You could always do in-browser Office if nothing else works. Or g-suite

An article about politics being a “team sport” with a “I agree with all of the policies of my team” cherry on top.

So basically Google is “taking a stand” by increasing the amount of money they make off of his content, lol.

Does “de-monetization” simply mean Google isn’t paying him, or that they’re removing all ads (and revenue for themselves) from his videos?

Seconding Brother laser printers. They’re workhorses and I’ve had good luck with cheap third party cartridges

The email I use for random website sign-up’s is an ancient hotmail account that I only check when I’m expecting a specific email. It’s like thousands of spam messages.

The more important things using my actual email are comparatively small.

This doesn’t apply to furniture but the Goodwills in my area ship all the good stuff to a central location two counties away where it can be listed for sale online. The stuff in store is mostly garbage.

I don’t think there’s a bad decision.

A CD isn’t the only option. A 2-year treasury note pays 4.82% right now. You could do that and then reevaluate in 2 years. Having more accessible/liquid assets leads to more flexibility if you need money for an emergency or even a move or downpayment or whatever.

There’s also the very remote possibility for loan forgiveness.

I don’t think the interest spread is large enough for that to be the “slam dunk” answer though. If you’re not great with money or just don’t want to deal with another administrative burden I’d lean towards just being done with the loans.

Honestly, niche YouTube channels. The problem is sometimes you don't want to sit through a 30-45 minute video to find the information you're after.

Probably gardening.

A few seed packets and some dirt turns into building nice cedar raised gardens, filling them all with great quality soil, expensive liquid fertilizers, various irrigation systems, and so on. And I can't just haul all that dirt in my sedan... But hey, I have 20+ tomato plants, and about as many different pepper plants every year.

It's honestly nowheer near as expensive as some of my other hobbies, but on the "a lot more money than I expected" scale it's up there.

I love that you consider parenting a hobby, lol

I’d take some clean shears and prune the black leaves, assuming it’s not entire plants. If it’s some kind of disease/blight this can help keep it from spreading.