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scun··on Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal
Coincidentally TIL about a Namibian politician who decided to drop the "Hitler" from his name. I only mention it because his first name is also Adolf
scun··on Butterflies use optical illusions to dodge predators
Sounds like the ol' razzle dazzle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

scun··on U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels
I miss the taste of the glue.
scun··on America.gov
or a well-crafted static website
scun··on Pirating the Pirates
RotK: Author's Cut runtime is 35:03:2:6:21:13
scun··on 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones
We tried penis cult but there were complaints
scun··on Best of British Design
I heard you can put a Merlin in a Mini if you remove the front seats
scun··on Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat
Presumably it would say

  GET BACK TO WORK
scun··on Lab on a Contact Lens Can Measure Stress Through Serotonin
They go totally opaque until you calm down.
scun··on Meta VR Glasses
Maybe users will develop a distinctive posture.
scun··on DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
imgur is geoblocked for some of Europe
scun··on 'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees
at least disconnect the poison valve
scun··on What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals
Risks? Hah! You don't want to worry about that. You want to worry about the municipal tire fire and the radioactive slag pit!
scun··on Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions
Just get one of those Fire things. What's it called again? Ah yes

Get a Fire Axe. Put it in the TV. Enjoy life.

scun··on ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
"I once knocked a bunch of bananas off a tall man's head. His name is Ash and his leg is like teak. Is he a tree?"

"What? Don't be silly. For one thing, trees have moss."

"OK he's grown moss. He's a tree now right? Right??"

"I doubt it, for I see nothing but wishful thinking to suggest that simulating the appearance of tree characteristics is part of a path to becoming a tree. And that's not actually indistinguishable from moss anyway, is it?"

"Urgh, classic goalpost shifting!"