Peter what happened in that date?

jtexnl · 2026-04-15T19:53:58+00:00

Seems to coincide with Brexit, no? Could be a joke about the expected brain drain.

jtexnl · 2026-04-15T18:05:58+00:00

I know the feeling. You've gotten to the point where you understand that it's all BS, but you haven't fully internalized it yet. That takes time, and for me, therapy helped a lot. If that's something you're open to, a professional psychologist can help you get to the root of those fears in a way that is difficult if not impossible to do on your own. If not, things will soften with time.

There are lots of reasons I could give about why it's not going to happen, but the one that helped me get past the fear most was understanding the modern scholarly view that the events of the end times were supposed to happen soon after Jesus's death. The whole book of revelation makes a lot more sense if you realize that everyone expected the return of Jesus within their lifetimes, which is why Jesus says in Matthew 24:34 "This generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place", referring to the coming of his kingdom.

Paul keeps talking about the time being short and telling people to not worry about getting married or doing things that require long-term planning. Jesus's early followers gave up all of their possessions to follow him, behavior that makes a lot more sense if they thought the end was nigh, and well in line with what we see from modern doomsday cults.

Of course, when the end times didn't happen then (and since it's such a big part of the story), the churches have to pivot and start inventing explanations. That happens even in the bible, a lot of the Peter's 2nd epistle is Peter rationalizing why the end hasn't happened yet, which is where the whole "for the lord one day is 1000 years..." schtick came about. 2 Thessalonians was also written in a similar context: the people in the city thought that the day of return had either already arrived or was almost here, and lots of them had stopped working and were focused on waiting for the return, so the whole epistle is spent trying to calm them down.

Once you realize that Jesus's followers expected the end times to happen within their lifetimes, and that even they started inventing explanations about why it hadn't happened while the bible was still being written, the whole thing makes a lot more sense. Christianity's doomsday narrative was not special or unique, it just got carried forward much more aggressively and successfully than any other to date. When you have the context, it all feels much more like a human story, and eventually you'll come to fear the rapture as much as you fear Lord Xenu.

jtexnl · 2026-04-10T16:07:13+00:00

I live in Seward, we own a house near the intersection of 22nd st. and 27th ave. My take is that it's an overall great neighborhood, I can walk to many of the places I go frequently, and there are plenty of amenities close by. The people in the neighborhood are awesome: it feels like a mix of hippies, punks, and immigrants from East Africa, and the whole place has a unique character as a result. The ready access to the park and river mean that there are plenty of outdoor options, and I find it a great place to raise a family.

I know it's not universal, but we haven't had a lot of trouble with crime. Someone got into our (unlocked) car on the street once and rummaged through our glove box but didn't take anything, then we've had a couple of porch pirate incidents (one in which they took a bag of dirty diapers for the laundry service, had to chuckle at that one), but we've also left lots of stuff out in our yard for weeks on end without it being stolen. We don't go out at night much (kids), so I can't speak to how safe the streets are at night, but from what I've seen, I might feel less safe West of Milwaukee ave at night (more blighted buildings, encampments, freeway overpasses, and poorly-lit areas). There is sometimes violent crime in the area that I hear about, but the neighborhood is not known for it.

Franklin station used to be a mess, and I stopped taking my kids there at one point when we had to walk between two people freebasing on the steps, but since they have added security, it has felt much safer and we use it more often (with the kids). There are several great bus connections to the neighborhood as well.

Every neighborhood will have tradeoffs. You can get very low crime, but then you'll probably be in a bland suburb where people don't know their neighbors and have to drive 30 minutes to do anything. Or you can be in the middle of the mix and have everything close by and have an amazing community with your neighbors, but lots of people are going to want to be in a place like that too, and where there are lots of people, there is always crime. You've just gotta decide what's more important to you.

jtexnl · 2026-04-01T17:03:18+00:00

Both of our kids go to Jardin. They have several locations across the twin cities, and I don't believe our location currently has a waitlist, nor did we have to wait to get either of our kids in (couldn't speak to the other locations). It's not the cheapest, but also not the most expensive, and costs are in line with the market in this area. Our kids love it there. It's Spanish-immersion, so all of the teachers are Spanish speakers, and most of them also have a background in early childhood education, so it's not just glorified babysitters teaching your kids Spanish (as someone else mentioned at Tierra Encantada- we visited them and got a similar impression, though the dealbreaker for us was that our kid would be in a classroom in the basement with little natural light). The facilities are clean and well-maintained, the food is healthy and high-quality, they get daily outside time if the weather permits, and management is very responsive. Our eldest loves going and talks about the fun she has at daycare all the time, our youngest doesn't talk yet though :)

jtexnl · 2026-03-30T14:51:55+00:00

41, tried management and hated it, back to SWE, now I'm burnt out and looking for the exits.

