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@TedCaseHill @eigenrobot I practiced it as a child, similarly to the Vulcan hand gesture. Winking was a lot more useful, it turns out. 😜
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told my 5yo daughter about winking the other day and now she's going up to people and squinting at them. she's not closing her eye all the way because she wouldn't be able to bear not watching her victim's reactions
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@eigenrobot @ETCviperidae I think in some cultures, this is expected and considered good etiquette... i.e. not passing along the worst offensive between two warring parties. Translators are notorious for trying to soothe things over at times.
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who was actually in charge of american diplomacy because this was really a spectacular failure on our part, as well of course on iran and pakistan
heads should roll
was rubio cut out of this? seems like something that might have been important
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@selentelechia @eigenrobot @hormeze My wife insists that every non-living object is a boy.
And all dogs.
This has always confused me.
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soft tissue abominations are body horror but skeletons arent. make it make sense
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@selentelechia Wasn't there a giant culling because bird flu?
Maybe it damaged the taste?
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Idk what was going on with poultry supply chains and quality control in 2023 but good news everyone, chicken tastes normal again
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@eigenrobot Counterpoint: a lot of high skill diplomacy didn't stop Iran before, or North Korea for that matter.
Look, I know it is a weak point but maybe the non-expert will work here even though it is dumb and shouldn't work by any common sense rights.
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regardless of whether any side was being deceptive or simply fucking up, one imagines that for important agreements it's standard to have each translation approved by all parties, which clearly wasn't done here, which feels like amateur hour
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🎯🔫👌@gurgle_io
@eigenrobot From where I'm sitting it looks like the Pakistanis scammed a peace deal?
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@iamthemightyoak @eigenrobot Man, I don't even think they were in the loop for once 😅
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@eigenrobot I could end up being wrong, and bookmark me on this, but I think this is negotiation from first principles.
And I mean ur-principles, human truths of force.
I think this ceasefire will collapse 2 times but be essentially settled by mid July.
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what did we learn palmer
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
CNN: There does not appear to be a formal written document for the ceasefire agreement
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@TedCaseHill @eigenrobot I am hoping that this is merely a fun challenge to the creativity of Mossad.
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i don't think he can restart the war "very easily" actually
if transit returns to something even a bit like normalcy, political pressure to avoid another closure will be immense
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
Trump says the Iran negotiations/ceasefire “is good,” but if it isn't, the US will go back to war "We go right back to it, very easily," -Sky News.
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@eigenrobot Look I would do no better.
We could have at least sent some better lines on pants.
Was @gametheory101 not available?
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everyone in this photo should be embarrassed
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa@USAmbRSA
Honored to present my credentials to President @CyrilRamaphosa today. South Africa stands at a pivotal moment, with the talent, resources, and energy to shape and elevate its economic future. I am committed to partnering with leaders across government and business to resolve disagreements, unlock new opportunities, support entrepreneurship, and foster an environment where investment can thrive and jobs can grow. My focus is simple: strengthen the ties between our countries and deliver tangible, lasting economic progress for both South Africans and Americans.
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@TedCaseHill Haven't heard about it really, but I'm not the average european. My guess is people screaming about Vance paying a visit to Le Bad Putin Fascism
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@eigenrobot As someone who did political door to door knocking for a season I often stopped to admire the intricate details of people's flowers.
Not the arrangement, landscaping, or even really quality.
Just the details.
There is something sublime there and it was grounding for me.
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"good" tends to be interesting like a garden is interesting
its intricacies may not be immediately legible except to god, or perhaps in a sense of aesthetic joy on beholding it
christopher alexander's quality without a name, maybe
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eigenrobot@eigenrobot
a curious thing about tasks like this is that they cause you to notice small things you had previously overlooked. yards are almost fractally complex. a series of miniature worlds inside the yard, itself a microcosm of Nature
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hypothesis: evil is usually fake interesting, good is usually fake boring
plasma ۞@plasmarob
@eigenrobot @goblinodds @kendrictonn maybe you jest but I acquired James Watson's Avoid Boring People, and put it down after the intro descended from the most disturbingly shitlib family to their birder buddy turned out to be an infamous murderer and he's like "lol" you can be interesting without being evil
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had a nightmare where @selentelechia got a new friend with marital problems, forgot to turn off the sink and flooded our house, then abandoned me on an island
woke up and realized id forgotten to take off my nicotine patch
THANKS GWERN
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France has a nuclear aircraft carrier and the best frigates ever built.
UK can’t deploy a single warship in 5 weeks.
So why do we still call it the English Channel?
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