What maintenance? I had to fish broken glass out of mine once, but otherwise I’ve never had to mess with it.

In the actions page it lists three:

Tell your senators to confirm more judges - really? I need to tell them to do an obvious part of their job? Either they’re blue and they’re already doing that or they’re red and there’s no convincing them to go against their interests.

Take the pledge to vote against maga republicans - if you’re reading this site you already did that with negative effing results.

Regulate the use of AI in elections - weird choice of priorities but ok.

This masquerades as action but I don’t see any REAL action. We need to organize, plan, and execute real actions. Crash their parties, protest in front of offending politicians’ houses, 24/7 broadcasted surveillance of key offenders to apply real pressure to these wackos(if that’s legal, IANAL). If we keep doing what we’ve been doing we’ll keep getting the same results. We need to be large and loud and force our voices to be heard. We need our own news broadcasts calling them on their crap.

I switched to the Tmo 5G internet a few months ago and it has been great. It’s not symmetric, DL is faster than UL, but it almost always matches or beats the 500D/50U cable service I had previously.

Looks like I did hit 1.2 TB one month but am usually half that.

Qbittorrent has the option to set limits for both upstream and downstream bandwidth. I believe this works on any platform. Not sure if Mac or Windows have system level bandwidth settings.

That new thing could be worse than the current thing without a plan to drive it to where we want to go.

90s UIs are fast. No fluff, mostly text.

Frivolous DMCA takedown request?

What’s the NPV of 24 monthly $4 payments assuming a 4% annual rate of return?

Snowshoeing is super fun. Snowboarding is rad. Fatbiking is awesome. Get the right clothing and gear to enjoy the season.

Don’t skimp on the winter clothes for your kids. If they’re properly dressed they’ll be outside all day. Good for you and good for them.

Reima is a good brand but REI house brand stuff is good too and cheaper. Wool layers, waterproof outers. Mittens are warmer than gloves.

I had a Yaris and a Prius and they did great in snow. They just need snow tires. A sedan with snow tires will do better than a suv with all season tires any day of the week.

Try reading The Hobbit lol. For whatever reason I can’t get more than a few pages at a time before I start nodding. It seems exciting but something about the writing style puts me to sleep.

Compartmentalization. I only focus on what I can control. I read local news and mostly ignore national stuff because it is beyond my ability to affect change.

It is now easier to identify political whackadoos and disengage.

I moved to the bluest neighborhood in a blue town in a purple county in a bluish purple state. I actually enjoy talking to my neighbors about politics now, I can out out positive messages without getting my house egged.

The same logic would apply to books. ::gestures at library::

Could be bad actors trying to sway the vote. Could be sweet summer children who believe the means justify the end.

Sudoku all the time. It’s the perfect tool for waiting 7 minutes. I bought the app “Enjoy Sudoku” many years ago and it is my most played game ever.

That’s a bingo!

It could also be a nerve thing. I’ve had that happen with Upright Rows. For me the immediate prevention was loosening my neck (avoid clenching my neck) during neck-adjacent lifts like that. Long term fix was PT to resolve some posture issues I have with my neck that can cause nerve impingement.

I had two ford Tauruses and both were gems. However the Chevy Malibu Hatchback I had was garbage.