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I've noticed a drop in efficacy when I have a period of time where I'm anemic. I'm basically having to take iron supplements non-stop for that reason...

Nice to hear from someone else with a similar experience, and I hope that improving the anemia leads to an improvement in ADHD symptoms too!

My theory is related to your #1, but I'm guessing that the military is testing the detection capability of their systems. It would explain why the sightings have been all over the place. They are basically sending them out to fly in various different patterns from different approach vectors ("coming in from the ocean") to ensure that the radar and likely more sophisticated drone-specific hardware can detect them. It would also account for why there have been such a variety of reports of different sizes and characteristics of the drones (the credible ones, not the people filming airplanes).

I think the success of drones in the Ukraine conflict has accelerated the concerns of the military and DHS, and they felt the need to accelerate the install/upgrade/test of their defenses.

My wife and I have a long running joke about nipple butter, where we suggest uncommon and comedic uses for it with extreme exuberance. Your post made me chuckle and I immediately sent it to her!

Then I read the rest of the comments and got sad...

I feel bad for the family. Losing a loved one sucks. I don't know anything else about him, his family, or their life outside of this story to build an opinion on their suffering, but I'm sure it is immeasurable and only made worse by the media circus that has developed.

But one thing I do know is that this same terrible thing happens to so many families across the world every day. And the impacts can be harder than just dealing with the loss - what if the person murdered was the earner for the family? Or supported their disabled partner or child? What if a couple wasn't married/legally bound, so the partner can't get any of the deceased's benefits? Imagine having to try to figure out childcare if you were a stay at home parent and had to go back to work. Imagine having to go back to work period after suffering a loss like that?

This is where my lack of sympathy for the current situation manifests - because Mr. Thompson's family is ridiculously rich from his time as CEO of UHC, they will not have to worry about these scenarios. Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy safety and security and eliminate worry. They will be able to fully mourn their husband and father, knowing that their millions and millions of dollars are sitting there earning more money without them having to lift a finger. Their future is secure.

To become that rich you either profited off the efforts of others, or profited from the suffering of others. Or both.

Same here, I only found this out recently as well and changed my vitamin intake to midday.

Hey now, if a fellow freedom-haver from east of Colorado asks where I'm from, I just say north of Seattle, because they both do not care and also do not know anything about my state. If I say I'm from the "South Vancouver Trader Joe's unincorporated district", there is a better chance of a Canadian knowing where I am from than even someone from Seattle...

The people pushing AI don't care if AI works or not. They will keep making money while the consumers and workers suffer.

100% - I started writing a second paragraph about John Deere's fuckery, but deleted it. You are spot on.

Manufacturers try really hard to stop their proprietary software from getting out into the world, because when it does this is exactly what happens.

Case in point: I have a $35 phone app that lets me change software configurations on my BMW, and it is great. Can't change anything related to engine, aftertreatment, or safety though...which is a good thing.

Propane is way less energy dense per volume than diesel, so it isn't feasible for long-haul trucking. CNG/LNG is more energy dense than propane, but still nowhere near that of diesel fuel, which is why you see it in busses and garbage trucks. I know a few massive fleets (UPS comes to mind) that use CNG for some of their local routes, but that is probably more for the "green" optics than anything else.

Wer früher stirbt ist länger tod (english title: Grave Decisions) is an absolutely incredible movie. It won a ton of awards, but is relatively unknown in the US.

Wiki summary. "The film is about an 11-year-old Bavarian boy (Sebastian Schneider) who feels responsible for his mother's death, who died during his birth, and naively attempts multiple ways to reach immortality (procreation, reincarnation, sanctification, rockstardom) to prevent his tenure in hell."

While this description may sound somewhat dark and serious, it is a light-hearted, inspiring movie with great music, visuals, and proper Bayrisch dialect (I have to use German subtitles to understand any of it).

Side note - if any EU folks here can help a brother out with getting an electronic copy with proper English subtitles, I would be very grateful. I've been wanting to show it to all my friends, but only have a German-subtitled version.

After clicking on a $43k chandelier, now my "recommended products" for underwear is just a bunch of diamond-encrusted things...

Edit: thongs, damn autocorrect. But it still works