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It’s cute, how they’re saying it won’t be a strain on the city water system or the industrial supply. They’re not denying that it’ll strain the overall water supply, draining aquifers or lakes or whatever, just that it won’t affect these specific water supplies.

it’s to build a graph of the people that you interact with so further intelligence collection could be planned.

It’s the Finding Paul Revere analysis, and it can get scary.

Especially with things like cyberattacks (institution losing access to your accounts), scamming (you lose access to your accounts), power failures (everyone loses access to their accounts), etc.

I mean, I literally have a small stash of money in the closet (some 20’s and a bunch of smaller notes), so that if a semi-major disaster hits, I can still buy any supplies I can find that I need - gas, water, food, a couple nights in a hotel, whatever. Plastic is a great backup system, but it relies on me having my card, my card having enough money free, the merchant having power to run the card, the merchant’s communications working, the system they link into having power and communications, etc. With cash, it’s just “here, take this” and it’s all good.

Sharks have existed long enough that their species (and our Sun) has circled around the entire Milky Way Galaxy - twice.

Black cat is somewhat annoyed about something. What have you done?

I started to excerpt parts of the article for a tl;dr, but this is an excellent article. It covers the war’s impact on food production in multiple regions and in many different (and some non-obvious) ways. I encourage people to read it in its entirely as it’s an excellent overview of potential food-related events (fertilizer shortages, weather problems, export restrictions, civil unrest) later this year.

If it’s an option in your area, you might consider joining a farm share or Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in your area: you pay the farmer up front and get a share of the harvest in return. It ensures local farms can continue to exist and gets you lots of high-quality local produce.

If the disruption continues, consumers could see higher prices for bread within six to 10 weeks, eggs within a few months and pork and broiler chicken within six months.

In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two “classic” complaints between M/F partners.

Men tended to think that women were “always changing their minds”, because the men interpreted the women’s nods and interjections as agreement instead of “I’m listening to you”.

And women tended to think that men “weren’t listening to them” because men never provided this feedback.

Hey, if you’re too busy to play with us, we’ll make our own entertainment!

Oh - and, looking slightly away from them, yawn widely with your eyes closed, then lick your lips a few times.

I just offer the back of my hand, below the height of her head, a couple feet away, then hold still. To the cat, it’s a very non-threatening position, and they can decide whether to engage or not. (I usually get to pet the kitty!)

I use my phone to video under the couch / bed / bureau, so that I know where to look and how far back it is.

Her ear is purple because the light is coming from the right. The top of her ear is in shadow - but it’s also being lit from underneath, through the thin skin of her ears. And her ears are pink because of her skin color, her fur color, and the blood running through. Blue/twilight shading from being in the shade, mixed with being underlit with pink, is purple.

I’m so glad he’s feeling better!

Local community scrip?

But … but why would you open the window in -5°c?

You monster!!

No idea if it’s true or not but there was a rumor back in the day, that “natural flavors” was code for just a tiny bit of catnip essence.

In 2024, creative industries minister Chris Bryant admitted that Brexit had made touring in Europe “simply not economically viable” for many artists.