There’s a cat in that image

You might be able to 2FA via text or phone call. That’s what I do. It’s bad enough I have to BYOD for a laptop. I don’t want MS BS on my personal phone as well

I wouldn’t know about biggest surprise, but I didn’t see the Red Hot Chili Peppers replacing guitar with keyboard. I really liked what John Frusciante and his predecessors had brought to the group. I went from a deep Peppers fan to not listening to anything post Stadium Arcadium

Crap, I use FMovies. If the site is making headlines like this I’m probably going to need another site soon

The greatest barrier to reducing climate change is the ultra wealth financing denialism of climate change and the tight grip they have on what the average person thinks is real through immense lobbying, owning media outlets and controlling what they publish, and unlimited disinformation campaigns. Maybe it’s frowned upon to talk about those things at such a rich university, but if you’re not talking about those things are you really helping the situation or are you maintaining the delusional status quo of “we can get to it when we get to it”

Jim sounds nice. I’d pet him for free, even without the $800

Bees that big would be nuts

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Belly time is a healthy way to relax

This is one of my favourite places on the internet <3

I’m male. My last partner and I split up about 6 years ago, which in retrospect I regret (but I didn’t know then what I know now). I think I’m about ready to try dating again. I share this to suggest that I can relate to missing a former partner for an extended period of time.

I think your main issue is that you have not grieved that your relationship with A is over, so you keep compulsively trying in vain to resurrect it somehow. The price you pay in not accepting reality is not being able to start your healing process in earnest. It won’t be easy, but you need to forgive your younger self, you need to accept that you don’t have a life and kids with A - you have the life that you have, and you’ll probably need to accept not letting this go for 30 years.

I think the thing that concerns me most in your post is that you seem to be at risk of doing the same thing to your current partner and kids - losing them because you’re focused on something else - that you did with A 30 years ago.

If I had to guess what drove you to emailing A now it’s probably marital and/or life discontent.

You have lots of life left to live, but you won’t start to live until you accept the life that you have. You need self-compassion my friend. You need to focus on your healing. You need to accept difficult truths. Wounds don’t heal when we pick at them often.

I hope some of that made sense. Please forgive my overly directive language in the interest of brevity. Take care <3

No snootiness was perceived :)

Fair enough, thanks for the info!

All AI, right?

I think for me this thing is a symbol of where we are and where we’re heading in terms of not being able to look away from ads

Well played ;)

I like the art! I had a laugh when I got to the 4th panel and then another when I realized the bear had a bong for some reason in the 1st panel :D

This was cute and uplifting :)

The corded phone is my favourite part :P

I believe the logic for taking blood pressure while sitting versus standing is that it typically produces a more reliable measurement, meaning that measurements taken today, tomorrow, and next week under the same conditions will be as similar as possible