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The six hottest August overnight lows have all been in 2021-2023. Last night’s tied the 73 record for the day. The hottest low ever was during the 2021 heat dome where it only got down to 75 overnight (in June)

US announces $200 million military aid package for Ukraine in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Fantastic! Thanks

When you run out of newer TV shows and movies to watch, what are old favorites you go back to? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Battlestar Galactica (the reboot

Thanks for reminding me. I need to re-watch that sometime.

BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Good. I remember it being shitty when I was forced to use it at a company a couple years ago

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When you run out of newer TV shows and movies to watch, what are old favorites you go back to? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What holds up to re-watches?

Hawaii Officials Were Warned Years Ago That Maui’s Lahaina Faced High Wildfire Risk in c/news

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I’m just here for the thumbnail

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Orange juice prices to surge as US crops ravaged by disease and climate (www.theguardian.com)

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Industry figures said US orange production would reach its lowest level for more than a century.

Insight: Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The priorities on this planet are bizarre. They’re spending 480,000 hours investigating people for trying to… protect what we have left? 🤦‍♂️

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Fuck Amazon's shipping process -- I finally ordered from one of the "little guys"! (kbin.social)

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It seems like over the last year or so, Amazon has made the calculation that they can save 10 cents on not packing things properly, and only 0.1% of customers will be bothered enough to return the item*.

For many basic consumer goods, like a new spatula or something, it doesn't matter. But when I'm spending $40, $60, $70 on a nice hobby RPG book or a board game, it sucks to have it arrive with all the corners smashed in.

So I finally ordered my most recent core rulebook from a random FLGS in another state. And... it arrived beautifully packed and without damage!

This may not be an earth-shattering revelation for many people; however, it sure felt good to me to take a small stand. :-D

Incidentally, I spent ~$7 more overall on the purchase. But for me it was totally worth it.

* made-up numbers; I don't know the actual ones

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What do people think of Shadowdark? (kbin.social)

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It's a new system whose Kickstarter raised $1.3 million since February. I'm curious about it but would like to hear more people's thoughts.

Some background material:

Shadowdark Fixes Everything Wrong with D&D 5e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyaEk0O3Yy0

Publisher's site, where you can download a free quickstart set of PDFs
https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark