Puzzle - white has a checkmate.
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    Nxd8 also leads to a mate in 3 or 4. Black has to respond Kh8 or Kf8, so Qe8 or Qf7 respectively. This is a cool play as well though

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  • Some experts want age restrictions on nonalcoholic drinks. They say the drinks may prime kids to switch to the real thing.
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    In Taiwan, where the legal drinking age is 18, high schoolers who said they drank nonalcoholic beverages were more likely than those who didn’t to express an intention to drink alcohol.

    This article seems to me to be completely reversing correlation and causation. Isn't it far more likely that young people who are more interested in drinking alcohol are more likely to drink non alcoholic beer etc?

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  • Tell me your most radical or controversial non-political opinion. Here's mine.
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    All mechanical (fully non computerized) diesel engines are the only internal combustion engines which should be produced and automatic transmissions should be outlawed on new vehicles, and on board computer systems should be kept to an absolute minimum. Under a planned economy all cars will be tanks designed to keep running for 50 years with routine maintenance and anything else is counterrevolutionary.

    A large majority of pet owners are actively abusing their animals, either through neglect or through the inherent space limitations of their living space, or through isolation or through mistreating it. They in general don't have any regard for their animals except as far as they are cute or entertaining to the owner. This especially goes for anyone who keeps dogs in crates, but also any dog and cat owners who don't have space for their animal to roam- you have no business owning a pet. "B-but my pet loves me!" Of course! You are almost it's only source of food, companionship or any form of support

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    A 12-year-old won a "I Voted" sticker contest. This post is not a love song to electoralism.
    WEAR YOUR FRIGGIN HELMET
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    Got into a wreck going 30+ mph on a steep downhill a year ago. Fractured my wrist, messed up my bike and shattered my helmet but walked away. Thank God for my helmet on that day.

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  • https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/ea908b12-e4d9-4333-bb1c-db983ca62f92.jpeg

    ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c0254991-e29c-47df-aa27-fa508c84f30b.jpeg) ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c82494b0-3490-4ce2-b5b1-8f637ba1153c.jpeg) This thing is still running strong after 4 decades of use and abuse, so I'd say it was pretty well constructed. That is quite unusual for anything made in ![ukkk](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/8e576036-161c-4678-b17e-788d18d142c0.png "emoji ukkk") Based on some of the bolt placements, I think it was designed by goblins though. Some of the bolts are just in absurdly tight places. When the part you are replacing says "made in West Germany" though 💀💀💀

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    Finish 14 hr shift, drink half a bottle of cheap brandy, do a bunch of writing instead of sleeping. Only sleep 5 hours then off for another shift. This is great and healthy, I'm sure ![this-is-fine](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/a7983510-a3d7-4586-be32-28edeb143334.gif "emoji this-is-fine")

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    cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2371071 > Students have barricaded themselves inside the building, and their pickets outside. Cops withdrew last night but they could be back at any time. If anyone here is in Humboldt county it would be awesome if you could come through and take a shift on the line. There is food available

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    cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2371071 > Students have barricaded themselves inside the building, and their pickets outside. Cops withdrew last night but they could be back at any time. If anyone here is in Humboldt county it would be awesome if you could come through and take a shift on the line. There is food available

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    Students have barricaded themselves inside the building, and their pickets outside. Cops withdrew last night but they could be back at any time. If anyone here is in Humboldt county it would be awesome if you could come through and take a shift on the line. There is food available

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    My nephew (16, Italian Catholic) and his girlfriend (17, Jew) were at my house when they got into a bizarre argument, the exact causes of which I could not ascertain. She called him a "filthy papist bastard" and a "person of pasta" he replied with something about her still falling over herself for "dago cock" and called her a "fucking red sea pedestrian" Unsure how to proceed, would teaching them about the 1929 Atlantic City conference and the national crime syndicate be a good way to inspire them to bridge their divide?

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    I would have to go with turnips. Incredibly versatile and nutritious root, plus delicious greens to fry up

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    Why do You tankies always ignore the terrible things the Vietnamese Communist forces did with American prisoners of war? While there are many to choose from, I think the worst was releasing John McCain alive. Truly a crime against humanity

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    I have too much energy and it's sometimes a problem

    Apologies in advance for the rant, I just don't understand how my brain works and I need to get this off my chest a bit In the last couple of years, I have generally only gotten good sleep under two circumstances. When I am severely intoxicated or when I have done a genuinely massive amount of exertion such as a full day of hiking with pack or genuinely backbreaking manual labor. The first I have cut back on significantly, because I an pretty sure getting blackout drunk that often is not healthy long term. The second is somewhat more sustainable but not really- I work in a specialized field of construction rn, which requires some physical exertion, though not nearly as much as some of my previous less "skilled" work, which generally payed like shit. So i don't fully get my energy out the way I used to, especially when I'm spending a significant portion of my work day driving from place to place. That's not even getting into the time I have off (my schedule often involves many short and intensive jobs which may involve being away from home, followed by significant periods at home not working). It feels like it drives a wedge between me and my friends and sweethearts when I am still bouncing off the walls when they are all exhausted, when I have difficulty sitting still while watching a movie because my whole body feels like it's twitching, and when I to get out of bed and run in the middle of the night to help me get to sleep. It was one thing in my twenties when I was energetic like this, I figured I should just enjoy it while I was young. Now I'm 36 and have a daughter. I feel like I'm crazy. Again, sorry for the rant, I just needed to get this off my chest a little

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    It's a terrible attempt at sushi bc I made it while already fairly plastered, but it consists of rice, pickled onions, radishes and canned tuna. I accidentally poured soy sauce in my wine glass. My dog is looking at me like I'm an utter lunatic. I am probably, I am probably going to bed soon. Just wanted to say that I despise the kinds of mother fuckers who pretend to be woke, wrt colonialism but purely advocate symbolic or minor changes, never looking at the material changes. No amount of nomenclature changes will stop deeply rooted economic subjugation. Liberalism is a hell of a drug. Death to America. The tuna is my first non vegan meal in about 2 weeks. I am not there yet, but I am happy to be making progress

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    Conversation went somewhat as follows Me: I hate pretty much all the current pickup trucks bc they are excessively large, too high and thus dangerous to pedestrians, and sacrifice too much bed space. I'll keep using my '89 Nissan with an odometer that stopped working, a rusting bed and mismatched doors as my utility/work vehicle until hell freezes over. Bossman: so if you got a brand new ram 2500 for free you wouldn't drive that instead of your old brokeboy-mobile? Me: imo they are over priced as shit, and a depreciating asset, so I'd just sell it immediately. That's what, 60k? Another coworker: he's right. 25k for power tools, car parts and firearms, 15k for whiskey, hookers and LSD, donate the rest to Indian maoist guerillas Me, unable to hold in laughter: shut the fuckk up man (thinking, why the hell would you say that in front of the boss man, but except for the buying sex (being a John seems kinda messed up) that is basically what I would want to spend it on lol)

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    Just reposting this excellent point from lemmygrad

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