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https://media.tenor.com/8bK2-1IneZMAAAAx/venture-bros-evil-laugh.webp

epilogue: lol a few top level comments seething that I don't even post there and am not a woman got deleted and banned and someone in the jannie response got banned too

All the karma I lost on the nms sub earlier trying to explain that Elon is a neurodivergent African American immigrant has been recouped too and I am safe from a shadowbanning

:toadhype:

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Test post please ignore

I said ignore

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She reddit cares'd the FEDS :marseyxd:

					
					

:chadwomann#!ordic: :marse!yjanny2genoci#de:

!chuds tired of winning yet?

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Cyclists chased by an ostrich.

!animalposters

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:marseyleafpearlclutch: Canadians are super pissed... : PrepperIntel :marseyrake:

					
					

OP

Canadian here. Not sure if this is PreperIntel worthy but just reporting something I've honestly never seen in my life. Canadians woke up today feeling super patriotic. And super pissed. Not that we aren't usually patriotic but we aren't a bunch of flag wavers. It's more a quiet patriotism we keep to ourselves. And we are generally a polite and reserved bunch in general.

Not today. Holy... the mood in Canada is ... PISSED.

Most of the anger is aimed at your current head of state but also at your country as a whole. Not so much individual Americans. You will be perfectly safe traveling through Canada or visiting. But there is outright anger directed at any product with a "Made in the USA" flag. Every store in Canada is going around with maple leaf stickers marking the "Made in Canada" products. Consumer boycotts are springing up organically across the country. The talk is really sort of ... ugly.

I get the sense there has been significant damage done to the US Brand in Canada. And I don't think it's confined to Canada. I have friends in the UK who say the same. They are also just frankly pissed beyond all reason. I expect it's the same across Europe.

Hopefully it dies down. It's absolutely non-productive and unCanadian. America and Canada have been ride or die BFF's for a century or more. I live in Arizona 1/2 time and I love LOVE it here. I have yet to personally meet an American I didn't genuinely like. You are good people. You do not deserve any of this.

Unless of course you voted for this. In which case... hope you get everything you voted for and then some.


:#taylaugh:

also RIP to /r/prepperintel, it has turned into just another 'Drumf le bad' subreddit :marseylibations:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1738762622BmQ95YQIteoF-A.webp

:marseysurej#an:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1738762622l2mZCXhrEDM8tg.webp

https://media.tenor.com/x4X8Yi-w-e4AAAAx/serious-this.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1738762623Qd8YCv4t3q4vOg.webp

:#marseycheerup:

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Notes on the Crises | Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not "Read Only" access anymore

For anyone unfamiliar, the eponymous "crises" in the title are NOT about the evil orange man who is bad - Notes on the Crises is a political economy newsletter started a few years ago by Nathan Tankus to comment on the intersecting global economic disasters triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nathan is a @TracingWoodgrains style "truth neurodivergent" not a wingcucked political hack. He's just a big giant dork who does things like FOIA request the minutes from all US Federal Reserve Board meetings from 1967-1973

Nathan looks like this, and I would believe almost anything that he writes, because it is backed by powerful neurodivergent spirits.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1738675390NCetNa1oCGswHw.webp

When he writes about the COBOL code in the treasury department, I'm confident he's talking to beardy old men who write and maintain that code.


I would also like to clarify some confusion on social media. The issue with understanding and grasping a COBOL system is not knowing COBOL, as a programming language, in the abstract. Nor is it, god help me, something that AI can "do" because you fired one of these chatbots up and got some code that could compile when you asked "write me some COBOL code". The issue is understanding the specific physical limitations of the system, the way that it interacts with the "Business Logic" of the code and a million other contextual factors.

There is specific code which tells you where to direct specific payments in specific ways and the structures, and why they are structured the way they are, requires deep contextual knowledge. This is "business logic". The entire issue with COBOL and why it has been such a struggle to maintain it is that COBOL systems (both private and public) developed for decades with very little documentation, have a million different path dependent coding choices. Mar Hicks 2020 article in Logic Magazine "Built to Last" is worth a read on this topic.

