PennyRoyal

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Trump did not understand Pearl Harbor, new book reveals: 'What's this all about?' in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

In fairness, harbour is a pretty long word for someone with the reading comprehension of a toddler

How technologists and chemists respond to fascism: C7H5N3O6 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Before “blowing up” meant trending on Xitter

What do you regard as retro? in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I’d say stuff before ~2000 is retro. It’s from the previous millennium after all, and that seems way older than stuff from just the last century!

What do you regard as retro? in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to say something more cerebral and involved, but I’d be lying. It’s Brotato

Wat are some fun communities to get away from the trump spam on lemmy in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bad real estate is fantastic, it’s incredible how bad some of those places are

Wat are some fun communities to get away from the trump spam on lemmy in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll second this, these posts are bright spots on my feed

Help defining the genre of photography that interests me in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I ended up having a go at asking DuckDuckGo’s ai about similar photographers, and then quizzing it about what genre this might be, and the “human-altered landscape” thing typified by Toshio Shibata is known as “New Topographics”. It still doesn’t completely cover what I’m interested in, but it’s a good rabbit hole that goes in the right direction

'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

He’s only been in office for a few weeks, how the hell has he started a fungal zombie apocalypse already?!

Are there any better mechanical keyboards that don't break the bank? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

I have a full-size Keychron, and I love it, I think it was fantastic bang for buck

How five years of Brexit reshaped Britain in c/brexit@lemmy.world
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ironic that the image has a red line that’s not plummeting, unless it’s tracking inequality and completely-screwedness

Universal credit barriers mean disabled women face ‘terrifying’ risk of destitution, MPs are warned in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Universal credit has been a shambles from start to finish, almost as if cruelty and weakening the welfare state were prioritised by the tories over actual welfare

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Is the UK government going bankrupt? (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
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Probably worth a watch, and whether you agree with him or not, being aware of the economic situation here at the moment is probably prudent

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Help defining the genre of photography that interests me (sh.itjust.works)
 

Hi all, I need a bit of help.

I’m looking to get further down the rabbit hole of interesting photographers, but I struggle to define what I’m after. My general misanthropy extends into photography, people are almost always the least interesting thing in the frame to me. Why would you waste film on faces, when you could be taking interesting images of some nice concrete or rusty iron?!

I love the work of Toshio Shibata, Bernd and Hilla Bescher, Bill Brandt, Danila Tkachenko, and GXAce on YouTube. The problem I have is that searching for “Urban” photographers brings up street stuff, “Architectural” ends up with folks who take pictures of whole buildings, “industrial” seems to lead to people who take photos for corporate websites, or urbexers (though some of those are verging on what I’m after). Constructed landscapes, textures, geometric shapes, and the juxtaposition of human artifice and nature, that’s my bag.

Is there a term or genre that would connect all this? Or am I just going to have to keep finding new artists one at a time?

Ta!

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Is there such a thing as a AAA thrower? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I’ve got a little stainless Coast A5, which I love, but its beam pattern is very, very much inspection torch. Dead circular, even spread.

Is there anything similar in body, but with a more every-day torch beam? I don’t really want some black knobbly military-cosplayer’s thing, I’m not too bothered about a built in charging port, I want minimal. I love the simple, smooth stainless body of the A5, it lives in my smart jacket pocket along with an elegant little pocket knife, I just wish it had a thrower-style beam.

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A combination of standard units (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Almost Grew My Hair by Grails (sh.itjust.works)
 

https://open.spotify.com/track/6bsOINgyf4lBBblmJCWcwr

Again, obvious link, but obscure song. Underrated band by my lights too

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Turbonegro - Fuck The World (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works to c/connectasong@lemmy.world
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https://youtu.be/xFYXP19e5KM

Try to unfuck the world all you want, Turbonegro will fuck it right back up for you

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Presented without comment (sh.itjust.works)
 

https://youtu.be/MU1aD0xbNOw

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Cannot search posts (sh.itjust.works)
 

I have a couple of things I’m not managing to do - I can’t seem to search posts, only instances/users etc, and can’t block whole instances from the app. Am I doing something wrong, or are these just features that don’t work in version one on iOS? Thanks

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