Shawn Minnix
@beingofuniverse.bsky.social
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It could always be worse.
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It could always be worse.
He definitely won the first one due to the fact that he had a lot of stated positions that bucked GOP orthodoxy at the time. And he still only won a narrow election in a year where anti-incumbent sentiment was quite high.
April 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
He definitely won the first one due to the fact that he had a lot of stated positions that bucked GOP orthodoxy at the time. And he still only won a narrow election in a year where anti-incumbent sentiment was quite high.
It's funny to me that the mods of the r/duolingo subreddit are outright advertising another language learning app at the expensive of Duolingo.
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's funny to me that the mods of the r/duolingo subreddit are outright advertising another language learning app at the expensive of Duolingo.
WTF is this? Why did I have to see this?
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
WTF is this? Why did I have to see this?
I'm going down a strange rabbithole and I've discovered or some reason typing "哔哩哔哩.exe" on reddit seems to result in some kind of "blocked by network security" error.
December 13, 2024 at 7:19 AM
I'm going down a strange rabbithole and I've discovered or some reason typing "哔哩哔哩.exe" on reddit seems to result in some kind of "blocked by network security" error.
Don't you hate social norms?
![A note from the annotations of a digital copy of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
[Line] 75 [Italics] prescription [End Italics] prescribed social behavior (such as not murdering people at parties) [Italics] gall [End Italics] The primary sense is 'aggression', from the bodily fluid which
The words "prescribed social behavior (such as not murdering people at parties)" is highlighted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:torgg4f3ktwekutjluejched/bafkreidj7ymqwgnjbig6s2yt7ix2shmosbzk6j73keyh7pcxbdp2lvegpy@jpeg)
December 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Don't you hate social norms?
It's a possibility, but I think I've also seen stuff like this, where news attentiveness correlates with Harris support, which makes me think it's not really something that about college education specifically, rather than some kind of latent socioeconomic status or something.
November 21, 2024 at 10:24 PM
It's a possibility, but I think I've also seen stuff like this, where news attentiveness correlates with Harris support, which makes me think it's not really something that about college education specifically, rather than some kind of latent socioeconomic status or something.
I've been reading the Roshidere LNs and this feels like a missed opportunity, frankly, because like, gee, I wonder if we have an otaku character would be willing to sneak into his house to set up such a cliched situation specifically to troll him...hmm...
![A passage from Volume 3 of the Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian light novels.
"Kuze? Can I come in?"
"Hmm? ...Sure," he replied after taking a sweeping glance of his room and checking if there was anything embarrassing lying around.
[Italicized] I should be fine. I don't keep dirty magazines under my bed like they do in comics for boys, and I don't have any picture frames suggestively placed facedown like they do in comics for girls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:torgg4f3ktwekutjluejched/bafkreihzaf6vhhgotks6c2gkp2vrqmyem4f7znmbsqoedsbepsairven5q@jpeg)
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 PM
I've been reading the Roshidere LNs and this feels like a missed opportunity, frankly, because like, gee, I wonder if we have an otaku character would be willing to sneak into his house to set up such a cliched situation specifically to troll him...hmm...
You don't say?
September 17, 2024 at 10:25 PM
You don't say?
YouTube is adding Community Notes?
August 8, 2024 at 12:02 AM
YouTube is adding Community Notes?
I sure hope they don't.
August 2, 2024 at 6:31 AM
I sure hope they don't.
I want to hear about train robberies, not Sam's dumb, unsolicited opinions on foreign policy. (He's saying "This route goes through the Suez Canal, which is great, except when the U.S.'s foreign policy is 'do stuff which pisses off people who can block our access to the Suez Canal'".
March 22, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I want to hear about train robberies, not Sam's dumb, unsolicited opinions on foreign policy. (He's saying "This route goes through the Suez Canal, which is great, except when the U.S.'s foreign policy is 'do stuff which pisses off people who can block our access to the Suez Canal'".
Every so often I see something on Twitter that makes me think "that's actually a good idea" and I just think, "if only the rest of the site was this healthy"
March 11, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Every so often I see something on Twitter that makes me think "that's actually a good idea" and I just think, "if only the rest of the site was this healthy"
The telescopes use Mass Effect fields so they can only see the present...or something who the fuck knows.
This sort of idea has come up before. For some reason, DC Comics had Neil DeGrasse Tyson cameo in a Superman comic where he witnesses Krypton's destruction.
This sort of idea has come up before. For some reason, DC Comics had Neil DeGrasse Tyson cameo in a Superman comic where he witnesses Krypton's destruction.
March 8, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The telescopes use Mass Effect fields so they can only see the present...or something who the fuck knows.
This sort of idea has come up before. For some reason, DC Comics had Neil DeGrasse Tyson cameo in a Superman comic where he witnesses Krypton's destruction.
