Kurt

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[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a good question, Rotting Cum. The only crimes I'm planning on right now are saving some money doing diy maintenance on the family car while finding an interesting little project for myself.

 

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/110789232582943740

What's a good torque wrench to get?

I want to replace the spark plugs in my car and I'm apparently going to have to torque them to 30Nm. #diy #tools

@tools

 

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/110789232582943740

What's a good torque wrench to get?

I want to replace the spark plugs in my car and I'm apparently going to have to torque them to 30Nm. #diy #tools

@tools

 

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/110789232582943740

What's a good torque wrench to get?

I want to replace the spark plugs in my car and I'm apparently going to have to torque them to 30Nm. #diy #tools

@tools

 

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/110789232582943740

What's a good torque wrench to get?

I want to replace the spark plugs in my car and I'm apparently going to have to torque them to 30Nm. #diy #tools

@tools

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

I'm running a Pixelfed instance off of an old PC in my house. Eventually I 'd like to set up a personal Lemmy instance as well.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Where? I'm not a fan of her, but Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is just a way to capture some more revenue (to do the things I mentioned) on a more progressive basis. There aren't really any claims here about fixing inequality.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Take another shower. Taxes aren't used to fix inequality. They're used to fund infrastructure and services that we all need. They're also used sometimes to redistribute income, but the idea isn't to solve inequality. The idea is to get some income, in one form or another, to people who cannot or should not work, like the sick, children, the elderly, and anyone else excluded from the workforce. This non-working population needs income as much as the working population does and it doesn't make sense to force them to get it in inefficient and harmful ways. Taxation to solve inequality is a myth that isn't happening.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I'd definitely get the lawyers and CPAs to make sure that bag is secure and protect my family's privacy as much as possible. After that...

  • I'd hire a high-end architect to renovate my home.
  • I'd hire a personal trainer to help my family get really fit.
  • I'd buy a big vacation for our extended families.
  • Buy a less family-friendly vacation for our friends.
  • ~~Hire a therapist so I don't go insane.~~
  • There's a small, vacant movie theater in my town. I'd buy it and get it up and running again.
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[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

AntennaPod is pretty great. Apparently it's compatible with a synchronizing service called gpodder, which I believe you can run yourself.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

You're kind of talking about different things. Copyright should of course be abolished along with all private property. I don't rule out compensation to your estate for organs harvested after death and there should definitely be a public bounty/reward system to encourage the living to donate.

You shouldn't be able to opt out, or at least it should be very difficult to do so, because when you are dead what you have a say in that affects the living should be very limited, because those organs won't matter to you anymore, and because those organs might matter very much to living people. Whether you trust society or not doesn't matter anymore when you are dead.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because living people who are sick might need those organs, which would otherwise just go to waste in your corpse. Also, it good to have a steady supply of organs from the deceased in order to avoid perverse and exploitative market situations.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

This would be a nice upgrade for my wife and I. We've been using a knockoff Rubbermaid for ages. Putting it on the future project list.

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Hmmm okay, but it has to be difficult to opt-out, kind of like how conscientious objectors have to go through a whole process to get out of military service.

 

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/586372528275207158

[OC] A little jumping spider.

I remember when I was trying to take this photo the spider jumped on the lens and I might have screamed.

#spider #jumpingspider #arachnid #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365

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[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (12 children)

No. Organ "donation" after death should be compulsory. For living donors there should be a publicly funded bounty system where you either take the money or not. Donors and recipients don't get to be picky.

 

Which do you think we're getting first?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/974261

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/584798333443805438

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Macro shot of a honey bee crawling on the petal of a purple crocus. The bee is loaded with grains of pollen.

[OC] Honey bee on a crocus.
This shot is from the spring.
#bees #spring #crocus #pollen #pollinator #newjersey #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365
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cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/584798333443805438

Alt text:

Macro shot of a honey bee crawling on the petal of a purple crocus. The bee is loaded with grains of pollen.

[OC] Honey bee on a crocus.
This shot is from the spring.
#bees #spring #crocus #pollen #pollinator #newjersey #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365
@pics@lemmy.world

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Laphria thoracica (pixelfed.crimedad.work)
 

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A bumblebee mimicking robber fly, laphria thoracica slurping on the liquefied guts of an unfortunate honey or ground bee.

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