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I maked a maymay. I mint fan. in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

It still does, but I do understand people's displeasure with snaps.

I maked a maymay. I mint fan. in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

Ubuntu in the corner, crying.

Linux users: "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself!"

Science has gone too far in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Hot Dog Guy approves.

Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago

I mean, considering the process for getting this fleet started in 2015, it would be 2035 before a new fleet would be rolling out... so yeah, they'll just call to shut down USPS

Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 hours ago

True, making them rely on vehicles that are failing will reduce the ability for the USPS to effectively do its job and give them another reason to say we need to privatize it.

Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

They literally spent the last 10 fucking years getting these replacements ready to replace the aging fleet.

Also, it's not just a $1.5 billion dollar hit, there was and is a $6 billion dollar contract with Oshkosh Defense to build 165,000 of these, after going through a 6-year iteration process of bids and prototypes. This is throwing the baby out with the bathwater for no discernible reason and at an extremely high cost just to force USPS mail carrier to be locked into an ancient, aging fleet of vehicles. And I don't think a defense giant like Oshkosh isn't just going to sue the shit out of the government for damages for cancelling a contract if it hasn't been fulfilled already.

It sounds like just one more way to try to kill the USPS because if all their vehicles keep breaking down, they won't be able to do their jobs.

Fiscal conservatives, my ass. Most wasteful sonsabitches alive.

Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

The USPS literally just got these, and they're replacing the way-past-end-of-life former fleet of USPS vehicles. These things are so recent that I have a post about them in my post history and I've only been here since October 2023, not even two full years.

Getting rid of them is literally forcing USPS to use old, broken, difficult to maintain due to age vehicles. These replacements have been in the works for ten fucking years and there's a $6 billion contract with Oshkosh Defense to build 165,000 of them.

Further, the old vehicles are missing a huge boon to mail carriers: air conditioning.

Like so many things, it seems like the cruelty is the point. It's not just that they hate EVs, they hate mail carriers having modernized vehicles that are in working condition and climate controlled so they're not sweating their asses off in the summer and freezing their asses off in the winter.

Dystopian Vulnerability Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

Content is contentment

Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish. The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget. in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 hours ago

Thanks for reminding me I've always wanted to have bees. I'd never considered just calling up beekeepers.

Save yourself from being vexed today in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 hours ago

Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Technically you can get unemployment in the offseason.

I heard that lemmy will downvote anything. This is literally just a can of fucking anti-beans in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 15 hours ago

Wouldn't anti-beans be naebs?

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Me When Lamp (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 days ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

2 comments fedilink

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Squarepusher - Terminal Slam (Official Video) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@beehaw.org

4 comments fedilink

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Squarepusher - Terminal Slam (Official Video) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

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Get the cheese to sickbay! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

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Tom Waits - Crossroads (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@lemmy.world

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Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with,
but there was bad blood in him someway
he got into the magic bullets and
that leads straight to Devil's work
just like marywanna leads to heroin
You think you can take them bullets and leave 'em, do you?
Just save a few for your bad days.
well...

Well, now we all have those bad days when we can't hit for shit.

The more of them magics you use,
the more bad days you have without them
So it comes down to finally
all your days being bad without the bullets
It's magics or nothing.
Time to stop chippying around and kidding yourself,
kid, you're hooked, heavy as lead

And that's where old George found himself.
Out there at the crossroads.
molding the Devil's bullets.
Now a man figures it's his bullets,
so it'll hit what he wants to hit.
But it don't always work out that way

You see, some bullets is special for a single aim.
A certain stag, or a certain person
And no matter where you aim, that's where the bullet will end up.
And in the moment of aiming, the gun turns into a dowser's wand,
and point where the bullet wants to go

(George Schmidt was moving in a series of convulsive spasms
like someone in an epileptic fit
with his face distorted, and his eyes wild, like a lassoed horse
bracing his legs but something kept pulling him on.
And now he is picking up the skulls and making the circle.)

I guess old George didn't rightly know what he was getting himself into,
the fit was on him and it carried him right to the crossroads.

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Tom Waits - Crossroads (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@beehaw.org

0 comments fedilink

Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with,
but there was bad blood in him someway
he got into the magic bullets and
that leads straight to Devil's work
just like marywanna leads to heroin
You think you can take them bullets and leave 'em, do you?
Just save a few for your bad days.
well...

Well, now we all have those bad days when we can't hit for shit.

The more of them magics you use,
the more bad days you have without them
So it comes down to finally
all your days being bad without the bullets
It's magics or nothing.
Time to stop chippying around and kidding yourself,
kid, you're hooked, heavy as lead

And that's where old George found himself.
Out there at the crossroads.
molding the Devil's bullets.
Now a man figures it's his bullets,
so it'll hit what he wants to hit.
But it don't always work out that way

You see, some bullets is special for a single aim.
A certain stag, or a certain person
And no matter where you aim, that's where the bullet will end up.
And in the moment of aiming, the gun turns into a dowser's wand,
and point where the bullet wants to go

(George Schmidt was moving in a series of convulsive spasms
like someone in an epileptic fit
with his face distorted, and his eyes wild, like a lassoed horse
bracing his legs but something kept pulling him on.
And now he is picking up the skulls and making the circle.)

I guess old George didn't rightly know what he was getting himself into,
the fit was on him and it carried him right to the crossroads.

