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For those who were asking about Project 2025, this gave a pretty good synopsis of the document in layman's terms from a legal standpoint if you are interested. So. The week has ended. My observations from the somber mood I've seen in my community (offline and online) and general commentary on this thread: If there are any people in your life who voted for this, there may be a day when the consequences of this vote catch up with them. They will be blindsided, because they believed that the legislation, economic policies, and cultural norms endorsed by their choices would only hurt the "undesirables," not themselves. When that day comes, your job should be to remind them that they chose this, wish them good luck, and move on with your life. Preserve your energy for those who care about the well-being of all Americans, not just themselves and those who look like them. Their suffering will be self-inflicted and, consequently, none of your concern. You may be tempted to explain why these things are happening to them. From my observations over the last 8 years, this will be pointless. You cannot use reason to reach a person that did not use reason in the first place. These are the kinds of folks who need to be directly affected, to feel the suffering first-hand, before they finally get it. I understand that this might be a very difficult thing for some of you to do. My low affective empathy enables me to cut hateful people out of my life with zero hesitation. You don't even have to go that far, but you may need to make it clear that they are a much lower priority in your life than they used to be. Protect your energy and stay safe.

Do you want to reset the "days since TV footage of a historic event was presented by a predator" counter or shall I?

I tried out a 7-day trial with Paramount+ to watch a show with a friend who was visiting for the weekend; it felt like ads on steroids - it was mind numbing; I cancelled my subscription shortly after she left. No thank you 😞

I've observed that when receiving on-site notifications, particularly when multiple are present, selecting one notification causes the remaining notifications to lose their bold formatting before being viewed. It makes me lose track of all the notifications I have unless I remember to select it. Example (when notifications are available) Example (after I click on the first notification - I hadn't selected the other one but no notification is available) When I select "View all notifications" there are still unread notifications I had not checked Has anyone else experienced this? It can be challenging to keep track of notifications unless I remember to actively check and select the appropriate one.

The more I see people getting new 0.99 deals after letting their subscriptions expire, the more I want to see if it works for me. I cancelled my PBS Masterpiece and Acorn subscription and all they offered was a slightly less monthly rate ($3.49 instead of $5.99 for the next 3 months) 🙄

I felt that way about Peacock last year. I subscribed in order to gain access to the 2023 Women's World Cup last summer and the navigability was not user friendly imo. Load times lagged, sometimes rewinding was problematic, and scrolling through the home screen was a pain since it never remembered the last programs I watched. Sometimes I had exit out the app altogether and reload just to fix some of the lags. The day after the tournament ended, they had already charged me for another month so I had it for a few extra weeks. I unsubscribed anyway (but not before they tried to bribe me into staying with a 50% discount 🙄). The user interface alone was a major turn-off.

Nooooooooooooo 😭

After Netflix ceased password sharing, I lost access to a friend's account when I relocated to a new city - now that I've found other places to watch wildlife documentaries and K-dramas, I've boycotted them ever since 😂I really hope that the password sharing option doesn't jump to other platforms. In the meantime, my only main subscriptions outside Prime Video have been to Acorn and PBS Masterpiece classic (I too had the $0.99 monthly subscription for 12 months). $5.99 or $6.99 isn't too bad for all I get out of it. I am annoyed that they are beginning to move shows I once had access to other platforms such as Britbox but I'm still debating whether or not it'd be worth investing in the future 🤔

Oh dear, isn't Richard Ayoade married to Fox's sister? Those family dinners must be awkward during the holidays😐

For the same reason she invited Stan to her wedding even though Dorothy had misgivings, she either doesn't care or was in denial about her parent's divorce (because they should just get over it); which is harsher in hindsight since the episode implied that Dorothy's divorce was recent enough that she was still processing the hurt and betrayal at the time as we saw with her verbal smackdown on Stan later - I think Dorothy composed herself well considering. The same reason Sophia holds Dorothy's divorce over her head constantly despite Sophia insisting that they marry anyway knowing what a lowlife he was (because Dorothy just needs to get over it). The same reason the responsibility always falls on Dorothy to be the bigger person when Michael or Kate come crying when they know Stan is worthless - because she should just get over it. Ironic how her kids always go to HER first sooner than Stan but just expect her to ignore the past when she tries to be honest with them based upon her own experiences. They inherited Stan's lack of empathy that's for sure.

I think "Would you want a gay man to speak to you/treat you the way you treat a woman?" is the more ironic language they tend to comprehend or think on more. In my experience, homophobia at its root is a hatred of the feminine. @Scarlett45 Awww pupper 😍

Yup - married men tend to live longer than when they're single for a reason whilst the life span goes down for women after marriage (no coincidence there what with being worked to death, no biggie). It's not at all surprising that older women tend to not remarry as quickly (if at all) as men do after being divorced or widowed..

It's no wonder - I read once that it took 3 hrs for the makeup department to turn Estelle into Sophia during the earlier seasons to make her look a lot older than Dorothy (Bea Arthur was actually a year or two older than her irl). With Dorothy no longer in the show, there probably wasn't a need. Enjoy the show!

I think you are confusing Max with Eddie the Love Machine (even Sophia jumped him 😂)

I thought this was strange too! My colleagues who have attended education conferences in the past said it consisted of 80-90% women lol. Maybe it's different for administrators?