This is what I meant yesterday when I referenced that 30 different COBOL systems at Treasury had developed their own "dialects" and they launched Payment Application Modernization (PAM), which among other things, unified them. What they unified was the business logic of those systems (as well as likely other factors, most notably the physical architecture of the systems they ran on). Part of me wishes they didn't modernize with PAM because those 30 different and distinct systems would have been more secure from their infiltration. PAM processed 4.7 trillion dollars of payments in 2024.

It's also true that some similar issues can emerge with other more recent programming languages and the way "business logic" emerges if a mission critical IT system developed using a more recent programming language. But COBOL is unique; after all it's literally "common business-oriented language". So while knowing the COBOL programming language is better than not knowing it, it does not make that much of a difference with these young Musk programmers mucking about.

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EFFORTPOST Let's Play Civ4: Dawn of Civilization Cute twinks Part 8: HUGE FRICKING WAR :marseyoldguard: :marseyoldguard: :marseyoldguard:

We're playing the turboneurodivergent Dawn of Civilization mod for Civilization IV that replicates world history. :marseyfluffy: !g*mers

Part 1 :marsey300: Part 2 :marseymarmotroman: Part 3 :marseypope:

Part 4 :marseybarbarian: Part 5 :marseycrusader: Part 6 :marseyluther:

Part 7 :marseypilgrim:


The first World Congress takes place in Regensburg. The biggest civilizations can request a city change hands.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662UV_HgBvEoQLQpw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662qplU1Apo47WWGQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662qUtqWgml1cE9TQ.webp

I select Roha, because Ethiopia has pissed me off all game

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662L4lB5DkhLPRhZQ.webp

Sure :marseyshrug:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662t--799JADi3Mhw.webp

:marseyprotestno:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662lkPifxUmDYEOSQ.webp

Sure :marseyshrug:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662fylNA6A8hnQ5EQ.webp

:marseyprotestno:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662fSchtILAH_9cgg.webp

Don't care :marseyshrug:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005662Z2aFkzt3DSxrRw.webp

:marseyprotestno:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005663JINd1Pwhpf0HoQ.webp

:marseyprotestno:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005663YXrItqPbwuzQuQ.webp

Yes :marseyagreefast:

Voting is done. Final results:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005663OHv_2RAcXLWwMQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005663xQKip5cCN9oLqA.webp

Our only loss is our vassal French colony of Speightstown in Barbados. Not all that important. Is it really necessary to start a world war over it?

:marseyprotestyes#:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737005663HpRHfDuYkey-NQ.webp

The benefit is everyone attacked me, so I get no diplomatic penalties for declaring war on them. I'm ready for a fight :marseypunching: Ethiopia, Portugal, Russia, and Japan are my enemies.

Holy Rome did NOT attack me. Wise choice :marseypipe:


I am HAPPY to finally fight Ethiopia

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737057803sV_V8nWef8eBCw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737051651HZ4QyqNiS1sqmQ.webp

Alula Engida falls in the defense of the city.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737058225gdGiBWYDenic0Q.webp

Once I've taken Aksum their stability starts to tank.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737057803uZ1MZh2fYj18PQ.webp

It's got some nice stuff so I'll probably keep it.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737057803SAO7tHBTvCJi0A.webp

I allow for peace, they're probably fukt anyway.


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040267wSszkmWG8YxNcg.webp

I have a little army I've been keeping in my pocket off the coast of Morocco ready for the American Revolution, they can take out Portugal instead

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040267sZl5Ofg0D4QXOQ.webp

Lisbon doesn't have SHIT for defenses :marseydicklet:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040268XfVjNYGGYDrPUw.webp

I don't even have to do anything, Spain sweeps in and claims it. They earned it. :marseyagree:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040269D0DcatudT-x1vw.webp

I set my eye on Portugal's Brazilian colonies instead

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040269f03VdnbJPyhYbA.webp

But by the time I get there the've collapsed :platylol:

:portugalitsover#:

This army can go to Japan instead.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737048696YK2Sr9rIbuH9DQ.webp

I'm able to take Nagasaki but don't have enough troops to push further in, and the Japanese start taking out my boats. They'll have to be reinforced later.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370751637N9Y4z_KnPImtQ.webp


https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370634607dxsiop6jlDuWg.webp

In Rhye's and Fall Russia's power was "General Winter" which hurt any invading armies. Would've made for a fun challenge but they no longer have this.

