I have a hard time switching gears. It is a big problem with why I'm frequently late, I have a hard time tearing myself away from what I'm currently doing.

Yup, he has done more to drive the rest of the world away from the US than any other president.

The reflecting pool is an apt metaphor for the admin.

Congress really needs to put a limit on the president's ability to slap tariffs up every time he has a fit of spite.

I'd say the ear splitting noise from many trucks and cars today is enough to damage anyone's sanity in general.

Bananas have shown us the risk of a genetic monoculture.

Practically speaking, maybe not?

If the terms of service that they make you "read" and agree to when you install the app allows this, then they've arguably procured permission, and at that point the criminal justice system bows out -- "it's a civil issue".

Now, using this backdoor access to hack your other internal systems probably isn't covered by what you agreed to, but I would also imagine that most use of these proxies aren't to hack your internal network but just to gain access to new IPs in new countries to bypass rate limits and geofencing (shady, but not inherently criminal)-- and if somebody does try to hack your internal network (or anybody else, but from your IP address), it's the customers of the proxy network doing the crimes, not the providers of the proxy network itself. (Though the proxy network providers might be complicit, so the criminal justice system *might* have something to work with.)

Meanwhile is anyone wondering what all of these launches might be doing to the upper atmosphere?

So that pipeline passing through your property, or public land, will be solely for a private business and its profits vs any utility or public consumer consumption.

Blocks email? You need email and that has nothing to do with doomscrolling. Spam is pretty under control at this point. Scammers will directly call and text you so just having a phone is an issue. I also need mapping apps and I need my browser for things like banking and such.

I could see giving this phone to someone who can't control themselves online like romance scam victims.

According to a talk I attended by one of the GPS system designers you can jam GPS with a 9v battery.

I guarantee the US can also so big whoop.

Yes, that should work. Barbara, what do you think?

smaller, deep-sea organisms ... named conjecture.

Exactly. There are many different learning styles. (One issue I had with school is I don't learn like most people - several learning disabilities/issues - so I'm aware of the differences and how things need to be altered, but for most students, yes, repetition within that first 24 hours is important.)