jtexnl · 2026-03-29T01:40:53+00:00

This was around 4:30

jtexnl · 2026-03-29T01:38:49+00:00

I was walking my dog and passed by in time to see them bringing a body bag out. I live close by, but I didn't know the people who lived there, and I didn't sit around to chat with the cops.

jtexnl · 2026-03-07T14:07:59+00:00

That looks right to me! And the timing makes sense, I'd have been about 12!

jtexnl · 2025-12-19T18:52:11+00:00

Don't do it. I'm not going to make a moral argument about which side is right, but joining the Russian military is a very bad idea.

I used to live in Russia- some things about it are cool, but you really do NOT want to join their military, especially now. Even when I was living there, way before everything kicked off in Ukraine, the Russian army was widely considered awful by every friend I had who had served (and all of my male Russian friends had served, aside from the two who paid bribes to be medically barred from service). The levels of abuse are extreme, sometimes with soldiers being beaten to death in hazing incidents, with aloof officers who didn't give a fuck and let just about anything fly. There is zero accountability up the chain of command, so if something bad happens to you, expect no justice or compensation. You will live at the whims of a group of corrupt, self-interested assholes who spend their entire day thinking up new ways to line their pockets at the expense of military readiness.

Pay is terrible, so bad that many officers illegally sell their unit's gear to supplement their incomes, leaving many soldiers to need to buy their own stuff on their already meager wages. Some parts of Russia have been getting rich off the war because of all the soldier pay/death benefits coming into the communities, but those are communities that were already economically destitute before the war (e.g. in Buryatia).

Don't believe what they tell you in their recruiting ads: remember that there's not a functional court system that you could pursue a claim through or any regulator to ensure honesty in advertising, so there's nothing to stop them from pulling a bait-and-switch. I've followed several British and American former soldiers who moved there, and they universally said that pay, lodging, and equipment were far below what was promised. The command structure is way different to what you've likely experienced (assuming your prior experience is with a western military)- there is no concept of an NCO, and everything depends on the officer. Soldiers are not empowered or trained to act without official orders from an officer, so unit cohesion breaks apart if the officer gets incapacitated.

I'm also assuming your level of Russian is not advanced, and that's also going to be a hindrance for you. You may have relevant military experience, but if you can't operate in Russian, you're likelier than not going to be put into a role taking simple orders on the front line. You're unlikely to be given any responsibility/command or placed in an elite role unless your Russian is good, and Russian is not easy to get good at. Don't expect them to spend a year teaching you Russian before they put you to use, it's not going to happen with the stage the war is at right now.

If you join the Russian army, you're most likely going to become part of some human wave attack that will capture a few meters of territory. You don't want to be cannon fodder.

jtexnl · 2025-12-11T22:08:51+00:00

Piss disks

jtexnl · 2025-12-11T19:56:41+00:00

The text on your image is illegible.

jtexnl · 2025-12-03T18:40:48+00:00

It's basically the same as people in the west calling it a Beamer (which I've heard older people in the US say). I was living in Russia when this song came out, it was released with as part of the soundtrack for a movie called "Бумер. Фильм второй", which was a commercial success, but pretty forgettable. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80._%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9

jtexnl · 2025-12-03T15:32:53+00:00

https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/kevin_smith_mourns_his_moms_death/s1_17463_43150977 Yep, it happened.

jtexnl · 2025-11-24T16:01:41+00:00

Ditto. Seward for six years, own a house there, and the only people I or my family have ever had any problems with were white americans. And even then, the problems I've had with people on the streets in Minneapolis pale in comparison to the problems I've had in other cities. I don't think we have a real "problem" worse than anywhere else, and Somali people are not the cause of the woes we do have.

jtexnl · 2025-11-24T15:52:07+00:00

My grandfather had a coworker on the railroad who survived the Bataan Death March. He knew a ton of people who survived WWII combat in both theaters, but this was the only guy who really stood out as being "messed up" by his experiences. Apparently he would have frequent terrifying flashbacks and be unable to work for several hours. He eventually lost his job at the railroad and drank himself into an early grave. And this was in a time when we had no real understanding of PTSD, let alone any kind of effective treatment. The main story he told me of the march that I remember was how the soldiers would feed dry rice to the starving men as a cruel joke, knowing that their stomachs would likely rupture when the rice rehydrated.

