I’d say they found a sucker, but it was more like 70k of them.

…seriously I’m glad they were refunded. Also, stop buying shit from Amazon, they’re a predatory service and the simple fact nobody checked for mistakes before the order was placed shows how bad it is.

So far, none. Except I’ll be probably in the cooking duty Sunday - it’s mothers’ day, my nephew and BIL won’t do shit to help out, and I don’t want my mum or my sister to lift a finger then.

I hope you and your loved ones stay safe and well.

Ditto. Either to share something cool I believe she’ll like to see, or for practical info like “I won’t be at time for lunch, there’s stew in the freezer”.

Slices of sourdough, thinly coated with butter, “fried” on both sides until golden brown. I typically have them with homemade pâte, guava cheese, or some random jam. Or sometimes I spread olive oil and a pinch of salt while still in the skillet, it depends on my mood.

A few possibilities:

• It’s spying on the actions of the Danish government, not the Greenlandic population. For example, if/where it’s stationing troops in the island, if there’s weak/exploitable points of the economic activity there, etc. OR
• It’s trying to gauge if it can dump some American civilians there to eventually claim popular support for USA annexation. Kind of like Brazil did against Bolivia in 1899~1903. OR
• It’s all a big ruse and USA is trying to redirect the attention of its population towards the exterior, while the interior is a mess. Like Argentina did in 1982 (Falklands War).

or even a mix of those. I’m conjecturing, mind you, so take those with a grain of salt.

Rare earth mineral deposits.

Thank you! This sort of graph is actually easy to do in Inkscape:

• Use the “calligraphy” tool for lines; default configs, quick strokes. If the stroke gets slightly off it’s OK, but if it’s really off simply redraw it (easier than trying to fix it). The dashed lines are simply sequences of lines using the same tool.
• For the text plenty cursive fonts work fine; I used First-Grader, but Lehn183, Berenice, and even Comic Sans would be good options.
• Red background: I found easier to start with a larger-than-necessary rectangle, and then shave it off by subtracting copies of other elements.
• If any object is a bit too detailed, or has rough edges, a few hits of the “simplify” tool (Ctrl+L) fixes it.

I did it on the spot, no credit needed. If I knew people wanted it I would’ve saved the .svg.

I used to. But eventually I made peace with myself - no matter how much I fret over them, there are things I’ll never know or experience.

I probably need to thank Huxley for that, if not for Island I’d be probably stuck living in the past or the future. Or both at the same time.

For me it’s both, I guess?

Before the bullshit threshold I’m calmly reading what the liberal says, and calmly explaining stuff like:

• why capitalism won’t fix itself
• why it’s a bad idea to give the Nazi a voice, Weimar Republic style
• why all this “my country” thing is inane, and why we should be identifying ourselves first and foremost as human beings
• why and how gender and sex are different things

But as the liberal keeps babbling, and enters the bullshit threshold, my attitude suddenly flips to something like “aaaah, cut off the crap! I already explained this, dammit. Do you need to be spoonfed basic [reading comprehension | reasoning]???”

I don’t typically use the word “bootlicker” in English, but in Portuguese I do use “pelego” (kind of the same thing) a fair bit.

The Minecraft modding scene was always insane.

Forge in special has always been a hotbed for drama, since inception - Eloraam (RedPower) and FlowerChild (Better than Wolves) were both founding members, they started fighting because Eloraam was copying BTW features, FC left, booom. Eventually Eloraam and Spacetoad left, and LexManos - not a founding member, but someone invited into Forge by Eloraam - became the head developer, and he makes Arthmoor look nice in comparison.

My sleep cycle is currently a mess, but when it’s well-oiled I typically take a 20min nap after lunch every day.

Dumb, assumptive, and thought-terminating “law”. I’m glad that the article highlights how bad it is.

Still more civilised than the Minecraft modding scene! *cough Forge drama cough cough*

I’m not into Bethesda games so saying this based on the article: Arthmoor sounds like a piece of shit. It’s fine if you have a “vision” for the game, and your mod is about that vision, but you shouldn’t pretend that your vision is something else, like simple bug-fixing patches.

My sister and me spent a day in São Paulo city, visiting our 80yo aunt. She’s in good health, and was extra happy to see us - and with the gift (a crochet purse, made by our mum).

Speaking on my mum, she has been coughing for a week or so, after she got a cold. Her cough is improving but I’m still worried about it, I told her to see a doc but she’s damn stubborn.

Kika and Siegfrieda (my cats) are keeping up with their annoying but cute routine, I guess: one has 3AM zoomies, another meows loudly and “shows” us every single problem she has, as if we were able to stop raining or the neighbour’s baby from crying.

It’s pinhão season! It’s pinhão season!

I’m eating my quota of pinhão this winter! I wish I could plant a Paraná pine home, but I don’t have enough space for that (those trees get huge). Because of that I’m making do with my future apple bonsai, pepper plants and stuff like this. When I get Rich® I’ll make sure to buy a small house with a big garden and plant a bunch of those.

Yesterday I prepared some baked rice with hot dogs, it was glorious. Specially the provolone and Parmesan crust. (I’m calling it baked “rice” but there was almost no rice there, in comparison with the vegs and sausages.)

Delicious, delicious mould! 🤣

Serious now: I know plenty people who dislike blue cheeses. Mostly for the same reason I like them - they taste really strong. (And if you’re cooking with them, there’s definitively something like “too much cheese”, they quickly overpower everything else.)

Empty words.

Cheeses - emmenthal, gorgonzola and brie in special.

I shouldn’t have checked those 6AM. Now I’m hungry - they do look delicious.