Don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but the US has still been using asbestos. Just this month they finally banned chrysotile asbestos which is still in use.

They acquired Alien Blue, but what they put out under “Reddit” was not Alien Blue in the least bit. They basically bought it to kill it. I had Alien Blue. :(

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to dispute that anti-union had existed for decades. I was just trying to feel out why I’ve never heard people speak ill of unions or seen anti-union propaganda in my area. I don’t imagine we have a disproportionate amount of happy union workers to counteract the propaganda.

I wonder if it’s a regional thing? Growing up I never heard bad things about unions, and when I found out the job I’m currently in is union I was pretty happy. For the record I’m in my early 30s in the Midwest, which is not exactly widely liberal.

Yeah, at least for the dwarves that I imagine they’re not just about efficiency and quality but they really want things to look interesting and intricate. (Not that brutalism can’t be interesting but it is not finely detailed/intricate like dwarf work.)

Dwarves still have decoration, both in their craft and in their style. Braids, carving, etc. Brutalism does not have the intricate design dwarves seem to. It’s all big and blocky.

Yeah I know of a few 7-elevens that are just the store, no gas, but would still be thought of as a “gas station”.

Thank you! I’ve heard/read the name but had never seen clips (at least of these two). I’ll have to check it out. I’ve only listened to TTRPG podcasts haven’t watched.

May I ask what player group/series this is and do y’all recommend it?

Drinking water, maybe. But a large amount of crops are grown in the Midwest and when we have droughts our crop season suffers greatly.

There are some amazing creators on YouTube using these things. They’re so fun to watch.

I genuinely love the cacophony of cicadas and I live in the Midwest so I’m thrilled for this!

selling its Israeli operation to a local businessman

But I assume this means the US company “Ben & Jerrys” doesn’t benefit from these sales any more. Unilever still benefits, but Ben & Jerrys as it stands does not. It’s just the name being used in Israel occupied territory.

I agree with all your text but

Initially the online site either didn’t have 3rd party sellers or it was very limited. But now those have taken over a lot of categories and products, making the Target website as hit or miss as the others, so there’s no real incentive for me to check them out when I’m shopping.

I find this experience particularly annoying. I go to Target.com to find stuff sold by Target. I don’t need another place for random no-name companies to hawk their wares. Especially since a lot of it just seems like drop ship crap.

Some places have it blocked.

My state doesn’t even mandate a yearly vehicle inspection.

Or your library, some even digitally so you can just get them on Libby and not have to drive to the library! Plus then you can screen cap your favorite recipes. 😁

You might be mildly allergic? Bananas as soon as they hit my stomach make me feel like I’m going to throw up.

Rainwater typically has a TDS of 20 mg/L or less. Fresh water from lakes, rivers, and groundwater is more variable, with TDS ranging from 20 mg/L to approximately 1,000 mg/L. Brackish water is, by definition, water with TDS exceeding 1,000 mg/L and ranging as high as that of seawater, at approximately 35,000 mg/L.

https://watereuse.org/salinity-management/ls/ls_3d.html

Wow, I watch a show about restoring historic homes in Galveston and many are from before 1900. I’m surprised so many are still standing after a hurricane like that!