There are other “uncontacted” tribes, although they are perhaps more contacted than the sentinelese depending on how you look at it.

https://survivalinternational.org/tribes/amazonuncontactedfrontier

This is actually one of Trump’s stated goals, to weaken the U.S. dollar. He believes that it will make American industry more competitive.

It is at odds with his goal of maintaining the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency…

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-and-vance-want-a-weaker-u-s-dollar-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-5227209d

Here is an excerpt from another source summarizing the requirement for integrated pest management:

"These plans address three levels of pest management. Level A is based on the expectation that a well-designed and healthy organic system will naturally have fewer pest problems. It focuses on pest and disease outbreak prevention practices such as cover crops, crop rotation and providing habitat for ladybugs and other beneficial insects.

If Level A practices are not sufficient, Level B focuses on the introduction of insect predators and parasites, mulching, grazing, mowing, solarization and other mechanical and physical practices.

If additional pest management is needed, Level C includes the use of natural and synthetic pesticides on the National List."

https://www.safefruitsandveggies.com/organic-regulations/#:~:text=Organic farmers are required to,-regulations/organic/handbook.

Also, the list you have linked is so so much less bad than the list of allowed chemicals for conventional farmers, which I can’t even find online… Best way I have found to view it is here: https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/pesticides/f?p=CHEMICALSEARCH:46::::

Bottom line is that conventional pesticide use is much less transparent and less tightly regulated.

This is an oversimplification. It is true that organic farmers are permitted to use certain chemicals on their crops, but the allowed substances are very different in terms of ecological impact compared to conventional chemical treatments (conventional chemicals and their breakdown products generally persist in the environment much longer).

Organic farmers are also required to try to manage pests without chemicals first, steering the organic industry towards “integrated pest management” where very small amounts of pesticides are used in a highly targeted manner.

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/organic-101-allowed-and-prohibited-substances https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-384/ENTO-384.html

“The Saints could free up almost $31 million in cap space this year by restructuring Carr’s contract. A full restructure would make Carr’s 2026 salary cap number about $69 million in the final year of his deal.”

Ugh, stop kicking the can!!! Tired of seeing this team constantly struggling against the cap…

Tariffs on Chinese goods are a good thing. And I honestly see why the next logical step is tariffs on Mexico because Chinese companies are already building in Mexico so they can assemble there and ship across the border and circumvent tarrifs.

I think China manipulates markets and damages the global economy while making consumers feel like they don’t need to value the products they buy because they are so cheap. And I don’t think we should be letting China off the hook for the Uyghur genocide/gluttony of human rights violations.

Buy local. I wish it was easier to buy American manufactured stuff.

I feel like hypothetically it is a worthwhile thing to share with your friends that you and your partner have decided you want children and that the time is now. It’s a big life decision, and when the time comes for myself and my partner, I will definitely want to talk with my close friends about it.

The conversation doesn’t have to be about raw dogging, instead it could be about planning for children. Many people plan for children in advance of getting pergenat.

To me this is on your management. If no one ever told you that you should have been going faster, how were you supposed to know that speed is preferred over accuracy?

If you want something from someone: Without communication, it is a wish. Living in lala land. With communication it becomes an expectation.

If management had been noticing your slowness and not talking to you, they either suck at their job(s) or it really doesn’t matter what speed you go.

Love this one!!

Do you feel that your current emotions impact your work a lot?

Femboys are you going to be able to get the covid vaccine? For the next week or so I can get it out of the office in the morning but I don’t know if it will be a good time for me to come over and get it out of the way and I can get it out of the way and I can get it out of the way…

Punctuation added by me. I do not have access to the covid vaccine, but I do suggest all USA femboys (and everyone else) get vaccinated asap as I worry all vaccines may be illegal in the USA soon.

My setup maybe is not as fancy as you are thinking, it’s a banger with a terp’ pearl heated with an e-nail, I honestly don’t know what a ball injection rig is.

