you are mistaken.  siberia has a continental climate type, like chicago, but more extreme.  cold down below -40 is common, as is warm temperatures in the summer, higher than 90.  much of their rail line is also built on permafrost or otherwise frost heave susceptible soil types.

in fairbanks ak i have seen as low as -58F and as high as +101F and I have never heard of any issues with our trains

yeah we have trains in alaska where it was -57 just a couple weeks ago, and they don’t shut down for this crap.  hell they barely shut down for magnitude 7 earthquakes.

keeping with the same theme, alaskans eat more ice cream per capita than any other state

i keep a bottle of bear spray by the door for just that reason.  i have a handgun, but my wife is more comfortable with bear spray.  we also have 6 dogs...

So bear with me, but I carry a 10mm a lot. Not around town, its not sitting out at home, but when I’m in bear country I have it on my waist. I work and recreate in wilderness alaska (my area is just west of ANWR). I used to carry a shotgun with slugs or a 45/70 but I found that I was often leaving it in the boat or…

every encounter with a milkshape ipa is an accident

First of all moose are straight wimps and can easily be killed with a handgun and have been before for sure. Second, using a handgun against a bear is never your first choice, but many many bears have been killed by them. I used to carry a shotgun (I do scientific research in wilderness alaska) but found that I always…

leave me in the woods the wolves and ravens will handle it

milkshape IPAs are the exact same thing as electric scooters. fuck em.

Margo is the best thing to happen to country music in a decade

welp i guess my wife is stuck in new jersey for the foreseeable future.  sucks for her, but im gonna have bacon for dinner and let the dog sleep in the bed

yes some language is clearly problematic, but adding confusion, whats correct and okay to say in one place is most certainly not in another.  in alaska we call certain groups alaska natives, or just natives.  this would not fly in canada, where they are referred to as first nations.  in the same way, many yupik and…

yes, it is wrong, and the very fact that you have the nerve to ask the question is exactly why native peoples need more visibility, more power, and more allies.

i’m currently on a spouse mandated vehicle acquiring hiatus, but i think even she would go for this one...

yeah i was barely surprised when this popped up.  the other thing i like about it is that its 200 miles away but still on the “local” craigslist.

I posted this on the facebook thread too, but its too good not to share: a PROPANE powered LIMO WAGON.

hey dude i never claimed to be a business-man.  just an idea-guy

put a pickup bed on a transit connect. that would be perfect.

im looking at making an external ssd with one of these m.2 chips, would be so sweet

im looking at making an external ssd with one of these m.2 chips, would be so sweet