@jon-nyc that is awesome. Congradulation to you and Maya!

People have a sticky notion of what prices ‘should’ be. When they say inflation (which is the first derivative of prices with respect to time) what they actually mean is ‘high prices’. Prices can stop rising which stops inflation but are still subjectively ‘high’, so people see that as inflation not having been solved. This burned Biden and it is burning Trump.

Cool bio, epic life!

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It's been a done deal, since the existential threat narrative took hold in the general population, that what cheating can happen, will happen. You really can't have it both ways. Maybe look in the mirror if you were an existential threat type.

@Doctor-Phibes Disgraceful. As posted in the other thread, Blair should immediately resign from Trump’s peace scam. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/we-were-the-frontline-canadian-veterans-outraged-by-trumps-nato-comments/

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Why we may not wish to go to mars: @LuFins-Dad said in Why we may not wish to go to mars: The problems with 0G and reduced G are not some secret. Mi pensa to might bi right LOL…

An acquaintance of mine in Kyiv just sent me the following status update via FB Messenger: I have power. I'm fully charged on all my devices and I'm as charged as I can be to deal with the other realities of life. Some time ago I wrote that Putin calculates one more massive missile strike to kill civilians and we'll tap out. And he was wrong. He's calculated that he can freeze us out this winter and we'll capitulate. He's wrong. It's hard to be in Kyiv now but the temperatures will warm and the ice will melt and we will still not have fucking capitulated.

For the adventurous gourmet cooks here it those interested in a wholly different trip: Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint. The patients come with a strikingly odd symptom: visions of pint-sized, elf-like figures – marching under doors, crawling up walls and clinging to furniture. The hospital treats hundreds of these cases every year. All share a common culprit: Lanmaoa asiatica, a type of mushroom that forms symbiotic relationships with pine trees in nearby forests and is a locally popular food, known for its savory, umami-packed flavor. In Yunnan, L. asiatica is sold in markets, it appears on restaurant menus and is served at home during peak mushroom season between June and August. One must be careful to cook it thoroughly, though, otherwise the hallucinations will set in. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people

I took the shell off my racing snail, thinking it would make him faster. If anything, it made him more sluggish.

Yeah I would enlist my son for that

Taking into consideration materials used, I still give it only a GCSE grade D

@Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks: Replacing the mass storage (SSD) chip in an iPhone 17 Pro: Link to video I replaced the battery on my iPhone once. I was pretty proud of myself, but realistically, with the amount of time and effort it took (plus the "wholesale" cost of the battery, next time I will just take it to a shop and have them do it. LOL

I don't really do headphones. I have a pair of Sony 7506 Studio Headphones. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MDR7506SIDBun--sony-mdr-7506-closed-back-professional-headphones-with-sonarworks-soundid-reference-plug-in?mrkgadid=1000000&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=gtext&mrkgbflag=0&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=1487002439714&lid=39700082857188565&ds_s_kwgid=58700008971987702&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9021879&creative=782395294067&targetid=aud-297527862170:dsa-1487002439714&campaignid=21487811213&awsearchcpc=1&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21487811213&gbraid=0AAAAAD_RQYnfH4nk4rS5Mmn3FdrO-jxJL&gclid=CjwKCAiAj8LLBhAkEiwAJjbY73wgA4M7-syIvD_5ImirrjL16l38cXikwWLScCLm1v0oXSbmfsbBmhoCYrwQAvD_BwE

Made this when friends came over last night, used flat iron steak. Great recipe, much easier to make than you'd think. https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/steak-diane?hid=0a23f2ba63bbf9b47229183c3b83cfd9e0dd73c9&did=21348985-20260114&utm_campaign=faw-the-dish_newsletter&utm_source=faw&utm_medium=email&utm_content=011426&utm_term=recipe-of-the-day&lctg=0a23f2ba63bbf9b47229183c3b83cfd9e0dd73c9&lr_input=40577cde38bd9fb174f5e012465d59e9291e1f606e9b3de872ea4c9f0db990bc

@jon-nyc said in Screwworms are coming—and they’re just as horrifying as they sound: It is an under appreciated aspect of winter. In certain latitudes at least. This is a bit random but I love doing late fall pruning (or even searching for the buckthorn invasive plant that stays green) since it's so much easier to get in behind all the branches when I don't have to worry about bug bites or spiders!

Another vote for Chiangmai if you are open to mountain view. I didn't say anything before because you seemed set on beach/ocean view. Phuket's ocean view was very beautiful in my recollection, but it has been over three decades since I last been there so my information is outdated.