Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@luebbermann

every day I'm bummeln

One of my kids in robotics camp had this running joke where she'd just randomly do 'outros' and 'intros' like:

"Will the motor start? Find out in the next episode of robotics camp!"

"... And we're back!"

"Writing code! Let's get right into it!"

To which I'd say "WHO are you talking to, Jamie???"

But this is, one of those contagious jokes so I'm now constantly saying "And we're back!"

@Moss

I would guess they were living nearby, possibly in the walls of the mailbox or in the post, but flooding has suddenly forced them to relocate and they thought your mail was a good place to dry out their babies.

@maddiefuzz

They are very preper adjacent.

@maxpearl

OK. But.

You could just have an actual knife. Are the zombies putting us through metal detectors now?

@maddiefuzz

They have already literally done this.

EDC communities are wild.

You see, the idea of having a pocket knife is you can use it for other things and sort of think it's also a cool "weapon" that you'll never use. I don't get this "tactical sharpie" trend because it's not a sharpie anymore. You can't mark things with it ... it's just a plastic shank. And I tend to think being in any position where you'd want a "shank" is not a cool or fun time.

But I think these things are just taking up space in people's bags being useless.

I'm making a "tactical soldering iron" it's gonna be awesome and all these dudes will want one for some reason.

What in the heck is a "tactical sharpie" it seems like it's just a ... shank? Like for being in prison?

But what are the circumstances where a person could have a sharpie but not a pocketknife?

This is the new EDC trend. Making plastic shanks out of markers.

You can have a knife if it's that bad I don't get it.

Is everyone in prison? What is going on?

@ninawillburger

I'd totally wear this.

@rayhindle

This is correct, but we aren't going that way. And I think some of these hawk types dread the thought of peace because peace means that everyone slowly grows more powerful and prosperous. EVERYONE. and they can't abide the thought of not having a total monopoly on economic and military power.

@juergen_hubert

Yeah and a lot of people in the US think the same way which is even more wild.

But this isn't about technology. It's about negotiation and finding reasons to depend on each other instead of hurting each other.

Iran should be an important trade partner for all of these nations to the degree that no one would dream of starting a war because everyone is too busy making dialysis machines.

... or something.

And it's not even like losing economic dominance would make them poor. Just not as obscenely rich.

Every nation should be constantly engaged in the process of reducing the number of nuclear weapons on the planet.

Instead we keep demonstrating that nations that don't have such power will be manipulated, and ordered around, attacked without provocation.

Is the US public falling for it again?

We get NOTHING if this goes perfectly. And worse that nothing if it fails.

Many "scary" nations that don't like the US have horrible weapons. So what?

You will die because they close the dialysis clinic in your small town, not because of Iran.

These guys will cheerfully kill tens if not 100k civilians just to have the edge in negotiations about who makes money off the tankers and who gets the plumb trade deals.

The ideological battles are a smoke screen to make Americans scared enough to let them play risk with our lives.

Everyone keeps saying "Iran must not have a nuclear weapon."

And while this statement is something many people would agree with they aren't all agreeing for the same reasons.

The general public in the US is *scared* of "Nuclear Iran" (some bigotry informs this) --the war hawks aren't scared. They think they are playing chess, believe they can dictate the balence of power through "surgical*" force.

They have failed and we've watched it happen.

*there is nothing surgical about it

@rayhindle

I think she was planning on running around under the bed instead.

@art_history_animalia

**rusty sailor voice**

The thing about a catfish is it's got goofy goggly eyes. Like a dolls eyes.

@phpete

It's nice to help a kid do something they think is cool, but if YOU think it's cool too it's even better.

There are few things more rewarding than helping a kid to get their robot to work.

Pica has asked me to convey her sincere thanks for everyone who supported her campaign for Mayor. She forgot about it a few days later, but still wanted to have a "concession party" which means I need to comfort her and give her treats? She wasn't even on any ballots, but we are having the party anyway... obviously.