Hit day 36 in a row. Thought I was keeping up with the Hiragana, but apparently not. Wants me to do another 15 or so lessons on that. Now down to 8. I could just move forward, but my completionist brain.
Hit day 36 in a row. Thought I was keeping up with the Hiragana, but apparently not. Wants me to do another 15 or so lessons on that. Now down to 8. I could just move forward, but my completionist brain.
29 days in a row now. As I go through my vocab, I'm just now realizing how many words I have an incomplete understanding of. I suppose it's the emphasis on communicating verbally. Many words where I would expect a wa character (わ), I'm seeing the particle character (は).
We are living out the movie The Wave. Our 2 party system has made people more concerned with their team and winning "the game" than actual human life. The fascists are winning because they are willing to cheat--and proud of it.
I kinda don't even want to break the seal @thecrashcourse.bsky.social
Happy birthday. Side note, people are now legally allowed to call you "almost 40". Sorry, I don't make the rules.
As an appendectomy survivor myself, wishing you the best.
Good night sweet prince 🫡
Isn't that the literal character arc in Gran Torino
Day 17. Still working at it every day. Pretty good grasp of the basic Hiragana characters, at least with flash cards --the rs are kind of making me angry--. Not as much progress as I'd like with Japanese for Busy People, but I pick at it still
You're welcome
Day 11. Kept my Duolingo steak going. Started using Anki for Hiragana learning; still using Duolingo character training, as well. For some more "proper", structural, learning I got a copy of Japanese for busy people from the library (revised 3rd edition).
7 days, 2 units done --in addition to Hiragana work--. Feels like I'm retaining info. Some of the longer audio bits are still scary. I also found a YouTube channel I think I'll use for supplemental work, like reading and writing
Are we still allowed to eat them raw? Like, right out of the pod?
Everytime I see Sailor Moon, I'm reminded of the time my friends and I tried the TTRPG system. The GM brought in a Tuxedo Mask style NPC. Before he could get a full intro, one of the players just started calling him Thong Bowtie. The name stuck
Having moved on to new words, and starting characters, my brain is fried. I am happy to see that the Hiragana progression is kind of related to the chapters and the new chapters keep bringing up old words
So, the Duolingo panel is kind of an emotional rollercoaster over the course of the day. Love that. Realizing I might need to up to an hour a day.
There is a non-zero chance I get to go to Japan for work. Sounds like 3 months or so. Day 1 of trying to learn Japanese on the cheap with Duolingo.
PBS funding solved in 3 seconds through addiction
For what it's worth, anyone that went to see the new Jurassic World (I'm one of them) wasted their time and money. Hadn't gone to the theater since I saw Dune
For better or worse, this is one of the things that keeps me going. I want to be there when the history books dump on the Roberts Court. When his court is recognized for hurting the US more than any other court and being the antithesis of the Warren Court.
We need a PSA to all artists that red lobsters are dead and cooked... my dad used to complain about the old Maine license plates a lot and it ruined of on me
BBC does on with that model
This reminds me of The Creative Assembly and Hyenas
Today I've seen Grok provide factual information in direct contrast to Musk's wishes and Tucker Carlson take Ted Cruz to task. What even is this world right now?
Also, no commute means more time to engage outside of work. They are conflating w@h with isolation. Given that many people didn't consider it real work until COVID, I can see where someone not actually thinking about it would make that mistake
Thanks for reminding me to call my dad. Thought about it all week then spaced it all day until I read this.
You've done God's work this day. Thank you for your service.
Yes. Just yes. Thank you sir.
Stop looking at my screen. So what if the tab had been open for ~5 days. For some of us, deadlines are starting guns. First time contributor. Happy to be here
While I hide behind the anonymity of the Internet, I am a Colin. You've inadvertently put me in the position of defending the 1 L or agreeing with AI. I will be crying myself to sleep tonight.
The power of yoga is real. My aunt has been doing it daily for years. Can still do lotus pose after a knee replacement.
God damn it @hankgreen.bsky.social, this is all you fault. Now it has an actual number, so I have to care about it.
Update, Finally reached the Governor's office. I think they changed their IVR, there's now an option to leave a message or speak with an agent. To prepare anyone trying to speak to a human, I waited for an agent. Took about 20 minutes. The hold music is a 43 second loop.
Senator ✅ Assembly member ✅ Senate majority leader ✅ Assembly speaker ✅ Governor Hochul: Due to larger than normal call volumes, there are waits of up to 90 minutes please call back later. Good thing I've got all day.
True, but to convict would require proof of intent, which is very difficult. However, this law would allow people to accuse others they don't like who happen to be wearing a mask. Even if it can't be proven, this could be crippling to the accused. I personally see little upside and a lot of downside
So, I just read this thing. Just seems like something a bigot would use to accuse someone else of a crime or use to justify violence. There is basically zero up side to this law and a whole lot of potential downside. Glad I have Mondays off to make some calls
*ground pork
That's how my family makes tourtiere. Half ground beef, half getting pork. It's amazing.
If you haven't yet, I recommend trying Amtrak. You generally want a destination, but for anything under 800 or so miles, give it a shot.
Used 1 hint, then brute forced the rest. At least they are all real words
The US had a legal system, not a justice system. Not defending it, that just is what it is currently.
