macrocarpa

Why is the word bird required? A kiwi is a kiwi, it’s literally the name of the animal. You don’t say pigeon bird?

Do you have a 401k?

In terms of focussing, no.

I will sometimes listen to specific music to build concentration but more than one input and its a distraction.

I think people who spend a lot of time focussing on their devices find it easy to piggyback that focus onto something else.

A lot of men I know like fatherhood.

Esp 180k years ago

I don’t live in the us so I can’t comment on any change that has been or not been.

I do know that privilege itself obscures experience. Compassion and empathy are built on experience. Therefore expecting someone who is privileged to have compassion or empathy to those without the same privilige is unrealistic. They have to be shown, or brought to a point where they can align their experience with others.

exclusively cishet white population who are financially well off.

…there’s your problem.

Why would they care? At worst they’re unaffected. At best they’re benefitting. What is their impetus for change?

Yes. Welcome to the UK. You will need to adjust to small aggravations such as this. Good luck.

Damned Leftists! They ruined the left!

After the black Saturday fires in Australia, many home owners who were insured discovered to their horror that they were under insured

The value of their possessions and the repair value of their home had increased but they hadn’t increased the level of insurance coverage to match. Despite suffering total losses, many have been unable to afford to rebuild.

This has been in the back of my mind seeing the LA fires. This is just the beginning. It will take decades for some of these people to re establish.

Wait isn’t it c:\ ?

no it’s the normal erasure of gen x from the timeline

The timeline goes

Old dead boomers

Dying wealthy boomers

Young poor boomers

Gen y

Millennials

Gen z

Gen alpha

Vendee global is amazing! I feel like it’s the closest thing to a pure “all rounder” sailing - solo sailors, robust and well-engineered boats that are just smashing it every condition and loving ayvoace as well. I’m subscribed to their updates on YouTube.

So as to the madness of the americas cup - if you look at the sails they each have two wide counter coloured bands on them. when doing boat testing they use upwards facing LIDAR on both sides of the boat to calculate the best sail shape, live, and adjust accordingly. I feel a bit odd about that, I think trimming is one of the fine arts of sailing and to see it automated out is a bit sad. But if you’re doing 45 knots on foils, I guess the fewer jobs the better.

Hey did you follow the americas cup this year?

What did you think of the wingsails / twin skins / no boom configuration?

No they haven’t. Thanks for asking.

Plastic straws, clothes pegs, bottle caps, bottle rings.

https://shegoes.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Satin-Bower-Bird-Nest.jpg

It’s a bower bird performance centre. Quite literally. They make an area where they can perform for a mate.

They like the colour blue so collect heaps of blue things and decorate their bower with them.

This one has got a bunch of milk bottle caps, milk bottle cap rings, blue plastic straws and what look like pegs.

It sounds funny till you think about stuff that humans do for exactly the same reason (to be “interesting” to a prospective partner)

I honestly don’t know. Maybe a carry over from print journalism?

Yes

However without experiencing the previous version of bad there isn’t a frame of reference, so whatever bad experience is now is the bad experience

Guys…

Take a deep breath

Be thankful for what you have

Be compassionate for others sharing the same experiences

You will feel better.

It is that simple.