Bishma

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's named after Laszlo Cravensworth from What We Do in the Shadows.

But he reminds me of Jackie Daytona, somehow.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I'm my few months there I don't think he responded to his name, but he knew the sound of us yelling at him from across the field - that would get his attention.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Shhh, you'll wake it.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

I've been there. 58008 Cleavage Ct. in Twin Peaks.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

In college I did my internship working at a reptile house that did educational events at schools, libraries, fairs, etc. We had several alligators but only one that was allowed to wander the grounds (supervised). The property has a creek with high banks running through it that is all snow melt in the summer, and it was my job to go drag Spike out of the water and into the sun when he'd go sit in the icy water too long and couldn't get himself back over the bank.

Seeing that person with a gator by the tail trying to keep it out of the water brings that all flooding back. Spike wasn't that big though.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago

I assumed his neural net had gone screwy from having Picard poke at it with a sharp stick then spending centuries, unpowered, in a cave. And now he legit thinks he should live at 221B Baker St with his very own Mrs. Hudson.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Dan Quale was unelectable because he thought potato had an e on the end

Dan Quale was unelectable because he thought potato had an e on the end

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ahhh, that's a nice memory of when "its a series of tubes" was enough to be considered a politically damaging gaff.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

General popular buy in.

If 5% of the country tries to strike it's just going to get 5% of people fired with a poisoned reference on their CV, and get a story on page 3 of a billionaire owned newspaper. In the US right now 45% of the country would actively oppose a general strike, 30% would be oblivious to it happening until they got to work that day and wondered why Chris and Pat aren't in, and 20% would decline for fear of reprisal (sans union protection).

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

In what way is Elon crashing out? He's spending his days turning the US in the fascist kleptocracy that he and his apartheidist father used to dream about while they were abusing the children working their emerald mines, all the time selling thousands of his wankpanzers to the military at a massive markup, and gathering every citizens bank account details.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 days ago

You'd think he'd have learned by now that you should always get a second opinion when Ubuntu gave you your first one.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Things like this make me realize how much 90s Trek I must have missed even though I never missed an episode.

This clip will have permanent, rent-free accommodations in my head from now on.

 

~~sauce~~ source

 

Zozo strained a tendon last week so he's forced to postpone his calling of being an orange rocket. He's healing up though.

 

Mark McKinney from The Kids in the Hall (SNL, Superstore and more) has a series on CTV in which each episode has him trying out a new hobby by spending time with a mentor. In series 1, episode 6 his mentor is James Chatto who is Mae Martin's dad. They show a brief clip from the prize task.

Mark, James, and another puppeteer

Just before the reveal I said to my wife, "I half expected them to tap Mae's dad for this" since I didn't recognize him by name.

Sadly, I'm not sure how to watch it legally outside Canada or a VPN's Canadian IP.

 

I'll go ahead continue today's trend of awesome orange kitties.

Our Laszlo (aka Zozo) likes to show up early in my work day so he can watch all the little faces during my morning meetings while using my wrist as a pillow. Then we turn on some youtube cat tv if he sticks around after meetings are over.

 

Ok this is more disappointing than infuriating, but I've been voting for 26 years and just once I want the state or county to give me a frickin' sticker.

 

Johnston... previously pleaded guilty to a felony count of interfering with law enforcement during civil disorder in July 2024.

The 56-year-old actor was initially arrested in June 2023 after the FBI tweeted a photo requesting information about his identity. He is alleged to have led a group to the “front line of rioters confronting the police who were defending the entrance” to the Capitol, helping to launch an assault against a group of officers.

 

US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment — including the ones that make your McFlurries.

The decision is part of the Copyright Office’s final rule granting exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This exemption-making process happens every three years and is supposed to ensure that the DMCA doesn’t negatively impact people trying to use copyrighted material.

Worth nothing that DMCA exceptions are reviewed on the same 3 year cycle and are frequently revoked. So if you're a McD ice cream fan, enjoy it while you can.

 

If that doesn't work try sudo systemctl restart engines && sudo engage

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Mot's Pouch (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
 

I know we've already done Mot's apple sauce, but I pictured the Mott's Apple Cannibal as Mot. Now you all have to see it too.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
 

Does anyone know where I can buy 3 to 5 pair of normal looking human hand (or finger) gloves within the next week or so?

I finally thought of an idea for a Halloween Zoom-based costume contest to go as an AI generated person, and one of the key ingredients of it is WAY too many fingers. But as I've searched for non-monster looking latex costume gloves and I'm coming up empty. I assumed I have lots of options but that none would fit my XL sized hands. But instead I just find zombie, ape, alien, or skeleton. Some of the 4 finger alien gloves could work, but its not quite what I'm going for.

Update: Thanks all. Between magic trick thumbs, dismembered prop hands, and tiny novelty hands I should have what I need to put my costume together!
Update 2: I just placed an order for 14 hands and 10 thumbs. I love Halloween.

 
 

I happened to notice today that the "Itchy and Scratch Land" episode of The Simpsons aired just over 30 years ago (on Oct. 2nd, 1994).

That means that, for a full 3 decades now, I have checked every single gift, souvenir, and tourist shop I've been in for a Bort plate. Its not obsessive and I'm not going out of my way, but if I see a rack of novelty license plates I make a point to look for Bort.

Anyone else, or am I alone in this particular pop culture predilection?

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