I have a very old but huge assault army in Mesopotamia, I want to sneak them up to surprise Russia

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039794xDOVNHlGxgDaUw.webp

This won't work because Iran won't let me through :marseymad:

Alternate route:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039794JXgN3mTwK5Ga0w.webp

Notice that I can actually see past the fog of war on the map to these cities now with espionage because I've researched electricity. :marseyplugged:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737040851qve0dquTNYn7vg.webp

Iran is also one of the few civs totally dark on the map, they actually have strong antiespionage. :hmm:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737041543_RBztCZAz9Eo6g.webp


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039794g03t7ykiY7JN8g.webp

Russia is guarded by Stelets, who start with City Garrison.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039793vMfrx1h2y2wwdQ.webp

But I have Grenadiers :marseyakbar: These guys ROCK in DoC

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039793tyqMhGA2kPakaw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039793yJ3GvbJdSTU3lA.webp

Starting with City Raider, two promotions gets them City Raider III AND they get collateral damage

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737039793lh04hKaEu1_nxg.webp

My French vassals hold Tarnopol, I was worried I would have to protect them but they have a pretty solid army in there. I'm so proud of them :marseyfrenchpat:

Russia is soon willing to surrender Kyiv/Kiev/Kevin

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737049969U6lPCK__e2tpKg.webp

:marseyno: I don't think so. They're capitulating.


https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370486932uhxmfksMQ9Gpg.webp

Our first female Great General is born during the Russian push, Albia Domenica

I told @Ubie last game I would actually have the next general fight in the field, this will be especially advantageous if I get the Brandenberg Gate wonder up.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370486959urFjgnK_8Oigw.webp

The problem with using Great Generals in the field base game is that the risk of losing them at 90% odds over battle after battle is just too great. Most often the AI only uses them like this as a last ditch chance to defend a city, as Ethiopia did. Brandenberg Gate actually incentivizes you to sacrifice them.

I start working on it in Pella, Greece

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737048695dJ3JkqI5b6OIZQ.webp

You may have noticed but I'm lightyears ahead of schedule in technology so I'm really getting crazy with wonders. The Eiffel Tower was just built in Rome with the Statue of Liberty next. Eiffel Tower is super helpful for moar Golden Ages

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737048696i68Fl8SLFnyfmA.webp

I'm going to start one now to support the army and get the Brandenberg Gate up. I'm starting to face a recession anyways.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737051652nD8Ua1uHMB3ZzA.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737048695_nsSOEY68BwV0g.webp

I've also built Chapultepec Castle, further enhancing Padua as a military powerhouse. Units start pumping out with Leadership and three promotions out of the gate :peperun:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370573905cAr0chNpimIZw.webp


In the midst of all this fricking Morocco declares independence

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737051651d4mJ-Ge-VavQOA.webp

:marseyprotestno#: :marseyprotestno#: :marseyprotestno#:

Around this time foreign occupied nations start to secede. It was probably a toss up which one would. This could have been worse, but I definitely want to take Morocco back. Marrakesh is my naval center. :marseysailor:

They have a pretty srs army tho :chudconcerned: Albia is gonna be the one to go down and fight them.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737051651Tmut3MxkQO9mpA.webp

We need to get Brandenberg Gate up faster for this so I send my Great Engineer Celer.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737057285b35xm6976wDljg.webp

I'm wasting some hammers here but it's worth it.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737063013ACA2Jazol-wpQg.webp


https://i.rdrama.net/images/173706301262EBSNJ4jdMHOA.webp

Albia's army arrives as the Moroccans advance to Yglgl

No idea what this city is by the way. If anyone else ever decides to look they're going to find my playthrough :marseyfluffy:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737063012jUuyzMD3GtlPZQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370630102OqmDz_icRm-fg.webp

Try as I might to send Albia towards certain doom, she's repeatedly successful.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737063010lx0jeVzqJS3pyw.webp

