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  • I think these phrases can also help if you are a person, like I am, who ruminates in unhelpful and damaging thought patterns.

    Some of us think and agonize too much in an unhealthy way and definitely need ways to shut it down.

  • The Missing UFO Program Emails
  • I can’t really stand this guy’s voice so I skimmed through the video.

    I couldn’t find if he addresses that there could be a plausible explanation - Governments only retain emails for a set amount of time.

    What was the retention policy for the emails? The program was started in 2008 - this means we’re 16 years past the start date where it looks to me based on a very quick google that most US government emails only need to be retained for 7-15 years.

  • CNN's Burnett asks Biden how he is going to turn the economy around. He said he already has.
  • Have you considered that the economy is a lagging indicator meaning it can take years for any policy good or bad to take effect?

    Obama inherited bad fiscal policy. Trump inherited the economy that Obama put into place with his policies guiding America through the recession. That’s why the economy under Trump was “good” Covid, major war, supply shortages, inflation got us here. Biden has spent the last 4 years turning this around but it is an uphill climb.

  • India's foreign minister reacts to murder charges, claims Canada welcomes criminals
  • I know I was being sarcastic. Sikh separatism isn’t a crime in Canada.

    They’re free to pursue any criminal charges they would like, that are bound by international law.

    Instead, they sent hired goons to kill Canadian citizens. That’s not ok.

  • Ikea is rolling out its third round of price cuts in a year across thousands of products as it eases shoppers’ inflation pain
  • Here.

    I should mention this link is from a tax firm almost glorifying the way that ikea has structured themselves. It’s a very charitable reading of the situation.

    Just google IKEA tax, there’s tons of sources on their alleged tax evasion, including it seems claims by the EU that the Netherlands facilitates it.

    I see this as corporate greed pure and simple. There is no reason people should be starving and unhoused while IKEA dodges taxes.

  • The Hill: The Pentagon is lying about UFOs
  • This piece is really rustling some jimmies 😂

    I really wish they would stop using any balloon as an explanation. We know they’re not balloons, they know they’re not balloons. The author is right that this excuse really insults the intelligence of the general public.

  • McConnell says he stands by past statement that ex-presidents are "not immune" from prosecution
  • What the SC is debating, if I understand correctly as a non-American, is YES it’s likely that ex-presidents are not immune from prosecution, however the question is a distinction between “official” vs. “Unofficial” acts, and WHEN those acts were performed (during the presidency or after???). This is such a devious way to appear moderate to swing voters who may be uninformed.

    For example, if Dubya goes and shoots someone today, well yeah duh he’s an ex-president that can be prosecuted.

    McConnell is framing this in the most innocuous way to purposefully confuse the argument for those who are not paying attention, imo, and to not say the quiet part out loud: Republican ex-presidents shouldn’t be prosecuted but Democrats, on the other hand….

  • When was the last time you felt helpless in life?
  • Everyone has their stuff and their time to go through it.

    Looking at what others are enduring too helps for inspiration and strength - frig someone I know has a parent dying of ALS and doesn’t even show it in their day to day. That’s a rough situation, they’re in their early 30s like me and they’re handing it with so much grace.

    Someone else I know, late 20s, just severely injured themselves in a foreign country to the point where they are in a medically induced coma and may never walk again. The medical bills are going to be at least $100k to evacuate them out, and they can’t leave the country until it’s paid. That’s awful for them and their family.

    I wouldn’t trade either of these situations for my own.

    I’m not saying OP should look down on people who have it worse or that they can’t be mad/sad with their current situation. Just that hearing others’ stories can help with the strength to move forward.

    In terms of my sis, one of the greatest lessons in life I’ve learned is that you can’t make another adult do anything even when it really is the best thing for them. I think there’s a strong criminal harassment case but she’s gotta get there - I just have to support her until she does. This gets him out of the house, makes it safer for her, and then they can divide assets. She’s trying to deal with him rationally and keep harmony but it hasn’t sunk in that no matter what she does it will boost the tension and she’s just gotta rip the band aid off in the smartest and safest way. In divorce law, it can be used against you if you “abandon the home” and their home has tons of equity so she can’t go anywhere. And any subsidized housing for him is several years’ wait. Hard to convince a mentally ill person who needs treatment of that when he flip flops between his new GF, breaking up with his new GF, can him and my sister get back together, wait no my sister is the devil and me and her are both cheating on our husbands (lol not cheating in her case because they’re separated), emailing my husband these lies and then in a separate email admitting they are lies, believing her birth control IUD is actually an abortion and she’s a baby killer, then wait no GF and him are back together.

  • Gaza mass grave: Almost 400 bodies have been found, says Palestinian Civil Defense | CNN
  • I don’t think CNN would even report on this if it didn’t have some truth to it.

    The Intercept, a pretty good source, alleges that CNN runs all of their Gaza/Israel coverage by their Jerusalem team, subject to the IDF’s censor, prior to publication. They’re SUPER Israel slanted.

