@nat They still sell the 85 W version, and it will work just fine to replace the 45 W version.

@nat Oh crap. Maybe I should try to find one for my old MacBook, in case it dies.

@nat @nullagent Did you see my post earlier about the Kuhn Rikon grinders? The large ones are still 50% off, with free shipping at $35.

People of vulnerable minorities, in today's political climate, I would strongly suggest NOT creating server instances or accounts on instances that are easily identifiable as communities of people of vulnerable minorities.

When the brownshirts come knocking, guess whose doors they are going to bust down first?

Find an instance that is friendly and protective by principle, and hide in the crowd. Disguise yourself from casual detection. Go stealth, if you have to for your personal safety.

@nat Stupid Facebook algorithm didn't show me this post of Sharon's, even though we've been friends for years. Thanks for posting it here!

@nat I would have said that Americans do not take *individual* responsibility, by default, because they are so wrapped up in their senses of individual entitlement.

@nat I have to say, that I really thought that a global pandemic would have been enough to at least shift people's behavior in the West enough that they would at least wear masks when they themselves were sick, as has been common in Asia for decades, to prevent spreading germs. But...nope.

@mikedev Yeah, it would be really weird to be keeping a bull anywhere near the Manhattan fireworks displays.

@youronlyone A lot of people in the US disapprove of fireworks, because they frighten animals, but I will never be one of those people. I regard fireworks as an important part of my cultural heritage.