It’s a pretty respectful junta that listens to UN criticism. We’ve got plenty of UN members that just laugh it off.

Your neighbors ask that you finish mowing the lawn and go inside already.

It’s starting to look like the movie “Desperado” (or perhaps the entire “El Mariachi” trilogy)

Are you certain that they aren’t working it out in the style of “You Got Served”?

This was a really valuable interview. I don’t know enough about James Baldwin but I’ve seen a couple of his interviews and I appreciate his perspective and what he has to say.

“Take my [family], please”

…a semi-autonomous vehicle surveying a dead landscape?

Good question. I was just reading the article about it on The Verge, which mentions:

On the back, you’ll find a 50MP main camera and a 13MP ultrawide camera, while the front has a 32MP hole-punch camera for selfies and video calls. That’s a significant step down from the Fairphone 5, which used 50MP sensors on all three of its cameras.

No mention of camera quality, though, as it’s basically a press release post and not a hands-on or review. I wish this would be available in the US for a fair price.

Scacco matto

It’s called “being hardcore”

You must never have used Teams

Yes, but only in Europe, and no Americans are allowed. 😕

So you’re saying there’s a chance…

In the US? Where we pour bleach on food that has been discarded to make sure that someone who is hungry can’t eat it?

But yes, this is a great suggestion. Also, looking for a local farm or farms that could feed these to their animals (specifically chickens or pigs).

Interesting read. It captures a lot of how I feel and what I miss about the “old internet.”

Perhaps a short paragraph of text elaborating on the driver’s intentions

Clean(er - still Amazon) link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NEUK86

…what?

We’re also stupid beyond belief. Have you considered removing your sense of shame and any semblance of introspection?

But on a more pragmatic note, I think a lot of comfort in (anything, but especially in) social situations requires putting in the repetitions and trying to model certain people or traits. Who do you aspire to resemble? I’ve always appreciated media with fast-paced, witty dialog. Sitcoms from the 90s (for example, Seinfeld or Friends, to name a couple); movies by, for example, Kevin Smith or Guy Ritchie, and just becoming more comfortable with the language. Read more, watch more, expand your vocabulary, learn and master figures of speech. Then find people to hang out with and practice. Go for coffee, or a walk, or a beer, and be candid with your companions about your desires to speak captivatingly and confidently.

Won’t someone think of the shareholders?!