What is stopping someone from flying to mexico, buying an EV there, and driving it back and getting it registered?
Some states may have safety regs, but some mid-america states don’t seem to give a shit about what you drive where.

Postcards have lower postage rates than regular letters.
Also harder to ignore a card that just says ‘fuck you’ on it in sharpie. For more fun: imitate the vibes of the local utility bill in a letter but fit a lot more fuck yous inside

Planning for 2028

According to Brent Staples’ essay from a few decades ago, about how to not be seen as threatening as a black man in the US: “And on late-evening constitutionals I employ what has proved to be an excellent tension-reducing measure: I whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi and the more popular classical composers. Even steely New Yorkers hunching toward nighttime destinations seem to relax, and occasionally they even join in the tune. Virtually everybody seems to sense that a mugger wouldn’t be warbling bright, sunny selections from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. It is my equivalent of the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country.”

I was there, back in ancient times. Couldn’t buy one at that time because of price (remember it being significantly more expensive than base) and super limited availability in NA.

Saw a video about this. The dad used a Linux version, set up a separate user account, and removed the task bar only 4 approved desktop icons available - the 4 edu games he wanted them to play. Keyboard shortcut to bring up the super menu was the only way he could change settings or etc.

Disinvest from Fortune 500 and start investing in less shitty companies

See if your utility or a nonprofit offers energy assessments. Sometimes they have someone that can come to your house and use one of those. Or they give free LED bulbs. Or free switches so you can turn off outlets when not in use.

The only way anyone saw any post was for me to hijack another person’s feed. Otherwise, no engagement on anything

What the mouse looks like when you say ‘public domain’

That looks like a lot of work. I’m inpressed.
Tho, a fresh coat of paint would kill those ‘murder basement’ vibes you got goin on.

Linux?

Zoom down to a niche or the local level. E.g., following news about mountain biking or the latest on your city council can fill the same desire that you currently try to do by following up on the senate.
There will be intersections with federal, but much less toxic.

Some isp’s or routers will block certain sites. E.g., I had a manga piracy site that I used to view [old manga in the public domain]. All of a sudden it’s blocked. I take my device to a different house and all of a sudden it works.

So in the 90s we had news over sensationalize crime and we thought our cities were all unsafe. Moms kept their kids inside. Now in the 10s and 20s we have the news sensationalizing politics and we think we are under fascists or communists when the real problem is the corpos nobody is talking about.

Post what programs you use most

The structure of the hearings is designed for soundbites.

Each rep or senator gets x minutes, and then it switches to the other party.

For a hostile senator, the panelist is incentivized to waste as much time as possible. Qualify every statement, have drawn out answers, try not to outright lie but get as close as you can to get by the question.

The splitting between parties means there’s no coordination among the senators. Each one asks the same questions. There’s no followup on bad answers. Each rep wants the soundbites for their YouTube channel.

It’s really bad for oversight or actually doing any governing.

For her, a quota might be how she relates to the world. I think the important parts are that you are telling her how much time you need and what types of together time, and that she is making time for you.
That might not be a permanent way of things. But it’s how she might need it structured initially until you have a routine.
I think the important questions are: are you having fun? And do you see a future?
If she is making you a part of her life, and hearing you out and trying to respond to your concerns, those are good signs for the latter.

People operate at a certain standard. Social connections / mess tolerance / chaos in their life are some examples.
When they haven’t reached their quota, they will adjust their life until their quota is met. I would expect this person to continue operating in the way that they have been. It’s totally reasonable to state your expectations on how much time minimum you need to continue the relationship. Then, if they don’t fulfill that, that’s on them.

Travel overseas. Realize the parts of that society that are better than yours. Talk to others about that. Learn about diversity and talk about it’s benefits