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How Luggage is Loaded Into an Airplane
Reading through the Reddit comments thread on the subject was illuminating, as people who have had this job elaborated on it. There’s a reason he limbers up in the beginning, and lays down when he can: The job is murder… Read More ›
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Electric classic car conversions
While aesthetically beautiful, classic cars have a reputation for being unreliable and bad for the environment. That’s why companies like UK-based Lunaz are converting these old automobiles to electric vehicles (EVs). It says it can give cars like this 1950s… Read More ›
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Photographing the Caves of the Yucatan
Underwater photography in general, but even more so in cenotes, caves, or wrecks, requires a special kind of effort along with the most demanding safety standards; lighting in such environments is, except very rarely, artificial and must be set up… Read More ›
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The WHOOP 4.0 is reaching too far
Designed to meld the worlds of fashion and fitness, the WHOOP 4.0 band sports a minimalist, sans-screen design that echoes the fashion sensibilities of the Livestrong band. With a design that highlights the fitness tracker’s woven fabric band, the WHOOP… Read More ›
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A Death Full of Life
The only time I’ve ever slept in a cemetery was in 2018, in Vermont. I’d had a long day of biking and it was starting to get dark; the cemetery was the only place I could find to set up… Read More ›
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Puppets
German puppets burned the JewsJewish puppets did not choosePuppet vultures eat the deadPuppet corpses they are fedPuppet winds and puppet wavesPuppet sailors in their gravesPuppet flower, puppet stemPuppet time dismantles themPuppet me and puppet youPuppet GermanPuppet Jew Just released as… Read More ›
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One month with the iPhone 13 Pro
It’s been a month and the latest and greatest iPhone has, as every other year, fallen into my daily life as expected. The camera has proved to be a big bonus on days out, and surprisingly the ability to capture… Read More ›
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Not A Joke, Nor A Joker, Definitely Not Trivial
My speech today is going to address what I believe to be one of the causes; ‘sado-populism.’ Johnson is but the newest sado-populist leader. Putin came ahead of him. Trump followed. Erdogan, Orban, Kaczynski and Duda, Bolsonaro, Duterte all show… Read More ›
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The Toyota Orient Puma All Weather Type II
When I first spotted this crazy Crazy Orient watch nicely snug in its watch box, it took me about three seconds to identify the gigantic lighting module. I was bought in before I checked all the others. And there are… Read More ›
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Maybe not all tech is bad for the environment
I wrote yesterday about how we could not continue to consume the way we do and improve the climate, but then a small thought hit me concerning the smartphone. To quote myself- ‘Even if we ignore the planned obsolesce built… Read More ›
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