I hope he was going North. My wife has an aunt who lives in Grand Marais, a very remote little town of 300 people right on Lake Superior. Very nice town. She, her husband and their cat come here to SoCal every winter. They’re at the age where 20 feet of snow per year is challenging.
Really appreciate everyone’s hard work making this site possible. This community definitely means a lot to me and obviously many others. I try to spread a lot of the stuff I learn here to a bunch of my younger non political friends, as well as the spirit of getting more involved. So this community definitely makes a difference and the people who worked on this site made that possible to continue
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I went to love long beach festival with my girlfriend tonight. Been going since the beginning when it was on the beach. 4 years ago I think. Awesome festival. My God the women are beautiful.
But yeah whenever I go to a festival of this size, a mass shooter is always in the back or my head now. Outside of that though it was a blast. They had women doing circus stuff. Me and my girlfriend danced with some beautiful women. One of them gave me a henna tattoo while I snuggles with her dog even though it was like 100 degrees.
I’ll try to post better pictures tomorrow
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By the way, I don’t know who designed the logo and the smaller icon-like UP version, but I’m a big fan of both!
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What better way to celebrate the new site than take a peek at the future, courtesy of that fine young man, Mohammad bin Salam.
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants to fill a barren stretch of desert with a Jetsons-style city-state of the future. The project, outlined in planning documents produced by a group of U.S. consultants, is so ambitious that it incorporates some technologies that don’t even exist yet.
- 1. Flying Taxis: Scientists might take a flying taxi to work. “Driving is just for fun, no longer for transportation (e.g. driving Ferrari next to the coast with a nice view),” planning documents show.
- 2. Cloud Seeding: The desert won’t always feel like the desert. “Cloud seeding” could make it rain.
- 3. Robot Maids: Don’t worry about household chores. While scientists are at work, their homes would be cleaned by robot maids.
- 4. State-of-the-Art Medical Facilities: Scientists would work on a project to modify the human genome to make people stronger.
- 5. World Class Restaurants: There would be fine dining galore in a city with the “highest rate of Michelin-starred restaurants per inhabitant.”
- 6. Dinosaur Robots: Residents could visit a Jurassic Park-style island of robot reptiles.
- 7. Glow-in-the-Dark Sand: The crown prince wants a beach that glows in the dark, like the face of a watch.
- 8. Alcohol: Alcohol is banned in the rest of Saudi Arabia. But it likely won’t be here, say people familiar with the plan.
- 9. Robot Martial Arts: Robots would do more than just clean your house. They also could spar head to head in a “robo-cage fight,” one of many sports on offer.
- 10. Security: Cameras, drones and facial-recognition technology are planned to track everyone at all times.
- 11. Moon: A giant artificial moon would light up each night. One proposal suggests it could live-stream images from outer space, acting as an iconic landmark.
I mean, you do have to break a few eggs, obviously, but think of that moon-sized omelette!
Construction on Neom is under way using thousands of foreign workers that in one section of the development were housed six to a tiny room as of June 17. Earlier this year, MBS issued a decree about an area called Silver Beach. “I want the sand to glow,” he said, according to two people familiar with the project. Engineers haven’t figured out a safe way to do it.
Each night, he told underlings, a fleet of drones should create the illusion of a rising moon—crescent, half, full. “That’s what he wants this future to be,” a former executive said.
To make that happen, Boston Consulting Group suggested partnering with NASA to make the fake moon “the biggest in the world.”
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bin Salman has one of the most powerful brains known to science.
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ChrisV’s avatar looks more like a bad rendition of the US with the northernmost two-thirds of Florida underwater than it does a bad rendition of Australia.
It’s an expression of my desire for the northernmost two thirds of Florida to be obliterated in a climate change related cataclysm.
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I like the interface, and I appreciate all the work y’all put into making this happen.
That’s quite an adventure - I hope they sail her back again afterwards - it’s a long swim otherwise.
Horrible, very horrible.
Probably been lurking the new site for less than an hour total, but already feel like I’m getting the hang of the new software and layout. Want to echo the many thanks that have already been given to zz, gregorio, and everyone else that helped set this up.
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I really am out of the loop. Thanks.
Screamin Asian is beetlejuice on here.
Screaming Asian is usually recognisable from his choice of NSFW avatars.
Usually
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I miss Screamy, RIP.