This sort of idea has come up before. For some reason, DC Comics had Neil DeGrasse Tyson cameo in a Superman comic where he witnesses Krypton's destruction.
The three remaining players, myself, France, and Austria, have agreed to a draw. Thus bringing this game, and this thread, to an end here during Spring 1910.
February 19, 2024 at 1:13 AM
The three remaining players, myself, France, and Austria, have agreed to a draw. Thus bringing this game, and this thread, to an end here during Spring 1910.
Here we see the results of Winter 1909, with the final destruction of Turkey and Russia. I'm also seen building an army in Edinburgh, presumably with the intention to convoy it to continental Europe at some point, and Austria is seen building all they can (which is 2 out of the 3 builds they earned,
February 19, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Here we see the results of Winter 1909, with the final destruction of Turkey and Russia. I'm also seen building an army in Edinburgh, presumably with the intention to convoy it to continental Europe at some point, and Austria is seen building all they can (which is 2 out of the 3 builds they earned,
A fascinating phase revealing a hidden facet of the game's fault lines as both myself and France support Austria into Sevastopol. This action, combined with my capture of Warsaw, guarantees Russia's elimination, while Austrian captures of Rumania and Ankara guarantees Turkey's. Despite the seeming
February 17, 2024 at 7:36 AM
A fascinating phase revealing a hidden facet of the game's fault lines as both myself and France support Austria into Sevastopol. This action, combined with my capture of Warsaw, guarantees Russia's elimination, while Austrian captures of Rumania and Ankara guarantees Turkey's. Despite the seeming
I belatedly occupy Warsaw as the final days of Russia seem to be nigh as Turkey also surprisingly occupies Sevastopol, albeit as Austria occupies Turkey's remaining two centers in Ankara and Rumania. I make a couple of moves that imply that I'd like to convoy the army left on the isles to the
February 14, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I belatedly occupy Warsaw as the final days of Russia seem to be nigh as Turkey also surprisingly occupies Sevastopol, albeit as Austria occupies Turkey's remaining two centers in Ankara and Rumania. I make a couple of moves that imply that I'd like to convoy the army left on the isles to the
Apparently I was in Japan again, according to Twitter.
February 12, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Apparently I was in Japan again, according to Twitter.
Onto builds for this year, I built a fleet in Edinburgh, Austria built an army in Budapest, and Turkey disbanded the fleet in Ankara. It's difficult to say what all of these are for and how this will shape the game at this stage, but we shall soon see.
February 11, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Onto builds for this year, I built a fleet in Edinburgh, Austria built an army in Budapest, and Turkey disbanded the fleet in Ankara. It's difficult to say what all of these are for and how this will shape the game at this stage, but we shall soon see.
A maelstrom of events here in Fall 1908, first we have me taking Moscow, but failing to retake Warsaw as Russia bounces me out. However Russia won't lose any units as they were able to retreat to Sevastopol, which was left vacant by Turkey, who takes Rumania, only being able to do so because Austria
February 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
A maelstrom of events here in Fall 1908, first we have me taking Moscow, but failing to retake Warsaw as Russia bounces me out. However Russia won't lose any units as they were able to retreat to Sevastopol, which was left vacant by Turkey, who takes Rumania, only being able to do so because Austria
My attempt to conquer the remnants of Russia ran into an embarrassing error as I mistakenly order Livonia to Warsaw instead of Moscow (the latter move was supported by St. Petersburg, but because it doesn't occur it doesn't go through). This is known as a self-bounce, a legitimate tactic, albeit
February 7, 2024 at 8:29 PM
My attempt to conquer the remnants of Russia ran into an embarrassing error as I mistakenly order Livonia to Warsaw instead of Moscow (the latter move was supported by St. Petersburg, but because it doesn't occur it doesn't go through). This is known as a self-bounce, a legitimate tactic, albeit
Why would you need a microcontroller with a waifu on it?
February 6, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Why would you need a microcontroller with a waifu on it?
We have a French army build in Marseilles, which suggests they may still have some intentions in the south, and an English army build in London, which likely indicates an intent to convoy somewhere on the mainland, while potentially being defensive towards France.
February 5, 2024 at 1:19 AM
We have a French army build in Marseilles, which suggests they may still have some intentions in the south, and an English army build in London, which likely indicates an intent to convoy somewhere on the mainland, while potentially being defensive towards France.
The Austrian army in Bulgaria was forcibly disbanded (so despite having gone down a center they don't have to disband) and Turkey opted to retreat their fleet to Constantinople to defend their center rather than Eastern Mediterranean.
February 1, 2024 at 9:03 PM
The Austrian army in Bulgaria was forcibly disbanded (so despite having gone down a center they don't have to disband) and Turkey opted to retreat their fleet to Constantinople to defend their center rather than Eastern Mediterranean.