Actually I'm in California, but I'll take that as a compliment!
Our funnel web spiders are pretty mild but it could have also been a brown recluse or wolf spider. Not super deadly but not a fun bite by any means.
Thank you, it was more of a happy accident but I'm very pleased this worked out.
I'm not sure of the species, but it might be a funnel web spider's burrow? I didn't stick around long enough to see the spider, I just assume it's quite venomous and treaded carefully.
Nikon D750, iso 200, F/8, 1/320, Sigma 150mm macro
"I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat over Ukraine and my starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army."
It's the first sentence of the quoted tweet.
A shout out to Austrian Audio (former AKG engineers), Focal, and Meze. Some of the best high-end audio companies for headphones, not that beyer is bad, I just don't personally enjoy their sound signature.
Also on the amp side of things Analogvibes is a German company producing diy tube compressors and equalizer kits for music production. On the pricey side for sure but the quality cannot be beat, they sound and feel absolutely beautiful.
I kinda disagree, there is still a lot of waste even with the best bike brands. Hydraulic brakes are probably my biggest gripe, it's basically impossible to rebuild 4 piston calipers, and that's if they even have replacement pistons/seals to begin with. Hope and SRAM are the only two I know of that have pistons readily available but they are also overpriced to hell (it costs around $100 for 8 pistons, almost the same price as replacing the calipers entirely). Magura, TRP, and Shimano make everything in-house but they only supply parts to rebuild the levers, the calipers are basically just wear items.
Dropper posts, carbonfiber parts/frames, the 3 different hub "standards" being used, and non-standard sized bearings are all adding to the irrepairability of bicycles. And that's before you factor in that Shimano and SRAM are hell bent on using electronic shifting and shoving wireless bullshit on all their products.
Yes, a good bicycle is repairable and will last decades, it's just getting harder and harder to find new bikes that are good.
Pyrolysis sounds really cool in theory but in practice it's wasteful, produces lower quality fuel that is harder to refine, and contains a ton of benzene.
There's a dude on youtube making one of these in his backyard, basically a speed run to turn his house into a superfund site. I have no idea how people can see burnt plastic as a "green" alternative.
I feel like even calling this a ring is an insult to actual jewelry
Good news! This ring also comes in fuchsia pink with piss yellow sapphires:
it's real and if it didn't already look dystopian enough, everything is oil themed for some fucking reason.
I believe it was built for the world cup but wasn't finished in time, yet another $200+ million wasted in the desert.
Huh, almost seems like the hysteria that trans folk were doing it just to go into women's bathrooms was totally bullshit. Who could have possibly predicted that?