Jesus how fucked is this. 4 posts into the feed and that's enough internet for me today.

Anderson has been carrying her U.S. passport on her at all times since receiving the email

Christ what is this timeline

fetal bovine serum (FBS)... is derived from the blood of calf fetuses after their pregnant mothers are slaughtered by the meat or dairy industry.

I did not know this... and after reading the wiki, I found it rather disturbing...

The first stage of the production process for FBS is the harvesting of blood from the bovine fetus after the fetus is removed from the slaughtered cow. The fetus dies from the lack of oxygen by remaining in the protective environment of the uterus for a minimum of 15–20 minutes after the cow is dead...

I copied it via Google Lens and pasted into a file to read.

::: spoiler YMMV. Dear

Thank you for you

I am so glat you are interested in stick insects Tattoo and when I was your age talve kept son. They are indred fascinating

There are at least two thousand five hundred different species world-wide Most come from the tropics and only a love spectes ever reach this coustry. Sowstifically speaking they belong to groep called the Pharmaton which coesaink bei enguthe left and the stick insects

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The one of which you sent me a photograph, however is tot, howeverak sext. ft's a leaf insect. There are many many ferent species of these as well They vary in the food they prefer and many eat other kinds of leaves than the hawthorn and be and which you say yours perfer. Many of them are even more Chelves than yours, with owtht on their legs that look

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1. Meditating (not very good at it, but getting better and it's seriously helping)
2. Blocking Reddit on my router, blocking political communities in Lemmy
3. A consistent, normal sleeping schedule (a bedtime routine is more important than a morning routine, imo)
4. Yoga every morning to help my body work with me throughout the day
5. Reading more books
6. Getting outside more often
7. Paying closer attention to the thoughts that cross through my mind and stopping them when they're not helpful - this also helped me realize the underlying anxiety that's been with me for who knows how many years
8. Drinking more water

Edit: Oh I also:

• Quit drinking alcohol, almost at the 1 year mark
• Quit smoking weed, almost at 2 months fully sober now

I did these things one at a time, not everything at once. Mostly just sharing what I did here, but if you plan to do the same - listen to yourself. Start with #7 imo so you get a better idea of what you're up against. If it feels like too much, take a step back and slow down. You're not failing when you do this, you're helping your future self not fail entirely.

Link to GoFundMe if any interested, since it wasn't in this or any other article I could find https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-sakir-everett-a-brave-student

Hey thanks! I gave up Facebook, Twitter, and the like many years ago. I browsed Reddit endlessly until the API fiasco, switched to kbin for a bit, then gave it all up for a few months. Got bored one day and found my kbin link was dead, so I switched to Lemmy and just realized I've been getting hooked again - thus experiencing this same vicious circle.

Time to give it up again and get back to real life, my morning routine has definitely been slacking. Maybe I'll find a podcast to keep up on the latest while working out.

E: formatting

You should seriously look into that, that guy could have killed you and might kill someone else.

Can't believe I'm about to say this, but hear me out ... take a gander at "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

For the record, every time someone mentioned this to me, I'd cringe with disgust. I avoided it for most of my life because I viewed the content as a way to manipulate people. And yeah, maybe it kinda is, but at its core, it explains human psychology and the way our brains really work. We're just kinda selfish, ya know? Most of us need to get before we even think about giving. We've got a lot to worry about and too much to focus on sometimes.

Idk, maybe there are better books out there, better references, etc. But that book helped me with a lot of my social issues, improved relationships with my coworkers, etc. To me, it's more than just a "Tell them why they want it before even asking them" type of thing, it helped me understand the other person's point of view better, helped me empathize with their needs before charging through, full speed ahead. Instead of thinking "this is a really good idea, everyone should back me", I think more about how it would actually benefit others instead of "this is what I want, we should do it".

Were you hoping for "the one's she's dating"? 😂

In all seriousness OP, I'm very happy for you and glad things have turned out so well for you!

Attempt at organizing said drawer of ours

Probably this?

Tbf, it's not really the IT grunts pouring their heart and soul into this trend. It's more the top-level execs seeing more $$ in their pockets at EOQ/EOY bonus time by hiring fewer 6-figure employees and relying more on AI hallucinogenic LLMs, while the grunts dabble with it fight with the stupid piece of shit just so they can say "Yeah sure I used X AI program to help speed this up" appease these idiots who believe it's their saving grace.

Source: Am dev/grunt dealing with said idiots. Opinion likely biased, take with grain of salt.

Username checks out

Ha, reminded me of this old gem

I don't believe you'd be a constructive contributor here—or anywhere

Jesus did they use AI to generate their response, too

My landlord is really awesome, I didn't realize tipping them was a thing we should do. What's the etiquette for this? Monthly? Only when a service is needed? Etc

The more moss was a lie

Potentially goth, as well.