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Jasper after the fire, July 25.

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So how will VP pick be done?

Sounds like it's a quick primary? So will VPs be picked before the nomination is finalized? Can multiple candidates pick the same VP? If after the nomination, it has to be pretty fast. Pick the second place finisher?

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[Mega thread] - Biden ends bid for presidency
  • How is it that states can decide (or whatever the correctt word is) who's on the ballot when the party hasn't even officially nominated a candidate? I know that political parties are separate from election institutions, but it seems very strange. And it seems very early for states to have it set in stone.

  • ‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences
  • This is the UK

    Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin were each sentenced to four years in prison this week after being found guilty of planning disruptive protests on the M25. A fifth defendant, Roger Hallam, was sentenced to five years by a judge who said he “sat at the very highest level of the conspiracy”.

  • So is the global IT crash fixed yet?

    Not getting much by Googling.

    If not, what's the ETA?

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    Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear
  • “Onlookers were trying to take selfies with the bear and he’s clearly not in the mood for pictures. The bear has shown signs of severe stress,” the post said.

    It described the large male bear as “stressed, depressed, lemon zest” and urged the public not to approach a black bear at any time, “especially those that are showing aggression like this big fella”.

    How are we supposed to take this seriously when they make jokes?

  • Greece shuts Acropolis and Adriatic Sea hits record-high temperature as extreme heat bakes Europe
  • The heat has come largely from hot air blowing in from Africa, which meteorologists forecast will continue through Sunday. Temperatures are expected to peak at 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit).

    In Italy, two firefighters died putting out a blaze in the Basilicata region in the country’s south, authorities said.

  • TIL the term "Mad as a Hatter" likely came from hat makers using mercury and the resulting mercury poisoning.

    >Mercury poisoning of hat-makers – In 18th and 19th century England, mercury was used in the production of felt, which was commonly used in the hat-making trade at the time. Long-term use of mercury products often resulted in mercury poisoning-induced erethism among hat-makers.[1][2] In the late 19th-century United States, a notable example occurred in Danbury, Connecticut, where hat making was a major industry. Instances of erethism were so widespread among hat-makers, the condition became known locally as the "Danbury Shakes." It was characterized by slurred speech, tremors, stumbling, and in extreme cases hallucinations.

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    What really happened inside the first house liberated on D-Day

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    I noticed Fort McMurray reached a high of 4°C (39°F) today.

    That is all.

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    When we met Data's mother, it was his mother's mind in the body of his younger sister.

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    We saw more of Data's family than anyone else's.

    We saw his father, his mother, his grandfather, his brother, his other brother, and his daughter. Not too shabby for an Android.

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    Are all phone calls voip (voice over Internet protocol) now?

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    The line in Super Troopers about the Taliban Warlord was in date, then hilariously out of date, then disturbingly in date again.

    This one https://youtu.be/UJtQhv9dp9o

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    The Great Whale Robbery of Labrador

    I found this fascinating, and interesting history.

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    Is there a way to search your Lemmy comments?

    Or to load a whole bunch at once so you can Ctrl+F? I used to use RES on the other site to do that.

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    Have a low flush toilet that doesn't flush much? Keep a container nearby, fill it up with water, and pour it in the bowl as you flush.

    I use an old mixed nuts container.

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    TIL China now has a 3 child policy.

    Maximum, that is.

    1 child policy from 1979 to 2015.

    2 child policy from 2015 to 2021.

    3 child policy since 2021.

    >The announcement came after the release of the results of the Seventh National Population Census, which showed that the number of births in mainland China in 2020 was only 12 million, the lowest number of births since 1960, and the further aging of the population, against which the policy was born.[5] This was the slowest population growth rate China experienced.[6]

    >Although the CCP government had high expectations for the new policy,[16] in a 2021 online poll conducted by the state media Xinhua on its Weibo account, using the hashtag #AreYouReady for the new three-child policy, about 29,000 out of 31,000 respondents stated they would "never consider it."[15]

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    Does France have regional accents?

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    Do people vape in cars?

    Or is it avoided like smoking in cars?

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    How This Pen Changed The World

    [I don't think it was responsible for literacy rates like it suggests, but still very good vid.

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    Montrealers, do (most) planes at Trudeau airport land and take off towards the South-West? That would put it over the water, so the noise wouldn't be as bad.

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    The Enterprise Bites the Dust (a STAR TREK parody song of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen)

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    People who thought OJ Simpson was innocent at the time of the trial, did you later change your mind?

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