I mean, seriously. Eh, Microsoft?

Where NZ really shines, though, is in sensibly having the $1 coin smaller than the $2 coin. And Australia really ought to consider following NZ's example and replace 10c, 20c and 50c coins with smaller and lighter coins and drop the 5c coin, even if we keep the $1 and $2 coins the same. A sock full of our current 50c coins is quite an effective riot weapon, or would be if most of us hadn't gone cashless.

There's some chatter in scientific literature about fluoride - with fluorine being in the same column of the periodic table as iodine - affecting iodine uptake. If those areas also have diets that are marginal-to-deficient in iodine, and metabolic access to what iodine is in the diet is being obstructed by higher fluroride levels, then what we might be seeing is intellectual impairment from iodine deficiency rather than just "Fluorine=Bad". It could well be something that is fixable with iodine supplementation.

The Dutch called them walghvogel, or "disgusting bird". Their greatest culinary virtue was their abundance and how easy it was to catch them - much like the passenger pigeon, only less tasty. Then, like ground-dwelling birds in other previously isolated environments, rats and cats and dogs and pigs all took their toll.

You need to track down a copy of Dad's Nuke by Marc Laidlaw - there's a cult in it that eats a cultured meat product called "Host", which is supposedly cloned from the prepuce of Jesus Christ.

Lots of marginalisations will affect internet access, or internet access at the point where people wish to consume this media. Poverty, unstable housing situations. Hell, even workplace rules may affect that if you can afford a personal phone and a data plan but are not allowed to take it into a workplace that's perfectly happy to leave a radio playing for all the good little drones to listen to.

Sounds like it's time for a community group at arms length from these operators to try to set up something under the provisions of the Local Community Radio Act, and push back hard against any obstacles they might encounter..

Drive-through orders are no fun in a Durango 95. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Should be https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticl...

I suspect its use as an insult is often ironic, as many people I've heard called that completely lack both depth and warmth.

Fox News reports that the chocolate ration is increasing from 30g to 28g, effective immediately.

I'm holding fire on upgrading or migrating away until I hear more about Google's own alternatives for personal/family users. From their own help, in the "Legacy free edition upgrade questions" section:

What if I use G Suite legacy free edition for personal use and don't want to upgrade to a Google Workspace subscription?

Upgrading to a Google Workspace subscription is a seamless transition for all customers currently on the G Suite legacy free edition. However, we understand some customers may not use their G Suite legacy free edition for business and may be interested in other options. If you have 10 or fewer users in your group and do not use your G Suite legacy free edition for business, please complete the form below by April 1, 2022 if you're interested in learning about different options for your account in the coming months.

G Suite legacy free edition feedback form

Some of your arguments keep getting repeated in these kinds of debates but they never make much sense. Mobile phones are cheap. You can get one for $150 which is about a week's worth of groceries and you only need to buy one every 2-4 years. The ownership of one has absolutely nothing to do with how well off somebody is, and how safe they are from hardship. It's not like if you get cancer you can sell off your mobile phone to pay for treatment.

And while 24% of American households might have three or more cars in their possession, I very much doubt that they own them.

If a married couple has a shared account, and upon knowing that a divorce is incoming, the husband starts spending the money like a madman in order to have less to distribute on day x, then what do you think should a judge be doing?

And even today, with all the gender equality progress we've made in the last decades, it's still not unusual if it's the man who continues his career after marriage, and the woman is the one who puts hers on hold in order to take care of the kids. After divorce, she's the one that has to deal with a huge gap on the CV while the husband is just fine.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fr...

I got banned from those anti-misinformation subreddits for posting that the AZ vaccine sucks. In a context that makes it very clear we were talking relative to mRNA vaccines.

This absolutely isnâ(TM)t just about the horse paste eaters and bleach injectors but about a very strict enforcement of authority regarding any Covid opinion that doesnâ(TM)t match their orthodoxy.

They want to collect money from Indian advertisers so they have to have a local office. They could of course go non-profit and ignore Indian laws but fat chance of that happening.