Hey WTF. One of my really really old Roman Legion units joined Morocco

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737063011lyWDC4-CHJy5ZQ.webp

Death to traitors :marseyshooting:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370658865_KlS9a5p0f2GQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737065887zbNtl8EzQHNU8Q.webp

Finally, in the assault on Shigan Albia falls

Previously, the combat experience to my next next Great General was 66

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737065887WbZOI_ZFz7K82Q.webp

Thanks to Brandenberg Gate, once she dies it drops to 25

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737065887tn6eUZBKfthX6w.webp

We'll get another general in no time :marseysalutearmy:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737069652clDFHqKbjFq-sA.webp

Marrakesh falls

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370710061Lo2s4H2C1_ltA.webp

:marseyflagmoroccogenocide#:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737069653ytAqDBCzXLPiRA.webp

And we get our second general, another foid, Agrippina :marseyshook:

She's going to lead the fight in Japan.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075163uo19gX8CnSur6g.webp


The Kingdom of Prussia spawns, and the cities of Danzig and Wroclaw I conquered from the Russian Empire request to join them..

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737065887oQMAYQ9jSgo20g.webp

I don't really want these, so that's fine.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370658870O7q2KThMHF1nQ.webp

The Holy Roman Empire is reduced to the Archduchy of Austria.

Only sucky thing is they're Protestant so they dislike us :marseyluthersoy:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737065888lE4R3cUMYIj0DA.webp

We can deal with them later.


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737068175Mo4tgefku85zpA.webp

Even during the Golden Age my Economy stability is tanking to a recession :marseystocksdown: I'm not sure if this is because I ran out of trade infrastructure to continually build, or if Free Enterprise is causing this, or maybe a mix of both.

We're still OK on expansion but nearing the overextension point. Overextension would be the major killer if it gets out of control.


With the research of Psychology we hit the Global era (insanely ahead of schedule)

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737071007m8gFyrXl4vDjnA.webp

@Soren mentioned :marseysoypoint2:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370710079nTCIRz-cHdsKg.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737071007Y2VIgc-o4YED-w.webp

We get a Great Spy, but my espionage is good enough I don't really know what to do with this dude :marseyhmmm: I already have a Secret Service in Rome for espionage output, I can send him to build another one in Byzantion and make that city a spy training center. :marseytf2spy:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370751611RNggjwOjhnexQ.webp


Another world congress takes place.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737072785IwIuxqsAtV-gDw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737072786en2YwdSVUh_tUQ.webp

Another world war is gonna be a little much :marseyyawn: The Ethiopians can have stupid Aksum back.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737072786W1iaSKiHe7IcpQ.webp


Moscow falls, and I have a Catholic missionary ready to show them the error of their ways.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075162JgXzDL1ITgs3fQ.webp

Only after pushing into Moscow and France taking Riga is Russia FINALLY willing to capitulate.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075162R_jR_xrX3E4rkA.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075162p383QuBCSg66Ag.webp

:marseysigh: Now they are the "Province of Samartia". I will of course return their core cities to them, and hopefully influence them to become Catholic.

You may notice in the diplo tooltip that my stability is just barely dipping into "Unstable" :tayaaa:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075452RgDvA--CyRt5VA.webp


Japan's navy is unexpectedly annoying.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370754535xMNi8bRzlYjtw.webp

Agrippina lands ready to take Edo, but we're probably going to need to pivot to Kyoto (Heian-kyou)

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075453_CVL6-cD7OE4cA.webp


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075161JUDcH_aMqVy62w.webp

Oh, great, it looks like the Ottomans have shown up :marseyhelp:

Only 400 years late

I'm probably going to have to deal with these secessions like Turkey and Morocco for a while :marseycry: Greece or Egypt seceding would probably be the biggest nuisance.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075161inq-MLp0wHACWw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737075161g9BNk_ysqKRnWQ.webp

Now they have the Secret Service :platynooo:


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082060ppKBlkVipMNIfg.webp

Agrippina is even more stubborn about not dying.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082060ZrErvEjcluQU9g.webp

