TWO international reporters shot in a single day.

Here I thought the article got the nationality of the reporter wrong only to find out they’re just aiming for reporters in general now apparently…

Boox tablets are essentially Android tablets with highly specialized screens.

Yes, didn’t realize this when I got mine years ago just looking for a Kindle replacement I could also take notes on. Being able to install Android apps opened up a whole lot of possibilities, like reading Manga with Mihon, work stuff with Google Suite, etc. Now I’m even looking to upgrade to a colored screen model. Honestly, worth the price IMO

We’ve been past it for years unfortunately…

Empathy

Bottle of lotion next to a monitor and an empty TP roll in the background…

There was a gigantic one back in March, killed over a thousand. A building in Bangkok, Thailand even collapsed.

Not like Myanmar hadn’t already been bombing their citizens up to and after the quake though .

Sometimes being able to have discussions is a privilege. A lot of people just want to exist safely in a space without having to justify this or that. Blahaj seems to be such a space and there are other spaces for people to go if they do want debate and discussion

I love the song, especially the cover by Ripe, but I don’t remember a mention of Lola being black? I know she had a “dark brown voice” at least

But I’m sure anal probing the entire world population would cost them less than running AI on those probes phones.

I agree and so wonder how they can justify dropping so much money on something people don’t want, expect for free, and burns through resources like crazy

The cover by the band Ripe is absolutely amazing.

What an incredibly polite way of saying “Bitch, we already got military agreements with you wtf you saying, dumbass?”

Well that’s scary… But I have also always heard you’re not supposed to bathe your dogs for a few days after application. Guess that’s one reason why but I imagine anything they rub themselves on might be a problem

I’ve had the same experience with the topical stuff. In-laws had never tried it, used it on one of their dogs, and ticks were just crawling off and dying within minutes. Was really gross but fascinating at the same time. Crazy that they thought for years all they could do was wash their dogs and pick ticks off.

In my family, Frontline was a regular purchase for our cats.

I was actually thinking of things like Frontline that you put on their skin. The way it was explained to me is it gets absorbed and essentially makes their blood poisonous to many parasites. I know there are oral versions of these medications too but I have no experience with them

This is how topical tick treatments for pets work, no?

There’s still some toxicity around Buddhism at least. Living in SEA I now know several people who are really turned off by the practices and beliefs of their family’s religion, Buddhism, from the way all troubles are explained away as karma to neurodiversity and Learning Differences being hidden because that would mean that person did something bad in their past life.

I used to think Buddhism specifically was the “good” religion that’s more like philosophy, but spending more time with people who grew up deep in Buddhism has made me see there’s really more to the community and it’s beliefs and practices than I thought.

I’m taking a sick day too. Except for the first time in nearly a decade, my current employer doesn’t require a doctor’s note for anything less than 3 days.

Honestly, most doctors just give you a note if you go in no matter what anyway, so I’ve always felt that it’s more about your workplace tracking you than trying to make sure you’re alright. The need for a doctor’s note doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Sucky, relatable situation, you got my sympathy

Oh, so if it’s going to be down voted anyway, then a lot of down votes feels good? Guess that’s more validating than a middling response

I guess getting people to rage can feel validating, knowing that I’ve made someone rage quit a game feels satisfying for sure.

I don’t personally feel that way about sites like Lemmy/Reddit/Social-media in general where things are more discussion and social-interaction based though. I guess for my kind of discourse goals, if I’ve made someone angry rather than laugh or understand my perspective, I’ve done a bad job.