Fellow Lemmings: I need an urn. Does anyone know of a decent place to get one made?
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My father recently passed and I had him cremated. He’s currently in a sealed bag in a box, but I’d like to get a custom urn made that’s Zelda themed, since we both loved The Legend of Zelda series. However, Etsy has become a difficult place to find anything with how filled it’s become with mass produced stuff.
Any one have a place or seller that I could get one made? Or perhaps a reputable seller of just urns and someone who could paint them?
Thanks in advance.
I was about to go to bed but looks like he beat me to it. I guess I'm sleeping in the living room tonight
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Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started it' in comments about war with Russia
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President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion of the country three years ago, arguing Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the conflict.
“You should have never started it,” Trump said of Ukraine while criticizing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had expressed concern that his country was not included in talks between the U.S. and Russia in Saudi Arabia.
“I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it’s going very well. But today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”
Trump went on to say: “I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way.”
Obscenely Long Rule :3
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The Left's "Joe Rogan"?
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Current affairs magazine Slate reports on the Leftist movement’s political equivalent of Joe Rogan: Hasan “Abi” Piker. Slate elaborates on Piker’s origins to the political commentary space, substantiates his trials and tribulations with becoming one of the most well known, well paid, hottest socialists, and proposes Piker’s no holds barred approach to advocating for the working class American as the Democratic Party’s new platform in wake of the humiliating 2024 General Election.
Consider reading if you aren’t familiar with Hasan! He’s opened my eyes to a world outside of Capitalism that has helped me better understand open source technologies like FOSS software, and the kinds of systems that inevitably lead to closed source technologies falling apart that serve no one, charging a fortune in return.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/hasan-piker-donald-trump-news-elon-musk-jd-vance.html
Donald Trump's Latest Executive Order: Only President, AG Can 'Interpret US Law' - MSN
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What the Assault on Public Education Means for Kids with Disabilities
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I am sorry to share a post which discusses politics, but it is not possible to advocate for accessible technology without also advocating for the users.
Governor weighs removing NYC Mayor Adams after his top deputies quit amid criminal case turmoil
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Summary
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering removing NYC Mayor Eric Adams after four top deputies resigned amid controversy over his corruption case.
The Justice Department dropped Adams’ case, allegedly to secure his cooperation with Trump’s immigration crackdown, sparking backlash.
Seven federal prosecutors quit in protest, and Democratic leaders, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, called for Adams’ resignation.
Adams, who denies wrongdoing, faces a tough reelection. Hochul stressed that removing a mayor is unprecedented but said the situation “cannot be ignored.”
Dallas Police Refuses to Join ICE Immigration Raids, Launches Outreach Meetings with Migrants Instead
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The Dallas Police Department (DPD) has announced that it will not participate in immigration enforcement actions led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), opting instead to hold community outreach meetings to reassure immigrant residents.
The meetings began on Wednesday and will feature the city’s Office of Community Police Oversight and faith-based community groups. Organized by the department’s Latino Community Outreach Program called UNIDOS, officers are scheduled to address misinformation and rumors circulating about immigration policies that may be discouraging people from seeking help when needed.
Interim Police Chief Michael Igo emphasized that the department’s role remains focused on crime prevention and public safety, not immigration enforcement, as Fox News reports:
“The Dallas Police Department is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that are either documented or undocumented in the city of Dallas. I need you guys to continue to call the police, to not be afraid to come out of your homes to go to work, to send our kids to school”
Igo also reiterated the message on his X account, accompanied by a series of images taken at Wednesday’s event:>?
Lt. Eddie Reyes, involved with the aforementioned UNIDOS, highlighted the challenge of maintaining trust amid heightened immigration enforcement to NBC’s affiliate in Dallas:
“It takes us so long to build that trust. And for something like this to come – we feel that this could possibly set us back. But we’re doing everything that we can”
Concerns about underreporting of crime have been a driving factor in the outreach initiative. “There’s a lot of false information on social media about the Dallas Police Department working directly with ICE and others. That’s not true,” Reyes stated. “Our priority is to go out there and respond to crimes.”
Despite the welcoming nature of the event, Igo did acknowledge that individuals with active criminal warrants remain subject to arrest and possible deportation. “If somebody did commit a crime a long time ago and there’s still a warrant for that person, there’s a very good chance they may be taken for that,” he said.
Additional outreach events are scheduled across Dallas, with efforts extending to neighboring communities like Irving. There, the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is coordinating informational sessions with police, legal experts, and consular officials from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and El Salvador to provide legal guidance and support. The chamber is also offering remote participation for those hesitant to attend in person.
Roses are red, violets are blue, you don't know it yet, but I'm thinking of you
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Picture stolen from R*ddit.
If you have a 3D printer this is your chance to be the most tacticool nerd in town:
https://www.stlfinder.com/model/animu-sight-wfqbkl4S/4367488/
I wonder if you'll be able to see this?
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(Not my OC, so thought I’d share, if it works despite the defederation)
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Berber village of Kabaw, Libya, ~1938
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Put one of these in our home as daughter wants to live "old school"
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"Your hearing loss is not service related" - Veterans' Affairs Administration, ~50 AD
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I was made a war machine
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TranscriptionI was made as a war machine
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war machines… …and civil robots…
…were made at the same factory
from almost the same parts
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NO WONDER they got
a few circuits connected wrong
in my infinitely complex brain
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We spend some time on the second line
learning to be our kind
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and as we learned, we were getting stronger… tougher… more powertful…
more of our kind
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but something felt wrong
All those weapons. Armor. My whole purpose
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I thought, I’m not trying hard enough…
I’ve tried more guns, More Power!
more dirt, grease, and rust…
I felt so disgusted and empty, i was barely able to function.
I hoped some enemy will end it for me
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I was lucky to try another path
less danger, more civil look
It felt good for the first time in years
but it was still not enough
took me a while to realize
I was not a WAR MACHINE
I just served as one
but it could’ve been changed
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I knew it would be a ling journey
but it was a journey really worth making
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Rebuilding my outer body seemed easy
but took a long time…
It was really hard to get rid of things like rust.
Some things will stay FOREVER
Gun placement left empty space on my head
Wrists are too wide for the same reason
but still…
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I was made as a WAR MACHINE
but it never meant I should end up as one
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Because no matter how much people say,
HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE
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We were made on the same factory
from almost the same parts
First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court
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The statute that created the job now filled by Mr. Dellinger, who was confirmed by the Senate in 2024, provides for a five-year term and says the special counsel “may be removed by the president only for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” But a one-sentence email to Mr. Dellinger on Feb. 7 gave no reasons for terminating him, effective immediately.