    In the coming days I fully expect them to blame Hamas for it or something in a “quit hitting yourself” type of way.

    You are right: CNN is terrorist propaganda - the IDF are terrorists too, after all.

  • When was the last time you felt helpless in life?
  • You just gotta try to hang on. Life as you get older is a total question of wtf is going to happen next.

    I’m in one of those cycles.

    1. Covid
    2. Walked in on my dad almost dead from undiagnosed cancer and my childhood home trashed because everything fell apart when he was looking after my mom who has early onset dementia
    3. 2 weeks later my dad dies & I am visiting the hospital during the height of Covid. My mom has to live in the hospital and doesn’t know who I am anymore. She doesn’t know her husband died.
    4. Cancer scare. I think it will be fine? They’re still testing.
    5. Husband lost his job. I am the only breadwinner.
    6. Sister in abusive relationship with a severely mentally unstable husband who is spending all of their money. I fear every day he is going to kill her and their kids. She can’t kick him out of the house because he is on disability and can’t afford his own place.
    7. Substantial changes at my job leading to feelings of mega insecurity for me.

    Oh yeah and my mom isn’t even dead yet!

    But I’ve also had some really great experiences during this time that I wouldn’t trade for the world.

    If psychedelics are safe for you and you have no history of mental illness in your family I would strongly suggest that.

  • Pilots describe 'bizarre' lights and 'triangles' over Canada in air traffic control audio
    www.ctvnews.ca Pilots describe 'bizarre' lights and 'triangles' over Canada in air traffic control audio

    At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.

    Pilots describe 'bizarre' lights and 'triangles' over Canada in air traffic control audio

    This is from one of our major news outlets in Canada.

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    Help with Feker Alice98 original factory driver

    Hi - don't judge. This is my first mechanical keyboard and I'm playing around with something in budget that meets my needs as a beginner. I know it's not the best but I'm genuinely looking for help and knowledge here.

    Yes, I know the allegations about the software/drivers for this keyboard being flagged as malware and have done research into this, though apparently not enough research. I downloaded what I thought was the driver for this keyboard but did not realize that it was a Via driver that broke the battery indicator and any possible connection to the (apparently terrible) software.

    Would anyone have access to the original driver so I can roll the keyboard back to factory settings? The factory setting reset (function + esc 3 sec) doesn't roll back these changes. I tried to download one on Weiyun based on advice from the other site but everything is in Chinese and it does not seem to work.

    Alternatively, does anyone know who I might contact to obtain this driver? I contacted the seller on AliExpress but they are spotty at best.

    Many thanks in advance.

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    Mike Turner’s Involvement with Radiance Technologies

    X-Post from the other site; text below if you don’t want to visit. Found this interesting and didn’t see it 3 months ago when it was posted by u/UrdknotWreav:

    By now we all know Mike Turner is the DOD's knight in shining armor, who's gonna protect the DOD's fragile and brittle reputation, from the hordes of savages who are demanding more hearings.

    The below publicly available information about Mike, might become handy at some point.

    To summarize:

    So Mike Turner, helped funding Radiance technologies. The company where both Travis Taylor and Jay Stratton are currently employed. Jay Stratton, Travis Taylor and David Grusch all have worked together in the UAPTF.... WTF?

    We have Mike Turner in the center, connected somehow to Radiance Technologies, Wright Patterson AFB, Department of Energy, receives shitloads of money from Lockheed Martin and other defense companies.

    As you can see there's way more to Mike Turner than meets the eye. Is he perhaps one of the gatekeepers?

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    Thunderbird Sweater

    Now the heatwave needs to end so I can wear it.

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    TIFF: Talking Heads Reunite for Restored ‘Stop Making Sense’
    www.nytimes.com Talking Heads Reunite for Restored ‘Stop Making Sense’

    Appearing together for the first time since 2002, the band celebrated the film in a Q. and A. with Spike Lee at the Toronto International Film Festival.

    Talking Heads Reunite for Restored ‘Stop Making Sense’

    I was there in Toronto last night and it was magical !

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    Coworker/Friend makes her kids her personality and won’t stop talking about them.

    I’m pretty close with this person outside of work and we used to have good non-work conversations but now I feel all I get is stories and photos of her children. We work in a tight knit team so I can’t really avoid them.

    I got no less than 3 updates this weekend about a sports event with her kids including photos; more photos and another update about said event this morning; another photo of another child; updates about what her toddler was doing, and updates about how her kid made the track and field team and she absolutely needs to take time off work to go.

    I don’t ask for this and I don’t really respond when she does it. I prefer to talk about other things. We used to talk about other things and now it’s kids 99% of the time to the point where it feels really one-sided. I tried to talk about a concert I went to this weekend and got really lukewarm reception.

    I’m thinking I need to tone it down and say goodbye to the relationship/chit chat for a while? I feel if I tell her bluntly I’m tired of hearing about her children it will hurt her feelings. Any ideas?

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