Have you tried carrying what equates to a toddler by one hand for 3km? Them plastic bag carrying handle bits are going to be digging into your fingers, friend. These days it won’t matter so much of course because the fingers will be frozen anyhow.
Frankly I haven’t used a shopping bag for years because I prefer collapsible cases (approx 40x60 cm) but economically those are even worse to carry farth than, say, 50m.
Clarke’s 3001 had a whole post script about all the sci-fi elements that had actually been realised since he wrote 2001 (back in 1968). It’s rather an interesting list, but unfortunately my copy of the book is buried deep in a moving box atm. so I’m not going to quote it.
My kiddo and I are having a fruit and vegetable challenge. Each month we’ll seek out a fruit or vegetable we’ve never tried and taste it. My BFF is trying to walk all the greenways in our county (that is county not country, low stakes! Attainabl!). How about you?
Awesome. That’s the coffee table book I have and love. Those old Volvo’s and Saab’s parked by COOP stores just take me back to my preschool years. Ah, when summers were long and warm and I didn’t at all mind having sand in my pockets and shoes…
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
Reject modernity, embrace tradition! (lemmy.world)
What sci-fi-esque inventions are the most plausible and could happen soonest?
we need teleportation frankly
what are your fun, low stakes new year resolutions?
My kiddo and I are having a fruit and vegetable challenge. Each month we’ll seek out a fruit or vegetable we’ve never tried and taste it. My BFF is trying to walk all the greenways in our county (that is county not country, low stakes! Attainabl!). How about you?
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Naming Torrents (files.catbox.moe)
I deleted my google accounts today
It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.
New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions (apnews.com)
Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once (files.mastodon.social)
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Bed at 7 am really become cozy (telegra.ph)