Dumb question… how are they burning them? I thought controlling lithium battery fires was difficult?

And where I live, we frequently have burn bans due to dry/windy weather. The city will pick them up if piled properly and make mulch that can be bought.

It’s easy to end up with too much debris and not enough places to put it if you prune like you should. A little mulcher/chipper would save some space, be easier and quicker to compost…

Oh, and I almost quit Angel multiple times back when it was a new episode every week. The first one because the actor died, I understood and it was sad but not worth quitting. The next because Charisma got pregnant? (Even though I didn’t know why Cordy was killed off then) Then the character of Fred, but at least she got a new character that I grew to really like. But hated how Wesley’s death happened. Darla’s death was pretty epic though. That show was so all over the place.

So far I like the world, the magic. I like Dresden so far, in spite of the m’lady stuff. I’m expecting monster of the week mysteries with some over arching mystery. Like Buffy or Supernatural in book form.
I’m hoping the mystery payoff doesn’t suck or be too Scooby-Doo-esque when it’s solved.

Love this one! His Zoe Ashe series is really good too. He writes under Jason Pargin now if anyone searches for his newer stuff

I just started this series! I’m halfway through Book 1. I’ve heard they get a ton better.

A lot of artists don’t change their legal name. They sign contracts with and their IDs have their government name.

My brain came to a full stop here. One of those “have I ever seen these two in the same room” moments.

For anyone else like me: Sentience is the ability to feel and perceive things. Sentient is the adjective form.

Sapience is the ability to think and acquire wisdom, and the capacity for intelligence. Sapient is the adjective form.

Sentient is often misused for any living creature that thinks, when sapient would be the correct word.

Modern humans are classified as homo sapiens.

I think the confusion is summed up by a quote by a park ranger talking about the design of trash cans in National Parks: (paraphrased) There’s a lot of overlap between the smartest bear and the dumbest human.

So if I understand, both are sentient. But they vary widely on sapience.

Sentience is recognizing the trash can is there. Sapience is being able to figure out how to open the lid to access the trash and keeping the wisdom to open the next one easily. Sentience is feeling either frustrated or happy based on the level of success.

Unless I messed it up.

And the other 1/3 were accused of being hyperbolic and/or hysterical.

I’m not from the UK or living there. So grain of salt and all… But I read this not so much as a punishment, but closing a loophole so he can never ever be in a position of royal power or benefits. And it would hold even if he wins in court.

If we in the US had closed some loopholes 2021-24, we would be at least 50% less fucked.

And maybe 90% less if we’d done it after Nixon.

It’s not enough. But it’s not nothing.

Very shaky, every time? Not an emergency room visit, but you need to see a doctor to rule out possible health issues. People have already brought up some serious possibilities that can become major problems if ignored.

Are you on any medications that could be causing it if you take it on an empty stomach?

It could be something you can just manage by keeping some bite sized Snickers available. (Literal suggestion from my doctor 30 years ago when I had something similar I was working through lunch and getting angry)

But my doc ruled out other issues with bloodwork. The miniature candy bars were to even out my blood sugars until I could eat properly.

I had to learn to manage it better so I didn’t snap and get fired.

For people who don’t know: Snickers candy is peanuts, caramel, and nougat covered in chocolate.

This was me. When I got married at 26, the date of one of the guests thought I was the teenaged babysitter. (We met for the first time the day before)

Dating while in school/college was easier because the guys knew I was their age. And that I just looked young. Some of them caught shit for “dating a high schooler” even though I was actually in my 20s and a college student.

I was friends with my now husband for three years before we got married. Making friends with people, making a connection, can help them see you as the adult you are. Then you start to look like someone they’d want to date. I was 23 when we met and became friends, we started dating over a year later. Dated for 2 years and married ever since.

Things are different now, as far as meeting people. I know that. But how people perceptions change is still the same. Sometimes you have to just let people get to know you and get past the initial “She’s young” until they realize you are not that young.

Once someone knows you, they’ll think of you as their peer, even if you look young (or old for that matter)

If you just want hookups, that’s trickier. Because the easy pickings are um, questionable in their tastes when you look like a teenager. Or they are the teenagers. Just be careful if you go that route.

Oh, and I was an A cup, size 2 petite. So skinny and short on top of looking young. I also got mistaken for a boy if my hair was pulled back.

Learning to love my body and it’s changes through the years, boosting my self-esteem, finding things I could be passionate about… those things are very attractive to others because those things make you feel better about yourself.

Ugh. This reminds me of a relative asking me ‘aren’t you afraid of how you’ll be treated if minorities become the majority?’

I think my mouth literally fell open. Not religious ideologies that hate women, mind you. They meant racial minorities in a predominantly white area.

People who ask questions like that know in every cell of their body that the system that they thrive in treats others horribly and justify it by believing that anyone in power would do the same.

So no, I’m not afraid of a race or nationality of people. I’m afraid of people with inhumane ideologies.

Think of it this way though, she reduced Bezos net worth by more than any taxes, government, or humanitarian aid did. Searches say by about 25% at the time.

She reduced the worth of one billionaire and is attempting to funnel as much of that as she can into humanitarian and charitable efforts.

If she burned it, it would help no one. If she gave it all to governments, 99.99% would fund weapons, war, and waste, maybe 0.01% towards social programs.

She’s not buying yachts or islands. She’s doing what we as normal people would hope we would do if we had obscene amounts of money dumped in our laps.

The alternative is her ex-husband would still have it and he’d spend $45M on a party. And Trevor Project would have none of it.

On a side note, slightly related, I’m wondering what happens when Elmo kicks it and all his relatives’, baby mama’s, and children’s lawyers come out of the woodwork to contest and divvy up that fortune.

Those are called split ends. If you have a lot of them, it’s best to get a trim (just enough to snip off the split ends) and then try to figure out what is causing them.

You can’t repair them. You can only get rid of them and then avoid them. Or keep getting maintenance trims.

With split ends trimming = longer hair over time.

Source: I had them so bad for years that my hair would break off and not get any longer looking. For me, it was too much heat (hair dryer and curling iron every day)

First read through, I assumed “big dumb one” was a human from your cat’s pov, and the mental image of the other people and cats guarding a large man from a kitten so he can poop in peace was hilarious.

Are you talking about a certain guy who openly talks about what he does beyond the gym & diet to have the build he has? If so, I watch because he’s really good at explaining technique. Even though I’m not trying to be a bodybuilder. I just want to be strong and not get hurt.

I feel like if a YouTuber or podcaster is bringing value to my life, I want them to get money in return.

Everyone (okay not EVERYONE) expects artists to create for free and either work full time in top of that or not eat.

I’d rather a creator choose their paid sponsors and get paid directly, than have to rely on YT or whomever to place religious or political or other bullshit ads and give them a small cut and no say.

I can’t afford to join everyone’s Patreon and I refuse to give YT my money at all. I don’t mind an ad for Factor meals or the ‘stress relief’ massager. I can just fast forward if I’m not in the mood.

Pretty sure this was a Family Guy episode

Okay, I’m 50+ and hate talk radio, general chit chat vlogging stuff.

But I now listen to two guys talk about anime because I got into it during lockdowns. No one my age wants to watch/ talk about it. I feel very “hello, fellow kids” if I try to find current fans.

So I listen to these guys discuss the things I’ve been thinking about. The story, the artwork, whatever. It scratches that itch and I’m not bothering anyone.

They sometimes discuss their lives. But it’s mainly anime chit-chat. And I can skip ahead on the ones I don’t watch.