Wondering what affordable shaving cream in a tin, or shaving soap you recommend? Trying to avoid stuff that comes in plastic tubes or spray cans. Much appreciate any suggestions!

Fold down bed. No kitchen. No pop top. Up to 300 mile range available. Starting at around 61,000 euro price tag.

Just saw this disclaimer on an ad.

1. Thats just weird.
2. That makes me not want to buy your product.
3. I’m surprised there was a disclaimer. Is there a law in the US making them admit this? Because that would surprise me too.

Because of course they do.

Thought this was interesting. Some of the unspent money was set aside ten years ago according to the article.

Would’ve been a nice callback, like the X Files episode with Darren McGavin.

This is from a city budget that’s already in deficit and cutting services. What a boondoggle.

https://www.statesman.com/news/local/article/austin-budget-deficit-service-cuts-property-tax-22215872.php

Despite battery storage being available now, and being cheaper, council votes to buy a new natural gas peaker plant that won’t be available for seven years.

A reminder of why it is stupid for governments to name things after people. It costs $1 million to change the signage to that person’s name. Then another million to change it back when you later decide that person is problematic.

Today I learned the metric equivalent of horsepower is, horsepower. You’d think someone would have come up with a better name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

Got a notice in the mail that Texas gas has applied to raise rates yet again. This is in addition to the over $20 in monthly fees they charge you even if you don’t use their product.

It’s amazing to me that an industry insists on raising prices as their product is slowly getting phased out. It’s like they’re encouraging their customers into getting rid of natural gas more quickly.

I’m on Mlem 2.2 and iOS 18.6.2. If I set haptics to “none” it works until I restart the app or the phone, then it sets itself back to high.

Anyone else experiencing this?

I’ll start with “Outland”. It’s about a crotchety Sheriff/Marshall investigating crimes on a mining colony on one of Jupiter’s moons, and the sidekick doctor that helps him solve them. The original film had a very “Alien” universe feel.

Pitch meeting: True Detctive meets Alien. Each season = one mystery.

I’ve got grubs in my vegetable garden. I looked into spraying nematodes to kill them, but I’m worried about it harming other bugs like butterflies, bees, and fireflies. Anyone have any experience with this? I don’t want to do more harm than good.

I know that some people eat celery with hummus. Or put pimento cheese or peanut butter on it. Are there any other foods that you think go well with celery? I’ve got some celery in my fridge that I’m trying to eat up.

Apps like Bluesky allow you to create a list of block words for anything you don’t want to see. Is there already a feature request logged for this? I wouldn’t mind seeing a way to mass block the following:

• word or phrase in title (like kardashian)
• word in link source (like dailymail)
• word in sublemmy (like meme)
• word in tag (like #sports)

I dunno if it would significantly slow down app rendering of the feed, or if this kind of blocking would have to be a feature request for the server side instead.

Thanks for your time.

https://www.pajiba.com/news/max-purges-over-200-seasons-of-television-as-it-pivots-back-to-the-hbo-brand.php

Just finished reading an article about how raw alfalfa sprouts easily spread e-coli, but the problem could be solved by irradiation. So why don’t we?

After all, the US is the land of GMO, pesticides, washed eggs, chlorinated chicken, and pasteurized dairy. How could irradiated produce be any worse?

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