Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

For once, a "Dutch ____" idiom that isn't negative.

"Dutch roll" apparently comes from the way a Dutch skater going down a canal might look.

https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/southwest-airlines-737-max-suffers-dutch-roll-at-32000-feet/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhcUqARzd8c

There is no overlap in the Venn diagram of people who say "on route" to mean "en route" and people who are my friends.

@airsick Haha true true

So much flag lingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_pale

The social convention to not discuss politics or religion has been a disaster for the human race.

Can we just take a moment and recognse how great of a name Divinyl is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCv9F_GRBA

There seems to be a weirdly-great amount of people who think that because one is being paid hourly that they deserve pay for every moment they're doing something for their employer

@davatron5000 @brad_frost seconded.

@LouisIngenthron relevant: https://x.com/yourfondestlove/status/1798939992808698269?s=46

@sabbatical every time you post things like this it makes me want to buy a monitor arm

Not perfect by any means but this is the most complete and realistic discussion of an alternative for copyright that I've seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSTFzhs1O4

One of my favourite things is when Americans who have very little exposure to English culture complain about the one English person they have experience with as if that person is deficient, when it’s actually just classic English mannerisms

Latest list of links: https://buttondown.email/levisan/archive/levis-link-list-101-105/

Don't know about you but I always assume a story is fiction until shown otherwise.

@sabbatical Neat! I had a school-run opportunity to learn the basics of trap shooting in grade 8… seems like a good idea to at least have a basic knowledge of how guns work and how to stay safe around them. Just in case at least!

Calling something "common sense" as an argument for why it should be done that way is grossly insulting.

Could we please stop with the trope that whenever someone moves or starts using a microphone, there’s a bit of feedback? Soundies are better than that; one’d think the person directing foley could make note.