You don’t have to convince me, I was already sold.

They betray me, they didn’t keep their promise, they trick me, and I don’t care anymore! Everybody betray me! I fed up with this world!

I certainly know everything there is to know about the immigration process on Bug Mars now.

YOU ARE TEARING IT APART, LISA!

Everything I needed to know I learnt from Microsoft Encarta.

I can answer the second question:
Generally, hot-blooded mammals transform 90% of the energy they get from food into heat.
So using a cat for heating your room is about 90% as effective as burning cat food in an oven.

Here’s some napkin math for where I live:
1kg of firewood has 4kWh = 4000 kcal
which is about equivalent to 1kg of really cheap dry cat food (mostly carbohydrates)

1kg of firewood costs about 40 cents
1kg of cheap dry cat food costs about 1,20€

So, cat-based heating is about 3.3x more expensive than burning pre-dried, commercially purchased firewood.
(all of these prices heavily depend on how much you buy in bulk, though. And if you care about your cat’s well-being, you’re gonna spend 2x more on its food)

I have 2 cats.
One of them seems to sense when I’m upset or unwell, and will come to hug me, wrap herself around my neck and purr in my ear.
Then the other one will sneak up on us from behind, jump on her back, and start a cat fight on top of my head.
I love them both, but sometimes I wonder whether getting a second cat was the right decision.

If democracy ever re-emerges in some other time or place

Why don’t you cool it with the American exceptionalism? There are lots of countries that are still democratic, and have been more democratic than the US for many decades.

Just because US democracy has failed doesn’t mean it’s failed globally. Sit down for a bit, shut up, fix your own shit, try not to start an illegal war for a while, and then re-join us when you’re ready.

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Make your life easier: NEVER click on any link in an email.
In this case, if you are actually waiting for a USPS package, go to usps.com, enter your package number manually, and see if it tracks.

Man muss sich einfach mal vor Augen halten, dass die “westliche Welt”, die wir als allgemeingültiges Leitbild wahrnehmen, nur noch <1/8 der Menschen auf der Welt repräsentiert.
Und weniger als die Hälfte der globalen Wirtschaftsmacht, Tendenz sinkend.

Naja, damals war die Auswahl halt auch noch bisschen kleiner.

I study how fast poison leaking into the ground is cleaned up by microbes, and how it’s possible to protect drinking water sources from that poison.

I honestly don’t know how to phrase that so it sounds ridiculous or useless.

The people who watched Raiders of the Lost Ark in theatres are at least 60 years old now.

Harrison Ford is 82.
Isn’t it about time to put his digital zombie down, retire the franchise and make something new?

Das wichtigste an dem Artikel ist mein neues Hintergrundbild.

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Das ist allgemein das Motto der deutschen Politik, oder?

My mom supported me all the time, while I was failing first my Electrical Engineering, then my Environmental Science degree.
She still trusted I would make it!
And now I am better off than her and my dad, and can financially support my partner’s dreams, simply by doing what I did for fun while I was failing my studies.

My mom couldn’t have known that, and she doesn’t fully understand why I make so much money doing this, but she always believed in me.

Thanks, mom!