FlyingSquid

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth Founding Singer, Dead at 56

He was drunk. And yet I’ve been pretty damn drunk and at no point did I ever give a Nazi salute.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in Berlin Wall relic gets a 'second life' on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers

That’s what I was saying.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to technology in Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US government

I’m guessing not too many people join the army or the air force to do IT support.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to technology in Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US government

Holy fuck, it’s like notes with strings on a cork board except even more insanely complex.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to world in Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing

HEY YOU GUUUUUUUYS!

FlyingSquid OP , 11 months ago to videos in The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar [2002] Dir. Michel Gondry

There’s a DVD collection of Gondry videos and it’s on there. A friend of mine had it. That’s at least passable quality. Maybe someone will upload it one day.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to technology in Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses

See my link elsewhere in the thread. This hasn’t stopped.

FlyingSquid OP , 11 months ago to videos in The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar [2002] Dir. Michel Gondry

I had a sudden impulse to watch Michel Gondry videos and those two are by far my favorites.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in Rudy Giuliani "sealed his own fate" in legal loss: Constitutional lawyer

I really am baffled. Even if he’s senile, doesn’t he have staff?

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see

Studs Terkel, later a legendary local radio host and author but then a struggling actor, visited the scene the next day to perform at the union’s makeshift first aid station. He compared the massacre’s hobbling and bandaged survivors to the damaged Civil War soldiers memorably captured by photographer Matthew Brady.

That guy was legit. I miss him.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to maliciouscompliance in [REPOST] Woman says she started wearing ‘terrible wigs’ after work banned her pink hair

“Ms. Extra” spends her own time and money entertaining people while thumbing her nose at those corporate slugs. I think people who make other people happy are probably not throwing a tantrum.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in Facing mounting challenges, schools embrace the 4-day week

I said this in another thread- I am fine with this in terms of schooling since it only means another 35 minutes a day according to the article I read. However, the solution for poor kids seems to be “keep them in school because parents can’t afford child care,” which creates a really unfair two-tiered educational system. Now the extra schooling could actually be of benefit to the poor kids, but I still think it’s bad to force them to do what other kids don’t have to just because their parents are poor.

What is needed is subsidized daycare.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in I was breastfeeding my baby when I noticed his feeding slowed – minutes later he was pale and floppy

Is this community going to be filled with low-quality articles probably written by AIs? Because if that’s the way this is going, I’ll unsubscribe.

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to news in San Francisco Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance

So you’re saying robotaxis are no better than cars driven by people? Why not just let the people keep driving?

FlyingSquid , 11 months ago to noncredibledefense in I feel like a weapon this credible belongs here

How do you cock the cylinder with no trigger and no hammer? I’m not a big gun person, but…