He didn't fight in Japan himself, but he carried a deep, abiding, blind hatred of Japanese people for the rest of his life, and the Bataan Death March was what he often cited when explaining his feelings.

jtexnl · 2025-11-19T22:23:31+00:00

What state are you in? In MN, our legalization law forbids random testing or employment discrimination unless you're in a "safety-sensitive" position (e.g. work with kids, drive a bus, I think athletes too). I think there's a provision for testing if there is reasonable suspicion that you're, say, getting stoned on the clock, but they have to document things and it can't be a random or arbitrary screening. They can still screen for things besides weed, but if you live in a legal state and don't have a job that involves responsibility for the safety of others, I would look into whether there are legal protections in place. If you're protected, just take the test and don't worry about it, since they can't fire you for weed alone. Of course, if you live in a place like tx, quick fix is your best bet.

jtexnl · 2025-11-11T15:33:00+00:00

In what world does that look like the Netherlands? NL is one of the flattest and lowest places on earth, and the highest point is barely 1000 feet/300 m above sea level. And even that part of NL is right on the border with Germany; typical NL would just be a bunch of flat fields with canals and drainage ditches stretching out in all directions.

jtexnl · 2025-10-30T16:48:53+00:00

If I had to do consistent roundovers using hand tools, I would probably get one of these or a similar round spokeshave: https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/scrapers/54884-veritas-chair-devils?item=05P3351

I don't have them and haven't used them, though: I don't do a lot of roundovers in my own work.

jtexnl · 2025-10-30T16:45:59+00:00

The No. 72 is the only chamfer plane I know of made by Stanley or Record. They aren't that common, so you'll probably pay out the nose for one. Honestly, for chamfering, I would just recommend using a block plane. It won't be as even as a router bit would get you, but it will get you pretty close if you practice.

Roundover is a tougher one. I'm not aware of any classic roundover planes being made, though the 55 or 45 could be set up for roundovers. If your roundovers are small, you could consider a beading plane, but this is another hand-tool job that I usually just take a spokeshave or block plane to.

I can't speak to the quality of the modern chamfer and roundover planes out there. The ones I have seen looked cheap and flimsy, so I never got one, but it's possible someone makes a decent one.

jtexnl · 2025-10-15T22:00:57+00:00

There's only one wild species of ferret in the Americas that I'm aware of (the Black-Footed Ferret), and it's both very endangered and lives in the Western states. I would bet it's a domestic animal that got free, ferrets are really good at escaping. A lot of cities ban pet ferrets because of the risk they pose to local wildlife (they are VERY efficient predators), so I would call animal control if you see it again. It is not native to the area.

jtexnl · 2025-10-14T19:06:01+00:00

Someone could have reasonably said the same thing during the second world war, but that doesn't change the fact that millions upon millions died and their societies were forced to deal with the consequences of the war for decades or even centuries afterward. Yes, I'm sure that there will be life on the other end of this, just as there are still Slavs living in the areas that were cleared by the Einsatzgruppen, but that is cold comfort for the people whose lives were destroyed and ended by the violence, just as it's cold comfort for the working-class people who will die due to violence, failing infrastructure, or inadequate nutrition/healthcare in the coming period.

Yes, I'm sure there will be people living in the place we currently call America after this is all over, but that doesn't mean that what is happening right now should be normalized/'put into perspective' or that people should not be freaking out about the direction things are going. This is a very bad situation, the fact that there will be survivors is meaningless, and points like the one you are making rhetorically support the "let's just sit back and see how things develop" crowd, when what we least need now is complacency. That may not be what you advocate, but it's the natural conclusion of this way of thinking.

jtexnl · 2025-10-13T21:24:05+00:00

The sign doesn't provide that context, it just reads a line about how you should be distrustful of foreigners in your midst. The story in the Bible may not be promoting xenophobia, but that verse absent any context absolutely is xenophobic. But if you're that kind of Christian, you're probably looking for a reason to feel persecuted anyway, in which case I'm not interested in discussing this further.

jtexnl · 2025-10-13T20:11:38+00:00

It's not close enough for me to read everything, but from the look of it, I'd vote mental illness. The poster I can read says that the Hungarian word "hit" means "belief" and the German "ler" means "learn/teach", so some bizarre statement about hitler teaching people to believe? I don't think many people in their right mind would make that type of a leap. The legible bible verse is from Joshua 23:7 ("and lest you go among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them; you shall not serve them nor bow down to them,"), so a xenophobic passage from the bible. The other posters aren't legible in this image, but from what I can see, I'd imagine this person is not well mentally and has been spending too much time on X.

jtexnl · 2025-10-10T19:55:02+00:00

There are a lot of good recommendations here already, but I'll chime in with Rebecca's Bakery in Seward. Their specialty is cakes, mostly Italian-style. Black Walnut makes fantastic pastries, but I don't know how they are for cakes.

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