Seems like if you left it in there long enough to put a carb cap on it there would be some scorching action (with flower rosin at least). On my rig even when I dab at 420F the flavor is completely destroyed after the first hit. I bet I could get it a few degrees lower using your technique? I have heard some people suggest that you can and should dab at 380F, which…

I just tried and so I guess maybe it does work. I’m gonna have to get back to you on this one. One (sometimes) advantage of higher temperatures is that more THC will break down into CBN thus providing a more sedative experience.

Would these methods work for flower rosin? I use an electric heater with a quartz bucket and a ruby ball and although it’s pretty nice it could taste better… Usually hitting around 445F/230C. Is there a way to adapt this method to my setup?

Curious what temp you go for.

They are paying Lattimore, Thomas, and Winston $48.4 mil and they aren’t even on the roster.

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/new-orleans-saints

In all US states except for 2, the popular vote determines who ALL the electors are from that state, so the gerrymandering does NOT have a direct impact on the result of the presidential election, or at least not very much (I believe gerrymandering can affect Maine and Nebraska electoral votes, but only a small number of them, much less than the 10% you suggest would be needed).

Gerrymandering DOES impact things like voter ID laws and other policies that can make it harder for certain people to vote, so in that way you could argue that gerrymandering indirectly affects the presidential election.

If you really want to argue that the presidential elections in the US are rigged, you should focus on voting machines I would say. But even then I think it’s a stretch.

I have collapsible metal ones… I bet yours clog way less when you’re drinking a thick smoothie, mine can be terrible. Are yours dishwasher safe?

I feel pretty comfortable recommending that people get the covid vaccine.

There are a number of studies suggesting that covid vaccines may improve long covid symptoms. Here is one such study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9146071/#:~:text=There was considerable individual variation,long COVID patients%2C on average.

So while I’m not sure it counts as an approved treatment, it sure seems like it’s worth trying (if you haven’t already).

I won’t deny the oligarchy thing, but I think it’s a pretty hot take that the election was predetermined.

Occam’s Razor… There are many other possibilities that seem more likely to me. Such as the Biden campaign floundering at the last second - which you could again argue was rigged, but once again, seems to be the less likely thing. You’re suggesting that many people would be in on this conspiracy and that ALL of them would stay quiet. All the thousands of regular citizens who participate in the election process would also have to stay quiet. I know some of those people - they are regular people living regular lives. You’re also supposing that this cohort of dishonest people would find it advantageous to spend a huge amount of resources on elections - it’s pretty incredible how much effort goes into it, and if they already knew what the outcome was going to be, I would think they would act differently (perhaps you argue “that’s the point, just to fool you”).

We start to paint the picture of a conspiracy to control the American people when they are already under control because of capitalism. Everyone would have been under government control regardless of the election outcome. So I don’t understand the supposed motivation for everyone working together to rig the election in Trump’s favor. There are oligarchs who this election result does not favor as well, so I don’t buy that it is just them pulling the strings. Oligarchs have influence no matter the administration, so why would they care to rig the election? Maybe a few of them would rig it to try to get power (see Musk), but it doesn’t make sense that they would all be working together to rig it.

So I don’t buy that the Biden and Kamala campaigns were in on it, and I don’t buy that election workers were in on it.

What makes you so sure the election was rigged??

Thank you for your recommendations, I have been enjoying them very much.

I recommend the album “Cosmic Frog” by S2cool. Funky indie album, I love it. I think maybe he is focusing on a band he is in, “Fictionist,” although he also does writing for lots of other companies so not sure really…

Also “07” by The Chicken Chokers. Bluegrass/string band album, it’s how I came to love bluegrass. These guys were active for a while in the New England area but I believe they have split and now some of them are playing in another band “Twang.”

Finally, “Seara de Jazz cu Aura” by Aura Urziceanu. Romanian scatt jazz. I think she was pretty famous in Romania, but I have to take Wikipedia’s word for it. She eventually had a career in the USA; she certainly toured with some big names but it’s hard to tell if she was a success.