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Vampire Weekend - Pravda (Official Visualizer) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@lemmy.world

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I've waited through the wars of winter
I've watched the cherry blossoms bloom
I cannot wait here any longer
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon
I know what lies beneath Manhattan
I know who's buried in Grant's Tomb
I wonder if they'll wait a while to clear away my crocodile
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
'Cause when I come home, it won't be home to you

Your Uncle Henry lived in Moscow
Your Aunt Ludmilla lived therе too
Irina grew up in Wisconsin
I'm leaving at the rising of thе moon
The final moments in a doorway (The final moments in a doorway)
The sacred light of afternoon (The sacred light of afternoon)
Something starts to shake the leaves, you tug upon your T-shirt sleeves
And shiver 'til the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
'Cause when I come home, it won't be home to you

I took the family balalaika
Those strings would never stay in tune I hung it up on the piano
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon
I had a job once in Penn Station (I had a job once in Penn Station)
Down at a tie shop called Tiecoon (Down at a tie shop called Tiecoon)
Every time my shift began, I'd see that quiet businessman
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
And I hope you know your brain's not bulletproof

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Vampire Weekend - Pravda (Official Visualizer) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@beehaw.org

0 comments fedilink

I've waited through the wars of winter
I've watched the cherry blossoms bloom
I cannot wait here any longer
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon
I know what lies beneath Manhattan
I know who's buried in Grant's Tomb
I wonder if they'll wait a while to clear away my crocodile
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
'Cause when I come home, it won't be home to you

Your Uncle Henry lived in Moscow
Your Aunt Ludmilla lived therе too
Irina grew up in Wisconsin
I'm leaving at the rising of thе moon
The final moments in a doorway (The final moments in a doorway)
The sacred light of afternoon (The sacred light of afternoon)
Something starts to shake the leaves, you tug upon your T-shirt sleeves
And shiver 'til the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
'Cause when I come home, it won't be home to you

I took the family balalaika
Those strings would never stay in tune I hung it up on the piano
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon
I had a job once in Penn Station (I had a job once in Penn Station)
Down at a tie shop called Tiecoon (Down at a tie shop called Tiecoon)
Every time my shift began, I'd see that quiet businessman
I'm leaving at the rising of the moon

They always ask me about pravda
It's just the Russian word for truth
Your consciousness is not my problem
And I hope you know your brain's not bulletproof

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Jeffrey Sachs Goes Off, Roasts Donald Trump’s Trade Talk, Says 'Mickey Mouse Is Smarter Than Him' (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/politicalvideos@lemmy.world

3 comments fedilink

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Jeffrey Sachs Goes Off, Roasts Donald Trump’s Trade Talk, Says 'Mickey Mouse Is Smarter Than Him' (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/politics@beehaw.org

1 comments fedilink

Removed from politics@lemmy.world for not being an article, which is fair, that's a rule there. It does not seem to be a rule here, I hope this is okay to post.

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Local H - What Would You Have Me Do? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/music@lemmy.world

6 comments fedilink

Can you just go home defeated?
Take your pride and eat it
Crawl back beaten
Sources are depleted
Can you take the final hit and admit that you were wrong?

Don't even call it even
Bleedin' is believing
Former well-being
We're closing for the season
Can you take the final hit and admit that you don't belong?

Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
You're gonna have to leave it
You know you'll never need it
Wait til you see what we've planned for you

And its heinous
So come on, come on comeupins
You really are the star of the show right now
It's an estrangement
Kinda strange when cliche's are true

Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
And I am sorry to enjoy this
But, what would you have me do?
What would you have me do?

Can you just go home hated
Half intoxicated
Hopelessly outdated
And not appreciated
Can you take the final blow and know that you fucked up?

Go state the overstated
Keep it complicated
The over educated
That hope you'll never make it
Can you take the final blow and know they won't be shutting up?

Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
You're gonna have to leave it
You know you'll never need it
Wait til you see what we've planned for you

And its heinous
So come on, come on comeupins
You really are the star of the show right now
It's an estrangement
Kinda strange when cliche's are true

Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
And I am sorry to enjoy this
But, what would you have me do?

Baby's outta town but I see the light on
What are you up to now?
Headin' for the gun, I can see rock bottom
No one will help you now

Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
Gonna have to leave it
You know you'll never need it
Everything has been cut and dried for you

And its heinous
So come on, come on comeupins
You really are the star of the show right now
It's an estrangement
Kinda strange when cliche's are true

Yeah
Beaten six ways to Sunday
Beaten six ways to Sunday now
And I am sorry to enjoy this
But what would you have me do?

Hold tight
It's New years Eve
It will be cold tonight
Kill the heat
And shut out all the lights
And cut the phone line too
Alright
We don't need nothing but cyanide
Pulled out teeth won't be identified
What would you have me do?
You got it

Hold tight
It's New years Eve
It will be cold tonight
Kill the heat
And shut out all the lights
And cut the phone line too
You got it

Alright
We don't need nothing but cyanide
Pulled out teeth won't be identified
What would you have me do?
You got it

Hold tight
It's New years Eve (You got it)
It will be cold tonight
Kill the heat (You got it)
And shut out all the lights
And cut the phone line too (You got it)
You got it

Alright
We don't need nothing (You got it) but cyanide
Pulled out teeth (You got it) won't be identified
(You got it)
What would you have me do?

What would you have me do?

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