cbarrick

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 20 hours ago

I think the reason Zealandia is called a "submerged continent" is because it is made of continental crust rather than oceanic crust.

But IMO the best geologic definition of continents is by tectonic plates, which mostly matches up with the cultural definitions of the continents.

For the major continents, we have these plates:

  • North American
  • South American
  • Eurasian
  • African
  • Australian
  • Antarctic

There are several smaller plates too, like the Caribbean, Indian, and Arabian plates. IMO, we should consider these independent continents.

There is also a dedicated Pacific plate. The ring of fire is the border of this plate.

New Zealand / Zealandia is on the ring of fire. Half on the Australian plate, half on the Pacific plate. You can actually see the border of the two plates when you look at the topographical map of Zealandia.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago

Sure. But this is not that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's JD Vance.

There's Ron DeSantis.

There's Jim Jordan.

There's Matt Gaetz.

There are plenty of MAGA republicans in Congress who would step up. To say otherwise is to be living under a rock. Trump is far from the only prominent fascist ass hole in US politics.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Assassination would be good for MAGA. They'd worship him as a martyr.

I'd like Trump to die ASAP. From natural causes, like a heart attack from eating too much McD's.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

You're using the New York Times to support the idea that the New York Times didn't support the war.

What do you think could be an issue with using that evidence?

Nothing? It's literally the primary source.

Did NYT support the war? Let's look at the opinion pieces they published about the war.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In other words "old baby got tired after standing out of his crib for two hours, blames mom and dad."

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Trump: incoherent rambling about immigrants stealing then eating pets and Democrat governors aborting newborns

Kamala: "He lost the election, and he's clearly having a hard time processing that."

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

My money is on cousin Greg to take over.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only way to stop a bad child with a gun is a good child with a gun.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I think so.

At first, Xockets sounded like a legit tech company to me. But a closer look at their website reveals that it's actually run by a bunch of patent attorneys.

https://www.xockets.com/our-team/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I saw it at the MoMA in NYC. The thing is tiny...

 
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