Stash Tea is reasonably local to me. I drink their English Breakfast and the Cranberry Pomegranate.

I couldn’t really think of much to add, but I reworded it so the points aren’t so jumbled together.

Banana cream pie.

The bakery we usually buy bread at has had banana cream tarts as one of their desserts of the month, and the sweets case has been a lot more tempting than usual the last several trips. I’m both relieved and bummed they’ll be gone tomorrow.

Project 2025 is a report from a far right think tank, the Heritage Foundation that MAGA aligned groups are all pushing into the news cycle.

There are plenty of centrist, progressive, and/or left wing (the 3 camps that make up democrats) think tanks but those are producing 3 fairly different paths/goals - compared to HF’s singular message of “lets make a white christian nationalist state.”

So it’s easier to for them to build a critical mass of polling (1 high profile UltraCon idea vs 3 different voices out of the Democratic party). The media ultimately magnifies apparent support because extremism drives ratings/clicks and they’re all dependent on popularity to make money (or keep what funding they have in the case of NPR/PBS).

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CBS laugh tracks are like nails on a blackboard to me now.

Lolcats. I even dabbled in lolcode for no good reason.

I took an Oxygen Not Included (pre Spaced Out) colony to 5000 cycles with almost no time warp. It was still going strong too, I just wanted to switch to the new (at the time) DLC.

All the great editors were built on lemon batteries, I thought that was common knowledge. The reason we all turned against Pico/Pine is that UW developed it using potato batteries. Potatoes! Can you even imagine?

The way the news has been going I wouldn’t be surprised if plastic is a candidate. After a little less than a century of rapid development in petrol-plastics we’re starting to figure out the long term effects. But the next 1000 generations may be dealing with the fallout.

There’s something worse, but only the UK was fully steeped in its horror.

I opened that in a private window so my google account wouldn’t get sullied by its eldritch horror.

This one isn’t true of course, but it still feels like it fits

I haven’t noticed this. I’ll keep my eyes peeled though. We’re both on tchncs so if it’s a replication thing we should both see it.

I use Alexandrite as my frontend if it turns out that it matters.

My cat usually decides this mid-meeting. He likes watching the Teams gallery view.

What you’re going to want to do is chase that with some Cured Pork and Beef and Rice and Soy Protein Product.

I immediately thought of Meta, but it’s a vast tapestry of evil out there. Maybe I should aim for a Top 5 Desert Island Evil Media List. Or we could do something like a Letterman Top 10.

I still prefer the MTV premier date as the line between Gen X and Millennials No specific date is going to be great at describing generations anyway, and its a fun landmark.

The real commitment is when somebody like Plainly Difficult uploads an annual omnibus of all their videos for the year. I watched them all individually, then I watch them again in 9 hour form.

How long can one person avoid yard work? The answer will shock you.

Working in a grocery store in high school blunted that fun for me, because when you’re busy and trying to go in and out those doors can be frustratingly slow. I like to think better of my Jedi powers.

But, since then, I do get the desire to shoulder-check the door to pop it off the tracks - so I can use it as a swing door. I got good at doing it when I’d do cart returns.