We push into Edo and call a crusade on Japan and they still won't capitulate. Should have figured they would fight to the end. :marseyseppuku:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082061shEvB7yC3pVdsA.webp

They eventually collapse. So now I have Japan :marseyshrug:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082522IBjycljLDmYTfA.webp

and this b-word STILL WON'T DIE


https://i.rdrama.net/images/17370825225XlXXT6HysgYuA.webp

I restore most of Russia's conquered core to them. Hanging onto Poland and Ukraine for now.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082522QctXvWEVtDiATg.webp

I can liberate Ukraine but don't really want to. If I could set Poland free I would, but I think France owning Tarnopol is blocking it.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082523ehzvoDcivIPARw.webp

Russia really likes me now and is willing to convert to Catholicism. Part of the reason I did all this shit was for Foreign stability. Russia is usually a peepee but now we're homies and he's another stable vassal. Japan would have been similar but now that they're out of this world they'll no longer contribute to negative foreign stability.


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082059zpQcC21YDx_I-Q.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082059M78cWdMcPN_AKQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082059B3tZ-FeplltjhA.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082060uORdzXR4pvgBzA.webp

Turkey goes down


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082523Ecy5zeROfie4bQ.webp

I've fought enough that I've gotten a new Great General naturally.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082913whPjne0pElW2sQ.webp

Planning on raiding Sendai until Agrippina dies to reset the counter :marseypsycho: Apparently this reset only happens once :marseyretard2:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082914yn8wm1bD5Rpglg.webp

Either way, we are now mostly stable.

and finally at peace :marseyrelieved:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737082914hWVGpibXPADWaA.webp


I have a Great Statesman available, I may reform the government soon. With Psychology and Macroeconomics I can pick a proper modern government. I'll let you guys choose which direction I should go in.

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:marppy: Drama Report: 2025-02-06 :marseyminer:

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:marppy: autodrama: returning jobs to dramneurodivergents. :marseycapitalistmanlet: Ping HeyMoon if there are any problems or you have a suggestion :marseyjamming:

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Kanye :marseygraduation: Recorded His Super :marseykangtheconqueror: Bowl Ad On Nitrous :marseyxd: :marseyyeezus:
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Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid β€” only to realize that the supposed space rock was the remains of Elon Musk's cherry-red Tesla Roadster and its spacesuit-clad driver "Starman."

The misidentified object, which was launched into space on board a SpaceX rocket in 2018, highlights a growing problem in astronomy that could lead to costly errors, researchers say.

On Jan. 2, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) added a new object, dubbed 2018 CN41, to its list of near-Earth asteroids. The supposed space rock was identified by an unnamed amateur astronomer in Turkey using years of publicly available data, Astronomy.com reported. However, just 17 hours later, the MPC released an editorial notice retracting the discovery after the citizen scientist realized they had made a mistake.

The Tesla Roadster, which was previously used by Elon Musk, was launched into space on Feb. 6, 2018, as the test payload for the maiden launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The publicity stunt garnered widespread attention at the time, partly due to Starman β€” a mannequin in the car's driving seat that was wearing a likely defective spacesuit and "listening" to David Bowie's album "Space Oddity" on loop.

The car and its driver headed toward Mars after escaping Earth's gravity and were supposed to enter a stable orbit around the Red Planet, which raised alarms at the time that it could become a potential Martian "biothreat" if it accidentally crash-landed there. However, the pair overshot their target and instead entered a stable orbit around the sun. Now, it circles the sun and occasionally zooms past Mars.

The Tesla has now completed roughly 4.5 trips around the sun, traveling at roughly 45,000 mph (72,000 km/h), according to whereisroadster.com. This means that the car has now exceeded its initial 36,000-mile warranty around 100,00 times.

However, the car is probably unrecognizable now after being exposed to years of intense radiation from the sun and bombarded by tiny fragments of space rocks, which have likely stripped the outer layers of the car and shredded Starman.

This is not the first time that human-made objects have been mistaken for near-Earth asteroids. The MPC has temporarily listed a number of spacecraft as space rocks over the last two decades β€” including the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, NASA's Lucy probe, the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission and others β€” as well as rocket boosters and other debris, according to Astronomy.com.

