A very heavily curated Hot/All. I have a huge block list but I want to see new communities.
YaksDC
Being able to use TikTok on your phone doesn't make you tach savvy. They don't know anything about how it all works. It's a false dichotomy.
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks.
He is a little fucking nuts but the book is fun.
These girls look like they are under duress.
I live in Pentagon City VA, I'm not surviving shit. ☺
Now NSF funds all branches of science excluding defense and most medical. Those are DOD and NIH for the most part.
If this type of basic science research interests you, in the US there is a federal agency dedicated to this pursuit; the National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov)
95% of its annual budget goes out the door in the form of research grants to colleges, small businesses and individuals. Most of the research has no immediate application but has lead to some very exciting discoveries. The biggest in the recent past was that orange donut picture of a black hole that was everywhere. ( https://new.nsf.gov/blackholes/how-are-black-holes-studied#eht)
Got to love Singin' in the Rain!
The Cuecat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
Came at a time when there weren't barcodes everywhere and QR codes didn't exist yet. Companies had to publish Cuecat specific barcodes, it was much easier to just type in the URL by the time you figured out you could use it at all.
The orders: "Don't get caught"
The few comments on that "article" are either poorly written or stuff like "just blow the doors off them at the next light". Typical macho bullshit that they think impress people.