I think that about sums it up

It’s the official Ukrainian government site for donations.

If you don’t mind me asking, how often did politics come up with your parents?

Edit: just for my own perspective, they came up a little with my father while he was still alive and very, very rarely with my mother who I still see daily. I gently gauge the political position that my kids have but I’ve raised them all with empathy as a central tenet of their upbringing so that’s more or less where they tend to fall as best I can tell.

I am not interested in ending up where you did and I mean that with kindness.

I have gotten a few family members and friends to use signal as I stated to them that this is the only way to get ahold of me.

Same. It’s the default app for everyone I’m close to.

E2E with privately generated and held keys, have you published your PGP public key yet?

Exactly. You can’t stop secure encryption.

I remember in the very old days of the internet when only the US had strong encryption and thought it was some gotcha. They labeled it a weapon to prevent overseas export. Phil Zimmerman created PGP, lobbed the source into a book (protected under 1st amendment) then shipped it overseas.

If strong encryption exists and people want to use it, you’re just not going to be able to stop them.

I’ve recently introduced my 5 year old to Luanti (open source Minecraft clone). He loves it, sees me open terminals (Linux only house), use the in-game terminal which I’m teaching him to use, learns what keys are where etc. and personally I’m OK with that for now. Baby steps.

My own computer route was to play games initially (load “”) then move on to coding later. It is much easier to learn coding now than it was then but just moving him off the tablet will already be a huge win. If he shows an aptitude or interest in it, coderdojo or similar will be waiting.

Oh! If you do decide to do something similar, I hooked the laptop up to the TV with keyboard and mouse and it was a huge win both in fine motor control and fun!

Good luck!

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Shameful.

Wasn’t the pipeline closed after the contract expired at the end of 2024?

Open casket funerals are kind of weird if you think about it anyway.

They’re the done thing where I live, but only for the wake (night before the funeral mass).

“Ah he looks great” and “Ah sure they did a great job, didn’t they?” etc. always gets trotted out.

It’s kinda nice to see someone for the last time who you may not have seen recently. But I can definitely understand the opposing view (sometimes they look bloody awful). The body is stored the night before either in a funeral home or at the house and you’re not in any way obliged to go into the room with the deceased if it’s not your thing.

Funerals here are done very quickly. Wake would typically be two days following death, mass and burial the following morning. Casket is always closed here at the actual funeral.

In my father’s case we had his body in our home (my mum’s choice) and everyone did their little visit. After everyone had finished and gone we all went to the pub and had pints and told fun stories until all hours. The pub served us well past closing.

My hangover the next day was unholy (pun intended) but it was a great night and a really nice send off.

Golden advice my father gave me:

The second you start noticing any buzz it’s time to ease down. There is still more alcohol in your stomach waiting to be absorbed so you’ll continue getting more buzzed even if you do stop.

It’s a great way to pace yourself.

Edit: my 2c is that you’ll be drunk on two unless you really spread them out. Take small sips and use the buzz rule. They tend to be reasonably potent.

That’s the thing; They don’t consider them human.

I am a sceptic so appreciate the scepticism but someone has to be the first to report on something and I’d consider them a fairly reputable source.

I didn’t experience that for what it’s worth. Usual “no thank you” option came up for me. I really hope they haven’t gone the cunt route. I donate to them every Christmas because of their openness. Never once logged in.

Good God. Apart from being horrible behaviour, his seems like such self-detrimental thing to do.

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polar bears are hunted commercially in Canada, the only country that still allows the practice

I wonder if this was them thinking “well, if we can’t stop it…” but the damage to their reputation (and surely recurring donations) is huge here.

That’s huge. Congratulations!

That’s a fantastic watch. Many thanks.

I…I could? Humans are weird and wonderful creatures.

I can think myself into immediately stopping hiccups.

I can also puke on demand.

Hahaha. I’m laughing here because immediately after posting I was like “shit… I’m going to be asked for that recipe” and it’s really late here but I’ll tell you what…I’ll fling it up tomorrow.

The whole thing takes me a few hours and it’s quite involved but I get two dinners out of it for 7 humans when you include the lady across the street so it’s worth the effort.