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The above speaks for me as well. If they provide a transcript I'll read it. Am also curious how to feed in bogus information. As for routers, the missus and I have heard such haircurling stuff about routers, especially TPLink (market dominating Chinese router with backdoor issues) which is what we've got atm, that we're thinking about yanking the whole mess out and using wifi hotspots through our cell service.

Photo seen in a news outlet writing about Trump's pretty young aides, in this case Margot Martin....I found it helpful that they drew a circle on the photo to help me distinguish which one was Margot.

Didn't watch, so thanks for summary. Stupid question: can't these TVs be put on a power strip, so they're essentially unplugged when one turns off the strip? We have all "dumb appliances" and a dumb tv with a Roku stick, so I hope we're not overly data-rich. I also shut off wifi router when not in use, which seems like a further buffer against spying. Also, don't most TVs with smart features allow factory wipe? If one doesn't mind having to type in a login occasionally, that would seem like another option for more opacity.

What Ex said. I had a job for a while that involved helping people with behavioral problems connect with their community so I was aware of the stigmatization. Humans tend to think of the mind as the soul, the body as the container - so physical disabilities or ailments aren't seen as reflecting on the inner person. If the perception is that someone's mind is clouded or unhinged, then this ancient programming kicks in and can lead to fearing and devaluing the person. People are more aware now, fortunately, that many mental conditions are a result of physical trauma or pathology snd there is a person much like themselves still in there trying to cope and get past some neurological damage. And this is much easier if more people are made aware, and not shunning people with mental problems. And there are people, a small minority, who seem to be psychopathic from an early age, and the stigma will remain because they are truly different and are capable of great harm to others. In my work, I met one such person, and it was quite difficult - I would feel a chill of fear in their presence, some deep instinct to get away ASAP. I recall meeting a friend a short time later and she asked me why my hands were cold. I am unsure if medicine can ever heal someone who is so broken in that way, but I would like to think it's possible.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/27/cockroaches-used-search-rescue-earthquakes-science-technology-australia When you're finished shuddering, you can read the article. Brief clip: For people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could one day be the difference between life and death. Biorobotics engineers have been working on the design of six-legged cyborg insects with cameras and miniature medical injectors for search and rescue missions. The roaches are designed to deliver emergency aid to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves or other places too dangerous for rescuers to reach.

That's Bishop Wilberforce's riddle, isn't it? A reader of The Guardian wrote in a viable answer in 1920: soap bubble. They suggested that the perplexing final hint, "If my name can’t be guessed by a boy or a man, by a woman or girl it certainly can," was explained by the fact that "bubble" was an archaic slang for breast.

Good morning, downvoter! Might help to understand that the OP is fond of palindromes, of which this is an example. Was not meant seriously or to demean Mr Sunak - simply referencing Farage's personal attack of Sunak a couple years ago. If you feel that Farage did NOT unjustly attack Sunak, then perhaps we could discuss this, rather than taking anonymous potshots via the DV function?

Well, he did defeat an intergalactic space warrior in the Clacton by-election. Perhaps he too can start wearing a garbage bin on his head and that will reduce the facial liabilities. Those were the days, my friend. When it was still possible to self-identify as a Fascist. Now it's all this sneaky "soft fascism," prancing around in democratic sheep's clothing. He would be a cabinet secretary by now, at minimum.

Emily's friend Nik Akin is a comic book illustrator known for his work on the Xena: Warrior Princess series. He struggled to capture Lucy Lawless's lovely complexion. Nik's detail of Xena: an exfoliated skin.

Curious what the conflicting statements were? Presoak is widely recognized, ditto adding lemon juice or vinegar. One can also do a bit of fermentation by adding a dollop of yoghurt to an overnight soak. As @sethoflagos was asking, yes, lactobacillus fermentation is pretty effective. Interesting about microwaves - I'll have to look that up. Calcium issues are usually more about getting enough magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin D and K2 which help metabolize the Ca properly and aid uptake. Western diets usually have massive calcium - even non-dairy milk substitutes tend to have lots of added calcium. From what I've gleaned on anti nutrients, spinach might be one to watch in terms of calcium uptake. But iirc that's mainly oxalate binding with the calcium that's already in the leaf. I don't think the oxalate binds with calcium in other foods you eat that day.

Leg in Sunak anus, Nigel? Sorry, wrong thread.

Moontan is sole-ly responsible for that posting.

I've answered this before, both on websites and in one of my jobs. Though phytic acid is often portrayed as an antinutrient villain on various amateur-run food websites, the professional consensus is that the mineral uptake inhibition is a rather weak effect and not significant for those without a pathological GI condition or severely limited diet. If one is worried, simply soaking oats (or other grain including the bran) overnight in excess water with a spoonful of lemon juice will neutralize the phytic acid. Then pour off the excess water in the morning. Same with beans. But most people in rich western nations eat canned beans - the pre-soak and cooking has already been done and taken care of the phytates. (Sourdough bread lovers may be happy to learn their phytates have been neutralized, as well) If you had, say, intestinal lesions from years of undiagnosed coeliac disease, then taking the extra steps might be worth your time. Check with a doctor and/or registered dietitian first.

