Per the article 'Four of the detained Americans have admitted they brought the ammunition — but by mistake.'

When I got mine in they gave me local anesthesia, and it was still the most painful experience of my life. Turns out rummaging around in your innards produces a type of pain unlike anything I've ever felt. I truly can't imagine how awful it must be without any anesthesia.

Actually in most of the US prisoners are explicitly required or just "encouraged" to work ("More than three quarters of incarcerated people surveyed (76%) report facing punishment—such as solitary confinement, denial of sentence reductions, or loss of family visitation—if they decline to work.") And of course if they get compensated at all it's typically literal pennies per hour. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds

But you're right that the lack of alternative leisure time activities definitely encourages getting jacked and reading.

Me on public transit in any outfit because public transit rocks

I took a trip to Mumbai last year and immediately developed a cold after arriving. When I mentioned it to my friends I was there to see they said that's totally normal for people visiting just due to the air pollution. It's no joke.

And then imagine living in New Delhi where the air pollution is on average nearly 3x worse than Mumbai.

There's nothing to be gained from Cloudflare lying about this. It honestly makes them look worse if the outage was caused internally vs if it had been due to an attack

I love how women "often" dying in childbirth is the ideal situation

The way this man goes from maniacally driven to bring the monster to life to immediately swooning with disgust and horror once he succeeded is wild. He truly refused to think about the consequences of his actions. Victor Frankenstein is a shortsighted coward. Justice for the wretch!

Personally I love to bake, so when I first moved into my current apartment I made a bunch of small coffee cakes and just cold knocked on the doors of all my neighbors one evening. Some folks weren't home, but for the people I did meet it broke the ice and set us up to chat more when we ran into each other in the hall. And I was lucky enough to even make 3 good friends who I trade pet/plant care and favors with!

This exercise also quickly identified some people that I would not be friends with and that was valuable too.

Aromantic and asexual are distinct, but often confused.

Aromantic/aro: an individual who feels little or no romantic attraction to others. These folks may still have relationships or hookups, but generally don't find those evolving into long-term romantic love or monogamy.

Asexual/ace: an individual who feels little or no sexual attraction to others. These folks may still have relationships or hookups but generally don't feel a specific drive to engage in sex or other physical intimacy with people.

Anyone on either of these spectrums can still have relationships of any type, and anyone on either of these spectrums can still be an asshole in those relationships. Aro people generally don't form individual romantic bonds, but unless they're also ace/asexual they are still as sexual as anyone else. As a result, it might appear that they are a bit of a player (sex without long term attachment).

If she is indeed aro but not ace and is in a monogamous relationship, she's likely not in the best situation for someone with those leanings. It sounds to me like she wants out of the relationship but isn't willing to be honest about it and is trying to get OP to end it.

I actually have a related question that I'm curious to hear takes on. I'm a leftist, and I own a 1-bed apartment where two good friends of mine rent the apartment right next door. Their landlord is planning to sell next year, and they don't have the ability to buy it. So depending on who does buy the place, my friends could be out of a home. My sister and I could combine finances to buy their unit (with a mortgage), and ensure that my friends could stay where they are. This would be a bit of a financial burden but doable, and we would need to charge rent to pay back the mortgage.

Would this be a net good or a net evil? I feel very conflicted about potentially being a landlord (especially for friends) but also don't want them to need to move.

It varies based on local legislation, so in some places paying ransoms is banned but it's by no means universal. It's totally valid to be against paying ransoms wherever possible, but it's not entirely black and white in some situations.

For example, what if a hospital gets ransomed? Say they serve an area not served by other facilities, and if they can't get back online quickly people will die? Sounds dramatic, but critical public services get ransomed all the time and there are undeniable real world consequences. Recovery from ransomware can cost significantly more than a ransom payment if you're not prepared. It can also take months to years to recover, especially if you're simultaneously fighting to evict a persistent (annoyed, unpaid) threat actor from your environment.

For the record I don't think ransoms should be paid in most scenarios, but I do think there is some nuance to consider here.

Changing your legal gender is not what makes someone trans. There are tons of trans folks that never change their legal gender for lots of different reasons, even if they're theoretically able to. It's just one of the steps that trans folks might take, and not typically an early step, but it's by no means a binary that defines whether someone is trans or not.

The story I've heard is that he took a nosedive in effectiveness as CEO when his son died in 2022 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-son-dead-26-company-says-rcna18320). No idea how true that is, but 2022ish does seem to have been a turning point for Microsoft in terms of strategy and how well the company is run.

I'm a ho for orecchiette, I just love how toothsome it is. Maybe not the absolute #1 for sauce retention but I'm all about that texture.

Real talk, do you chomp it raw like chips? Or do you like . . . suck on it until it softens??

Hey! Just so you know "eskimo" is actually a slur used to refer the Inuit people (https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2017/11/commentary--edmonton-eskimos-is-a-racial-slur-and-its-time-to-stop-using-it.html).

And we do! Usually it's American/British kids that get caught after going after high profile targets because they're kids and they're dumb. Some of the more well known groups (e.g. Scattered Spider, The Com) specifically recruit minors to do the hands on keyboard operations because they're less likely to get time than adults. Most resourced hackers are not stupid enough to launch operations against Western organizations from countries with extradition agreements.

https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/scattered-spider-mgm-hackers-indictment/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/uk-charges-four-in-scattered-spider-ransom-group/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scattered-spider-hacker-gets-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/

No one rejected them! Although I can't confirm whether everyone ate them lol. None of my neighbors reciprocate with baked goods, so can't comment on that, but I am satisfied with the trade even just for good will for me and my barky dog.

But I can confirm that I have baked for years, and have passed out enough goods around the building that no one has cause to mistrust me. I definitely wouldn't have gone this route if I wasn't a competent baker.

Eem (Thai) and Gado Gado (Indonesian) are two personal favorites! Both have really delicious food and drinks.