Liz Cheney’s vision is incompatible with a fully realized democracy. But there is *some* line she’s not willing to cross to impose it on the country.
A devastating indictment of the Right that this actually distinguishes her.
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I'm looking for recommendations for an AI art generator program I can run locally on Linux. Which one(s) work best for you? I was on Kubuntu previously and the only one I could get to work was Invoke.ai, but now I'm on openSuse and am having trouble with that one that may be fixable but I'm wondering if it might just be easier to go with something else. Something easy to set up and use. Radeon RX 5700 XT if that's useful at all.
What I think is that this won't go anywhere. The whole theming stuff is wasted time on the developers side. I'd rather work on real issues then theme inconsistencies inside my app and if KDE touches the design infrastructure, the userbase will cry out loud.
It would however be so good and actually important to have a real platform design on KDE Plasma. Every time I try it plasma itself feels modern and fresh until I launch an app, that is like 'welcome to Windows 7'
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Elon Musk Created Personal security force of dozens
He has "barricaded himself behind a growing phalanx of armed bodyguards".
The billionaire previously received mostly harmless calls and messages, but now regularly faces harassment and threats.
This year, Tesla disclosed for the first time in documents that it paid $2.4 million for part of Musk's protection in 2023.
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In early June, my water heater died. I was hoping it would hang on a little longer, but here is the moment.
I knew if I had to replace it with the same kind, I'd be stuck for another 10 years of gas bills. And I really wanted a #HeatPump water heater (#HPWH going forward). They are crazy efficient, and also would allow me to turn off the gas line to my house. I've been trying to reduce fossil fuels since we bought this 100 year old house 24 years ago....
The saga begins. 🧵
'Harvest Time' by Samet Dereli
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Game: Usagi: Yasei no Touhai - Yamashiro Mahjong-hen (PS2) (gamerip) (2003)
Song:
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in reply to RanaldClouston • • •For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls?
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in reply to earthling • • •3 spotted owls in Kathmandu by Prakash Mathema
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An encounter
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In Indian mythology, owls are often considered as companion-birds of Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess of wealth and prosperity, and Lord Yama, the god of death. Ancient tales showcase owls as a harbinger of death, while in other folk narratives owl is a messenger of good news.
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Yes, I did enjoy learning that about Lakshmi, although companion to a goddess of wealth is clearly another positive association.
But again, given that the title of the book is "what the owl KNOWS" it was, imo, a missed opportunity to examine a culture in which the owl is considered to know NOTHING. Especially given that she went to great lengths to reinforce the traditional Western European stereotype of the owl as a bird associated with wisdom
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in reply to RanaldClouston • • •Also, my statement was correct. She made no mention at all of North Indic (Hindi-Urdu-Panjabi) perceptions of the owl. Ullu da pattha is well-known insult in that part of the world, a great symbol of how the owl's reputation there does not fit the author's narrative, so is glossed over
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in reply to RanaldClouston • • •The best owl book I've ever read is the true account of a biologist who adopted an owl. A must read.
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by Stacey O'Brian
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