I forget which magazine published the article, I thought PopSci but couldn't find it, where the editor wrote something like: "We're no longer focusing on ideas about stopping man made climate change, we're going to focus on articles on surviving as a species in inevitable climate change." Which I think is the best thing smart people can do. Me and friends are working on saving for and designing a sustainable and (hopefully) climate proof farming co-op, because we don't see rational discussion or action ever happening and we aren't willing to just cook to death and be unprepared.

While I do find it lovely to stumble around twisting alleyways in old cities, I remember being lost in a section of Florence asking "Who in the hell thought this was a good idea?"

We should be using the Army Corp of Engineers as a full time federal team of infrastructure builders and dramatically increase it in size, but alas.

I currently live in Denver which has been ranked one of the worst cities for public transit design in the USA. Moving soon to Barcelona and looking forward to not owning a car.

I would rather see ads or something than having someone work that hard for no pay to keep it going. Have you thought about other potential revenue streams, or would you like to workshop or discuss options?

Spending time with friends and watched a thunderstorm roll through a mountain valley last night. I try to really memorize moments like that because when life inevitably slides the other way, those are the things that help me carry on, hoping to be lucky enough for one more of those good days.

Not even Office anymore, theyve got multiple levels of ERP systems linked in a with Azure resources for doing lots of core business functionality and automation which is becoming more and more a requirement, i.e. if your business can't send/receive EDI you can't sell to most major stores like Walmart/Kroger/etc.

It surprises me that, at this point, people still think others must be confused instead of knowing exactly what and who they're voting for.

Same, I'm mostly part of specific communities based around Europe/language/hydroponics which simply don't exist here and am here mainly out of spite and solidarity.

I'm saying this in earnest and very much not trying to be rude or edgy, but the fact is a lot of people don't think about me/you/us at all, they're reciting things they think are normal to people they aren't close with like talking about the weather. Realizing some of my relatives I care about don't actually want to get invested in my life to the point of knowing I'm gay was a very freeing moment. Like understanding my grandma is 95 and doesn't want to try sushi now. And she was fine learning I married a man, but she wouldn't have brought it up. Decentralizing yourself from other people and realizing you have much more of a free slate than you think can be very helpful.

No, it's documented and reported by Ukraine and US as they counterattacked on Russian soil and it was an issue because of the US supplying weapons to them: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/05/29/an-increasing-number-of-ukrainian-attacks-on-russian-soil-are-upsetting-the-united-states-and-kyiv-s-allies_6028312_4.html

I don't know why anyone is taking any of this seriously. For all we know, this was done to lure Ukraine into following them into Russia to fall into a set trap, or theater or withdraw and resupply without looking weak. It is odd that it looks like Putin had weakness, but they can always say that's what it was later and the propaganda will work like it always does.