Fun fact. -40 is where Fahrenheit and Celsius are the same temp. Only seen it once that I recall. Grew up in Maine
Speak a second language
Adventures are never fun while you're having them.
Yes
10/10, would read again
If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have "I case magic missile at the darkness". Just sayin'...
I’ve learned that these carefully worded statements are worth some attention. www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
I just hope there's a history lesson about space invaders accidentally creating the difficulty progression standard used in all games afterwards.
That may, or may not..., have made me laugh more than I'm comfortable with
Having not thought about it that way... the truth of that scares me in ways I wasn't prepared for
That is the correct answer to the situation
I got my friends 4yo to request Slipknot in the car and say she loves Slipknot. My friend put it on and turned up the volume a bit for about 20 seconds as a lesson to not blindly say you like something.
When we had TV, I enjoyed In Living Color and didn't realize it was an all black comedy show and how big a deal that was. I enjoyed watching it and that was all that mattered to me. It could have been me writing that tweet if I hadn't been willing to take in new information and learn
I grew up in the 80s and 90s in the middle of Maine. Without cable or antenna TV for most of that as well. This was how I thought for a while. I didn't see it and I figured people would just treat people like people. I had to learn a lot in college. Not every one is willing to lean and grow
Just make sure you set up to give a disapproving stare when they come through the door, ask them why they didn't call, and let them know how worried you were
And on appeal, 5th circuit. The finest judge shopping in the land
I remember writing down MegaMan codes, only to find out it was level only, and not power ups. I went through all stages of grief that day
I grew up in Maine. This might be worse than the old flag, all things considered. And now I'm sad
Has anyone actually met someone that thinks it's true? I'm under the impression that everyone knows it's just dumb fun, except the Rs. Do they realize they are making it more fun by responding?
Even the pessimists on the other site are daring to hope
Good luck writers, I salute you... x.com/Turkewitz/st...
Create an RTS/ARPG hybrid with no pre-orders or GoFundMe money. Epic exclusive, obviously.
Adam Conover had a Factually episode on plants about a month ago. Some good nuggets in there. Some plants can recognize family and adjust their "behavior" based on proximity to them. Good listen
This is why we can't have nice things. Pull it together Long Island
One can only hope
I'd argue everyone has to hear it at least once, like the trolley problem. Realizing their flaws takes intellect and thought. You are absolutely correct but not everyone can get there without help. If they should know better and repeat it or try to argue the point, then they can fk right the fk off
I wouldn't have... Now I can't unsee it
And the downside is...?
I really want to like this post, but I have the mind of a 12 year old and I can't be the one to run this
A fantastic analogy is easily in my top 5 favorite things. This one feels (near) perfect.
I'm still going to watch every season of Sandman they put out. Hate watch, maybe, but watch none the less. Was the source material for my freshman year writing course
I'm not optimistic with the current state of SCOTUS. They took the Idaho case, lifted the injunction of the law in question, caused multiple women to have to be flown out of Idaho, then said "whoops, our bad we shouldn't have taken this in an election year" and sent it back to the 5th circuit.
Sold it at the coffee shop I worked at in college. The thing that scares me about tiramisu is that it tastes and feels lighter than it has any right to. That much energy should not leave you thinking "I could have another..."
Everyone that knows they're weird embraces it like a badge of honor. Weird people that don't realize how weird they are get confused at the label. The former group is currently crushing the latter to our great entertainment
It's been a steady decline ever since Google got the monopoly. As kind of a "fun" side note, in 2018 Google removed "do no evil" from its code of conduct. I think they also had it on a wall somewhere and removed that as well.
I'm to lazy to look out up right now, but didn't this go to the supreme Court a few decades ago and even Scalia sided with the majority saying it was a protected action even though he despised the idea of it
Saw this on twitter. Figured since Sunday was my first political donation, I might as well go all in. Signed up for tomorrow. Let's start pulling our own weight white guys mobilize.us/s/QxGNHR
Pretty sure consensual is the issue there. They don't want women to have a choice.
Same overall effect in my mind. People at the bottom won't notice the difference. The "cost of doing business" just shifts for the companies
I'm pretty sure the anti-capitalist bit is wrong. Trump wants unregulated capitalism. Public figure just saying words to pick a side. So you can continue to despise him for being worse than useless. For the first but, remember, even a broken clock is right twice a day
I don't know much about campaign finance, but pretty sure Harris will always have more money. Pretty sure she still gets to use the Biden/Harris funds
This has to be the bottom, right? It only goes up from here? I'm just gonna keep telling myself that.
Haven't been on a roller coaster in a while... No idea if I'm gonna spend the whole time vomiting or if after the first drop I'll start getting into it and realizing it's not *that* bad.
And money. Harris gets access to the full Biden/Harris war chest.
I just got around to this today. Thank you, I needed that after this week.
Never read a full order before now... are book references normal?
I've had this thought for a while so I'm posting it in tangentially related thread. On a scale of 1 to 45, how oblivious am I to think 1 State solution is better than 2?
Thank you. I'm part of the group that needed that.
Joined the HS math team in 8th grade, never took a study hall (lots of electives), and did extra work on our school computers after school (upgrades, installs, laying network cable, etc)