i’m not sure i would call this hilarious.

there was a story here recently about a lot of scamming happening on truth social. so yeah.

i would absolutely try this.

i eat a LOT of kraut, probably five days a week. also enjoy sardines and mayo on toast with capers. followed by kraut, which pairs well with the salty capered dregs left in the sardine tin.

i sent it to my teenagers. i see what they’re up to.

this makes me irrationally angry. who thought this was a clever idea?!

i see what you did there.

Regenbogen

he’s a parent.

probably after 9/11, but i already had questions as a kid connected to the cold war.

i would add tomatoanus for speedruns. really appreciate that he makes a point to remind people to be kind to themselves.

no, but i noticed water faucet handles all outside of tubs and showers

i don’t mind the humor, because good lord it’s so damn depressing otherwise.

looks like they have tried to take that one as well. 🙄

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_devotions_to_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary

i could say a lot in response to your comment about the benefits and shortcomings of algorithms (or put another way, screening tools or assessments), but i’m tired.

i will just point out this, for anyone reading.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2573025/

i am exceedingly troubled that something which is commonly regarded as indicating very high risk when working with victims of domestic violence was ignored in the cited case (disclaimer - i haven’t read the article). if the algorithm fails to consider history of strangulation, it’s garbage. if the user of the algorithm did not include that information (and it was disclosed to them), or keyed it incorrectly, they made an egregious error or omission.

i suppose, without getting into it, i would add - 35 questions (ie established statistical risk factors) is a good amount. large categories are fine. no screening tool is totally accurate, because we can’t predict the future or have total and complete understanding of complex situations. tools are only useful to people trained to use them and with accurate data and inputs. screening tools and algorithms must find a balance between accurate capture and avoiding false positives.

more than you’d think, i’m guessing.

anyway, what’s it to you? if someone has an abortion and never chooses to have a child, why does that matter to anyone else?

i hope you will forgive me for asking something so personal (and i understand if you choose to ignore it), but - if you want a hysterectomy now and have been advised of the impacts, why is she unwilling at present?

i hear you, fellow texan. no fan of ercot, but reading this thread has been infuriating.

for anyone else reading my comment - some years ago, i lived in oklahoma for a little while. years of drought, one year a lot rain. lots of trees with a lot dead branches weighted by new growth, then that winter an ice storm hit. trees bigger than my car came crashing down and it was all over the town i lived in. for three days in the silence, you could hear branches cracking and falling. two houses down a tree went right through their living room. one end of our street was impassable for several days until someone could cut one tree into small enough pieces to clear it.

needless to say, power was out. parts of town had power back within days, some parts of the state, if i remember correctly, didn’t have power for weeks.

grid stability or redundancy couldn’t have prevented that problem.

https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20071208

Ken M! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M

Ken M, is that you? (i hope so!)

hot air balloons isn’t something i had given much thought to before. thank you for your responses here!