Betting on politics and world events is not innocuous, as if there wasn’t enough corruption already. My quick perusal showed, aside from that garbage, an entire category for air quality (gee, what could possibly go wrong there??) and a category that’s just the number of times Rich Asshole is going to tweet during set periods, like he’s not cashing in on that regularly. The rich get richer, and, to revive an ancient meme, every day we stray further from god’s light.
The other day I was watching Starfleet Academy and Tamari the Betazed Jean Gray said she had a friend who got stuck in a tube slide. In the year 3190-something on a different planet. Well that stuck out to me so I wanted to see if there had been any discussion of it online. After SearXNG failed to find anything I plugged ‘Starfleet academy stuck in tube slide’ into Google, forgetting about the AI answers before results and got back “If you or another cadet is stuck in a tube slide please reach out to faculty for assistance.”
Dennis the doughnut boy??
The prompt was wrong answers only.
And your story is one of grave injustice. I can certainly empathize as ‘it’s too expensive’ was my parent’s go-to growing up as well. But Mexican food is godly and you clearly need to make up for lost time, which is why I want to share what I took wayyyy too long to discover which is that it’s actually really cheap and easy and better to make at home.
I meant now as an adult, but yeah definitely as a pre-teen, too. You think kids can’t cook? There’s a whole show about it. A reality show.
Mexican food is the cheapest and easiest and most delicious food to make. Old el Paso is old el crapo when you can just throw some tomatoes, garlic, and onion in a blender with whatever pepper you prefer and you’ve got amazing fresh salsa.
Libraries do so much that it’s difficult to express without leaving something out. As Shin said, they provide a “third place,” which is worth reading about if you’re unfamiliar with the concept. Briefly, humans psychologically need places to gather outside of home and work or school. Libraries are one of the few places left in society where a person can simply exist without being charged for the privilege. That alone is incredibly important.
Third places are essential for building real communities, and they cannot simply be replaced by billionaire-owned social media platforms. A real-life bulletin board or community events calendar does not have algorithms, sponsors, or an agenda to push. Libraries give people a physical space to connect with their neighbors and communities directly.
They also offer free classes on everything from filing taxes to gardening, crafts, and technology. They host community groups, events, nonprofits, support groups, makerspaces, and even tool or small appliance lending programs. They allow people to expand their horizons, try new things in a risk-free environment, meet others with shared interests, or simply receive support from their community.
Libraries also provide employment assistance, including resume building, printing services, computer access, and help navigating online applications. They regularly assist older adults trying to navigate phones, government forms, and increasingly hostile dark-pattern-filled websites. On top of that, they provide free internet access to people who either cannot afford reliable internet or do not have quality service at home. The internet, like knowledge itself, is an invaluable resource, and libraries help ensure equal access to both regardless of income.
They are also one of the few places where a person can privately seek information they may be too embarrassed to ask about openly or search for from a personally identifiable device. That privacy matters.
Libraries preserve local archives, history, and community knowledge as well. Keeping those archives public and physically accessible matters because physical records cannot be quietly altered or erased as easily as digital information can.
They are also among the few remaining safe and quiet public spaces for children. Libraries encourage literacy from an early age and provide access to books, ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and research databases that would otherwise cost individuals hundreds or thousands of dollars. They give curious people of any age the ability to learn, explore, and broaden their horizons. And despite what some people assume, not all knowledge exists online.
Even looking strictly at economics, libraries save communities money constantly. Instead of every individual person needing to buy every book, tool, printer, subscription, or educational resource themselves, the costs are shared publicly and everyone benefits. The money invested into libraries returns to communities many times over through education, employment assistance, literacy, civic participation, and even public health outcomes.
But beyond all measurable benefits, libraries make communities feel human. They are one of the last institutions built around the idea that access to knowledge should not depend on income. They create places where curiosity, learning, creativity, and simply existing peacefully are treated as worthwhile on their own.
Axing libraries to save a few pennies is not fiscal responsibility. It is a death knell for the community itself.
No that’s kinda dumb. Libraries do so much more for communities than house physical books, and at the same time those important historical paper records and books need to be stored somewhere public and accessible. Digital records can be altered. Digital books can be altered. Physical is crucial.
If Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome is real then it’s extremely rare. Just look at People like Willie Nelson or Snoop. Fact is this syndrome was only first described after Colorado legalized cannabis recreationally. So even though many many people smoked just as much before legalization it somehow only became an issue afterward? Anecdotally I know a lot of people who smoke a lot of weed. Personally neither my wife and I have been sober for more than maybe a month in the last decade and a half, and I still smoke a lot more than just half a j at the end of the day. Sometimes if I don’t smoke and I don’t eat I get kinda nauseous. The same thing will happen if I do smoke and I don’t eat. I have/get every illness, if this was a thing I would have it lol
I agree, but that’s not the topic of discussion.
Setting age limits for social media is not the same thing as banning kids from the internet entirely.
It’s not taking away kids access to communicate with friends though. There’s a million and one ways kids can communicate these days.
It’s taking away adults’ access to other people’s children.
I agree the pedogarchy is the main issue here, and if you kept up with the 1% of files that were released you would know that having access to children on social media was part of their plan. We can attack that plan from both ends without some slippery slope bullshit about how children need facebook to stay in touch with each other. We all know that’s some grade a bolognium.
I had to check for myself.
Tools > Effects and Filters > Video Effects > Geometry > [ ] puzzle game
This should be an Applebee’s.
If they started one fire they may as well have started all fires.