As a young child I was apparently terrified of Big Bird.

It all makes sense now.

Big hug.

Unfortunately I cannot help directly as I’m a cis male that has lived in NYC, LA, and SF Bay Area the last 25 years.

Even in progressive locations there are establishments that are not. I suggest trying to find places you would be comfortable in. That may be a gym, coffee shop, or bar. Make conversation and get a feel for the place.

There is a local dive bar I frequent that is very LGBTQ friendly. Last night my wife and I talked to a transsexual woman (she shared this info) for almost an hour about what happens to donated body parts. She then took off to her friend’s place.

They are called “Wireless” headphones when there is a wire connecting them. “True Wireless” means two separate earbuds.

Union trades. That’s where the money is, unfortunately for this conversation few areas have full union coverage.

I’ve worked in NYC. You can not do much in commercial buildings without union help.

Agreed.

I now need to root my Android and put a new OS so it stops telling Google where I am. I’m slightly afraid as I just want my phone to work when I need it.

I’m sure T-Mobile uses my location data for something too.

I use FF and the desktop and don’t care about the look of the UI. I’m happy FF is fast and doesn’t have memory leaks.

Making the mobile experience better will go further with helping Mozilla in general than making the desktop UI look pretty.

Capybaras seem to do everything in a relaxed way. Chill in the water. Bask in the sun. Eat something green.

I can’t check right now but curious how this compares to titles on the Play store.

My sister has had two boxers. They are very friendly but a bit dim witted.

My malti-poo is the same way. Very loving but not too smart. My cat is way smarter than the dog.

If the IEEE (electrical engineering society) is saying something it must be really bad. They rarely if ever get involved in things like this.

Fastmail here as well. I don’t need super privacy. The phone app is great. Was easy to setup my personal domain.

I want the feeling my dogs have when they know I am taking them out.

They have a yard to go in but they go crazy for a walk.

I don’t want the car ride feeling because that is insane.

Came for this, now satisfied.

She acts like she is drunk and/or high.

The lower operating costs of LEDs allows people/organizations/govt to leave the lights on longer or all night at a reduce costs compared to filament bulbs.

This is often to the detriment of migratory birds.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/04/19/turning-off-your-lights-could-save-millions-of-birds-each-year-from-deadly-building-collisions/

https://darksky.org/news/what-you-should-know-about-bird-migration-and-light-pollution/

Lights Out encourages LED light users to turn them off at night.

I did basic repairs at my old place. The rent was well below market and I’d rather do it than have to deal with the landlord’s odd schedule.

Can’t you just add a few external USB drives? (heard this more than once at an NGO think tank.)

Fuck Al Sharpton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations

My Canon laser multi-function works fine. Connected with Ethernet it just does its thing.

My wife has had issues printing some PDFs from OSX but she is always too busy for me to look at it.

I was confused until I read this:

The move is meant to check non-basmati exports which are prohibited but being exported in the garb of Basmati…