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  • Marriage advice

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    bachophileB
    only thing i cant resist buying is books. other than that, im such a non shopper. ill wear or use the same item until it disentegrates. and its not from frugalness, its just...they way i am.
  • Interesting re MAGA for the post Trump era

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    bachophileB
    the globalist class....proud circumsised member (double entendre intended i guess)
  • Mildly interesting

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    jon-nycJ
    They were taking the long view.
  • Are we in an AI bubble?

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    jon-nycJ
    Best comment: [image: 1765495500714-img_9227.jpeg]
  • The Ukraine war thread

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    Der Spiegel: Zwei Schurken, ein Ziel https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/wie-donald-trump-die-europaeer-an-wladimir-putin-verraet-a-2fb67045-1ab6-4caf-9467-fceeec9351c6
  • Funny Pics

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    kluursK
    [image: 1765480391023-8942dde7-c44b-4a0c-a551-60a09dcd9357-image.png]
  • Let’s not get him started on Wordle scores

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    Doctor PhibesD
    I'm going to pretend that I care whilst secretly sneering at your pointless existence.
  • Christmas memes 2025

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    RenaudaR
    Deck the Halls updated lyrics: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1436803764471236
  • Beyond the antivaxx stuff MAHA is either banal or fake

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    jon-nycJ
    https://x.com/nbcnews/status/1998880427902149088?s=46
  • Chilling video essay re authoritarianism

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    MikM
    @Renauda said in Chilling video essay re authoritarianism: Vlad, as always, raises some salient points. As he should, he knows what he sees. As to travel, right now I wouldn’t even consider changing flights in the US let alone entering it as a tourist. Several of my Canadian relatives feel the same way.
  • What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?

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    jon-nycJ
    Peter Attia interview from back in 2021 with the journalist who really dove into the Andrew Wakefield hoax and the origins of the ‘vaccines cause autism’ memetic complex. He follows the histories of the players involved (Wakefield originally sought out to show measles caused IBD), what they did, what they fabricated, and how they were able to have their initial success. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peter-attia-drive/id1400828889?i=1000517725939
  • 14 months' work at the gym and the dinner table

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    jon-nycJ
    It’s hard to say. I haven’t been doing much cycling in the past 6 weeks but it’s gone up in that time. I bought an indoor trainer for my basement but haven’t used it much due to the awkward placement. I just got rid of that large extraneous bed in my basement which will allow me to put it in a good place and use it more. What’s new for me in the last six weeks or so is daily treadmill time.
  • Calibri v. Times New Roman

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    AxtremusA
    @89th said in Calibri v. Times New Roman: I'm just trying to visualize how some of this Administration's dumber moves actually come about... Visualize this (h/t @wtg, also involves Rubio's department): Feds bring woman to US to face charges, then say she’s here illegally [and wants to deport her before she's tried] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/feds-bring-woman-to-us-to-face-charges-then-say-she-s-here-illegally/ar-AA1S4hnV
  • Good morning from Miraflores

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    jon-nycJ
    South Pacific sunset. [image: 1765409923950-img_9207.jpeg]
  • The Godfather’s Cat

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    HoraceH
    I thought it was CGI.
  • First time for everything

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    HoraceH
    I picked up a prescription yesterday from an Asian young lady. But since she's a pharmacy tech, or maybe even a pharmacist, I'm sure she was at least mid 20s. Anyway, she was stunning. From what I could tell through the drive through window at least. Which is enough to infer everything I couldn't see.
  • My AI Training

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    MikM
    @Axtremus said in My AI Training: ![alt text](image url)@Mik said in My AI Training: ... but you still have to amass and feed it the data. Where it can help you is you can train it to do normal engineering reports where you just put in the parameters and it does all the verbalization for you. But it can't amass data it hasn't been given. That's another concern ... how do you know the data you feed it will not leak outside your data security enclave? You don't. Exactly why I stay away from cloud storage as much as possible.
  • Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….

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    bachophileB
    @jon-nyc said in Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….: Smart girl. [image: 1760119847208-img_8204.jpeg] she seems to be missing? off the grid? news conference with her in Oslo was cancelled...?
  • Did something new today…

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    MikM
    Yeah, when we bought our 2006 Odyssey I pooh-poohed Janet for wanting the heated seats. Now on our Murano I LOVE the heated seats and steering wheel.