Examining Octavia Butler's unpublished Parable of the Sower sequels
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 28m ago 100%

    Thanks for sharing! This is interesting. Agreed that the books get dark. The first was my favorite.

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  • Ahoy me hearties
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 18h ago 100%

    🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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  • Non preppers / Doomers. What's one small thing you're prepped for?
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 100%

    What happened to your supply to cause leakage?

    Sure, plastic isn’t perfect, but it is cheap and easy to get. I have plastic gallons for my house and car. I’m willing to consume a bit of extra plastic in a disaster situation 🙃

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  • Non preppers / Doomers. What's one small thing you're prepped for?
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 0%

    IMHO: water is the easiest and most important. Stash some bottles

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  • Non preppers / Doomers. What's one small thing you're prepped for?
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 100%

    Like… where do you draw the line?

    I’ve got water, a purchased “bug out bag”, camping gear, extra clothes and water in the car, batteries, ham radio, and a crowbar.

    I’m not a prepper but I consider myself somewhat prepared

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  • Non preppers / Doomers. What's one small thing you're prepped for?
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 100%

    FWIW storing a few extra gallons of water is a very easy prep

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  • Mexican national admits attempted distribution of 1.4 million pills containing nearly 153 kilograms of fentanyl.
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 100%

    OP, can you edit the title to clarify that the seized weight was 153kg and the pills contained fentanyl, so as to clarify that the pills were not pure fent?

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  • Mexican national admits attempted distribution of 1.4 million pills containing nearly 153 kilograms of fentanyl.
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 2d ago 100%

    Ok I re read the article and I think the misleading part is this:

    1.4 million fentanyl pills totaling 152.98 kilograms.

    The total weight of the pills was ~153 kg, but that’s not all Fentanyl. The pills CONTAINED it but this doesn’t tell us the amount per pill.

    Furthermore it looks like they were stamped as Oxycodone so yeah they were to be sold to current opiate users I wager

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  • What's your go-to song to soothe you?
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    If I’m feeling angsty I like early Nine Inch Nails

    If I just want to chill then maybe “The K&D Sessions”

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  • My random thoughts 3 months before I turn 18
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    FWIW, you actually do generally learn to get your shit together over time, at least somewhat more than the past

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  • My random thoughts 3 months before I turn 18
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    I think the move is to hire some smart younger people and listen to their ideas

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  • Anon is a conspiracy theorist.
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    That makes sense (I have not read those books) but yeah I could see that kinda thing going down… I appreciate the context

    … So, Sexy Bart Simpson costume this year or what? 👻

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  • Anon is a conspiracy theorist.
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    I think you’re talking about the film “Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig” and the associated Club Kids scene. Folks may also recall the film “Party Monster” about the same guy.

    I’m somewhat familiar with the Club Kid scene and while they were often young and often used drugs, I’m not convinced of the sex trafficking scheme that your post seems to imply. Do you have any references, if that is your claim?

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  • Self care
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 5d ago 100%

    🧐

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  • Self care
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 6d ago 100%

    When I work I have at least two videos playing without sound as well as music. And somehow I do work

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  • Boops Boops
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 6d ago 100%

    I read that it’s pronounced boh-ops but I still read it as boops

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  • The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 6d ago 100%

    A commenter on Ars suggested donating, so I did. You can too with this link! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/internetarchive

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  • Subway
  • felixwhynot felixwhynot 1w ago 100%

    Sir,,, this is a shitpost and your comment is very logical

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearGR
    graffiti felixwhynot 2w ago 92%
    Skull face

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20674093 > [OC] Stumbled upon this sticker > > Edit sorry it's my first post in the community, I broke rule 2. Please delete

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    www.theguardian.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29541820 > A man who was abducted as a six-year-old while playing in a California park in 1951 has been found more than seven decades later thanks to the help of an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings. > > The Bay Area News Group reported on Friday that Luis Armando Albino’s niece in Oakland – with assistance from police, the FBI and the justice department – located her uncle living on the US east coast. > > Albino, a father and grandfather, is a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, according to his niece, 63-year-old Alida Alequin. She found Albino and reunited him with his California family in June. > > On 21 February 1951 a woman lured the six-year-old Albino from the park in West Oakland, where he had been playing with his older brother, and promised him in Spanish that she would buy him candy.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17748238 > TIL That the entirety of Wikipedia is only ~100Gb and you can download it for offline use > > In light of the recent Crowdstrike crash revealing how weak points in IT infrastructure can have wide ranging effects, I figured this might be an interesting one. > > The entirety of wikipedia is periodically uploaded here, along with many other useful wikis and How To websites (ex. iFixit tutorials and WikiHow): https://download.kiwix.org/zim > > You select the archive you want, then the language and archive version (for example, you can get an archive with no pictures, to save on space). For the totality of the english wikipedia you'd select the "wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim" > > > The archives are packed as .zim files, which can be read with the [Kiwix](https://kiwix.org/en/) app completely offline. > > > I have several USBs I keep that have some of these archives along with the app installer. In the event of some major catastrophe I'd at least be able to access some potentially useful information. I have no stake in Kiwix, and don't know if there are other alternative apps and schemes, just thought it was neat.

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    www.commondreams.org

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17401338

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    Wikipedia felixwhynot 4mo ago 97%
    Relevant

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/12851483 > What's the craziest or funniest Wikipedia outline you've seen?

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    www.channelnewsasia.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17525307

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    Hey all, started playing SPD a month or two ago, really enjoying it! I followed a build guide from Reddit for “first win” using Mage with shielding and looking for the Potential enchant on armor. Worked well, did get my first win with it… now, I want to ascend! What’s your go-to build for ascending? I know a lot of stuff is random per the seed, but still, I want your tips. One specific question, do you ration your health pots at all for the ascent?

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    Two mimics guarding this chest?! I left it behind 😿

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15411587 > The state of streetwear lately let's be honest

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    www.bbc.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15388716 > Mumbai billboard collapse: Eight dead and dozens injured > > > Tens of people are still feared to be trapped with a rescue operation under way, emergency services say. > > Archived version: https://archive.ph/Pru6m

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    www.theguardian.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13733540 > Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told > > > PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears > > Archived version: https://archive.ph/Mid5o

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    cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/11518767 > a booty that makes it rain

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13611200 > You've got to do more than just forego that expensive avocado toast!

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    www.cbsnews.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/7927997 > 8 children, 1 adult die after eating sea turtle meat in Zanzibar, officials say

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12809654 > After a Weekend Camping at a Music Festival > > Creater is [Your Childhood Ruined.](https://www.facebook.com/YourChildhoodRuined)

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