Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House

No worries. I’ve never played a ttrpg, just have a passing interest and thought I’d ask. Cheers!

Is this a body-swap thing, or just the players having to play different characters?

“Cluster headaches”

Sitting in my closet, rocking back and forth waiting for it to be over. Exactly the same, I told my wife afterwards “If I’d had an ice pick, I would have shoved it through my eye.”

Yes and no. California isn’t done, along with a few others. The numbers will continue to go up for both of them, and Harris will close the gap, but all in all it won’t change things too much.

Primary and secondary schooling is just practice to be good little worker bees. That’s why conservatives view college/tertiary school as iNdOctrINATIOn cEntERS

Completely agree on people not understanding statistics. See: most of the polls showing a slight edge to Harris, but with a 3 to 4 point margin of error, being taken to mean that Harris had it in the bag.

SOMETHING HAPPENING 49 OUT OF 100 TIMES IS STILL VERY LIKELY!

SNLs take on the grouch origin story

I do Top/6hrs, but will jump over to Hot if I’ve been scrolling too long and run out of content.

Holy shit.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/23/409003419/cleveland-officer-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-suspects

Yup. For those that don’t know, that’s essentially how utf-8 works -

https://youtu.be/MijmeoH9LT4

Ice dispenser.

Google Gemini - “provide a synopsis of this video”

This video is about the difficulty of obtaining ADHD medication and the dangers of resorting to black market alternatives. The speaker, Benn Jordan, describes his experience of being diagnosed with ADHD and then struggling to get the medication he needs. He explains that there is a shortage of ADHD stimulants, and that the DEA has made it difficult for doctors to prescribe them. This has led to a black market for ADHD medication, which can be dangerous because the pills may be counterfeit or laced with other substances. The video also discusses the risks of not being treated for ADHD, such as increased car accidents, substance abuse, and suicide. The speaker concludes by calling on the government to make it easier for people to get the medication they need. Here are the key points:

• The speaker was diagnosed with ADHD and had trouble getting the medication he needed.
• There is a shortage of ADHD stimulants due to DEA regulations.
• People are resorting to the black market to get ADHD medication, which is dangerous.
• Untreated ADHD can lead to serious health problems.
• The speaker believes the government should make it easier to get ADHD medication.

Arizona here. My August service bill is the highest of the year, usually ends up around $425 or so with the thermostat set to ~76. January is usually the lowest, and I can get that down to about $75. Averages out to about $220/mo over the year. It’s ridiculous.

I’ve experienced similar. I also feel like at the same time the voice to text accuracy has gone down as well.

This is quite a few years old now, but I think the main points are still valid. As you said, everything is so polished, kids don’t need to figure out how it works.

http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

Jack in the Box - Big Cheeseburger

Taco Bell - Volcano tacos

I agree with the Idea that being in a position for too long increases the possibility of corruption. But, I’ll counter with two thoughts:

1.) Shouldn’t people have the ability to vote for who they want to represent them? If the people of Vermont want to keep on rejecting Bernie Sanders, why should they not be able to? (Valid counterpoint- Dianne Feinstein)

2.) This is the less trivial one - I fear that term limits would invite more corruption, as the representatives understand they only have a limited amount of time to grease as many palms and make as many connections as possible in their limited amount of time in office. We already have issues with the lame duck period, and those are currently measured in weeks. I can only imagine what I’d be like if a large portion of reps had full lame duck sessions.

Synopsis by Gemini -

This video by Mrwhosetheboss argues that big tech companies are prioritizing profits over users. The video uses the term “in ification” to describe a three-stage pattern that many tech companies follow. In the first stage, the company offers a superior service at a lower price to gain users. Once they have a large user base, the company focuses on increasing profits from those users by employing tactics like tiering and subscriptions. Finally, the company may reduce the quality of the service while still charging more.

The video uses Uber as an example. Initially, Uber was significantly cheaper and more convenient than taxis. Uber was able to attract a large user base by offering low prices and a better user experience. Once Uber had a dominant market share, they introduced surge pricing and began to take a larger cut of each fare.

The video also criticizes the proliferation of subscription services. The video argues that many companies are offering subscription services for features that were previously free or included in a lower-priced subscription. The video says that this can be a bad deal for consumers, especially when they have to subscribe to multiple services to access all the content they want.

Overall, the video argues that big tech companies are becoming less user-friendly and more focused on extracting money from their users. The video concludes with a call to action, urging viewers to be more critical of subscription services and to cancel them when they are not being used.

I do the same thing. It hurts so good! Especially my pinkie toenails. Definitely not a good habit, though, and probably related to some stress / coping mechanism.