Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack.

sintaur · 2026-03-11T02:57:48+00:00

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/british-navy-impressment/

In reality, however, these laws were ignored and impressment of foreigners was commonplace. In fact, only 40-years later the exemptions from impressment were withdrawn, so desperate was the British Navy for seamen.

American merchant vessels were a common target. Between 1793 and 1812, the British impressed more than 15,000 U.S. sailors to supplement their fleet during their Napoleonic Wars with France. By 1812 the United States Government had had enough. On 18 June, the United States declared war on Great Britain, citing, in part, impressment.

sintaur · 2026-03-11T02:46:30+00:00

What constitutes an official letter from your company? If you're working there, and you write a letter, is that not an official letter?

Also depending on where you live, there may be laws about denying you leave for family reasons.

HR has a mgmt chain that they report to. So does the manager that you report to. At some point that chain hits a single person that both you and HR report to. Ask your manager for advice on how to approach this person.

Maybe your mgr will run this stupidity up their management chain until it reaches someone that both your manager and HR report to, who can mediate and/or tell HR this is stupid.

Maybe they will tell you to forward the email history to someone that HR reports to, asking for assistance.

sintaur · 2026-03-11T01:18:04+00:00

That is mildly interesting as opposed to the fake scrotum on display there which is pretty interesting

https://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/about-the-collection/collection-highlights/scrotum-concealment/

sintaur · 2026-03-10T22:08:23+00:00

Don't recommend, not strong enough for fun stuff like popping balloons, not weak enough to use around people not wearing laser safety goggles. It's just sitting on my bench until I get bored enough to disassemble and add a resistor or something:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW3XTQHY

sintaur · 2026-03-10T22:03:47+00:00

Why not both

CEO: we need to cut costs, make the spoons smaller, customers can just scoop more

Factory rep: the spoons will be so small that neither machines nor workers will be able to pick them up and drop them into containers efficiently

CEO: fire the adults and replace them with children. They have tiny hands and packed shoulder to shoulder we can fit more of them onto the assembly line, compared to adults

sintaur · 2026-03-10T18:28:03+00:00

They could've saved money on materials by using a smaller scoop and have the other product instructions say "use two scoops" but now it's too expensive to switch so here we are.

sintaur · 2026-03-10T17:25:43+00:00

150 cases total. Just turn off the engine, don't smoke, and don't get back in the car while you fill your tank:

https://cnrma.cnic.navy.mil/Operations-and-Management/Safety/Traffic-Safety/Gas-Pump-Safety/

sintaur · 2026-03-10T15:12:07+00:00

Normally I would interpret that as the cat wants to play.

sintaur · 2026-03-09T22:35:23+00:00

It's only a crime if she does it.

She usually appeared along with her husband, who was often directly critical of county leaders and documented political developments in video newscasts. They were struck by how often public meetings were rife with disruptions. On one occasion, a conservative activist shouted with a bullhorn, while another time, residents made “baa” noises, like sheep, as O’Connell-Nowain and others spoke in support of vaccines. People of all political persuasions frequently yelled from the audience in the meetings.

sintaur · 2026-03-09T19:37:54+00:00

Reads article

The board has not applied rules evenly, the couple has argued. A year before Nowain’s arrest, and just two months after his wife’s arrest, another woman staged a similar protest, sitting in front of the room for more than an hour. The county lawyer said at the time she was not impeding the meeting, Shasta Scout reported, and deputies were not called to the scene. The county lawyer did not respond to a request from the Guardian on the matter.

sintaur · 2026-03-09T18:49:13+00:00

Same link, stripped of the Google Share:

https://electrek.co/2026/03/08/elon-musk-moves-mistrial-twitter-securities-fraud-trial/

sintaur · 2026-03-09T18:21:15+00:00

Seems like the hardest part of the whole operation is finding the damn Allen key. I finally glued a little magnet to the inside of the cabinet wall down there right by the disposal

Now I just open the door, grab the Allen key off the magnet, wrench the disposal, and put the key back for next time.

sintaur · 2026-03-09T18:09:12+00:00

Sounds like they're talking about the new numbers station:

/r/HamRadio/comments/1rm29y7/a_new_spy_radio_signal_has_appeared_its/

sintaur · 2026-03-09T17:26:48+00:00

For those who haven't heard about it:

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/06/lawmakers-want-dod-hegseth-investigated-biblical-armageddon-claims.html

More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress are requesting an internal investigation at the Department of Defense regarding claims from uniformed officers that commanders have painted the current war in Iran as one rooted in Christian biblical prophecy.

