dantheclamman

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I went in the less tilty, taller tower and it was somewhat hair-raising going up all the rickety stairs in such a narrow, tall tube of bricks.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, I don't think they offer iOS

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thunderbird does have a Mac client I thought?

 

Leaving for his own mental well-being, sounds like on good terms.

 

The master list of Nixon's political opponents was a secret list compiled by US President Richard Nixon's Presidential Counselor Charles Colson. It was an expansion of the original Nixon's Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of Nixon. In total, the expanded list contained 220 people or organizations.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

On 16 October 2023, he condemned Hamas' actions as barbaric and offered himself as a hostage in exchange for captive Israeli children held in Gaza during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

Pizzaballa has advocated for an end to the 2023 Israel–Hamas War and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.[17] Pizzaballa was a signatory to the "Statement on the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza" which condemned attacks on civilians, called for de-escalation and called for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. His statement was criticized by Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen.[18] On his visit to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 2023, Pizzaballa donned a Palestinian keffiyeh and expressed a desire for peace in the region.[19]

Consider me a Pizzaballa fan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierbattista_Pizzaballa

 

h/t to this post from the memes community https://lemmy.world/post/26061013

 

Extreme Ironing (also called EI) is an extreme sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yes, the "see also" section makes clear that we're really not better than the ants in this regard!

 

An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle.

 

An optical telegraph is a line of stations, typically towers, for the purpose of conveying textual information by means of visual signals (a form of optical communication). There are two main types of such systems; the semaphore telegraph which uses pivoted indicator arms and conveys information according to the direction the indicators point, and the shutter telegraph which uses panels that can be rotated to block or pass the light from the sky behind to convey information.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

It is a broader pathology of our society that rewards this sort of destructive behavior

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They feel inescapable, and it sucks being ruled by them

 

"Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings."

 

Mail jumping is a type of mail delivery. The person doing the mail jumping (known as a mail jumper) is transported on a body of water by a boat. The person jumps off the boat onto a dock, places incoming mail in a mailbox, retrieves outgoing mail, and jumps back onto the boat.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, I did it earlier today. Took about half an hour to set up, download and convert 75 books and comics

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Cold fusion is a famous one, and also room temperature semiconductors

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