This type of confusion will also likely increase as more human-made objects are launched into space.

These misidentifications could lead to more false alarms for near-Earth asteroids, which could in turn result in costly errors, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, told Astronomy.com. "Worst case [scenario], you spend a billion [dollars] launching a space probe to study an asteroid and only realize it's not an asteroid when you get there," he said.

While space agencies and private companies are required to accurately track their products in orbit around Earth, there is currently no legislation that forces them to do the same for spacecraft and debris that escape Earth's gravity, like the Tesla Roadster.

However, "such transparency is essential for promoting space situational awareness, reducing interference between missions, [and] avoiding interference with observations of natural objects," members of the American Astronomical Society warned in a 2024 statement.

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can someone explain to me why people on rednote hate koreans so much? : AskChina

					
					
					
	

				
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KINDA PREGNANT Trailer (2025) Amy Schumer

Netflix + Amy Schumer + fake pregnancy = PURE KINO

@JimieWhales love sucking peepee and feeling superior too white girls

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:marseysniff: The PhD in why calling people smelly is racist lady told people to stop noticing how Indians smell. Black Twitter bullied her into submission. OR :marseykween: vs :marseytunaktunak:, :marseymayo: most affected

E: The OG Tweet from what I can tell. LMAO that Hanania is somehow tangentially involved

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She has learned that the social justice totem pole only allows her to call out some olfactory racism. Other olfactory racism is more equal than others :marseyxd:

Assorted replies

The obvious: lmao you only gave in because they were πŸ…±lack

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Truly the best thing to do against a hate mob is give in immediately so they know you're an easy target next time :marseybigbrain:

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Trump brought back woke mob twitter LFG. Truly a blast from the past!

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I love telling yt to shut up, but not in bad faith!!!

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Quote Retweets

Summary guy

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Person who never logs off considers what grass touchers would even think of this

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Calling her a dusty old throwback to when you were immediately supposed to bow to black people who never updated her firmware

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Indians are the most oppressed minority online. (But no I will not consider why so many people dislike our group)

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I paid for s*x on grindr, and the guilt is killing me.

					
					

Long story short, I met a guy from grindr 10 years older than me. He was the daddy type.

He said he needed the money because he was short on rent. Which wasn't a lot. I was hesitant because I hadn't done it before, but I thought he was also kinda into the fun, but with extra money.

When I came to his place, he looked like he was really struggling. I asked him if he was okay, and he said yes. I gave him a bj and paid him. He really looked like he regretted doing it, being paid for s*x because he had no other choice.

I told him it was just a friendly gift instead, and he didn't have to treat it like a transaction.

I am so guilty. How am I different from a grapist or a mol*ster? I had s*x with someone not from their own will. I didn't enjoy it. I didn't enjoy it at all. I feel disgusted.

I texted him if he wanted to just pay me back in the future and treat it separate from our s*x transaction. But he blocked me already.

EDIT: when i said struggling, i meant struggling financially

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r/drama made it to Ashley Jones's Monthly Column :marseyletsgo: :taycelebrate:

previous thread: https://rdrama.net/h/slackernews/post/330633/i-found-a-website-uglier-than


In this column, I will discuss the following topics:

-My obsession with dates/years and which decades I love

-Do I enjoy plane crashes?

-Product Review: Hidden Valley Ranch Dress Packets

-Advertisement

-A walk down memory lane: the bloody picture

-I am making websites for those who are convicted s*x offenders

-Recipe of the Month: Blueberry Muffins

-Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

-People want to befriend me? An unexpected invintation -- rdrama.net

-Personals

-Babe of the Month

-Opinions on VHS, CD, DVD, tapes, vinyls, etc.

-Reading a Reader's Palm

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One day I checked my email and I received three separate emails (along with a few voicemails) from people very enthusiastically inviting me to "rdrama.net". Usually my email inbox is very slow, so to have multiple people emailing me over the course of one day was exciting. The emails I received told me that people were discussing my website on rdrama.net, and I was provided a link to this thread.

