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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not in the US, so maybe I'm wrong on this, but I would imagine trump has pushed a lot of people who would have voted republican into non voters. These would be the group I would be having conversations with, trying to convince them that voting democrat is a bigger protest than abstaining, and to do anything else is to risk an anti democratic felon becoming president.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You could also convert cars by putting harder valve seats in, not sure if this happened a lot at the time, or whether it's more for classic cars that are worth enough to make sense to do. I don't think the lead was primarily an anti knock additive, more of a valve and bore lubricant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The UK has something in common with Ireland that maybe the rest of that EU doesn't perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I don't really see how this represents any proof that these asylum seekers are illegal economic migrants. Rwanda isn't a safe country for asylum seekers, so it seems reasonable that people would try and avoid being sent there. If Ireland now appears safer, then travelling there from the UK makes sense surely? The position for "illegal economic migrants" hasn't changed substantially, as the likelihood of being sent to Rwanda is low. But if you are trying to reach safety, the threat of death or torture hanging over you might be enough to make you consider Ireland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I recently replaced the heating element in my delonghi coffee machine, and was also surprised to see how wild it was inside

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I've been using retroarch with the Genesis Plus GX core, and that seems to work well and is open source. Not everyone loves retroarch, but I've moved to it so I can use some of the more interesting HDR 4k CRT shaders

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Was hoping to find this here, many happy childhood memories playing this one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that is also the case in the US. These incidents are either caused by some sort of defeat device (I have seen weights that wrap around the steering wheel, no idea if they work), or people who have just gotten good at resting a hand on the wheel and not paying attention I think

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I was bitten by a golden retriever when I was 12. It looked friendly so I went to pet it, and it sunk a canine into my arm. I was just unlucky (and slightly stupid) though, and it didn't rip my face off, so I think I did ok overall.

A German shepherd also tried to bite me when passing it on a narrow path, but it just shredded my jacket pocket.

A Yorkshire terrier also had a go at me once, but didn't make it through denim jeans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it depends where you live. Here in the UK, cats have no predators, and bird populations have survived predation by cats for thousands of years, cats mostly pick off the weakest examples. Maybe there are regions of the us where cats are not problematic as outdoor pets, I don't know for sure. I'm fond of my "furry killer" too, and occasionally she does take out a bird or small rodent, but I see it as part of the natural order.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe you should keep your German shepherd indoors to stop it mauling other creatures?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

From a UK perspective, it seems unbelievably cruel to keep a cat locked indoors. The hunting instinct is one of a cat's main drives, so to take that away is equivalent to removing sleep or food. I understand the issues around cats and wildlife in other countries, but I think the solution is to just not have domestic cats rather than trying to imprison them.

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