Many email providers have a ‘do not load images’ setting. The two I use, Tuta Mail, and Proton Mail, both have it and I keep it on. When your mom sends you a photo of her new kitten you can just ‘Tap to show images’ or something similar. Images will not be loaded automatically, you need to do it case by case.

For QR codes in the wild, don’t scan them, if you do use something like Binary Eye which let’s you see the path before they are executed. At least you will know the domain isn’t cryptoscam.com

Cambozola, a blue cheese for people who ‘don’t like blue cheese’. As someone who loves blue cheese, Cambozola is really good. It’s mild, creamy, fantastic mouthfeel. It’s like how Thai Massaman curry works for people who think Thai curries are too strong. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like it.

Beaufort, the king of French cheese. Same family of alpine cheeses as Gruyère, fantastic. A firm cheese that is nutty and buttery.

Crottin de Chavignol, a goat cheese that ranges from mild when fresh through to aged, when it smells like a gym sock left under a chicken coop in August. Just sublime in all its variations.

Roaring Forties Blue, from a small island in Australia. Get it while you can, they were bought by a multinational (gfy Saputo) , tried to sell it, and are now shutting it down. All the cheeses from King Island Dairy are good, the blue is really a standout though.

Paski Sir, Pag Cheese. Firm sheep’s milk cheese from a wind blasted island in Croatia. The sheep forage on grasses and herbs like sage, oregano, and thyme, amongst many others. A firm cheese that is great out of hand, or in cooked dishes. In Autumn during truffle season it’s the cheese you grate over your fresh pasta with truffle cream.

They’re also in flat eastern Ukraine, nothing like the mountainous country where they trained.

How well were they drilled on evading drones? Seems like this isn’t going to go well for them.

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This soup dumpling recipe looks good, I have never made this exact one, but I have soup dumplinged other things using the same technique.

https://jeccachantilly.com/easy-soup-dumplings/#recipe

They had insurance from multiple providers, so same car insured from a few different companies.

Detectives found two additional claims and with two different insurance companies for the four with the same date of loss and at the same location.

That’s for last month. Let’s see how the yearly comes out.

I really enjoy quite a bit of the Guardians coverage. Their staff editorial department is often infuriating to the point I often wonder if they actually work for a different news agency.

I don’t think there is a middle ground between a VPN and Tor.

As much as I don’t like Brave this seems like a good feature. There do seem to be some problems with it leaking in some circumstances though.

For the curious, Brave page about private windows with Tor Here

Issues on their GitHub Here

you are correct, the problem is if you plugged one end into mains that were energized the other end would be live. That can be exciting.

Who else besides the UK uses fused plugs?

Interesting, I have never seen those before. Thanks

Off the top of my head I can think of three people that are first generation here. Two came illegally. One had a despised ‘anchor baby’ that she then used to bring her parents over.

I’m OK with deporting them, or herding them into the gulf of Mexico, whatever Trump’s current plan is.

Their names are: Melania Trump Elon Musk Peter Thiel

DHS please rid us of these foreign criminals.

Probably about this. I would imagine they can use what they want.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/us-security-firm-unwittingly-hired-apparent-nation-state-hacker-from-north-korea/

I don’t know what kind of sharpener you are talking about. I use regular whetstones. I have some diamond stones that were a gift, they only get used on cold chisels and knives from the flea market to re profile them.

I had a partner who loved Victorinox, we are not together any longer so I don’t have to sharpen them. As I said, they are uncomfortable in my hands, and I find the steel sub par. A Zebra is usually 1/4 the price and better quality.

And getting more press about privacy related things, and why they’re important is always good to see.

It also let’s you install a fake icon for some normal looking app like Threema. When you tap the app it factory resets the phone.

Yep, then the solids get strained out and composted, or if you have chickens they love it.

It takes practice, but isn’t hard to learn. You can do it. I find it very satisfying and relaxing. Using a steel often will mean your knives need to be sharpened less frequently too.

That should sharpen quite easily. It is towards the softer side of stainless (inox) steels, I very much like them. They are easy to work with, durable, don’t discolor vegetables.