“Direct” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

110-120 F. I also have hard water in my area and I’ve successfully made yeast doughs. I recommend “blooming” your yeast first even if you’re using instant yeast, which just means mixing your yeast, a bit of sugar (like a tsp per 1 packet of yeast) and the water together and letting it sit for about 10 minutes.

Skill issue

Use a thermometer to measure the water temp.

Where would you recommend buying old army surplus boots?

“Price certainty”, huh? Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic allowed companies to raise prices on everything. They have not fallen. I fully expect energy companies (and other companies that use oil - so nearly everyone) to hike up prices, citing shortages caused by Trump’s war and not lower them. “Green” companies will also raise prices - after all, if they do so and remain the cheaper option, this increases shareholder value.

I’m vaguely tempted to send this to a “libertarian” relative who voted for trump because “he’s standing up to china”

Does this. Does this actually harm the stuffed animals? Some mattresses and pillows are sold vacuum-packed but they fluff up after a bit.

I mean. This is framed as humor but a lot of people genuinely think this way. Derogatory terms for women aside, if you’re not happy by yourself you’re not going to be happy with a partner. Unfortunately this is the sort of thing you need to understand on your own and internalize because the kneejerk reaction to someone telling you this tends to be “having a girlfriend/boyfriend/partner actually would make me happier”

Bro didn’t miss improv class

What an alarming number of people fail to realize: everything is politics. This apparent separation is purposeful and is one of many tools that the wealthiest 1% use to keep the rest of us divided and distracted.

I use stremio+torrentio and it’s recently-ish stopped working when I use (any, as far as I can tell) VPN server :/

Both will straight up murder a person.

Yep! One of my favorite shows

This is sending me

I have a relative who has been on medicaid on and off who “doesn’t pay attention to politics”. I frequently explain current events to them- like efforts to cut medicaid that may cause them to lose their coverage.

The obliviousness (or complacency, in many cases) of some people is unbelievable.

Not an answer to your question, but how are you using stremio with a vpn?

I use stremio+realdebrid+torrentio. Realdebrid doesn’t, as far as I know, work while using a vpn, but if there’s a way around that I’d love to know.

This meme is art

I floss and brush religiously every night, have for many years. I had a cavity when I was young and the whole experience was terrible.

I still ended up with multiple cavities as an adult.