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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Not to be that person, but (in this case) actually… From the article:

    Trump, a Republican, issued proclamations under the Antiquities Act to reduce their size by about 90% each. He took similar actions during his first term, but those were reversed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

    Biden designated or expanded more than a dozen monuments and had a goal to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

    Not a big fan of centrists, but credit where it’s due, I suppose. Though you are most certainly right that a lot of damage has been done by the Trump Administration that probably won’t be fixed.






  • I just wanted to let you know, I’ve used the JBL Tune 225TWS for years and they still work. Like you said, definitely not the best, but good enough while I’m on a bus or something.

    I even still have my Tune220TWS, which are older, but they also still work. The only reason I stopped using those was because they still use micro-USB and my last cable broke. All I had left were USB-C (due to the EU law that made it universal).

    tl;dr: they might not be the best sound quality, but their devices last a long time. I’ve even dropped mine a few times and they survived it.






  • Wow, yours is a bit older than mine. Hopefully mine will keep functioning that long as well! I don’t honestly think it’ll break down any day now, but you never know. Things are known to happen, and when they do happen it’s always at the most inconvenient of times! Also, my computer is very heavily used, every day. Lots of games too.

    I was surprised about my phone. I don’t even know how many times I dropped it already and the battery is still good enough to survive an entire day. Truly, I dread getting a new one. I always hate having to figure out the settings, downloading and installing every thing, and configuring the thing exactly the way I want to. If it were up to me I’d keep using the same one forever, but I doubt even my stubborn phone will outlast me. ;)


  • True enough, my previous phone I kept until my banking app stopped working (my very, very old version of android was no longer supported) and my current phone is from 2019. I don’t think people need new phones/tablets/computers every year.

    However… eventually I’m going to be needing a new computer. My desktop is about 6 years old now. And if it broke down right now, I don’t even know if I could afford to build a new one, unless I build one that’s worse than the one I currently own - and probably way more expensive than it was years ago (the RAM price alone is insane already).

    And my phone won’t last another 6 years either. Although, who knows, it might. It seems indestructible so far, lol.


  • Really? It didn’t make you feel better either?

    When I got rid of cigarettes and started vaping, the differences were noticeable within a week or two, and they were astronomical. No more couching, no more headaches, less difficulty breathing, more energy, no more hoarse throat. Food tasted better too!

    Now, I know, this is not to say that vaping is healthy, but it does seem to suggest that it is at the very least healthier (or less unhealthy, if you want) than smoking cigarettes, unless feeling much better and getting rid of pain is a sign of worse health? In addition my clothes didn’t stink anymore and vaping is way cheaper too.

    Admittedly it took me almost 3 years, but I eventually got my nicotine content down to zero.