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National Parks, games, politics, film, sci-fi/fantasy.

If I don't follow, it's not because I don't like you. I struggle to stay on top of my feed.

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Since I'm not able to travel to National Parks right now, I've decided to post a picture a day from a previous National Park visit. Hopefully people will enjoy going on a little virtual trip with me through some of my favorite places.

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@DrewSav Old Spice Krakengard.

[Sick Sad World @YesYoureRacist]

I am sure Christopher Nolan is a good guy, but if I was married to someone who made THREE whole-ass movies about a guy who throws it all away to run away with Anne Hathaway then buddy I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS

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@marie_donigan @joshgerstein It's satire, no US reporter is that good.

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I mentioned that my garage door was making a sound.

An American immediately said, "I got a guy."

He did not ask what the sound was. He did not ask what kind of door. He produced a guy on the basis of the word garage.

I asked who the guy was.

He said, "Just a guy."

He did not have a company name. He had a first name and a phone number in his phone saved as "Mike Garage."

That is the contact name. Mike Garage. As though Garage is his surname. As though there is a family.

I asked how he found this guy.

"My brother-in-law used him."

I asked if the brother-in-law was satisfied.

He thought about it. Then he said, "He's still standing."

The house is still standing. That is the entire review.

Inside I said: THEY DO NOT KEEP RECORDS. THEY KEEP LOYALTIES.

I called Mike Garage. He answered from inside a vehicle. There was wind. He said he could come Tuesday between eleven and four.

Between eleven and four. A window of five hours. In my country this would be a scandal. Here it is generous. He gave me a window at all. Some guys do not give you a window. Some guys say "Tuesday" and that is the whole appointment.

He came at 1:40.

He fixed it in twenty minutes. He charged me less than I expected and he did not take a card, only cash or an app I had never heard of.

Before leaving he looked at my water heater, which I had not mentioned, and said, "That's gonna go."

I asked when.

"Couple years."

I asked what I should do.

He said, "I'll give you a guy."

He gave me a guy. Mike Garage has a guy. The guy has a guy. There is a network beneath this country made entirely of men named after their function, and none of them advertise, and all of them are busy.

Inside I said: THERE IS A SECOND NATION HERE. IT HAS NO SIGNS. IT IS ENTERED ONLY BY INTRODUCTION.

I have been given four guys since.

I have a guy for trees.

I did not know I needed a guy for trees.

I have trees now, apparently. They are my responsibility. A man named Rick told me so and then left.

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@SwannMarcus89 4. He punched Q.

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@edgarwright @mubi I appreciate that you update the list every now and then to cycle through films. I've tried to maintain a separate list of all the films that were once on your favorites list but have since been removed. Some of my favorites are on here!
https://t.co/l3nNuzksRZ

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@DrewSav The Terror posited that one survived.

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@_thjeffres @RogersWork @JeremiahDJohns @grok What the actual fuck?

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@daveweigel As long as it's not a Black Flag sticker.

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@NickyFrank30 Actually, I find that very easy to believe. If you play games on PC, you know what Nvidia is. If you're a parent whose kid wants a Switch 2 and you're frustrated that the price is about to go up, you probably know what Nvidia is.

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@jackdahuncho @DanRShafer Do you guys really have to be so obnoxious and alienating to every ally or potential ally out there?

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can we not

[Drone Wars @Drone_Wars_]

U.S. company Satyress is developing threehalves, a centaur-style robot designed for dangerous environments such as wildfires, rubble searches, toxic areas and confined spaces. The system combines a humanoid upper body with a quadruped mobility platform. #USA #Robotics #UGV #AI

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@mcfuqqer @nikicaga Maria Callas was born in the US to Greek immigrants who had only been in the country for two years, and she was taken back to Greece when she was ten. Her entire career was in Europe. Calling her a Yank is a little unhinged.

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@nikicaga That yes percentage needs to be a lot higher.
https://t.co/aCRLaoiXm4

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@DrewSav "Is there anything I can do?" "I don't know, is there anything you can do?" is an all-time classic exchange.

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Because I play almost all new games on the PlayStation 5 or the PC, my Xbox Series X is basically just a backwards compatibility machine where I play older Xbox games that aren't available on other modem consoles.

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@DrewSav I love them both but I give a slight edge to Alien for introducing this bleak but wonderful universe and for its still rare depiction of blue collar life in science fiction.

But it's basically the perfect sci-fi horror and Aliens is the perfect sci-fi action.

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@tanyamoretz @lakyop29255 @seasonill @theshipdiaries3 @redaskiy The press extensively covered Bloody Sunday. Abu Ghraib was broken by Dan Rather and 60 Minutes. If this actually happened there would be evidence beyond "my grandmother said so." It has nothing to do with thinking America is the greatest, it's about using critical thinking.

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@tanyamoretz @lakyop29255 @seasonill @theshipdiaries3 @redaskiy Yes! The media did report on American war crimes. How do you think the world found out about the My Lai massacre? The reporting on it won a Pulitzer Prize.

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@tanyamoretz @lakyop29255 @seasonill @theshipdiaries3 @redaskiy Yes. The US has done tons of bad things and the media has reported on them.

You're trying to imply that the absence of evidence is itself evidence. Conspiracy-brained nonsense.