That’s the real indictment of USA. There will always be demented megalomaniacs, but we expect to be able to stop them. The Framers didn’t expect a Congress so corrupt, cowardly, and weak

We do things bigger! The many terrible things that we’ve perpetrated are unfortunately not unique among the cadre of world superpowers; the same way that rich people are “eccentric” instead of “crazy”, we’ve gotten passes on our worst transgressions because a) other world leaders are also bad, and b) there was a veneer of justification.

What makes the recent(ish) shift stand out is tone. This entire Iran excursion isn’t the worst thing we’ve done by far, but it’s displaying weakness in how blatantly base and stupid and venal it is. Tongue-in-cheek, it’s Gauche - when we’ve aspired to expect a more refined dystopia.

So, we’re pirates. Cool coolcool

I saw a random guy posted in the shopping district of Kyoto with an “end genocide of Palestine” sign. Bibi is burning down Israel’s global standing to stay out of jail

At least not above the baseline self-hatred that makes them fascist to begin with

I could see Shane saying “fuck it”. Then again, there’s a witch flying around somewhere and the thunderstorms are pretty intense…

136 (over the 135, 2/3 threshold) projected with 53% now!

I dunno. I think that insurance will usually only cover Replacement Value, so if it cost them $20 per item and they sold it for $25, they could only claim $20. Then compounded with failure to meet contracts and updated cost of production (may cost $21 to make now) I doubt that they made money. You’re right that the cost of insurance is where the real hurt will be - see ship insurance in the Strait

China believes in the future. We don’t

Very well said. The other consideration is that many regions of USA are more prone to earthquakes, and wood structures can flex in a way that concrete and brick cannot. Wood is fine for most people.

“chocolate” in mainstream candy is such garbage now. I couldn’t bring myself to get the kiddos Reese’s peanut butter eggs this year and I used to love those

Slay the spire 2 is tugging my sleeve but I’ve got a bit more iron to process and that’s already paid for

It was a decent hand-off / launch. It’s expected to take a bit to get their feet. Will be interesting to see how it goes. I do hope it ends up more British humour than American

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Banned in 1996 in USA. If you were born in 76 or earlier, you breathed a ton of it during brain development

The mortar bed and plywood are sitting on concrete? I’d say it depends on how robust the mortar layer is. If it’s easy to remove, I’d pull it out and re-SLC the whole region, then thinset down a decoupling membrane before tile. You can get decoupling membrane with integrated heating wire if you want to get fancy. I’ve used ditra-HEAT a couple times and it was pretty idiot (me)-proof. You’ll want unmodified thinset or their special stuff.

You could also probably pull out just the plywood and makeup that section to level with fresh mortar. If the existing mortar isn’t falling apart, I don’t think you need to worry about cracks.

Another consideration as you decide is what the floor will transition to - that may help you decide on what layers you’ll want in the bathroom

The cocktail is always a guess. But man, we got rocked this season

I hope it hangs around the neck of every feckless congressperson that votes not to keep their constitutional powers

Horizontal crawl but Hex! Mystic forest, honey I shrunk the party, Island hopping The City

But yeah, tower up, dungeon down, explore out, city complexity. And aesthetic reskins thereof

Spirit guardians + spiritual weapon + 19 AC!