remember: the terrorists cannot win even once

psychotherapy

Incredibly important during this time

You should edit your post title; I almost came here to give advice on the paperwork for establishing a temporary monopoly on your intellectual property ;)

For parenting, YES it gets much easier physically really just about now (2-3) as they start to be able to play more independently, (esp imagination games – encourage it, play along a few times and they will continue on their own).

It gets a lot easier physically when they go to school even that half-day a few times a week gives them a lot to process.

Beware, it gets much more challenging emotionally right around 3-5. This is where they will try to find what the boundaries are. Set clear boundaries and stick to them. Be a hard immovable rock just a few times and you both will really appreciate it for years after.

EDIT: oh yeah and be prepared to go into another room, yell obscenities at the little brat into your pillow where they cannot hear, and come back into the room as the Patron Saint of Calm Parenting. DO what you can to avoid losing it right in front of them or worse at them. They will test you.

Not in Quebec. Straight to jail!

There’s a commercial on the radio in GTA:VC. A baby is crying and the voiceover says, “This American baby is starving because you bought a cheaper, higher-quality Daihatsu!”

same as she’s been doing for decades: two fingers, left-right wiggle

Important point.

“Posted by bot” is a whole different issue from “Posting Reddit/X/FB”

Both moral and social issues worthy of discussion… but that should be considered entirely separately.

everyone in those photos has done what you’re doing

oh great something new for OP to consider while just trying to nut 😆

Tim America

Big props also to Beethoven’s Wig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb9sogbkXWA&list=OLAK5uy_ni9dKuJJ7a0WqiazeJLDmzzdP1Kt0AlGM

Giddyup buttercup giddyup buttercup Buttercup won’t get up and get go-ing!

what the end times actually is

You do understand all these books by enslaved Bronze-age peasant tribes are made up… right??!

This is like saying someone doesn’t understand what the true nature of the Aveda Kevadra curse is. Or the true taste of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man. IT’S FANFIC

“I think there are things about the world that make feel like not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us,” Vance added.

Oh, you’re so close, J D

You know that and I know that but a truly shocking number of ostensibly responsible adults … don’t

Yeah I just did some digging and I call BS until there’s evidence.

Apparently there are currently 38 4-star Generals/Admirals. Perplexity gave me each one of their names and their Senate confirmation dates (original and most recent). Most were done en masse in a voice vote on Dec 19, 2023.

That said, of the 38, these were listed as “pending/unclear status”

• Kenneth S. Wilsbach
• Thomas M. Carden Jr.
• Richard A. Correll
• Christopher J. Mahoney

handing the reins of power over to madmen

What I hear over & over from on various podcasts from people who’ve left US public service in the last ~2 years is:

Everyone has their own personal line, where they decide it’s no longer worth it trying to stay & minimize the damage – better to exit the burning building.

It’s soo oddly reminiscent of Atlas Shrugged

Employers would never make it easy for workers to vote

This kinds of childish, tribalist, Other-hating does nobody any good.

For the record, I’ve had some bosses who are excited about civic duty and make a point of it. I’ve had others that begrudge it. Most seem to be totally neutral on the subject.

Could someone please add tag douchebag_name ?

TIA!

afaict there were two abuses happening that were appropriately each dealt with separately

+1 Taiwan

… and here’s the remaining 25%

(9x10^6 Scoville units; about 9x hotter than Ghost Pepper)

tech company data collection is an entirely separate issue

This is a really important point I wish more people appreciated.

It’s not a matter of one is worse so the other is not bad.

After the Nazi occupation, France, the Netherlands, and reconstructed Germany itself all either removed sensitive data from state databases, or dismantled & federated the databases themselves. The State needs information about the population in order to be useful.

Much like with private companies, the State should be given the minimum power/info necessary to do its job. Many of the hoops that make it less efficient, also make it less easy to abuse.