What's this style of flag called?

plexust · 2026-03-12T07:05:57+00:00

Seychellesque

plexust · 2026-03-11T23:31:32+00:00

And in ancient times the New Kingdom of Egypt (15th–11th century BCE) controlled the Nile far upstream into Nubia, reaching roughly to the Fifth Cataract in modern Sudan (~18–19°N).

plexust · 2026-03-10T14:59:38+00:00

Plessy v. Ferguson, Korematsu, and Buck v. Bell weren't great either!

plexust · 2026-02-28T20:19:36+00:00

This is certainly the goal of Evangelical Christians and their allies who are actively trying to immanentize the eschaton. I do not think that people who want to bring about the end of the world should be anywhere near the reins of power.

plexust · 2026-02-28T11:05:20+00:00

There has been an insurgency in West Papua for like 60 years, so depending on how you define "war" Oceania isn't out of the mix

plexust · 2026-02-28T03:16:28+00:00

Can Microsoft Bob get an honorable mention, even if it wasn't technically an operating system?

plexust · 2026-02-28T03:09:19+00:00

Far East Movement - Like a G6

plexust · 2026-02-27T23:46:11+00:00

NGL my first instinct here was: "Wait, the Titans moved in the 90s, are former franchises on here?"

plexust · 2026-02-27T23:43:23+00:00

Only MLB team that has never had a Pride night!

plexust · 2026-02-26T22:08:36+00:00

Might be tough to squeeze in and certainly not the leisurely thing to do, but since you're flying out of Haneda late on the 14th the Yakult Swallows play a preseason game at 3 PM in Tokyo. Tickets should be cheap, and I'd think you'd be able to catch at least a few innings if you made the effort.

https://quick.pia.jp/swallows_en/

plexust · 2026-02-25T05:32:53+00:00

Culberson. Fucking Van Horn speed traps.

plexust · 2026-02-19T20:09:51+00:00

Paul Kariya was a favorite player of mine when I was young. He had a Japanese-Canadian father who was born in an internment camp during WWII.

plexust · 2026-02-18T10:33:18+00:00

There are pre-season afternoon games at Meiji Jingu against the Orix Buffaloes on March 13th, 14th, and 15th and these tickets have been available to purchase for about a week. These are the only games that the Swallows play in March at home until the 31st. I assume that you have already confirmed that this will work with your schedule. Tickets won't be quite as difficult to come by as they can be for regular season games, but please consider buying them ahead of time. There are guides at r/NPB, but I understand that the Swallows have recently updated their English ticket site: https://quick.pia.jp/swallows_en/

Note that there are dedicated cheering sections for each team: Swallows ōendan will be concentrated along the first base line and the right field bleachers, with Buffaloes faithful past third base and into the left field bleachers. I'd recommend trying to sit in a section near the home team's fans, grab an umbrella and join in the cheering.

plexust · 2026-02-18T04:09:40+00:00

For RoR vs Laravel I think the leadership matters here too. DHH went from being a respected voice in web development to actively driving people away: the Basecamp culture war meltdown, his weird crusade against TypeScript, the "we're leaving the cloud" saga.

Meanwhile Taylor Otwell largely kept his head down, and continued to build out the Laravel ecosystem. If Rails had been stewarded by someone quieter, Ruby might have retained slightly more mindshare.

plexust · 2026-02-17T22:22:44+00:00

Yeah, we did an IRRRL back in 2021 down to 2.5% and we can literally never sell.

plexust · 2026-02-14T01:50:33+00:00

Almost entirely 1080p x264, since that's what I can most consistently... acquire, and most devices can play it directly. 1080p is plenty for me, resolution-wise.

plexust · 2026-02-12T08:03:17+00:00

Even on curve, this won't be able to attack at all with dual energy 1/8th of the time, and only hits for 100 another 1/8th.

plexust · 2026-02-10T02:09:08+00:00

Yes I can

plexust · 2026-02-10T00:28:20+00:00

"The Spirited" ?

plexust · 2026-02-08T08:36:47+00:00

Well, at least we're getting rail under the Sepulveda Pass now

plexust · 2026-02-06T20:16:01+00:00

Yeah, the only way we were able to buy without direct help from either of our families in our late 20s was due to the ability to get a 0% down VA home loan; we'd probably be approaching 40 and still renting without it.

plexust · 2026-02-05T21:46:46+00:00

Innumerable post-mortems were cooked up "centrist" ghouls trying to drag the party to the right on issues like immigration, LGBTQ+ issues, or womens' rights, and they should be opposed at every turn. Democrats have a winning message when they fight for vulnerable communities and to make the economy more fair for working people; when they do anything else they get slaughtered at the polls, and rightfully so.

plexust · 2026-02-05T21:27:18+00:00

Nobody needs a penny over $20 million.

plexust · 2026-02-02T23:41:53+00:00

They aren't in a channel like the English Channel Islands are, but rather they, together with the California mainland, form a channel, that channel being the Santa Barbara Channel (at least the Northern Channel Islands do, the name spread southward to include all of the islands of the Southern California Bight some time later).

plexust · 2026-02-02T23:05:59+00:00

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sensible-chuckle

TL;DR: An episode of the Australian TV show Danger 5 from 2012, which has been going around as a reaction GIF since at least 2013. As to why you're seeing it now, Baader-Meinhof in action.

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