It helps to be more in tune with your surroundings outside. Many of us become disconnected from the land around us because of the pace of modern life: working 40+ hours, driving everywhere, and generally not having energy to go outside in our spare time. But even taking a short walk around the block each day will let you get in tune with your local climate. You’ll learn what the temperature is like when the first flowers start to bloom, when foods are in season, when the frost starts to come.

Unfortunately, this may also mean you start to notice how out of whack the cycles have become thanks to climate change.

I listened to an interview with Marie Kondo recently, and she herself seems to have renounced the method. When it was popular I definitely found some parts of it interesting, but others were too idiosyncratic to be useful. Ultimately, no one method is a panacea and everyone needs to find what works for them.

I highly recommend configuring qBittorrent to only connect to the VPN interface, so if your VPN is off it will simply not connect to the internet at all.

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I use it and it works very well.

Straightedge is a punk subculture, so if you’re not into the music then I wouldn’t use the term.

Actually, moderators have access to a new tool that flags accounts suspected of ban evasion. The cannot see IPs or which other accounts were related, but they can see if an account is suspected and with what level of confidence. Many subreddits have a policy to ban all such flagged accounts.

That’s where I stopped. It was a perfect miniseries. I saw there was going to be a second season and I just rolled my eyes and resolved not to watch it. The first season ended perfectly to me.

Many boroughs in Montreal have their own rules on short-term rentals, but the provincial regulation is getting tightened up a lot after that fire that killed 6 people in Montreal.

A lot of them are “laneway houses,” a way to subsidize your own home by renting out your alleyway frontage to someone else.

No way, they stopped doing this? I haven’t listened to Radio 1 for a week.

I’ve always wondered why they don’t put at least an 8mb camera in feature phones these days. The components are small enough and cheap enough that it would be simple to do.

That is seen as a feature by many people. A big part of why a lot of people use a feature phone — whether for a short jaunt or for their main device — is to disconnect. You’re still accessible by phone for important things, but you’re no longer beholden to the constant buzz buzz buzz of chat notifications rolling in.

You can get a 4G feature phone for less than $50 in the US apparently. Up here they go for closer to $150, but the model I’m thinking of is definitely not a trash product. With a bit if research, you can probably find something decent.

Because 3G still works here, I have been using something from ~2009 when I want to unplug.

ADHD impacts many people’s most basic functioning. Routine chores like laundry or dishes pile up, you lose tools you need for the task at hand, you forget to do things that are necessary to maintain your health, and more. ADHD also has adverse effects on emotional regulation that can cause interpersonal conflict. None of these things would be alleviated under a different economic system.

We tend to focus mostly on the productivity gains of medication, but anyone who takes it will tell you how much it’s improved their personal lives as well.

Yes, the generic names make it a nightmare to search for things relating to them.

This kind of thing is why I hate Google Maps. There is no way to ensure that edits are carried out based on your local knowledge, whereas with OpenStreetMap you can just go make the changes that need to be made. It’s been very satisfying for me to go contribute to OpenStreetMap when I see that paths are added or changed, so that the map reflects reality. Meanwhile Google Maps won’t even move an entire park that is in the wrong place.

I am well aware. But if precedent is set that protesting in the streets won’t be allowed going forward, it will have negative ramifications for leftist movements.

I don’t understand how the hardware in the network isn’t nationalized already. We pay for so much of it, and it’s an essential service these days. In Quebec the government is even spending something like up to $80,000 per house to connect rural residents to the internet because ISPs refused to — and then the ISPs get to enjoy that hardware. Why did they not just make a provincial ISP??

In Canada I’m very wary of the current trial against the leaders of the Freedom Convoy for this reason. Popular sentiment at the time of their protest was that they were bad for blocking the road, and what comes from this trial could set precedent that could be used to criminalize climate and social justice protests in the future.

It depends where you live. Here, land is at a premium so the rent for a space that can fit a camper or prefab home would be higher than that for an apartment.

I have lived in a camper. I do not recommend it unless you live in an extremely mild climate. They are poorly-insulated, the windows fog up, they leak in the rain if you have slides. The hot water tank only holds enough for a 5 minute shower before the water starts to run cold. You have to deal with propane refills. The water hookup can freeze in the winter. Mice can get in easily. You have to stay mindful of the blackwater tank, because leaving it open creates a pyramid of waste that can’t be removed, but leaving it closed means you have to remember to empty it. The power system isn’t meant to handle a lot of things plugged in at once. When the DC fuses blow, you have to go find replacements at an auto parts store. The oven doesn’t have a broiler. The fridge is quite inefficient and small. The list of issues goes on and on. Make sure you’re really committed to the lifestyle.