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Very true, and if u want some extra internet drama it was BadEmpanada who released a bunch of his personal info on some anti China crusade iirc

O&O ShutUp can disable a lot of telemetry and bloaty features pretty easily

Juche posters would put us all to shame, need more of that on the internet

Seems like cook is covered so I’ll do the gardening

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A friend brought back spiced fried grasshoppers from Mexico when I was in high school. I recall them being a nice savory flavor but very heavily spiced, I liked them. Also have had fried crickets from a bag, they tasted like popcorn. Wouldn’t eat again cuz I don’t eat animals these days

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I like using pics of skylines or city streets in socialist countries. Like beautiful little side streets in Cuba or a glowing view of Shanghai at night

This is real, not entirely common but becoming so as climate change accelerates. This image in particular is from the mountain town of Asheville, NC and is the result of Hurricane Helene.

States like Florida get hurricanes like this with some regularity and thus have built infrastructure to withstand it. It’s also a very flat state so geographically the flooding can run-off quickly. We here in the Appalachian mountains do not usually get hurricanes but apparently we do now. Thus the immense destruction as water pools in the valleys, rivers break over the banks, and infrastructure falls apart due to the flooding it was never designed for. Whole towns have been flooded out and washed away, people and all.

They are vestigial 19th century features, they’re intended to hold your pocket watch

So is Arce just making this up? This article gives scant details