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This fast food order kiosk accepts cash (mander.xyz)

All the McD*nalds in my area have been upgraded with order kiosks. Regardless of all the controversy around self-checkout, and minimum wage, and automation taking our jobs, I personally love them. I can take my sweet time composing my order, I can see the full selection (such as it is), I can see pictures and prices clearly...

Aftermath of speeding car crashes into divider at Uttar Pradesh toll plaza (www.indiatoday.in)

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6cb32e46-b348-4dd5-a7df-5cad468427ce.png

Solar eclipse (lemmy.world)

The solar eclipse through eclipse glasses

This salamander on my back patio (sopuli.xyz)

Found this salamander on my back patio in the pouring rain.

Mideast chaos sparks fears of a 'third' inflation wave (creditnews.com)

Economists fear we may be heading toward another inflation breakout, beginning with an upswing in oil prices and ending with higher grocery bills.

I somehow found exactly 42 Ukranian Kopiyok in my old drawer (i.imgur.com)

A mildly interesting Michael Moorcock/MCU connection or coincidence

I’m currently (re)reading Moorcock’s The War Hound and the World’s Pain. Short synopsis - an educated, cynical, apostate and unapologetically brutal mercenary in the Middle Ages is recruited by Lucifer to recover the Holy Grail, nominally so that Lucifer can wheedle his way back into God’s good graces....

Nine years ago I pondered how strange it would be if a pandemic quarantine resulted in wearing masks everywhere and not going to the movies... (lemmy.world)

Imagine!

Modern blocks of C4 explosive come with the warning “poisonous if eaten” on the packaging (lemmy.world)

the FDA is considering a ban on menthol cigarette sales (www.verifythis.com)

People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows | Medical research (www.theguardian.com)

I had a cold last month, but I’m still getting rid of a mild cough. This seems pretty timely for me....

I carried my pet chicken, Jessica, around in a bag in 1987. Today I found this Amazon product stealing my idea. (imgur.com)

Edit: Redid the post from scratch as a Mastadon post....

The Vz 58 assault rifle can be directly reloaded with clips from the top. (lemmy.world)

Moose on the roof of a supermarket (www.nrk.no)

Three moose was seen on the roof of a supermarket. One calf is suspected fleeing the scene while the mother died jumping down, as did the last calf seen on the video.

Looking for new Moderators

This community has been abandoned by the creator. So in order to keep this community open we need new moderators....

I made a website that tells you, based on the year you graduated high school, what your school (probably) got wrong! (yourschoolgotwrong.com)

In an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, Mbabaram, the word for "Dog" is almost exactly the same as the English word for "Dog". The similarity is a complete coincidence. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

…the Mbabaram word for “dog” was in fact dúg, pronounced almost identically to the Australian English word…

We Added 690 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2023 | merriam-webster.com (www.merriam-webster.com)

The US Army experimented with digital camouflage as early as the 1970s. (lemmy.world)

militarytrader.com/…/dual-texture-gradient-camouf…

Advancements in Understanding Stealthy Progression: Revealing New Insights into Parkinson’s Disease (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)

PsychonautWiki (lemmy.world)

PsychonautWiki (PW) is a community-driven online encyclopedia that aims to document the field of psychonautics (i.e. the exploration of altered states of consciousness) in a comprehensive and scientifically-grounded manner....

Before Andy Sum made Crossy Roads he made a game called Game of the Year: 420 Blaze It VS. xxXilluminatiXxx (www.gameoftheyear420blazeit.com)

It was created around the peak of the MLG trend and is absolutely covered in memes. I just find it funny that came out around the same time as their other game Crossy Roads which would go on to be quite popular even appearing in numerous arcades.

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