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You don't need a degree to read a decent article. However if there's no decent journalism that aims for nonpartisan information, you have uninformed voters who vote emotionally and shortsightedly. Fascist regimes thrive on misinformation. Just ask Joseph Goebbels. It's just now done by privatizing media, leaving it to private companies to control the flow of misinformation, something they have no interest in since it costs money, trapping people in echo chambers taking advantage of our lazy brain's tendency to go with our biases. Education helps but media literacy has to be learned. Especially today.

I've paused my Amazon Prime (will probably cancel) and cancelled Audible. Once you put in a little bit of effort, it's not that hard for me using different places. I never shopped at Walmart but I will probably cancel Netflix too. What is General Mills?

Yes, I knew that. That and Republicans kissing Trump's ass.

Supposedly, it's going to happen February 26. https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/amazon-kindle-download-policy-change/

I fell down a rabbit hole on Youtube indulging in a bit of Schadenfreude. #fafo if you want to laugh a bit. And keep yelling at the screen: I told you so!!!

He doesn't seem to be out of work in any way. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001475/ The last high-profile job was Oscar showered Killers of the Flower Moon from 2023. And he's one of the leads in an FX show with Jeff Bridges up until at least 2024. So, I don't think it's money. Although I could imagine at his age, he might not know anything about J.K. Rowling beyond her work. Even my sister (a younger Gen X) didn't know until I told her about it. She just doesn't really follow entertainment news in any form.

Constipation can happen with less fillers/fiber. Kibble usually has lots of that. The more dangerous thing is kidney disease or urinary blockages. Slowly move on from dry food. You could also try freeze dried raw and slowly add water to that. Get a water fountain to hopefully make him drink more. Or add tuna water to his water bowl to entice him to drink more. Hopefully, you can stop feeding dry food altogether. If that's not an option at all, make sure there is as much attractive water to drink as possible. In nature, cats get most of their hydration from their food. Dry food is the antithesis of that. I don't want to alarm you and obviously, it doesn't happen with every cat, but male cats are more prone to urinary blockages or kidney disease when they get older. 6 years ago today, I adopted my two girls and my life was better.

I lived in Toronto for 13 years. I always heard dinner for evening meal, so that's what I adopted. However, here in Saskatchewan, at least people from her prefer supper. I haven't adopted that yet. 11 years now. In case someone would like to brush up on their Canadianisms: I got 10/20 with simply guessing about 5: https://magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas/culture-society/canadian-words-quiz/

I'm looking at a week of highs around -23C with wind chills in the -30s to -40s. It's been a while since February has been this cold.

I've been bullied and abused at school and date-raped in high school. Funny how women don't tend to take the same thing out on others after they grow up while that supposedly counts as an excuse for using prostitutes for men?

All of these things and the people in these clips, I'm grateful for. And for people like Sam who help me not despair about humanity.

That's my parents. Not fun.

How about having him make the plan? Just thinking about your mental load. Since I work long hours, especially in the winter, I "cook ahead" meaning I have some kind of stew thing sitting in the slow cooker on Sundays, that will be portioned and eaten Sunday evening and during the week. Usually for three meals. So, I only need to cook twice during the week. Maybe that would be an option? Plan for two or three days and be spontaneous for the rest of the week?

Windchill -44C. I think it's the coldest morning this winter, ignoring night time lows. The weird thing, tomorrow morning, it will be -7C with -16C wind chill. I better get my migraine pills ready.

-35C this morning. I'm working from home today.

It sounds extreme, of course, but I do think there is a kernel of truth. I wonder if you asked any man what their role models are and see if there are any women in there.

A better life in Canada is not a given anymore. Hasn't been for a long time. Immigrants today, many are well-educated people who can't work because of some red tape or other. Never even mind, that education and work experience got them their permanent residency in the first place. I can't tell you how many people I know who have that problem. My former family doctor took years to retake all kinds of exams until he could work.

I wish I could roar like her.

I had it done this year since I broke my molar all the way down last February. The main reason it takes so long is that your jaw needs to heal/fill in after the extraction, so the implant has a proper foundation. Then the implant gets drilled in, that needs to heal again, and then you can get your tooth/crown. Each healing period takes about 4-6 months. If your bones aren't healing properly, you need a bone graft, which adds another few months. I got lucky and everything healed properly, so I'll get my crown in February. Almost exactly 12 months in total. I'm in Canada and my additional health insurance didn't cover it, so I was out overall 2700 CAD for initial visit and consultation, the implant surgery, and three follow-up visits at the dental surgeon. The tooth extraction and crown were done by my regular dentist and are covered.

How I see it, why go if you don't feel like going?

Another reason why pharmacies should be separate stores.

This is why, even if I would partner up again, I would never again live with a guy. So many men of my generation haven't caught up. The implicit assumption that I'm there to manage cohabitated life, is just not worth arguing about for me. I have an old boyfriend from my 20s I'm still friends with, who has raised his son in the last few years (divorce about 10 years ago) and manages most of the care for his parents. And he was pretty good about things when we did live together. I wonder if he would be the shining exception. There were other reasons I broke up with him but from I remember, that wasn't one of them.

I just noticed the trailer. This looks fun. And I love Margo Martindale. And it has Jamie Lee Curtis, another one of my all-time favorites!

I subscribe to this Good News channel. It helps me not focusing so much on the bad news.

Maybe it would be better if there were more movies about the lead-up to the Third Reich. So many of the big ones are about "beating the Germans heroically" instead of showing how Hitler was able to get to power in the first place. So many imply that this "wouldn't happen here".