I stumbled upon that recently when trying to book time with a Microsoft tech based in India.

That’s $2,000 per US citizen (approximately 350m People in the US)

That being vegan is an ethical choice compared to not being vegan.

It’s slowly catching on.

I’m in Saint Paul, Minnesota. We have a mayoral race with ranked choice voting! Hoping for a slightly more progressive candidate to win, but Carter hasn’t been awful.

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Pretty dumb that the pedals aren’t connected, and are instead an overly complex “go” button.

But vehicles like this are great to have, as long as your city has the infrastructure to support bikes, walking, and public transit.

Connections Puzzle #866 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

The description for blue has ‘things’ at the beginning and end. I think it should just be at the beginning.

Yikes!

Antiwordle #1351 7 guesses

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I’m about 300+ deep and let me tell you…

Ladder works pretty well for me!

I really liked Redshirts by John Scalzi. Just added Old Man’s War!

I’m about halfway through The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. It’s the 4th book in the (semi-non-linear) series. So far I really liked books 1 and 2, 3 was meh, and 0.5 was fine, but expected. 4 is captivating.

REUNION October 14, 2025

I solved it in 1️⃣7️⃣ moves! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 🦊 🦔 🎉 https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/reunion#2025-10-14

“We must keep the government shut down to prevent people from receiving healthcare!”

“And while the government is off, we’ll just clean up a little by firing thousands of people. Afterall, they had nothing to do!”

- the GOP, basically

This is an amazing rundown and I can appreciate how most of the downsides are food-based.

I can tell my boss I’m sick and that’s that.

This is huge, it’s exhausting to have to deal with the fallout of calling in sick that I sometimes work through it so I don’t have to deal with the bs.

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Glad that’s been working out for you!

What were some things you did that made the hard things less hard?

What went really well?

Who is “we” that moved with you?

Thinking about doing the same thing, working on getting my EU passport now.

Would make for an epic setting for a Sci Fi show like The Magicians.

I was so disappointed with that book, but agreed that was a cool system. The way the one house is described with different rooms on different worlds, and how he gets used to the differing gravity between doorways is incredible.

Now that’s an efficient government!

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