Link: https://rdrama.net/h/slackernews/post/330633/i-found-a-website-uglier-than

In this thread, people seemed bewildered by my opinions and blunt honesty, but they were unexpectedly welcoming and encouraging despite this (or probably because of this). I always have a hard time thinking about how others perceive me, since I will admit, I am fairly strange compared to the average person. I lose sight of this since I am me and I am living this strangeness 24/7, so what is completely normal to me is completely unique and new to other people. Sometimes I will say really stupid things to other people in public because I am slightly nervous when talking to people in person, so I have a harder time pacing my thoughts. This means that I sometimes lose sight of "normal" speak and my own internal words/phrases I made up. Once I gifted an acquaintance cookies. She thanked me and said the cookies were good. I got nervous, giggled, and said, "That's great, I hope they give you good mouth pleasure." The term "mouth pleasure" is one I made up to imply something is tasty, but out of context, it sounds completely sexual. After I said that, I felt my face turn red. Another time, I was talking to an acquaintance about delicious food I had just eaten and I casually said, "I one throated that food". The term "one throat" implies you ate something so quickly in one go, "one throat". But after saying it, I immediately realized that term was something I say to myself internally, not externally. It also sounds very similar to "deep throat", so I was embarrassed after I accidentally said that. (I originally heard this term on Impractical Jokers and it resonated with me.) All of this to say, my eccentricities sometimes make me seem more fascinating compared to other people, because other people are very similar to one another and thus, they do not stand out.

Also, someone in the rdrama.net thread was wondering if I was a :marseytrain:. Is it because I use Arch? What about me emanates mentally ill man who shaves his taint? I took great offense to this, because what biological male has a cute face and is 4' 11"? That would be the absolute :marseytrain: jackpot, and if I were a :marseytrain: that had hit such a jackpot, I would definitely have capitalized on that. But instead, here I am writing this and making websites for s*x offenders, sans girldick. Plus, all :!marseytrain:s sound the same. They sound like a deranged Mickey Mouse, and my voice sounds nothing like that. I have a very authentic, biological, female voice. Perhaps you haven't spent enough time watching :!marseytrain:s to know this. I implore you to spend a few minutes educating yourself. Go to https://www.tgtube.com/

Here's an example of me talking versus how a :marseytrain: sounds when he tries to sound like a girl. I've perfectly replicated how these mental basket cases talk via the power of Kdenlive.

Now you can spot a :marseytrain: without even setting an eye on one. You're welcome for the masterclass in how to :marseytrain: spot for blind people.

Overall, I was amused by this encounter because it was a glimpse into how people react when they visit my website and read my opinions. Usually I am completely blind to people's perceptions on these things, since there isn't a comment section on my HTML pages. It was also nice to see a website with a solid and active userbase that is completely separate from the usual r-slurred back-doored NSA Telegram chat, Groomercord group, or other NSA controlled "social media" website. I'm pretty sure rdrama.net uses Lemmy, which is open source (and federated) software that mirrors the Reddit look. If you are opposed to using reddit because you do not wish to start estrogen pills, then using a Lemmy instance would be a better solution for you.

In my case, while I appreciate the kind reception and invitations to rdrama.net, I am not a fan of the Reddit style/form of communication, nor do I tend to use websites that require accounts (withe exception of e-mail and my Peertube).

A lot of the time I prefer to post opinions and share ideas/responses anonymously, as this serves a few primary benefits:

1. No one will agree/disagree with my opinion simply because I said it. When I post an idea anonymously, I can get honest feedback that is not tainted by someone's opinion of me.

2. I generally do not use any website with a profile system. I don't like cliques that tend to come with profile-based websites. For example, on forums you will have cliques, a reputation, a post number history attached to your profile which seemingly dictates your worth. There are too many factors a profile adds that taint a discussion; as now the person is more important than the discussion at hand.

3. I can post something I do not actually mean without someone having the ability to confirm if I actually believe that thing due to my post history. Anonymity gives you freedom to be a completely different person. This allows anonymous posting to be much more fun due to its chaotic nature.

It's important to note that a website page is different from a discussion. While I operate a website where I write my thoughts/opinions, in a setting of discussion, I vastly prefer for ideas to hold value over who said the idea. When identities get involved in a discussion, the ideas can be tainted simply by the identity saying them. Whereas if the discussion was held anonymously, the thoughts and ideas are judged on their own merit alone.

