Heads up - potentially NSFL image at top:

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

I’ve heard of Boom Aerospace from the US, which is a little further along in their development process, although they are only super sonic.

There’s been a plan floated where there’s a Palestinian “state”, but actually UAE or another Gulf State runs it. My guess is that this news is along these lines - Saudi Arabian leaders don’t give a shit about Palestine (look at the Abraham accords).

Same for me, running for a few months and all my steam games work great. I had to install some extra software to run my Logitech mouse and get the scroll wheel to be more sensitive. Otherwise though it’s been a great experience so far.

Although I’m an IT professional, I really don’t want extra work when I’m sitting down to game. So POP! has been great overall for my use case, with the bonus of Linux for any coding projects I tackle otherwise.

It Takes Two! I played it with my partner and really enjoyed the story and very imaginative game play.

Non-amp link:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/11/tesla-tsla-stock-drops-in-premarket-after-cybercab-robotaxi-reveal.html

Same - I used this tool which worked great for that workflow:

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

That’s actually a real strategy by Russia. Since they have so few deep water ports for their Navy, if temperatures rise then they have new options in their far north territories.

Good call. I gave up halfway through S3 of umbrella academy. It was just weird and goofy, the tone didn’t match S1 at all.

I just watched this pretty good, long essay about exactly this:

https://youtu.be/lAB2U46N06Q

Oh damn, I forgot that part about “Earth being the control”. That’s hilarious!

My favorite one of them is Excession. I found the relationships / culture between the ship AI’s so interesting and frankly, better written than many human relationships in the series overall.

Thanks for writing about the Godzilla movie. I had heard some buzz but didn’t know about the depth to it’s concept. I’ll have to check it out!

Have you ever read the Culture novels, by Iain M. Banks? They explore a somewhat similar idea to “intelligence agencies of fascist post scarcity interstellar empires”.

I can’t remember if the contacted civilizations are ever socialist, although there’s definitely a more feudal one and the overall themes may be interesting to you nonetheless.

Honestly at this point in my software career (~10 years), it’s not evil per se, but I don’t feel great about essentially existing to help rich people (VCs, PE, etc.) get richer. But I suppose that’s a problem that isn’t limited to IT.

From my understanding, unions require a vote from employees before being able to negotiate contracts with management. So if they want a few more people to come to a meeting, it’s probably because they need a sense of whether they’re gonna win that election and / or there is interest from more than a single employee.

Getting a union can be a long process, just to get to the bargaining table. Successful campaigns require a tireless dedication from at least one employee who wants to fight.

All worth it IMHO, and I’m heartened to hear about labor action for EMS staff. Best of luck in your efforts!

I have only a passing familiarity with Falun Gong, so I looked up the Wikipedia page for it and damn, there’s a lot to get through.

From what I can tell, it’s a new age cult with surprisingly authoritarian / right wing leanings.

Because I’m here on Hexbear, and familiar with the lies / omissions commonly in wiki, I’m curious if you’d be interested in telling me more about your perspective on the group?

Same here, but apparently this isn’t even an isolated example:

https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U?si=kqH-ixnhSvc4S_HG

(Video about their colonialism and exploitative monetary policy in the Saheel / Africa).

Not surprising - I watched this video about France’s ongoing colonialism in Africa a few months ago, showed a side of them I never considered, at least in the modern era:

https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U?si=kqH-ixnhSvc4S_HG

Suddenly, the Libyan adventure last decade makes more sense.

First time I heard of this, super neat, thanks for sharing. Found a good article here:

https://builtin.com/data-science/voronoi-diagram

I can’t comment on the state of the German system, but agree with everything you said otherwise.

One of the worst parts is that in the absence of critical thought by doctors, it feels like the only choice I have as an individual is to try and figure things out myself. But God forbid I actually mention thinking deeply about the issue to a doctor - I’m immediately labeled non-compliant / hypochondriac. You can’t fucking win.