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There have been several instances where the QAnon types (e.g. Marjorie Taylor Greene) have baselessly accused mass murder suspects of being trans, or incorrectly accusing trans people of being the culprit in a violent incident. There is good reason to try to protect a vulnerable group as it can result in ostracization and violence against people who have nothing to do with the violent incident and are only connected by being a member of that group.

They respect laws when it comes to applying them against people they don't like. They'll probably even make up some new ones just to be extra prosecutorial.

The version I've heard, it was the Mafia and FBI.

FWIW some smoke alarms have a manufacture date printed on the side, so a receipt might not be necessary.

Will https://old.reddit.com/r/Pixel4a/comments/1ic55ki/succesfull... help you undo what was done? It links to Android 13 S1 version August 5, 2023.

I was fortunately able to catch my 4a after it had downloaded the update but still needed a reboot to install. Followed https://old.reddit.com/r/Pixel4a/comments/1i0zih0/the_only_w... , installing NextDNS to prevent the update from downloading.

You're assuming that those non-wealthy people have objectively studied both candidates, weighed their platforms, and chosen the one they have determined will make their lives better. As opposed to, say, the one who promises to hurt they people they want to see hurt, or the one who claims they will protect them from whatever out-group they consider dangerous.

Twin Peaks was delightfully weird. It was the sole reason I bought a TV, believe it or not.

I follow a bunch of Japanese game developers, who at present don't have a strong motivator to leave X. Most of them are also on LINE, but I'm a little reluctant to try it since I don't actually read Japanese. (ETA: I looked at LINE just now and it seems more like a chat app than a board where users post information for anyone, so I think it's off the table.)

The Sakura is briefly mentioned at the end of the article, a bit less expensive at $16,500 (2.6 million yen)

I was askance at him refusing the helpdesk request to do something in the app. One of my hats for decades was support and this feels like someone refusing to tell you what's on their screen, or whether a certain light is on, or to push a button.

American English

Apparently my "accent" is 36% Russian, 16% Korean, and 13% Albanian, none of which are remotely correct.

Distemper. They thought distemper could mutate and infect seals.

If people would get away from the Norman Rockwell presentation of a whole bird, and spatchcock the thing instead, it will take less time to cook and cook more evenly. Salting it and leaving it uncovered in the fridge for a day or two helps to retain moisture in the meat. People need to use a good meat thermometer, and understand that killing pathogens is a combination of temperature and time[1]. The recommended 165 degrees basically means if pathogens are exposed to that temperature, they're instantly dead. However, if held at a lower temperature for a certain amount of time, they will also be killed.

[1]https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-complete-guide-to-s...

This is great news to me. I've made the switch to Bluesky, but don't want to close my account on X yet because I follow a bunch of Japanese game devs, for whom US politics is not a reason to leave. Hope to see them on bsky.

It's a Eufy 30C max. There are probably newer models and higher end ones out there, though. There are robovacs that empty their own dustbins.

Yes, that's the one I use. I have a Thermopop and a Dot, which I use less often. It's an oven probe that you'd use on roasts and any large chunk of meat that takes some time.

Under 1000:

- robot vacuum. Now my house gets vacuumed (that should tell you how much I hate doing it.)

- the bidet seat is not tremendously life changing but it's very helpful.

Under 100:

- a quality probe thermometer. I use it for everything baked and most ways of cooking meat. Nothing is over~ or undercooked anymore. I do have another one with 2 probes for bbq/smoking -- you can use the two in the point and flat of a brisket, which tend to cook to different temperatures, or use one to monitor temperature of the grill and the other for the meat. It's also bluetooth so I can monitor temps from the comfort of my computer desk.

- a good rice cooker. Frees up a burner, rice is done when you tell it to be done and it's always perfect.

In my previous home (a rental in San Mateo) I planted a small avocado jungle, which was eventually thinned to 3 trees that started producing in about 8 years. Half a block away was an enormous avocado, its canopy about 35' diameter. The soil there was fantastic, you could drop in anything and it would thrive. I live across the Bay now and though the soil quality is difficult (clay) the house came with 5 different fruit trees (lemon, cherry, peach, apricot, pear) and I've added a feijoa, a lime, and a few culinary herbs.

I also have a front lawn, which I haven't watered in several years, but comes back with the rain. I want to smother it permanently in cardboard, but that in itself is quite a lot of work that I refuse to admit I need to hire someone to get it done.

The son of a friend is with a group that collects unused restaurant food and distributes it. I think it's in the Davis CA area. If you want more details i can find out, but I'm guessing you just want to know if they exist.

I feel so successful

I'm fine with the questions, because I never give the real answer.

Very much agreed on the For You feed - it seemed to show me things I wouldn't like, presumably to get rage-gagement. I do follow a few political types, but the majority are science, Japanese game devs, or language humor, which rarely lap up against politics.

I find myself going there less and less as the Israel-Gaza war has been seeping into everything, and of course our own election just getting hotter.

Our recycling company can't even just name the numbers that are recyclable. They give us a list of examples and name some items, but it's nowhere near comprehensive even for some things commonly used. For example, reusable plastic food storage containers (tupperware-like items) are not listed. To-go containers are prohibited, but these are heavier, more durable plastic.

If something seems recyclable, I'll throw it in on the chance that the sorters will accept it, rather than guaranteeing it goes to the landfill by putting it in the trash bin.

I'm curious about the chances of the owner having the same area code as where the airpods were found. I think in many cases the mobile number is going to be from where you lived when you first got a mobile phone, which could have been (at least in my case) decades ago. But I'm glad you got lucky!

I found an airtag in a parking lot last year. It behaved a bit strangely even with a fresh battery and resetting it, and it still seemed the owner had not marked it lost. A friend who was an Apple rep told me it was probably defective and to just throw it away. I put it in the garage meaning to take it to the hazardous waste facility and forgot about it for about 8 months. Came across it again and just for grins and giggles I gave it one more try -- it seems the owner finally did mark it lost, and I was able to pair it to my iPad. So I have an extra airtag now...

My neighbor, who has bipolar mania, was in the hospital for a 72-hour hold. She wanted to leave, naturally, and a "patient advocate" made it happen "against the doctor's orders." So I'm trying to figure out how the choices of someone who cannot soundly judge their own condition take priority over that of the doctor in charge of them.

There was a spiderweb with little circles like bubbles, definitely not physically possible with webs.

Your typical ACH transfer takes 3 days, but it seems like some banks have set up some kind of agreement or system by which transfers are pretty instant. Between the bank where I have my personal checking and the bank where my sister and I share an account, transfer is instant. There's a newish means of logging into one bank through another, and once you establish that relationship it enables this kind of transfer.

Exactly. What crime did this kid commit that justifies being cuffed and put in a jail uniform?

I imagine this is more for the parents than the kids, especially if the kids are pretty young. I would not expect a kid to remember anything, even a lavish birthday, if they're toddlers or up to 3 or even 4. Yeah, I'm sure there are a few people out there that remember events from that young but I think it's pretty rare.