I think that about sums it up

It’s the official Ukrainian government site for donations.

If you don’t mind me asking, how often did politics come up with your parents?

Edit: just for my own perspective, they came up a little with my father while he was still alive and very, very rarely with my mother who I still see daily. I gently gauge the political position that my kids have but I’ve raised them all with empathy as a central tenet of their upbringing so that’s more or less where they tend to fall as best I can tell.

I am not interested in ending up where you did and I mean that with kindness.

I’ve recently introduced my 5 year old to Luanti (open source Minecraft clone). He loves it, sees me open terminals (Linux only house), use the in-game terminal which I’m teaching him to use, learns what keys are where etc. and personally I’m OK with that for now. Baby steps.

My own computer route was to play games initially (load “”) then move on to coding later. It is much easier to learn coding now than it was then but just moving him off the tablet will already be a huge win. If he shows an aptitude or interest in it, coderdojo or similar will be waiting.

Oh! If you do decide to do something similar, I hooked the laptop up to the TV with keyboard and mouse and it was a huge win both in fine motor control and fun!

Good luck!

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Shameful.

Wasn’t the pipeline closed after the contract expired at the end of 2024?

Golden advice my father gave me:

The second you start noticing any buzz it’s time to ease down. There is still more alcohol in your stomach waiting to be absorbed so you’ll continue getting more buzzed even if you do stop.

It’s a great way to pace yourself.

Edit: my 2c is that you’ll be drunk on two unless you really spread them out. Take small sips and use the buzz rule. They tend to be reasonably potent.

That’s huge. Congratulations!

That’s a fantastic watch. Many thanks.

I…I could? Humans are weird and wonderful creatures.

I can think myself into immediately stopping hiccups.

I can also puke on demand.

Hahaha. I’m laughing here because immediately after posting I was like “shit… I’m going to be asked for that recipe” and it’s really late here but I’ll tell you what…I’ll fling it up tomorrow.

The whole thing takes me a few hours and it’s quite involved but I get two dinners out of it for 7 humans when you include the lady across the street so it’s worth the effort.

I have an example and a suggestion.

There’s an old lady living across the street from us. We’ve been living here for twenty years and her partner passed away there about two years ago. I want her to not feel alone and I know she really loves my beef stew (I honestly make a savage beef stew) so when I make some I get one of our kids (who she knows since they were born) to drop some over to her. She always drops back the bowl with like some fruit in it. I considered saying not to but I actually feel like she likes the reciprocity. Anyway if you get a nice smell coming from that lady’s place some day, drop that in to the conversation. She’ll remember and you’ll get some great food then there’s balance.

Another way is for it to “just happen” in a silent way. Just say nothing after you’ve done it and gently refuse payment but put the kindness on her.

“Oh no, I’m happy to do it. You’re very kind to offer but I absolutely couldn’t. Thank you though. You’re very kind.”

That way she won’t feel indebted.

It needs a comma.

All the good faith I had had, had had no effect.

Essentially “all the food faith I previously had, didn’t have any effect”.

Good God English is an awful language.

Walking through customs at the airport