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andrewducker

1. Popper was right about the link between certainty and extremism: (tags:politics psychology belief )
2. Plastic from takeaway containers may fuel Alzheimer's risk (in mice): (tags:mice alzheimers plastic )
3. Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?: (tags:relationships ai )
4. The US "healthcare" system is not fit for purpose.: (tags:healthcare USA OhForFucksSake )

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Today we went to the Autumn Fest in Marshall. It was an evening event, and the day had cooled off considerably, so it was quite pleasant. We were lucky to miss the rain there -- it rained a bit at home and we drove through several showers. This event continues on Saturday and Sunday if you want to catch it, and it is well worth attending if you're in Illinois this weekend looking for something to do.

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andrewducker

1. Labour's plan to jumpstart city building after Rayner's 1.5m homes drive stalls: (tags:housing uk )
2. Chimps consume a pint of lager's worth of alcohol every day in fruit: (tags:alcohol chimpanzees )
3. Man with Covid for over two years became virus incubator, as it evolved into new variants of concern: (tags:pandemic virus evolution )
4. Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads (and so I will never buy one): (tags:advertising Samsung technology OhForFucksSake )
5. Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms (in Canada): (tags:Canada girls sports school LGBT transgender bigotry )
6. Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From: (tags:politics Child_abuse satire usa uk royalty )
7. An "At The Mountains Of Madness" game, where you play as a penguin.: (tags:penguins hplovecraft games wtf )

andrewducker

Ooh, I thought, that's a really cool t-shirt! And the price is only £24, that's actually pretty reasonable!

Except no, it's £24 plus £6 tax plus £7 shipping *that takes up to 6 weeks*.

And this for an item that's print on demand. Which means, theoretically, they could print it in the UK in the first place and not have to presumably ship it to me by alpaca from Kazakhstan!

Shame, really, it's a nice t-shirt. But not £37 nice.

andrewducker

1. DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing: (tags:politics terrorism USA censorship )

andrewducker

A week and a half ago I ordered a couple of K-Pop Demon Hunters hoodies for the kids from Amazon. I didn't realise quite how much of a trip they'd be making:

8th - Taken from warehouse in Shenzhen (China) and handed to massive chinese shipment company SF Express.
8th - Driven an hour up the road to Dongguan shipment centre.
11th - Transported (presumably by road) 1,100 km to Ezhou (SF Express hub airport, also China))
12th - Flown to Liège Airport (Belgium), stopping over in Almaty International Airport (Kazakhstan)
14th - Flew in to Heathrow
14th - Then arrived in Stansted for customs
15th - Then handed to Hermes in London
16th - Who got it to me in Edinburgh the next day

Total cost, including shipping: £24 (£12 per top).

I am both impressed and somewhat aghast.

andrewducker

No, daddy, it's definitely not a "pointy duck"! Have you even read the sign?
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

1. If you were wondering what Bryan Fuller and Mads Mikkelsen were up to, it's a movie about a guy who will (for the right money) kill the monster under your bed. Dust Bunny (also starring Sigourney Weaver).: I wish my kids were a few years older...
(tags:monsters children movies trailer )
2. How were escalators invented, and how safe are they? (very, unless your maintenance people are corrupt): (tags:design technology safety video history )
3. Israeli conductor condemns his country in extraordinary Proms outburst: (tags:Israel Palestine )

andrewducker

Rainbow over Arthur's Seat
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

1. New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care: (tags:childcare usa )

andrewducker

Behold, Vitruvian Ducker!

(Sophia was delighted to discover that she can give Gideon piggy backs and has now been doing them whenever she can. Which is impressive when they weigh basically the same.)
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

Sophia is having her evening snack while sitting on the window ledge watching the world go by.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

1. New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice: (tags:protests graffiti UK law viaSwampers )

andrewducker

Yesterday I was having fun with Gideon playing with webcam special effects, and we got to one that looks like old sepia film stock with damage marks on it and judderiness and he delightedly shouted "It's footage!"