JoeDyrt57

joined 2 years ago
[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 days ago (7 children)

What a terrible representative of the people.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

That’s not leaking! That’s wireless internet!

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Can NASA sell or delegate control of Chandra to a university or non-US agency like ESA?

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Kinda youngish Boomer; 67 y.o.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

“And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter”

  • Stairway To Heaven

In keeping with their embrace and transformation of The Blues, Led Zeppelin lyrics are hopeful in the face of sadness.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I am looking forward to the anxious and exciting frisson of waiting for Monday, when the Edmonton Oilers will lift “the hardest trophy to win in professional sports”, the coveted Stanley Cup, to trophy of the NHL! Meanwhile, the hopes of me and my fellow Canucks may well be dashed before the weekend barely gets started.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Well said. He definitely gave Canada a good name. He truly seemed to give every role his best effort. He will be remembered fondly.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago

I have long known that plastic “recycling” in less-developed countries meant bury or burn. Now it is becoming apparent that the same applies to developed countries too. Six percent actually recycled is worse than a joke, due recyclers’ contribution to micro plastic pollution. Waste-to-energy is the only way we’ll ever get a handle on the problem. Hopefully the dioxin-like byproducts will kill fewer of us than micro plastics themselves.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The astronauts are not stranded, merely delayed.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

The article says "Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost". Maybe the pictured boat is the "military outpost", but nobody who sees it wants to board it.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I say “Yes”. There has to be oversight of the security apparatus, someone who can say “No, that is NOT a reasonable security classification.” Otherwise, only platitudes will come out of that black box of intelligence. Remember, they work for the elected government, not the other way round. Having said that, I am certain that SOME secrets are never disclosed to the higher ups.

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