If my local police were bombing schools and hospitals, their writing numbers on people with sharpies might just get (rightfully) overlooked.

Is that a common question to be asked in Finland?

I think that’s due to English spelling vs French spelling. The latter uses a lot of letters to make a sound that could be recognized with simplified spelling. O = eaux

There’s always Google Scholar.

THIS!

It’s not a brand. It’s a mark with a marker. And I think even Bibi and his legions of assholes might be sensitive about tattoos and actual brands.

It’s not a brand. It’s marker. like they do to runners in some race. With all the other horrid shit Israel does to folks in Gaza, this is pretty small beer and hardly worth the electrons to post it.

It most certainly doe vary a lot by location. And if your voting location is in a high minority or poor population area, it’s going to be a long wait for you.

The people’s will gets in the way of the will of the Oligarchs, religious leaders, and Plutocrats. Hence the effort to make it hard to vote.

I’ve had several, performed by good dentists. By far the worst part is administering the anesthesia. Second to that is the long boring wait in the dentist’s chair.

I don’t know where in the South you were. But in the rest of the US, when you order coffee you will usually be asked “cream or sugar” in the event you don’t want it black (no cream no sugar), which is the default.

The yucky sweetness of store-bought commercial bread is a major reason why I bake my own.