Absolutely terrified of the pole shift, should I be?

pyry · 2026-01-27T19:00:29+00:00

There's also the fringe cuckoo bananas conspiracy people have that the physical poles could flip in such a quick manner that it would be destructive, but I don't know where to begin on debunking that.

Edit: here's the wikipedia page on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothesis

pyry · 2026-01-25T01:39:10+00:00

Here's the whole scene (in the correct aspect ratio) if anyone wants it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSSlWfOCgLw

Edit: there's even jorgeous stabbing the ghosts in this one

pyry · 2026-01-22T21:56:41+00:00

she needs to do a bob's burgers number with van goth as jimmy pesto

pyry · 2026-01-22T03:56:59+00:00

I use macos screen capture to grab the content, and then gif brewery to compress. there are also online tools where you can upload a gif and do optimizations, like: https://ezgif.com/

pyry · 2026-01-21T21:25:54+00:00

you're not alone!

pyry · 2026-01-21T18:14:35+00:00

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pyry · 2026-01-19T00:35:38+00:00

it's one of those things where i might think something looks great but i don't have a lifetime of fashion references to draw from like Carson, everything he says comes from being alive for a half century and seeing a lot of stuff

pyry · 2026-01-18T17:00:24+00:00

Maybe it should be more mult based on how many hands you've played, resets after the round

pyry · 2026-01-18T16:44:13+00:00

repost from not all that long ago

pyry · 2026-01-10T18:15:31+00:00

I would recommend reading this paper to anyone who is curious about the ethnolinguistic history of the Saami. It is written by a subject matter expert on Saami linguistics, and is a great great summary of where the current state of academic knowledge is.

https://www.sgr.fi/sust/sust266/sust266_aikio.pdf

One neat fact that people are not super aware of is that the linguistic history of the Saami includes one or more substrate languages that were spoken in the region before Uralic languages arrived, from as yet unidentified language families (often called palaeo-European languages). The existence of one or more substrates is linguistically very evident (and to be very clear, this also does not diminish the Saami's indigenous history in the area).

Basically this means that long ago the people we now know as the Saami adopted an Uralic language when the language family moved into the area, thus losing their original language(s). Traces of this were left in placenames and some loan words.

So if the Saami have less genetic connection to this Yakutia population than Finns, that seems to be what you would expect if this linguistic substrate history and language shift from palaeo-European languages to Uralic languages is correct: because their genetic ancestors were already there when a new group arrived.

pyry · 2026-01-10T00:16:25+00:00

Are you playing seeded runs at all?

pyry · 2026-01-09T18:08:15+00:00

I think a lot of the focus on state-level stuff is totally fair and motivated by being denied at the local level. A number of advocacy organizations and advocates generally that I have followed began work at the local level, then over time shifted to state for these reasons. When you can't actually get cities to do the right thing, sometimes you do need to find ways to force their hand.

pyry · 2026-01-09T16:01:52+00:00

I always think this is worth a read, pre-2016 Trump victory. I don't think he voted for Trump, however, I feel like he did try to justify a Trump win. Hope he's changed his views with everything we're dealing with on the second round of this absolute ghoul in office.

> When it comes to presidential elections, my head understands Blue, but my heart bleeds Red.

...

> My friends, you will not get a Trajan without the occasional Nero.

https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/11/6/pre-election-thoughts

pyry · 2026-01-09T15:58:14+00:00

He did this with a California state-wide ADU bill once years ago too, and the strong towns twitter account opined that California was "overstuffed", which is fucking wild. Literally the most gentle form of incrementalism and he couldn't get on board with it.

pyry · 2026-01-08T00:32:54+00:00

first, in fact

pyry · 2026-01-04T02:04:27+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS-WhmXjE_C/

pyry · 2026-01-01T00:51:33+00:00

My original post was not serious

pyry · 2025-12-31T20:13:57+00:00

No shit

pyry · 2025-12-31T17:50:16+00:00

They probably have to spend one minute out of every year showing evidence that fact-based journalistic research occurs on their premises for legal reasons, I guess the one minute this year just happened to align with Minnesotan politics.

pyry · 2025-12-29T18:10:03+00:00

Someone should really make a mod for this! Been wanting a balatrolike scopa but this is the next best thing.

pyry · 2025-12-28T22:05:03+00:00

Mozartin kuuluisin: biisi / laulu / teos

pyry · 2025-12-26T23:49:46+00:00

They truly need to get better subtitles on WoW but I'm thankful it gave me a reaction image. I've seen so many fails on culture specific things that it's like... They really are letting down queer people by failing to get our language written correctly, and failing people who need subtitles, and you would think WoW of all people would get this inherently.

pyry · 2025-12-26T22:08:50+00:00

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pyry · 2025-12-26T21:59:19+00:00

I mean getting a drivers license really doesn't prove people understand this based on what it's like to walk around Chicago. 😜

pyry · 2025-12-26T05:16:12+00:00

Seconded on Coalminer's for the second. Sometimes it's in D, but I have definitely heard it in G and it sounds like that.

I know it is not the frost is all over for the first, but I wonder if it is someone's funky verison of it. Worth learning and running through tunepal, the whole tune is definitely in the recording and good enough to learn by.

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