How the hell is this not neglect?

There is always night soil.... Just watch how fast those diseases start to spread.

This is a sad day.

Company culture comes from top.
So.. very likely yes.

My hobbies can be considered torture for some people. It is 100% up to you what is boring or not.

If you want to do some crafting here is a list from the top of my head for cheap(ish) startup with kits online:

Leather working, wood carving, wood burning, miniature building (💀), bonsai, grow your own spices, epoxy kit for jewelry/dice/dominos, candle making, soap making, bath bombs, sourdough baking, beading, crochet, knitting, English paper piecing (💀), tatting, cross stitch (💀), embroidery, diamond painting, paper quilling, air dry / heat hardening modeling clay, model planes/cars/trains, miniature paiting (warhammer $$$), macrame / friendship bracelets, jigsaw puzzles, get a 10w laser cutter, 3d printing ($$$), coffee roasting/brewing, making beer / liquor, learning cocktails, cooking, baking.

I like this, this is just so bizarre and just so stupid.
If he wouldn't built it on a protected woodland I would even had a chuckle.
Fake art, illegal construction and scamming people. His defense at court was funny also:
"his forgery was so obvious that nobody could have reasonably believed it to be true."

I still have a laptop on me most of the time. So... at that point there is no reason for a phone being bigger than may laptop.

Depends, If you think Zoom calls same as phone - so conference and such is perfectly fine. Texting is just a short email/dm that you can take your time answering.
At that point it is just the matter of urgency.
A 15sec phone call don't need a laptop.
And before 2000s we were perfectly fine without those 15sec calls.

Just the sake of conversation: Phones and cell phones are really different.
A computer can be used as work phone - during work hours, and for that is perfectly fine. And it would drastically cut back on spam calls.
At home we had landlines and that was enough to call friends to make appointments and engagements. But these were more planning and not urgent things.
If you only look at the phone/digital leash aspect - then those mini phones in the early 2000 would suffice.
If you want the distraction machine aspect, I like to read on my phone and current sizing is fine for it. And for gaming... I think a handheld is better for that.

Attachment A asks Microsoft to return that identifier for every account that was a member of, or communicated with any of the three listed Discord servers between June 1, 2026 and the present, in addition to the three handles named in the filings.

I haven't looked in the directions of these servers... and I feel itchy.

An earlier tweet:

Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device. Current generation Motorola Signature (2026), Razr Fold (2026) and Razr Ultra (2026) are very close to meeting our requirements but lack MTE, adequate secure element integration and other features being added for 2027.

So a regular non-folding one is kinda confirmed.

I think it is expected from tourists to behave the way locals expect them to do. It seems this day required by law and even if it is a crappy law by outsider standards - it is still a local law...
You don't sneak out in North Korea and tell everyone about you ditching your escorts - you don't even think of smuggling drugs into certain countries. You don't start making loud fun about Muhammad in Islamic countries... And so on.

I like this new Chinese warfare. Releasing free AI models to undermine US firms, not letting US buy their rare earth minerals opening up a YouTube competitor.
These are all hurting the people wo are leeching the money out of the middle class, and making laws to keep 'em poor and stupid.
I'm not looking forward the upcoming economic crash, and the whole climate change thing happening.... But we all had it coming.

Being a tourist is not an exemption from local laws. That's why tourists got executed in some extreme cases before.
Do I think 1 year is too long? Yes. Do I think they deserve a punishment for being a criminal in the local sense? Also yes.

No that would mean no consequences for the criminal. If they just get away with a hand slap and a fee it means laws don't have a power over them and foreign money solves all problems.
Perfect way to turn yourself into a territory for plunder.
This act sends a message: do not disrespect our laws, don't come here and think you'll not be punished for your actions.

Aaand nobody cares.
And nothing will change. Not without drastic measures.

No pun on this one.
Maybe the interesting part: back in those days the sellers didn't provide any bags or baskets for the purchase.
Maybe she got the idea of how to carry more when all her bags were already full.

Honestly at this point I don't know what is propaganda and what isn't.

Do you have options for virtual attendance?

You can always clean the cloves and put them in a jar in the freezer :)