Latest version of Anubis has a JavaScript-free verification system. It isn’t as accurate, so I allow js-free visits only if the site isn’t being hammered. Which, tbf, prior to Anubis no one was getting in, JS or no JS.

same. The local self checkouts are a sensory nightmare for me. There’s blinking lights I can’t avoid, a camera+screen I can’t ignore… I just can’t deal with it.

local home depot only has self checkout. I don’t go there any more.

I’ll say the developer is also very responsive. They’re (ambiguous ‘they’, not sure of pronouns) active in a libraries-fighting-bots slack channel I’m on. Libraries have been hit hard by the bots: we have hoards of tasty archives and we don’t have money to throw resources at the problem.

The second. John 3:16 is a very popular verse in the Baptist crowd I grew up around in the 90s. I don’t think it’s any more a fascist dog whistle than a Jesus fish. YMMV on how christofascist that is.

Like, I never went to church and it’s ingrained in my brain from my classmates and reading bumper stickers.

Hour+, each way. I was the first kid on, last kid off each day for seven years. I do not recommend.

I work in an academic library and we’re always worrying about evening and weekend coverage.

Agreed with one nitpicky caveat:

I talk about my relationship all the time on the internet. In closed forums.

Like, my trans librarian discord server knows I have a good relationship with my partner and I’m happy with my partner’s partner. So does my private ‘friends’ discord server–that server includes my partner and metamore.

TBH, ADHD is a part of my identity and my ADHD coworkers clocked me, as did my boss whose daughter has ADHD. (Librarian-hood is not the realm of the neurotypical.)

So, not something folks at the grocery store would notice and mileage varies as to what is part of someone’s identity.

Kids can be cruel.

I’m glad this Barbie exists. Representation matters, and this toy is one way to show little kids it’s ok to have T1D. If a kid knows that Barbie can wear CGM then maybe the kid won’t be a jerk when they meet a new kid with a thing on their arm.

Ten years ago I got caught by surprise bacon in frigging Pennsylvania. I’d done the “make a vegetarian meal out of sides” thing while visiting my parents.

The restaurant named all the cheeses in 5-cheese macaroni and cheese but didn’t mention that bacon was also mixed in. My mom parent-pressured me to not send it back and I ate it, suffering the gastrointestinal consequences later.

Make sure that the door style you choose fits with the space you have available. My fridge is kind right by pathway, so we have the dual-door style, to minimize blocking the path.

I also like using magnets on the fridge. Iirc, some stainless steel refrigerators aren’t magnet-sticky (10 pts if you can tell me what word I forgot).

Didn’t Stephen King write a novela about that?

Like “you sweet, summer child” except less obviously condescending?

Sometimes discoloration of water is just it being full of air. My HOA’s backup water well is like that. It’s been tested and is fine to drink, but it’s incredibly cloudy until it’s sat for a few minutes.

Also, if you’re on well water get it tested. Even if it was fine when you moved in, things change. Maybe the new farm down the road’s fertilizer is leaking in to the ground water. You won’t know unless someone tests.

The water at my office smells like chlorine. It’s dreadful. I wouldn’t even use it to make coffee, I fill up a nalgene at home and bring that in. My home water is well water and tastes a tad high iron, just the way I like it. (HOA regularly tests the water and it’s always within legal limits, yay.)

I’m also on Sharkey. It’s just more fun that Mastodon. Also feels a touch more queer, in a wonderful way.

I don’t know your insurance, location, or financial situation, so the following might be totally irrelevant.

If you have a primary care doctor/physician, they should be able to get you antidepressants. You don’t need a specialist. You might even be able to have a telehealth visit, instead of going in-person.

I hope things smooth out for you. BTW, my therapist says carbs are good for short-term stress. Ice cream and chocolates help.

Also, maybe look into if your local library has any meetups? Mine does a regular knitting/crochet circle (if you just show up, you’ll probably find friendly folks happy to teach you to make a dish cloth), book club, grown-up crafts a couple times a month. Might be good to get out of the house and meet some friendly faces.

Yes, but that was generally because stories don’t always fit nicely on a page. I’ve seen plenty of old-timey newspapers and laid out a few modern ones. It’s all about what fits on the page.

Old newspapers also didn’t have ads breaking up the articles. None of this “ad between every paragraph” bullshit for the ancestors!

•Internet stranger hugs• for the third one. I already have all boxes checked, but I’m hoping to avoid adding a second dog’s ashes for a few more years. My pup already surprisingly old and hasn’t died yet, so, if that trend continues, he should live forever.