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They are using a private organization structure to try to loophole the civil rights act. Of course, it's a violation none the less, just with extra steps.

IANAL, so I don't really know how you'd build a case against them, let alone one that the current supreme court would actually hear (if that case would even get that far). The Supreme Court can absolutely say the quiet part out loud without saying anything, simply by refusing to hear the case. It's also entirely possible that this organization could get struck down by courts at such a low level that the ruling has no substantive effect outside their county or the state.

Fighting bigots has always required grassroots efforts in conjunction with federal support. Remember, the last time a president deployed the National Guard to a state without the governor's (of that state) approval before the recent California incident was when Lyndon Johnson sent the National Guard in to protect the civil rights of students against this kind of institutional racism at the local level. But, as you say, this administration has obviously abdicated their responsibility the rule of law and the rights of most of the population.

It doesn't work. Too much heat on the outside, but not enough time for that heat to get to the inside of an even slightly thick cut, especially if it's frozen. Phase changes take a lot more energy to cross than simply heating through the same temperature change. That's also why those fake ice cube things that aren't water (stone, metal, etc.) really suck at actually chilling a drink as well as plain old ice.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

2 hours max in the danger zone. More than that will get people sick.

Air frying a frozen chicken is like the perfect way to burn the outside while keeping the inside raw.

The Google Nest Mini is a smart speaker, not the smart thermostat with a similar name.

I mean, come on. Being not too proud to ask for help, allowing someone else to feel useful and genuinely being appreciative of their help? That's pretty fucking hot to be honest. Maybe I'm a slut for being made to feel useful and appreciated.

OG sandals involved socks always. Granted fashion has changed a bit over the various millennia since the invention of sandals and socks.

Strange New Worlds catches the feels of TOS without feeling dated. It honors the best of TOS, Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager, but leaves behind the parts that don't really work anymore. There are women on the bridge and Rick Berman's shadow is long gone. Although there is still some interpersonal drama, it doesn't feel nearly as center stage as it did in Discovery, focusing more on the adventure and focusing less on ACTING-centric monologues that made Discovery unbearable sometimes. I wouldn't call the politics luke warm, though they are maybe a more subtle and less center stage than they were in Discovery. In general, my feeling is that Strange New Worlds has distanced itself from all the parts of Discovery that didn't work for me.

My chief gripe is that Spock is often way more emotional than makes sense.

-A millennial that watched every episode of Next Generation at least twice, once when they aired and again from VHS tapes when my dad got home from work. I guess I've watched them all way more than twice now.

Old enough to know what the Internet sounds like and to have actually made mixtapes on tape.

Being much closer to her height than his I can confidently say that's just not true, short of your feet literally hanging off the end of a bed. You just have bad posture, bad form, and don't stretch.

Why? Height doesn't automatically equate to back problems. Uneven weight distribution (belly, boobs, etc.), poor stretching habits, lack of excerise, bad posture/form/lifting, or injury equate to back problems at ANY height.

I've always just wiped the squeaky hinges down with petroleum jelly because it's what was immediately on hand. I don't bother wiping away too much of the extra closest to the moving bits. It works its way into the hinges well enough. It doesn't smell. I've yet to have to re-apply to any hinge, even years later.

Not just typical. It should be celebrated. I for one throughly enjoy seeing cross cultural exchanges of any creative type. Exotic doesn't need to be derogatory or dehumanizing. (it's really unfortunate that it most often is.) Everybody is exotic somewhere.

Git gud.

This is only looking at emissions. It's absolutely not considering the consequences of the heavy metal mining that is required to produce those massive batteries. It also totally ignores the problem of how to dispose of, reuse, or recycle those old batteries once they can no longer be effective in your vehicle.

Obviously we ultimately need to dump internal combustion engines, but focusing solely on emissions is a kind of green washing meant to convince you to consume. The 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) continue to be the most effective way for an individual to limit their environmental impact. Those first 2 R's are all about reducing by taking public transport and re-using that older car (and keeping it well maintained to reduce consumption), not going out to buy the newest electric swastika.

All of those kinds of communities, where people tell anecdotes about their lives, turned into creative writing excerises for wannabe authors long before we had to worry about AI slop. TIFU, AmITheAsshole, RelationshipAdvice, etc. were all getting pretty derivative and sensational for clicks long before the exodus. Now they're all either that or illiterate attention seekers showing off the results of their latest LLM prompts. I liked those stories too, but I don't want anything to do with any of those communities anymore. It all just turned into a training ground for LLMs generating engagement. YouTube still tries to force those dumb AI story voiceover videos to me constantly. We used to joke that "nothing ever happens", but everyday that sentiment feels a little less cynical and a little more real.

Why did the Thinkpad 701 become a cult legend in computer history?

It was the expanding butterfly keyboard that gave you an 11.5" wide keyboard from a 10" wide laptop. Super cool for its day, but not really a problem that needs solving anymore. Nobody seems to be clamoring for the nipple mouse anymore either.

Pineapple pizza really is kinda meh by itself. But, pineapple + jalapeno + a salty/savory topping like pepperoni can be amazing.

Semi-tangential non-sequitor: The news algorithms offered up the recipe for an "Italian treat" recently that had me appalled and curious in the same way I expect pineapple pizza haters are. It was very ripe cantaloupe slices wrapped in prosciutto. I don't even really know what to say. I just don't want to be alone in knowing about that monstrosity.

YOU usually couldn't tell. I guarantee that everyone else can tell.

Excerise doesn't make you instantly stink, you'll just smell like sweat. The stink happens over time as bacteria eat that sweat, regardless of how much you sweat. Since you're not regularly washing away those bacteria and their byproducts, you will stink.