For books and merch, second hand also avoids supporting Rowling

It has a deep seeded rhythm indeed

That’s how my brother missed a train: the linux planner used GMT while the local train company planner used assumed local time…

So I disagree

I’m so blessed to live in a city and country that encourages kids independence! At 4yo, my oldest feels comfortable being out of view in the playground and in safe areas, I expect him to walk home from school on his own in some 3 more years.

I really hope climate skeptics just looked out the door…

when I was a kid, in my home town we had snow almost every year, and dry spells lasted a couple of weeks in the summer. Now, it’s 5 years since the last snowfall and last summer “dry spell” lasted two months and significantly impacted local agriculture.

This shit should be at the top of every news feed… but during this Trump administration, there are just too many things that should be constantly at the top of the news feed: this, Epstein, Israel/Gaza, Iran. Too many to keep track of and keep being upset about

Same… find a mentor that understands the job market (ideally someone that has job openings so they know what they are talking about) and ask for advice for your own field. Teaching staff at colleges/uni usually has some insight on what is going on, but it’s biased by being on the sidelines

I’m in my mid-30s. When I was 23 I had a master degree and got offered 2 positions that I hadn’t even applied to - both starting positions with good pay in my chosen field. When my boss was 23 he got offered a professor position at a good uni because he happened to share an office with the guy they were hoping to hire, so they hired him as well (?!). In my parents life time, neither applied to a job and got rejected.

Times have changed drastically, even from just 10 years ago.

As a random butting in: you are not annoying me at all! Thanks for sharing your work

Yeah, it’s a made up problem. In my experience, generated by two factors: universities wanting to increase the number of tests for each subject, and wanting students to be experienced with using computers. Thus many tests become at home, with the computer, where cheating is soooooo easy.

Can you elaborate?

He was indeed very eepy, I can witness

Personally: etiquette.

Maps and dictionaries can mostly solve the other two problems, but if you come out as rude or do weird stuff, nobody is going to tell you and you could offend a bunch of people for nothing.

There are just so many holes in the discourse!

First, immigrants usually take unwanted jobs, jobs that are either low pay, high risk, low job security, or many other downsides. Then, obviously, they pay taxes “here”, so they contribute to the social net. Further, they on average use less of the social welfare programs. So none of their talking points is correct.

As an immigrant that “doesn’t look like an immigrant”: anti-immigration policies are almost all rooted in racism. Because somehow they never talk about me when they talk about banning all immigrants. Not the highly educated European. It’s “the others” that are the problem… [rage]

And about “immigrants stealing jobs”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_for_Britain

Disclaimer: I disagree with all of the following, this is vehemently not my opinion.

Immigrants come “here” and take our stuff: jobs and social services. There are just so many jobs going around, so having immigrants means there are less jobs for the locals. There is just so much for social services in the budget, so having immigrants drains more of those resources. Removing immigrants would on one hand free up entry-level jobs, on the other lighten the load on social services such as hospitals, doctors, schools, pensions and benefits of many types.

You might be interested in knowing that you hand write the serious backing behind you!

Do nothing agriculture: https://www.captainforest.com/the-do-nothing-permaculture-concept-by-masanobu-fukuoka/

Drought resistant seed selection: https://www.lepotagerdesante.com/ (in French)

The loss of long-form discourse is so noticeable in people’s interactions! In particular online, where everything is parceled and broken down to minimal length

I’m trying to picture what sort of necessity is that.

Oh no! My Instagram account can’t handle another boiled egg!

And Seneca (I think) complained of “these kids going partying until the early morning lights” and dressing “inappropriately”

“Those damn kids!”

Absolutely. I also want to point out how in some places reducing plastic consumption is so much easier than in others.

Anecdotal: I now live walking distance from a “no plastic” shop that mostly refills your own containers -veggies, dried and liquid stuff… my plastic consumption is most weeks only the milk bottles. I used to live in many other places in which a life like this was hard or outright impossible.

Support local movements to allow you to not use plastic, reuse and refills containers, or get rid of them.