Not a weapon. A medical tricorder.

So? What was the wad of aluminum foil doing crammed into the upper corner of the window?

It sounds like it’s something they can only require them on vehicles whose companies have contracts with the city. If true, I’d assume that the exempted trucks aren’t hauling away city waste - maybe construction debris or something like that.

I can’t help but feel like this article is subtly trying to justify Trump’s decision to buy Russian diesel (that Russia is actually important from Iran) to try to convince people he’s doing something (buying half-a-day’s supply of diesel) to lower prices before the midterms.

Edit: the duality between “lol get curtains” and helpful things is great. But! I can’t put up curtains on the windows the light floods in - it’s the front door and the sort of side window beside the front door.

I also didn’t want to put holes in the wall, so I got command strips (those little stick-on / pull-off hooks) and used them to hang my curtains. If the way it looks bothers you, you could hang a piece of decorative cloth in front or back of the curtain.

Get blackout curtains. Wear a sleep mask.

Tbf, he was probably very far away from the war (Russia is massive). And for all that he paid attention to Canada’s flaws, he didn’t pay attention to Russia’s trafficking in people from all over the world to act as cannon fodder. Unfortunately for his family, he didn’t realize his privileges until they got revoked.

Ofc, there’s nothing preventing him (trying to) move his family back to Canada, but I wouldn’t be surprised if any assets he has in Russia are confiscated (the farm, any money he might have, etc). They’ll probably let the wife return, and hopefully any younger kids, but the dad’s fate and that of any older boys (who I feel very sorry for) may be very different.

You know what? If it brings over decent content and keeps people from going back to hellsite, I’m okay with it.

If you don’t choose to study there you should definitely visit.

For OP, if s/he decides on Hungary, or anyone else interested: I haven’t checked prices recently, but IcelandAir used to be fairly competitively priced between Europe and North America, and they let you stopover in Iceland for up to a week with no additional airline charges.

paprika, salt, and pepper

So dried pepper, salt, and pepper? That’s wild!

Stephen Colbert was going to produce the series a couple years ago, but he seems to have moved on since then :(

I wonder if part of it is because food is less nutritious than it used to be. So we eat more to unconsciously fulfill our nutrition needs, inadvertently also eating enough to help increase weight. I’m not saying this is the answer, but it may be a contributing cause.

You vote for the person you want in office in the primaries, and you vote against the person you don’t want in office in the generals.

somewhere along the way, we turned roads into a political argument. We argue over “DEI bike lanes.” We argue over “equity.” We argue over ideology. […] The Left loses the Right as soon as bike lanes are tied into identity politics.

Once again, the right-wing echosphere applies identity-politics labels to something, and once again it’s the left’s fault that that label has been applied.

How about instead of lecturing the left over how to appeal to the right, you go after the right and tell them to stop automatically tuning out the moment they hear one of the phrases they’ve been programmed to react irrationally and emotionally to.

For people who don’t want to send traffic to the Washington Examiner - https://archive.ph/WPJe5

It’s worse having to dig through a bunch of garbage to find the cable you want

Eh. I coil them up in type-sorted ziplocs with labels, and put them in function-sorted drawers (audio, tv/media, PC interior, phone, etc). Doesn’t take long to find anything.

it seems pretty difficult to find ways to bracket dates on search engines

Are you searching on your phone? I haven’t used Google in a while, but it used to be that you could enter specific dates for custom search ranges on news articles - but only in desktop mode. If you’re searching on your phone, try switching to desktop mode, then entering your custom dates.

What happens when you need to replace your pacemaker?

I also rush to take a label for me that I am this, this and this, and get myself limited to that specific identity.

It sounds like you know what the basic problem is: you find something, and take it as a part of your actual identity, letting it define you.

Instead of focusing on just one thing and labeling yourself with it, do many things - and have them be things that you do.

And sit down and think about what you’re finding so attractive about these things, then work against that attraction. Is it because these groups offer a community? Then don’t link yourself to just one community. Is it because it gives you a pre-set list of approved behaviors and opinions? Explore beyond the approved. Is it because you’re not sure who you are and this makes you easier with yourself (something we all go through)? Go out and do a variety of things - do things by yourself, do them with others, go places and do things that you wouldn’t normally.

Don’t focus exclusively on one group or type of groups, look for a range of groups and activities. And if there’s something interesting that you can’t find a group for, go do it anyway, just because it interests you.

Good luck!

This is possibly a temporary solution, but if they’re restructuring, ask them if there’s a place in the new structure that you could fit into, even if it’s for a lower amount of pay. If applicable, emphasize your knowledge of the organization, procedures, processes, etc - all the nuanced institutional knowledge that you have. Even if the new job isn’t directly in your skill set, even if it’s a pay cut or part-time/less hours, it can buy you time to look for a new job.