Just Norm

Just Norm

@norminator.bsky.social

Leftist environmentalist with a house full of plastic toys. 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈 He/him Sic semper tyrannis.

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Quick rundown for new followers, of things to expect: ✅Leftist politics ✅Action figures ✅Sports (football (soccer), winter sports, table tennis etc. ✅Movies/TV/Litterature ✅Games ✅Anything that suddenly interests me for 5 minutes ✅ADHD and social anxiety ❓Jokes

THIS really bugs me. "When they're building a data center, they chop down 250k trees and have the diggers out in 20 minutes, but when someone wants to build a railroad it has to be planned and considered for 30 years before they give up"

Eivind HM.@eivind1984.bsky.social

Når noen skal bygge et fokkings datasenter meier man ned en kvart million trær og har gravemaskinene i gang på tjue minuttter, men når noen ønsker seg bedre jernbane skal det planlegges og vurderes i minst tretti år før man gir opp og legger prosjektet i skuffen

A norwegian political party has rules that say every mayoral vote/race should have one male and one female candidate, which really bugs me because what if both of the actual best candidates are women?

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Yesterday we learned that the US, Russia and China want Orbán as UN Secretary General. I guess we found out why Putin let him lose the election.

Just Norm@norminator.bsky.social

Which is why I'm so sceptical of how easily Orbán lost and gave up his power. Especially considering the winner was a former party member of his. Granted I don't know nearly enough about Hungarian politics to speak up.

Both are fairly obviously on the spectrum (complimentary), the former telling me so themselves today. In the last 10-15 years, as I've learned more about autism, I've often thought about the two of them, and how they were treated by the other pupils in the late 80s/early 90s.

I'm not innocent of that treatment myself. Although I was far from the worst, "not the worst" still isn't good enough I'm glad I got to apologize to one today, and that they accepted it with a smile. Unfortunately it looks like the other one will never hear those words from me.

My so called gaming computer died a year or two ago, and now my laptop is dying. I'm considering getting a gaming laptop to chill two birds with one snowball, but they're so heavy and the battery is always ass. Also don't know if I can go back to not having fingerprint login

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Anyway Pros: a) looks relatively neutral, has no weird red or orange "cool" bits b) numpad c) not too chunky d) "only" (???) 2.1 kg Cons: I have no idea what it feels like.

My so called gaming computer died a year or two ago, and now my laptop is dying. I'm considering getting a gaming laptop to chill two birds with one snowball, but they're so heavy and the battery is always ass. Also don't know if I can go back to not having fingerprint login

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The problem with not finding any reviews is that specs don't tell you anything about the FEEL of the experience. I know I'm not going to enjoy a laptop with a trackpad that makes me constantly try to clear dust from my fingers, or one that doesn't close the lid with a satisfying THUCKK

My so called gaming computer died a year or two ago, and now my laptop is dying. I'm considering getting a gaming laptop to chill two birds with one snowball, but they're so heavy and the battery is always ass. Also don't know if I can go back to not having fingerprint login

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If I'm lucky I can find Australian, Canadian or Indian reviews of something that at least looks like my target laptop, but 2 minutes into the review they're already going through specs that don't match

But like Intel i7 13645HX RTX 5060 24 GB DDR5 1 TB storage SHOULD be decent for a budget gaming laptop? I know it's not gonna be a fOuR kAy BeAsT but I've never even seen 4k so who cares

My so called gaming computer died a year or two ago, and now my laptop is dying. I'm considering getting a gaming laptop to chill two birds with one snowball, but they're so heavy and the battery is always ass. Also don't know if I can go back to not having fingerprint login

Buying a laptop in Norway is a fucking nightmare, because they used region specific configs/names here, so it's almost impossible to find reviews for the exact version you're looking to buy.

Want to buy a Lenovo legion 5i? Well fuck you because all the reviews are for a laptop that literally only shares the storage space amount with the one you can buy. Even the screen is a different size, nerd

I firmly believe the only way to get rid of a dictator is to drag him out into the streets. They'll hinder elections, they'll jail grass roots organizers. They'll k*ll anyone who stands between them and power.

5GW HotTakes@5gw.bsky.social

People need to be ready to get in the streets. The Iran issue is much too convenient for Netanyahu & Trump. Coordinated releasing of "secret intelligence reports" of specific attacks against them, their people & the upcoming elections they are both likely to lose is the tell. Prepare.

And the world was never the same Because now it was a world WITH the Sony Playstation 2, whereas before it was a world WITHOUT the Sony Playstation 2

Fighting Game Anniversaries@fganniversaries.bsky.social

26 years ago today, the PlayStation 2 was released in NA. It was distributed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Det kan late til at norske skatteflyktninger slipper til i riksmedia hver gang de slipper en sur fis om hvor fullstendig urimelig, kjipt og ødelagt Norge er, fordi de selv må betale mer skatt enn de har lyst til å gjøre. Det må det gjerne må bli en slutt på. Ha ei knall helg, alle sammen!

itromso.noDet ødelagte Norge sett fra gjøkuretHvis mange nok forteller historien om hvor skakkjørt, akterutseilt og ødelagt Norge er, begynner til slutt folk å tro på det.

Can you even imagine yourself being this much of a pathetic 4-year old in public?

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

I posted two comments on how I'm not going to watch cross country skiing this winter because russians are being let back in, and guess what kind of Guy dropped their laugh emojis. That's right, it's

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On this day in 1999, Cartoon Network aired a 24-hour Scooby-Doo marathon for Halloween. The marathon was filled with little clips between episodes parodying THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT which had been released in theaters just a few a few months earlier. Link below for the first 12hs of the marathon.

Apparently Melania Trump has secured a limited and localized (to one occupied city) ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Wouldn't it be fun if she won the peace prize instead of him?

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Pretty sure this is illegal? At least in Norway, you can't decide what someone else votes, and you certainly can't stand next to them when they make their pick. Awfully naive of me to think the US has the same quality of election rules though.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

Democrats should really feature these creeps their extensive ties to this administration.