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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzUFO sightings
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    2 months ago

    They are certainly very affectionate birds and great fun to have around.

    My only word of warning to a potential first time owner is that they are messy eaters and even messier shitters. They are also noisy AF. I loved their tunes but I’m pretty sure I pissed off the neighbor with their screeching.


  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzUFO sightings
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    2 months ago

    Colorful parrot bird is a rainbow lorikeet if anyone is curious.

    A long time ago one of these guys found their way into my house. I’m not a bird person so I had no idea what this was either. I thought it was some sort of parakeet, it loved fruits and climbing on people but it had no interest in seeds or biscuits, which I found strange.

    I brought it to the nearest pet shop on my shoulder to get it ID’ed and it stayed on my shoulder the whole time till we got back home. I adopted it and we had many good years. I still miss the colorful parrot bird sometimes.



  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzalmonds
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    3 months ago

    We have seemingly reliable accounts of archeologist/explorers cooking and sampling frozen mammoth meat they excavated.

    The meat was good enough to eat without them falling sick. Apparently it tasted like muddy meat and it had the texture of what you’d imagine bad elephant jerky would be like.


  • I think this version of the batmobile used “Atomic Batteries” whatever that is. They were never clear on how it worked but we never saw them refueling the bat mobile, so its not gas or diesel.

    I’m concerned about the radiation coming out the back of that thing.



  • I’m in an engineering field, and I can tell you this absolutely holds true.

    I’ve been very average in my own specialty of electrical engineering, but because I’ve taken the time to deep dive into mechanical engineering and controls/automation, I’ve far surpassed my peers career wise.



  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldYeah, so...
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    4 months ago

    The founding fathers were correct. A pure democracy is also known as mob rule. Anytime you can get 51% to agree with you, you can do whatever you like.

    If 51% vote to take the homes of black people, that’s decided and done.

    Which is why modern democracies are all some form of representative democracy. Which in theory is supposed to act as a sort of check and balance on the system.