I’ll confess that I’m honestly pretty skeptical about the true letters-of-marque angle here. It seems… somehat unlikely that there’s any way looting Ecuadorian fishermen makes economic sense. Deploying drones, raiders, planes, etc. is an expensive undertaking, and the average Ecuadorian fisherman isn’t exactly flush with cash, high-value equipment or a hold full of spanish silver.

It seems, idk, a tad more credible that the explanation is something more like they’re simply denying the degree of cooperation between the Colombian and American forces, or that american affiliated forces are operating in the region at all.

Manhattan (and to an extent NYC in general) is a fascinatingly odd case.

The reason why manual trash bag pickup stuck around so long is due to the near complete lack of useful alleyways and incredibly dense curbside parking, meaning that trash set out for collection had to either be placed on the sidewalk (the only available space) and carried between cars to the truck, or in the case of front load dumpsters wheeled out across the sidewalk from a restricted alley to a waiting hook loader (very few NYC alleys are wide enough to fit a compactor truck of any configuration, let alone allow them to orient for successful operator-in-cab pickup).

Add to that the complexity of most residential buildings or apartments not having a space where bins can be easily stored, and it becomes a pretty challenging problem to solve. Converting 30,000 spaces for the new Empire Bins / designated collection spots is a massive change to the city operations, but also the only way this could be feasibly implemented. The logistical issues have been so cool to watch being addreesed in real-time, super excited to see how the Sept 8th deadline plays out. 30/70 odds on no issues vs. Mad Max: Trash Armageddon.

(We’ve had modern wheelie bins for at least decades elsewhere in the country. Heck, the US invented both tip-loading for wheeled bins and compactor garbage trucks, though nobody can really claim wheelie bin invention; examples of proto-wheelie bins (wheeled trash carts per-business or large household which were emptied on a schedule) have been found in Pompeii, and there’s debate on examples being found even further back)

Oo, I know this one! Several reasons, all of them boiling down to fairly straightforward pragmatism.

The easiest answer is that storing flammable material inside a gasoline dispenser just generally sounds like a bad idea. Similarly, storing cash in the unattended pumps themselves invites attempts to steal the pumps, which not only would lead to expensive repairs but comes with the additional risk of causing a large gas spill or fire/explosion from damage caused in the attempt.

Additionally, gas stations are the most commonly robbed business regardless of country. Storing cash in the pumps means an attendent would have to physically go out and remove the cash from each one, a time consuming process where the attendant would be in the open, distracted and carrying large sums of cash next to several extremely convenient exit routes. And it adds an entire additional complex mechanical system to the pump, which introduces an additional vector for downtime if it breaks/jams/etc.

This is weird. Why lie about this but not about the other us-backed strikes on Ecuador?

Its not like it’s a secret that the US military is backing the Colombian military, and they haven’t been shy about taking credit for the various boat strikes/raids elsewhere in south/central america - what makes these cases special?

OHHHHH, HEY YOU’RE RIGHT!

Dude no do not do that - Assuming this is in the US (true also for most NATO countries), the only mandatory STD screening is a yearly test for HIV, everything else is voluntary and there is no public disclosure. Unless you trust them enough to be sure they’re not lying, condoms + PrEP are a must.

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.

Laura Palmer is a fictional character who is the primary focus of the television series Twin Peaks

Vaguely lamenting spending 5000ish bitcoin sending people pies on r/randomActsOfPizza. Good time tho, made some people’s day and that was worth it.

Tough love :(

Mmm yeah baby, slurp off all that sloughed skin for mommy ;)

Oh christ this was really popular for a hot minute. IIRC it’s potentially deadly - getting a sunburn on your anus, which is skin that can burn in a few minutes it’s so sensitive, comes with an incredible risk of infection.

(Microsoft bullshit survival tip: You can start a new instance of Excel by right clicking it’s icon and, while holding alt the whole time, selecting something to open (“New workbook” or w/e shows up on the right click menu this week…). This separates the action history, so ctrl+z no longer jumps between workbooks.)

Kinda agree with Hannity on this one, that seems like some pretty far-fetched polling from fox. Fear mongering to get the conservative turnout, perhaps?

They’re a troll - and fundemental to being a troll is taking positive reinforcement from negative reactions. Thats more or less their whole thing. This guy keeps doing it because posts like these keep demonstrating that he is getting attention paid to him - as do things like his posts getting copious downvotes. Ignoring trolls really is the best way to handle them.

… I’m sorry, let me try rephrasing that:

The point isn’t “to put flock out of business”, thats a good goal but kinda long-term for right now. The short-term goal is to “take out the cameras they’re using to hunt our friends.”

Lets not give this dork any playtime, eh? He gets off on the attention.

That seems… like a reasonable thing to do. In Trump’s America? Nah, what’s the catch?

You’re getting downvoted because you’re presenting the idea that higher taxes are a consideration when people are dismantling prominent tools the police state is using to disappear people into concentration camps.

“Maybe the poles just did that”

Real proud of my town tho, after last night our local street committee has removed every flock in town that isn’t out front of a police station.