Really? This is quite a serious charge, that public funds are being spent on private religious facilities. Do you have documentation for this, along with what percent of taxes go to mosques v public infrastructure and services? Have you contacted a national law enforcement group? Which shops? What percent of retail merchants? How much of this is due to general economic downturn and poverty, as opposed to being due to immigrants with some agenda? Where are these money laundering places documented, such that they came to your attention? Where did you see, or hear of this? Has this happened to your children? How often is "often" and what kinds of propositions or threats are made? Is the rate of such incidents higher than in largely native-born areas with comparable income levels? What is the average age of the child, in such encounters? Are we talking more about sixteen year old girls getting wolf whistles or 9 year old boys being recruited for pedophile rings? Such details matter, in terms of level of police response. And again, where might we access documentation of your claims? Not to mention insulting the scientific method which sees personal anecdotes and rumours as not constitutive of evidence. This being a science forum, this might be something Sunshine wants to amend.

I can't even begin to imagine reading the mindbending riddles of Kafka on the Shore is one sitting. "Nakata is not very bright." Murakami novels seem to me magical and having much warmth with interesting characters, but I don't get pulled along the way conventional plots can. Haven't read Kara and the Sun, but have it reserved at the library since I heard they were making a film version. I guess this is OT, since neither book is likely to answer the question of totalitarian ideologies and good faith debates. Or maybe Kara does have some totalitarian elements in its future society, based on the description I've read. 😀

Goldsworthy, How Rome Fell, seemed meticulous in its research to me, if you ever do get back to big, heavy, hardbound. My experience of about five years of retirement is that momentum is everything - i.e. don't ever stop reading books.

Some excitement here - we live about 25 miles from the detector, located at the SURF Lab, in the old Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, SD. DK if they still have Neutrino Days*, but that was an annual weekend up there when you could visit the lab. Possibly the only nerd tourist attraction in the Black Hills. OK, there's a geology museum in Rapid City, too. Sort of. * WIMP Days was also considered but for some odd reason didn't make the final cut.

This flurry of ludicrous and unsupported assertions about the plight of the white male and the notion that gaining civil rights somehow hobbled the prospects of white males. And that Trump sees a truth that somehow had not been noticed. This kind of race-baiting drivel is the heart and soul of totalitarian ideologies and their leveraging of grievance and xenophobia. And also your notion that the man needs "to have power" over his family, and that this can't be achieved when women have equal rights, compensation and opportunities to pursue careers that interest them...this sounds like sexist trolling of a very stupid variety.

No sarcasm whatever. I've often understood vast stretches of history by reading wiki entries for an hour. Just a few days ago, I learned that World War Two killed millions and left entire cities in ruins. Apparently it was quite a mess. I wanted to write a strongly worded letter, asking they not do this sort of thing again! And I think your protection of career politicians and their families by not voting for them is quite the clever strategy. Especially if they're Black. We don't want Black people attaining political office if they have adorable children and lovely spouses who probably haven't heard of racism.

An hour! Well done, you! This is quite the revelation. That's so nice of you, to be looking out for his family for him. Really, I'm inspired and henceforth will not vote for any candidate with adorable children.

I was thinking more about him investing millions in a president who loathes electric cars and the infrastructure they require. Nor does Musk's large battery (for utilities) initiative get much respect from the Turnip. It is true that agencies like NASA maintain contracts with SpaceX, and saved it from bankruptcy, but am not sure how much that owes to the Turnip. Just saying - maybe Musk has done better bribing county officials in Texas.

I suspect the Milo ejection was just for show. "See? We're not racist! We will even deport white Englishmen!" Milo was convenient, since Loomer had already put a target on his back, so they could kill two birds with one stone. This would make Timothy Mellon and Elon Musk the worst investors in the history of the nation.

"Dear" Mr POTUS, Why are you and your MAGA brigade so afraid of letting people vote? Could it be that your policies and leadership really suck? AP NewsPostal Service work to comply with Trump's executive orde...A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting couldThe U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The effort is part of the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting and has been temporarily halted by a federal judge. The ruling is being appealed by the administration and the directive may ultimately end up back before the U.S. Supreme Court. The disclosure from the unidentified whistleblower contends that the Postal Service has been scrambling to try to build a complex system that would normally take a year or more in only three months, sometimes in defiance of the judge’s orders halting work. The goal is to have it ready for use in the midterm elections. (...) A report by the Brookings Institution published in 2025 found that mail voting fraud occurred in only about four cases out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.

Straw Lager (tin keg), a mallard Dr. - all? A mage knit regal warts. Bomb mallard, eh, taco? No deities use I, tied on, O cathedral lamb mob.