He sees the Russian oligarchs, basically medieval duchies where they’re a law unto themselves (unless they piss off papa Putin, then it’s out the window) and thinks that’s a pretty neat deal.

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I believe our consciousnesses are narrative based. That’s the magic. Every thought idea etc is a narrative.

Stack up a bunch of narratives, hormones, and a grab bag of whatever instincts a few hundred million years of evolution has trickled down, shove it all in a meat sack, and viola! Behold a human!

Archive.is is pretty good. Not 100% but usually works

Usually just Kiiiittttyyyyy sung like an opera over and over. Maybe with some Italian sounding noises thrown in.

Idk, I feel like landlords would just jack prices by whatever the ubi payments are. Ubi is a good idea for sure, but it’s only a piece.

150ish miles

Just the Wikipedia app from the android app store

I just looked and it turns out I do have a tea store in town! Just opened in the last few months. Gonna stop in and sniff around a bit

Definitely going to give the lapsing a try. Ty for the rec!

Definitely darker. I’ve been digging the straight black teas. I don’t hate green tea, but I’ve been gravitating towards the breakfast blends.

Ya, I need to get off the bags. I had no idea about the micro plastics. I’m running by my kitchen store here in the next few days and buying a basket strainer.

How do you brew yours? I’ve also seen the little baskets on a string. It seems like that could work. Idk the basket seems like the most straight forward easiest thing to do.

I’m not sure how I feel about the flavors, I always hated them in coffee, I’m hesitant to order flavored tea.

I absolutely don’t heat water in the microwave! I have a kettle like any other good god-fearing man.

However as a person who recently got into tea I’d love to hear recommendations on tea. I recently got a box of Yorkshire gold that’s been pretty good to me

As a guy who recently got into tea, any recommendations? I got a box of Yorkshire gold, it’s pretty good, but almost tastes a little… chalky? Malty I suppose is the word. It’s good, I’m not complaining, but would be interested to hear recs from someone who knows what’s what

Idk about running sims, but I switched over a yearish ago. It was a release of anxiety I didn’t even know I was carrying around with me. Just a break from the relentless capitalization and enshittification that windows jams down your throat at every given moment. It’s so nice having a system that doesn’t spy on me, does what I want when I want it, and never locks me out for any reason. I don’t have to reset the privacy settings after every update. It works faster too. 10/10 recommend.

Murderbot is great, I’ll second that rec. I also really enjoyed the Revelation Space series.

Second this. The audio book is the way to go on this one.

Freedom fries and ho-downs

We’re a long way from famine. We may have to eat food we’re unaccustomed to. We may be forced into vegetarianism. Lots of grains, whatever vegetables can be harvested mechanically. But the amount of food this continent can produce is truly phenomenal.

A garden is a good idea