Chickens do like to eat pumpkin. I always get 5-6 pumpkins and after they are done as decoration, they're fed to the chickens. Not at all wasted.

The subways used to have straps on the bars to hold on to during the ride. They've been called straphangers for a very long time. In the 80's one of my brothers was part of the Straphangers Campaign.

Because cancer isn't big in the news. He thinks this will improve his "ratings"

I have no idea if you put "white color crimes" by mistake or on purpose, but I'm going to use that, especially related to politics.

The American justice system is about punishment, not rehabilitation. If it were, we wouldn't have the death penalty.

A Ringworld would be more likely than a Dyson sphere, the mass requirements are so much lower.

I'm OK with them wanting to keep making money from it as long as they update it for compatibility with newer operating systems. Selling something they have completely abandoned us not cool.

We are screwed environmentally, I give it 20 years before the wheels fall off completely. I'm not sure what you mean by "you neolibs" though. It does matter who gets elected because if you elect Trump, it will be much worse for everyone. If you think Biden is the same as Trump then you think that nobody deserves healthcare, that immigrants are not human. Honestly, I can't understand that position.

Fairly accurate except that Wine predates Codeweavers. They do contribute to Wine but Codeweavers did not make Wine.

I mean, I pay for Usenet access.

Yeah, I thought it was decent. Not great but worth watching.

I'm 100% OK with OF creators posting but they should keep the links in their profile. The flood of posts with subscription links are annoying.