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Is this the birth of a new Utah family past-time? This is the first time that they’ve ever done anything like this!

Utah Bureau of Land Management needs to be recognized and celebrated for allowing this to happen.

It makes me wonder what next year could be like if this is scheduled as an event on Utah’s state calendar.

The decision was last minute so it’s not going to be as banging 💥 this year as it could potentially be in years to come.

I’ve never owned fireworks myself. I also don’t ever plan to go to any of the community events because I’m high enough up the bench to climb onto my roof and see a bunch of different shows happening all over town from dusk onwards.

I’m thinking about driving out to the Salt Flats to see what’s popping off 🎇 this year and what the turnout will be like. My biggest concern is that the groups will be too few and too scattered for me to justify the gas money.

Seeing how things have been going with fires this season, and the past few, I think this is a great idea, and I hope it continues every year here-on out.

This could become such a bombastic 🧨 event if they work on the short window and figure out the logistics of potentially thousands of people making a now annual pilgrimage to the Bonneville Salt Flats to celebrate America’s birthday.

I don’t think that this year will really achieve the maxium atmosphere. And for the best since it’s a new thing and BLM’s gonna be feeling it out.

The atmosphere has so much potential to develop into an explosive 🎆 one in years to come.

It’s far away from residential areas so no dogs or cats having to live under the basement steps for the next 3 days.

And the landscape guarantees that nobody will be facing evacuation orders and living at the next-town-over’s community center for the next 3 days.

I hope that attendance next year increases because people will have planned for it. I also hope it gets hyped more.

It gives some leverage to state and local officials to keep annual fireworks bans in place. “You can shoot off every single last firecracker you own, all night long, with no risk of noise violations.”

And the few irresponsible amateur 🤯 pyro-technicians 🤕 will only be putting their own health and well-being at risk, so innocent people won’t be unwillingly forced to share the cost of their “stupid” bill, like when a stray roman candle shot burns down someone’s garage.

I really hope that America’s 250th goes down as the inaugural for what will become an annual Salt Flats pilgrimage for families and friends.

It’s more clear than it ever has been that we’re in an “evolve-or-die” moment with respect to the balance of preserving our traditions and preserving our future.

It’s a creative way of celebrating the USA, Utah's beauty, the importance of tradition, and the ingenuity of the unorthodox solutions.

It's this kind of thinking outside the box that will be the deciding factor if we can keep the rest of it.

Ky Dickens sits down with neuroscientist Dr. Mayim Bialik to explore the tension between science and skepticism.

With a PhD in neuroscience and a career shaped by both scientific rigor and cultural storytelling, Mayim has explored the questions on the edge of scientific understanding and that which can’t be quantified. From near-death experiences and spontaneous healing to telepathy, savant abilities, and the limits of measurement, she reflects on where the scientific method holds and where it begins to fall short.

As more people share experiences that don’t neatly fit into existing frameworks, this conversation asks: what counts as evidence? And is it possible to build a framework that allows both skepticism and wonder to coexist?

My assumption was that everyone knew about the story book that accompanied the original vinyl release of De-Loused in the Comatorium.

This is apparently not the case, so I present to you, the full PDF of the odyssey of our beloved protagonist The Prince.

This is so out of print that it’s been forgotten.

I suppose it was just a matter of folding time and space. Some antics abound within.

The only people making money on this are the scalpers hocking memorabilia. Omie-pie and Ceddy-bear have already gotten as much money for this as they ever would.

Anyone who is an actual fan that owns an original would not sell it unless totally necessary for survival. If the band ever reissued the text, it would sell like hot cakes to ecto mimed bison in a rusty shipyard.

The band stands to benefit financially from more people having access through inspiration of further rabid fandom and fascination.

And if it ever gets reissued, now it’s on your radar.

Have at it, you mongrels.

Living through history, one day at a time.

It’s completely obvious that the worst actors in any discussion also have “curated” profiles. This is a hard fact.

Disallowing these people from participating is the lowest hanging fruit for fastest and easiest way to elevate the discourse level.

I can’t seem to find any tools / functions that prevents the curated uses from having diarrhea of the mouth all over someone’s post or thread.

Is there a way?

If no, why not?

“Welcome To Paradise” made it over more or less in tact.

I was spinning Kerplunk and listening the lyrics to DLS and thinking about the violent imagery of a woman physically abusing her lover.

It got me thinking….

Dookie was on-deck anyways so I grabbed it and skipped to “Pulling Teeth.”

Same notes, same chord progression, similar lyrics.

DLS did actually make it onto Dookie, just not fully intact like “Welcome To Paradise.”

Thank you for attending my TED talk.

No TLDR summaries allowed.

Most ISP internet routers have a standard “guest network” option these days. Set one up for devices that need internet, but don’t need to know anything about your home network, your devices, or anyone else’s at your house.

I just read yet another article about how much data smart TV’s are collecting about home networks and devices on them. And lord only knows what your smart refrigerator is up to when your work PC connects to the wi-fi.

Just put ‘em all in their own separate cage and worry less. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

If something happens to your cell phone, you can solicit a good samaritan and use theirs to let you make some calls and not be totally helpless. Businesses have phones, too. Whoever you call will not recognize the phone number so it’s better to explain your situation to them by text message first.

Better: Do it like Gen X and just raw-dog write the digits to rote memory. Cause if you’re missing your phone, you could also be missing your wallet.

Best: An aesthetically questionable yet highly practical tattoo. Takes less time than pulling dental records in an absolute worst case scenario.

Quickest method for 2 x D6 - Remove the kings, shuffle well, and pick two cards to “roll” two dice.

A -> 6 is one die. 7 -> Q is the other. 7 = 1, 8 = 2, etc…

Easy way to remember is evens and odds are like. Faster if one person shuffles and one person picks two.

Shuffle the roll back into the deck, and pick two to roll again.

Normally, you combine two separate dice for a single outcome. In this set-up, it’s possible to get an outcome from one die, i.e. picking a 10 (4) and a Jack (5). While not 100% truly random, the deviation is negligible. No one is going to flip the Monopoly board and be written out of a will if you do it this way.

Tweak this simple method for additional applications.

Always ask your DM first.