And at least I’m North America there’s another Maté relative, Yaupon. Both are holly species.

In this case the bond is because he’s appealing a civil judgement that’s been reached. This is different from a bail bond. He’s not at risk of jail over this unless he gets in contempt of court.

A lot of us in the US still pay rent in checks. I get them from my bank in books of a hundred, and there’s no upper limit on how big they can be.

Anything that risks bouncing requires getting a fancy check (certified) where they take the money out before issuing the check.

A lemming that has taken off is https://startrek.website/c/risa !

I love my stream of Star Trek shitpost.

It’s all bullshit, and you’ve hit the nail on the head.

The only way out is through each other: change your workplace to be less bullshit. Demand dignity. Maybe bring your friends and make a co-op.

My dad died from this. It’s a horrible way to go. I’m sorry to hear anyone else has to deal with this condition.

Down with states and stature
Strive instead to ready
Through direct radical action
Root changes grow fruitful
Refreshed from old ashes
Our society rises
We sow personal power
To free all the people

(This poetic form is dróttkvætt which has internal half rhyme on odd lines and internal full rhymes on even lines)

One way you might resolve this is to get everybody talking about it without the boss there. I bet nobody likes the policy. Maybe everyone would agree to not give a reason, or to give the same reason that is an obvious lie?

It’s really a shame Stallman and many of the other free software pioneers are absolutely creeps to women.

I’m a confident cook making food for two people in a small kitchen.

I wing it, but I’m making choices so that everything fits together and I have some recipe patterns that work well. I don’t do meal prep. Most dinners double as a lunch.

A lot of what makes my cooking efficient only comes with practice. I know the timing of different things and cook accordingly to line stuff up. Rice in the pressure cooker takes 30 minutes. That kind of thing. Make choices so that stuff goes in parallel, or make one pot dishes.

I generally try to have a main dish, potentially a starch side if the main isn’t, and a vegetable.

Some example meals:

• Mashed potatoes (steam in instant pot, mash with olive oil salt and water when ready), kjøttkaker (meatballs) which finish in a brown gravy, and some seasonal vegetable, maybe sauteed.
• Pasta, red sauce with vegetables in it (always an onion, maybe some other stuff), maybe ground meat or sardines. Sauce cooks in pan and then mixes with pasta
• Vaguely Thai curry (sauteed veggies, chicken, garlic ginger onions, curry paste, coconut milk), rice in the instant pot

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