Background from last week

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/03/holloman-lake-birds-wildlife-pfas-forever-chemicals-aoe

It’s pretty grim

‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: how a pristine lake came to have the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record

Like Frank Pavone

I’m never gonna defend the Catholics in any way.

The pope has vast influence, that’s what this is about.

This of course does not apply in the u.s. where they’re on the verge of Great Schism 2: Electric Boogaloo

It’s 25 kms away

And use for tortillas and savory pie crust.

When my grandma had “too much” of it she would mix it with seeds and put it out for the woodpeckers in winter

She initially lied about the source of the mushrooms too. “From an Asian market”. And denied foraging.

Later it was “an Asian market and the supermarket”. Then some may have been foraged.

Her story to police changed many times

Oh, and she reset her phone a few times (including when it was in police custody)

Did you download this, or was it an automatic update?

Some people have said it was an automatic update, and it then changed their settings

The article does not say that.

This article states That

National guidelines, introduced in January 2024, recommend banning smartphones from classrooms

There is a quote that seems to reference students not having their phones between classes, though it is not said whether they are prohibited or do not have access to them.

in the breaks between the lessons, students would be on their phones and now they’re forced to talk …

Focus is the end goal in the classroom, otherwise why bother going? They are not prohibited from using smartphones in their life, only in class.

Honestly what ‘software restrictions’? You were a kid, I was too, most of us were. What’s the first thing you do when you’re told you can’t do something? You find a way around it.

what did you learn in school today little Timmy?

i learned to drop tables tunnel into a VPN so I could watch Reels in class

And with a 2 to 4% approval rating she is clearly worth the money.

Related, from last year

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/24/olympic-games-clean-up-aims-to-leave-parisians-swimming-in-the-seine

Chylamydia is in their dictionary, Clematis is not. Autocarrot

Wasps are super important, besides the direct pollinators there are those that parasitize various caterpillars, including invasive ones. I do as much as possible to make wasps at home in my area.

There back

20$ dollar

Jesus wept

Stroopwafel

You can use Obtanium to download from F-Droid, both from the main repo and third party repos. If you would prefer to use Obtanium.

Did you mean the Genoese navigator Cristoforo Colombo?

I think it is using Latin vs Greek suffixes

Probably related to why America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.

I see no reason why anyone could properly disapprove of a name derived from that of Amerigo, the discoverer, a man of sagacious genius. A suitable form would be Amerige, meaning Land of Amerigo, or America, since Europe and Asia have received women’s names.

Is there chocolate at the bottom of the cone?