The monarchy stops things like Jan6th from happening, probably would have limited the whole hanging chads thing as well. They (via the GG) have peacefully resolved the 2008 constitutional crisis as a canadian example. The monarchs power and money is tied to exactly one thing, the current political system continuing, that is their only power and it aligns with their incentives. I don't like the monarchs, but I like constitutional monarchies and I don't see a good way of setting up a new head of state that isn't elected (and thus corruptible). Perhaps a Native leader of some kind.
How would you like it to go? This is how it is meant to go, politicians announce a goal and a vague direction they want to go in, then table bills with the details filled out, it undergoes several layers of public debate and then it gets voted on.
Libro seems to only cost 20CAD/book which is a significant hike but it's not as bad as buying the books outright which costs 30-40$ which is simply too much for me to afford. I'll probably switch when I run out of ausible credits thanks for the rec!
I think one of the bigger problems with amazon is that it replaces so many different sectors all at once. I don't think any one single replacement is really solving the problem, furthermore I don't think an internationally relevant replacement for any one sector is that great either.
I guess the most recent amazon temptation was a utility cabinet, I found a nice one on amazon, but then searched and found an equivalent one from Canadian tire.
The hardest thing for me to break is audio books. I use the library but I find it rarely has what I want in stock, I have tried piracy but I can't find a good tracker for audio books and I like supporting authors when I can. Audible is really cheap compared to every store front, especially when buying credits in bulk.
Laci green used to be a women's health feminist youtuber. Made a video titled "i took the red pill" and immediately lost 90% of her views followed by the channel dying within 10 videos.
I buy a Costco box of all spice and store them all over the place (bathroom, bedroom, my backpack, my wfh desk, gym bag, etc) I dont pay attention at all to the scent they all smell the same to me.
Otoh tho 2 uses of the airfyer is almost certainly worse than a bigger single session with an oven. Personally I find meal prepping to be important way of saving time and energy alike.
also in winter both waste no energy since whatever energy is not used for cooking ends up warming your house.
I dint want to yuck anyone's yum, but I dont have a lot of use for a tool that only has a benefit half the year when doing small batches.
I have a professional advantage in being a windows power user. Only way of maintaining that is running windows at home. I do have several Linux systems too.
My mom is liberal enough, but my brother fell down the pipeline. He recently tried to convince my mom i was brainwashed to be a LGBTQ Muslim extremist by my wife (note, I am a man, and my wife is an ex-muslim whose sect is persecuted by Muslim extremists) and he made 51st state memes on canada day. I don't really know what to do, I just try not to be alone with him.
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