I understand this is unconventional thinking for most people and that I am in a great minority. I personally prefer to operate like this, but I understand why most people do not have issues with profiles and discussions tied to an identity. While I personally do not make accounts on social websites due to my own personal beliefs, I think there is a good chance some of my readers may like this website. I think it's important to spend leisurely internet time on websites that are separate from globohomo ones. I encourage you to at least look at this website out of curiosity, and perhaps join if it's something you like. By having more users interact on such websites, it gives those who were once reluctant to use. Only a few years ago (around 2017) many open source federated websites were dead due to low adoptability since people did not want to use websites with a low userbase. Thanks to those who choose to use them regardless, it has given them more value, and thus, those who will only join is there is a sufficient userbase will now be more willing to utilize these better websites.


I encourage everyone to go and check out the rest of the column! :marseyhappytears:

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some of the black girls in the halftime show were fine as heck

do you think SZA likes white boys

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Americans, your kids are watching the celebratory dance of pro-gang violence, when all you wanted to do was watch sports. You fricking deserve it mayos HAHAHAHH
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This dude has been a member of Ars Technica's forums for 24 years and somehow thinks that the AI bubble is bursting because... it's continuously getting better and new products are being launched? Maybe he's just talking about the financial side of things but even then I don't really see it.

:marseyconfused:

Imagine the reportmaxxing potential on a 24-year-old account.


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:marseytrump:

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These guys make Redditors look smart.


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I'm sorry that you missed the crypto boom, please get over it.


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This is the most downmarseyd comment in the thread. Attacking China is BANNED.


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This comment was also towards the bottom, but has 67 upmarseys so must be a fairly popular opinion.

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Brave Dramasoldier Has Ended Up Causing a Chain Sneedaction

You might know this guy from a recently posted thread from @BussyBoy where he says some mean things about a dead minecraft youtuber. I don't know if he wants his channel to be associated with rDrama so I'm going to refer to him as Brian.

Apparently BB/Brian NOT ONLY made fun of a dead guy BUT two weeks before he also made a very insensitive joke where he refers to a black minecraft pig as a "pigger". In fact, this issue was so massive that the part where he says it is the MOST REPLAYED part of the video AND sponsorblock has it marked as the highlight of the video.

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This generated its own sneeding with many users calling this joke really insensitive.

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Not long after posting the drama died down (because preteens have the attention spans of flies) and everything was fine... UNTIL someone brought it up again in the drama referenced earlier.

The replies are pretty boring because, like I said before, we're dealing with children.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1737942256HPz67zbuMCkebA.webp Just wanted to include this screenshot because it's so fricking funny that this dude doesn't get the joke after like 3 replies.

HAVE NO FEAR, ANOTHER YOUTUBER IS HERE! Totaling at 770k subs, TheMisterEpic chimes in to defend Brian!

He whiteknights for Brian like a good friend and mentions the obvious fact: it's ragebait made to generate discussion

Here's his whole discussion with OP

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Now, back to the main tweet. Xitter user TheWorstOfTwt informs everyone that TME is a heckin chud and that nobody should subscribe to him.

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I don't care for minecraft so all of this discussion is boring. Feel free to mess with people, maybe deny all the atrocities that happened? Maybe claim these youtubers are black? Idk

editorial note post writing: the guy who made the callout thread is suicidal lmfao https://x.com/Owehttamy https://www.twitch.tv/owehttamy

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Rusty Loves the Galaxy Projector πŸ’œ

What a lovely night, tucked into bed with the boys and mister man :marseyjump: :marseyandmarcus: :marseygrouphug:

!animalposters !cats

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DOGE Broccoli Hair Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

I am more willing to chalk this one up to youthful indiscretion since I think he must have been a high school underclassman in 2022 :marseyemojilaugh:

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You asked, sweaty :marseynails:

					
					
					
	

				
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SOCKS POSTING!

Socks is such a good big sister :marseyheart: :marseyfluffy: :marseyhearts: as a former feral herself, this cannot be easy

!animalposters !cats

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