keep the war going

Russia can stop this at any time by just not invading them

Do they promise?

Related xkcd

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Yeah exactly, though then you'd generally get arguments pushing you towards "But it's actually totes Jesus".

The argument I've heard is "It must stop somewhere, and whatever it stops at, we'll call that god". It's not a good argument, because it then hopes that you conflate the Judeo-Christian deity with that label and make a whole bunch of assumptions.

It's often paired with woo that falls down to simply asking "Why?", such as "Nothing could possibly be simpler than my deity"

Looks cool, but also "No panties" lol

That would be so satisfying to open

It's mildly interesting that if you told me this was drawn in the 1960's by some hippy, I wouldn't question you.

So how much of this abstract thought is a result of the then-new photography competing with traditional painting? The quote about being freed from copying sounds a lot like sour grapes after a machine now doing it better than you, which has some interesting parallels to today's AI art

Oh good, California will have two functional senators again

Over the following weeks, Friess sent more emails looking to get paid — both for her work and for hotel and airfare costs she paid out of pocket. But there’s no sign she was ever made whole. Filings with the Federal Election Commission show the Trump campaign paid her firm just $905.

Good !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world material right there

So, touch grass, stop doomscrolling, and look at classical art?

That's very blue. Is that what it would look like to the naked eye? Or is there some sort of filter involved?

Yeah he's bullshitting about this, but I applaud him taking the stand. He'd earn the Guinness Book of World Records award for fastest perjury ever.

Can anyone comment on why the need for so much secrecy? My initial reaction was meh, but after seeing shell companies and the mayor under NDA, wtf?

That guy makes tedious research sound pretty interesting

For ethanol plants, I don't think it would be obvious that you're headed into an actively dangerous area. This link is just an example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7TdLeEGsQ

Imagine you're driving along and see someone flapping their arms like they're doing a weird dance. My first thought would not be "oh shit, ethanol fire!"

I was really hoping for an even tinier chair on top of the regular chair

Interesting seeing the Windows 7 logo in the mix. Must've been some hardware added later like the LCD screen. Or maybe it's a joke sticker, little hard to tell