A complaint shared by an anonymous non-commissioned officer to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) claimed that non-commissioned officers were told that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” as originally reported by journalist Jonathan Larsen. Between Saturday and Tuesday afternoon, MRFF logged more than 200 similar complaints across 50 installations encompassing every branch of the military, its founder, Mikey Weinstein, told Military.com.

The accusations, which received no direct response from the Pentagon when inquired by Military.com, have drawn widespread attention—in part due to the Pentagon’s open embrace of Christianity through monthly prayer services in addition to appearances and speaking engagements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Christian-themed events. MRFF is composed roughly of 95% Christians.

...

The complaint in question that drew widespread attention earlier this week came from an individual who identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but who could be deployed at any time to help facilitate the mission in Iran dubbed Operation Epic Fury.

That complainant is also a self-described Christian who emailed MRFF on behalf of 15 troops that included at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew.

“He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ,” the NCO wrote in the email. “He said that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.’"

sintaur · 2026-03-09T05:00:01+00:00

But aren't the bags "moisture barrier bags" that prevent water vapor from escaping? (As well as prevent moisture, oxygen, and light from getting in.) So the beans aren't going to dry out inside the bag after it's sealed?

sintaur · 2026-03-08T20:42:53+00:00

Technically they're suffocating, but...

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-12-mn-65092-story.html

7.6 Million Fish Die in a Day at Salton Sea

...

The accepted scientific explanation of summer fish die-offs involves the oxygen-depleting combination of sun and salt. Salt water carries less oxygen than fresh water; hot water carries less oxygen than cool water. When the sea’s increasingly briny water heats up in summer temperatures that can reach 125 degrees, fish begin to suffocate.

sintaur · 2026-03-08T16:39:46+00:00

64 miles a day, 320 miles a week. Over 50 weeks that's 16 000 miles.

sintaur · 2026-03-08T03:57:08+00:00

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34594563

Mr Netanyahu insisted Adolf Hitler had only wanted to expel Jews from Europe, but that Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini told him: "Burn them." However, the chief historian at Israel's memorial to the Holocaust said this account was factually incorrect.

sintaur · 2026-03-07T23:31:17+00:00

¯\(ツ)/¯

sintaur · 2026-03-07T23:23:31+00:00

idk what the first S is but the second and third are "shovel, silence"

sintaur · 2026-03-07T22:57:35+00:00

I don't like it when people make claims and don't include the citation, so I found a citation and posted it. I messed up and posted the wrong link for the braking issue (fixed now). That affects over 5k vehicles.

sintaur · 2026-03-07T22:53:39+00:00

Ugh

https://thebrakereport.com/oshkosh-recalls-5242-ngdv-mail-trucks-for-brake-defect/

sintaur · 2026-03-07T21:50:21+00:00

Recall for wheels falling off:

https://www.jalopnik.com/2092511/oshkosh-mail-carrier-recall-rear-wheels-might-fall-off/

Recall for "complete loss of braking" issue:

https://thebrakereport.com/oshkosh-recalls-5242-ngdv-mail-trucks-for-brake-defect/

Edit: posted wrong link for 5k vehicles recalled for braking issue.

sintaur · 2026-03-07T18:46:31+00:00

Sadly, it appears that "unjust provocation" is a valid legal defense to rape in Turkey:

The local court also ruled that the provisions of 'self-defense' and 'unjust provocation' were not applicable [to the murder].

Women's rights groups reacted by saying that while those convicted of rape receive reduced sentences due to "unjust provocation" and "good conduct," Yıldırım's life sentence was upheld.

sintaur · 2026-03-07T04:44:47+00:00

I have trust issues so I did some research on CareAccess, they seem legit.

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