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Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-29

@DemocracyMattersALot I think Disney own Nat Geo

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-29

@recollir @jules submitted to join a few minutes ago

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-28

There is something very satisfying about a post-Metal band covering Tears for Fears #Music

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This Week In The 90sThisWeekInThe90s
2023-06-28

Found something remarkable (and also quite sad).

In 1997, Wired published "The Long Boom", a hyper-optimistic article about how we'd achieve Utopia by 2020.

The authors included notes on some "scenario spoilers"—negative events that might send is in a worse direction.

...and those spoilers turned out to be almost spookily accurate.

wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

10 Scenario Spoilers

The long boom is a scenario, one possible future. It’s built upon the convergence of many big forces and even more little pieces falling into place—all of them with a positive twist. The future of course, could turn out to be very different—particularly if a few of those big pieces go haywire. Here are 10 things that could cut short the long boom.

1. Tensions between China and the US escalate into a new Cold War—bordering on a hot one.

2. New technologies turn out to be a bust. They simply don’t bring the expected productivity increases or the big economic boosts.

3. Russia devolves into a kleptocracy run by a mafia or retreats into quasicommunist nationalism that threatens Europe.

4. Europe’s integration process grinds to a halt. Eastern and western Europe can’t finesse a reunification, and even the European Union process breaks down.5. Major ecological crisis causes a global climate change that, among other things, disrupts the food supply—causing big price increases everywhere and sporadic famines.

6. Major rise in crime and terrorism forces the world to pull back in fear. People who constantly feel they could be blown up or ripped off are not in the mood to reach out and open up.

7. The cumulative escalation in pollution causes a dramatic increase in cancer, which overwhelms the ill-prepared health system.

8. Energy prices go through the roof. Convulsions in the Middle East disrupt the oil supply, and the alternative energy sources fail to materialize.

9. An uncontrollable plague—a modern-day influenza epidemic or its equivalent—takes off like wildfire, killing upward of 200 million people.

10. A social and cultural backlash stops progress dead in its tracks. Human beings need to choose to move forward. They just may not …
Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-28

I think I need to move to a new instance, anything out there for endurance sports (#running, #trailrunning, #cycling ), fancy #Beer , and #music ?

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-28

@AnneTheWriter1 @beecycling Not the first time, check the names of the Rocinante drones

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-28

The season finale of Yellowjackets was some bullshit

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-28

@Patuleia get the record, at best it becomes decorative and worst case people can listen to it on a phonograph after the apocalypse

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-27

The hill repeat workout on the schedule sounded awful so I did 7 miles alone while the rest of the group crushed it

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-26

@Mtn_Fox Utah is much smarter about this sort of thing and has a variety of races that bus you to the top and let you run downhill

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-26

@HollyCo26588808 the craziest thing about the race is that second place also beat the previous course record.

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-26

My workout partner wasn’t into it this morning. 7 mile run around the neighborhood, 30 minute upper body class, and 10 minutes of core.

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-26

@carnage4life I work for a nonprofit whose mission I fully support and I never mention them on my personal social media.

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-25

Watching Season 4 of Fringe at the same time as Secret Invasion is fun

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2023-06-25

if you’re an orca still in line to sink a large ship, STAY IN LINE

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-25

@threeio Starts at the base of Loveland ski area and ends in Idaho Springs. Lot of elevation loss but being over 10,000’ for the first few miles can be rough if you aren’t used to it.

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-24

Last night around 6pm I was looking up pre-race information for my half and started seeing “there is something going on in Russia”. This morning as I was eating my yogurt it was “Wagner mercenaries have taken over cities and are marching on Moscow”. When I got home from my half it was “It’s all over, they have a peace agreement”. That had to be the fastest insurrection-reconciliation ever, did the news channels even cover it?

Dave3307 🥑Dave3307@mstdn.social
2023-06-24

Slacker Half Marathon. There is a significant amount of downhill on this course but this is still waaay faster than I expected #Running

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Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱rjblaskiewicz@mstdn.social
2023-06-24
On the Media's Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: MILITARY COUP EDITION 
1. Coups are all about creating the sense that the outcome is inevitable. Assess reports with that in mind. 
2. Beware official sources on both sides. Each is battling to seize that narrative. 
3. Watch out for references to “The Military.” During coups, there are always divisions jockeying for power. 
4. Pay attention to who controls the broadcast stations. It's a huge tactical advantage. 
5. consider the messaging. Coup plotters who issue statements anonymously expose a lack of confidence — a losing sign. 
6. Consider the territory seized. Airports and bridges matter. But symbolic government buildings matter more. 
7. The most effective coups are fast and nearly bloodless. Images of street violence signal bad plotting. 
8. Don't be a cheerleader even if the target is a dictator. Reserve judgement. 
9. The aftermath is more important than the initial drama. Don't look away.

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