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I have the same GX groupset on two bikes - both 12 speed. One is AXS, the other is cable. The AXS shifter never misses. Ever. Can't say that about the cable, which I've adjusted many times. I think it's a great upgrade.

It's also something I can work on, repair, etc. I don't think that's going to be the case with the upcoming setup where the gearing is colocated with the motor, and there's no derailleur. That's going to be a shop (or probably even manufacturer) repair.

I have one of those floating around here too, the thing I didn't care for with that model was that the blade doesn't stick out very far. The one-handed action is nice tho. The one I carry every day is this one https://a.co/d/29pk73c but it's not currently available.

Slider style EDC utility knife. Small, lightweight, and because the blades are cheap and easily replaced you can abuse them - cut on concrete, pry stuff, if it breaks the blade, not a big deal.

https://a.co/d/gouJDKV typical example but there's lots of different ones.

Bonus - these blades are more expensive than most, but still cheap and last a lot longer than standard blades do https://a.co/d/bQj77Qz

I first heard that one in the 80s, when I was in high school. I thought about making it more, but that's how I heard it, so that's how I'll tell it. :)

As the joke goes...

Two scientists think they've cracked the secret of creating a humanzee. However, in order to test their theory, they need a human to mate with their chimpanzee, so they take out an add in the local newspaper (it's an old joke. A newspaper is what we used for news in the before times) that reads, "Man wanted for sex with chimpanzee for $1000"

The next day a man walks in and says, "I'll do it on three conditions. First, my wife can never know. Second, the children must be baptized. Finally, I'll have to pay in installments."

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Your pocket bomb doesn't have any actual bomb in it (unless the Israelis put some there, like the Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies.) They can burn fast, but afaik they don't explode, just like gunpowder doesn't explode. It burns very fast. On the other hand, they can produce gas and burst the battery pack, which might be considered an explosion, but I'd argue it's not actually one.

Which isn't going to make someone who has it happen in their pocket feel any better.

If I have my physics wrong, please correct me, I'm not a lithium bomb expert :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Knife

This was a pretty good read, also rather uncomfortable. I live in Arizona and I worry about the future here for my kids.

https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/equestrian-helmet-ratings.html

This is a good place to start for helmets. They have the same sort of ratings for different sports so if nothing in the equestrian list looks good, you should check the bicycle list. Note that it's not necessarily current for everything but it's a good starting point.

When a person has nothing left to lose they will take chances that otherwise they wouldn't. If we weren't living in a corporatocracy, perhaps there'd be no demand for this sort of thing, but we do and there is.

Is France similar to the US in that the far right is viewed as an existential threat by pretty much everyone except the far right? If that's the case, it seems like a coalition between the centrists and the left would be obvious. Of course, the devil is always in the details.

Yeah it just doesn't let up here for a few months. I don't think we're going to hit the record set last year for 110°+ days (55 iirc.) I bike early morning when it's "cool" at 85°ish. Cause doing stuff outside in the middle of the day gets you this.

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/07/02/10-year-old-boy-dead-after-becoming-overheated-south-mountain/