Good luck! You got this.

For me the physical discomfort only lasted a few days, from there it’s the forever slog of just not doing it. I read some BS dopamine hacking stuff about how this part of the addiction is just about your body’s expectation of a dopamine hit in response to any particular event you associated with nicotine (fight with your partner, a drink, work stuff, etc). Being conscious of this expectation helped me, and I’d find ways to give myself a little treat to satiate my monkey brain. No idea how grounded in real science this all is, but it kind of worked for me (over a year with just a couple slip ups after a few too many beers).

Yeah that’s a hell of a ratio lol

GW1 is online only, though the game works well as a solo experience. The minion master in that game is my fav by far.

It’s crazy how it just seeps in through friends, school etc. We’ve drawn a hard line at no paw patrol paraphernalia, which seems to have stopped its roots from really taking hold.

I’m trying to think of any possible advantage of this over just putting it on the back wheel and I can’t. It’s beautiful.

We followed pretty much the same things you’re doing, our first was eating solids at 6 months but our second didn’t really take to it until he was 8-9 months. I’d say don’t rush it, they’ll pick it up when they’re ready.

I probably would have said I was an anarchist back in the days of r/cth, but after the move to hexbear it was a pretty short walk to ML. Anarchism as a political framing for world politics is really quite shit, looking at things through a marxist lens clarified a lot for me. I do still appreciate anarchist approaches for small scale organizing/community efforts.

Was going to say Kwame Nkrumah as well. Pan-Africanism has such amazing potential and this guy is probably the most important figure in its history.

If you’re going to big/medium-sized acts from musicians that have definitively “made it” then I think this makes sense. I’ve been to plenty of shows where an encore was neither expected nor desired, and others where an encore came at (what looked like) genuine surprise to the band.

So yeah, when you’re selling out all your shows and the last 10 all demanded an encore, then just start baking it into your set, but there has to be some marker of when you’ve reached this point.

You can get some pretty great headlamps that help with light, around $75 for something with decent quality, battery and bright enough. I typically get most of my running in while the kids are asleep which means very early or late runs. I’m lucky enough to live in a place with well lit running paths all night though so I haven’t had much experience with unlit roads. I do trail running with a headlamp sometimes though which works well enough.

For the sun, I’d highly recommend covering up vs sunscreen. A long sleeve lightweight shirt + a bucket hat would go a long way, or those weird running sleeves that people wear.

I don’t have an issue with bleeding nipples myself, but I’ve heard people swear by products like nut butter or body glide. I just use normal Vaseline when I’m having chafing and it does the trick.

It’s not exactly what you’re asking for, since it doesn’t have a main character and it’s not theory, but Mieville’s October reads like a novel and it tells the story of the Russian revolution. Worth a read since it’s educational and a fun read. Aside from some lame anti-Stalinism at the end it’s solid imo.

Any chance you’re a lefty? That’s what I blame my complete lack of ability to use scissors on at least.

Sent a little something, hope you’re ok! Amber whataboutism

Kindles suck thanks to Amazon lock in, but I pirate all my books and use Calibre to convert/manage my library, and can easily use email to send books to my device. The main reason I stick with this one (paper white) is the battery life. I go a month or two between charges, reading heavily. My wife’s Kobo needs to be charged every couple weeks and she’s a much lighter reader than me.

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It’ll be somewhat drawn out, but by the next morning it’ll be fairly obvious who’s going to win. Recounts will be called for, accusations will be thrown and court cases will follow. It’ll be months before it’s official, and it will be so boring no one will really care.

I think this is their stated reason, or at least that was part of the dialog last time around.

Pretty sure it’s been Hitlers all along, yes even before Hitler.

Not accusing you of being racist, but I have seen this same rhetoric used by libs and chuds about Chinese people in a way that certainly feels racist. Personally I’d just avoid this type of criticism that could easily be misconstrued as a cultural critique rather than a national one. There are plenty of things to call out Israel for that don’t run this risk.