I think Republicans use spoilers when there's something somewhat unpopular but it's gonna pass anyways. Like if there are 54 would-be votes for something in the Senate but it's a controversial issue, you can expect a no vote from Collins, Romney, Murkowski so it passes 51-49 and they can look better to their constituency. If it's closer than that, they rotate who votes no, but the three of them never actually block anything

Tough race between r/Seattle and r/Portland

Parenti stopped being friends with Bernie after the Kosovo vote afaik

Do you have any other recs for like animated sci-fi shows aimed at older audiences like this, especially ones with leftist themes? I enjoyed watching Pantheon and want to find more vaguely similar media

I don't know enough about how "loss prevention" works to say this is foolproof but if you bring a personal shopping cart in and pack your groceries into that, it's easy to fit a few more things that you just forgot to pay for at the self checkout...

(My only concern with this is because you're stealing some things and buying others, if they see it happen on cameras they can figure out who did it based off your membership or payment details)

Not sure if you're referring to my comments, but I don't care at all about grocery stores and I'm happy to steal non-BDS items from them. My concern with stealing BDS items is that the company being boycotted often still makes the money if it was stolen as if it were bought.

Steal BDS items from Costco, not other grocery stores. Get your SodaStream and Coke and Sabra hummus from them

I'm pretty sure the grocery store in most cases takes the hit on the stolen item and they'd just buy more to replace it as if it were purchased. Of course if enough people steal it, the grocery store might not restock it. Costco is the notable exception; they don't actually own the product in their store AFAIK

My understanding is that for most grocery stores, you're stealing from the grocery store. They're responsible for theft and stuff like food going bad. However, if enough people steal a certain brand, the store might stop carrying it.

I think the notable exception to this is Costco, where Costco never actually owns the stock in the store; it's the brand's until you buy it.

Can you please recommend me some recipes from that book to try? I have it and made one thing from it (I think it was a kabocha squash stew) and I was very underwhelmed, but if there's better stuff in it I want to give it a go

Vegan who loves to cook here, and I've got some recommendations for you! As a quick note, I'm vegan for the animals but also interested in healthy eating, so my recommendations are generally for things that taste indulgent but nourish the body and soul as well.

• The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook is easily my favorite that I have currently. The author, Nisha Vora, is the person behind the recipe website Rainbow Plant Life, which is by far my favorite vegan cooking website. She also has a new cookbook called Big Vegan Flavor that I have ordered but not yet received; I can't recommend it for sure but knowing Nisha I'm sure it's going to be excellent. In particular, Nisha is my go-to for Indian cuisine, but she has a wide variety of cuisines she covers well. The hummus recipe, the West African peanut stew, and the broth part of the pho recipe in the Instant Pot cookbook are particular standouts, and from her website I can't recommend highly enough her Palak Paneer with Tofu (follow the boiled tofu recipe, except you don't actually have to boil the tofu) and and her Chana Masala. She also has a YouTube channel that is also quite good. If you don't have an Instant Pot, I highly recommend getting one, they can be gotten on Craigslist or Marketplace for ~$40 usd where I am, and they're very worth it if you have the space.
• The Vegan Middle Eastern Cookbook by Noha Elbadry-Cloud is another excellent one. The recipes I've tried so far have been very flavourful and tasty. I like also that the woman who wrote it provides recipes from all over the Middle East and North Africa, and also includes her own twists on things that are not necessarily traditional but still very good. She has recipes for dishes that are vegan by default as well as good vegan takes on traditional meat-heavy meals, complete with good recipes for homemade imitation meats.
• I've heard good things about The Vegan Chinese Kitchen, which is written by the woman who runs The Plant Based Wok (cooking website). I haven't used the cookbook myself, but friends say it's good and I have enjoyed the author's recipes I've tried from her website.

Hope that helps! I'll let you know once I receive Big Vegan Flavor if it's good, because it seems like it's going to become my Bible of cooking.

(Also ADHD, maybe undiagnosed autism) This is so relatable, I've been getting very good at restructuring sentences mid-speech because I forget the exact word I'm looking for. Either that, or my brain hyperfixates on remembering the specific word I was looking for and I interrupt myself to try and get my conversation partner to help me remember the word I was looking for.

Have you seen that TikTok video that was like a 3 way split screen of Yellow Parenti, someone playing Subway Surfers, and one of those visual ASMR videos? We need to make more of that type of content

/r/trueanon is probably on the shit list unfortunately, gonna miss those nerds

"anticapitalist pokemon fanfic" is a set of 3 words describing something I didn't know I needed until becoming aware of its existence

Every day carry

Lotion, deodorant, hand sanitizer, umbrella (most days), water bottle, battery pack for phone, headphones, bike lights, Kindle, phone, keys, wallet, clif or lara bars, n95 equivalent masks, shopping bag for groceries, hair tie, fidget toys. I carry a backpack for all this stuff

I should get the presta to Schrader adapter

I recommend the book How Not to Age by Dr. Michael Greger, he has a lot of recommendations about what skin care ingredients and chemicals are actually backed by science. It cites a lot of research, and I think it's a pretty comprehensive overview of the subject. It also has other information on aging, not just skincare. Definitely don't hit me up if you want a digital copy of it (epub, also available in the usual places)

I feel like there are a lot of Bernie Sanders style left liberal who are not ready to be deprogrammed on China yet but would appreciate Blackshirts and Reds, at least in my experience talking to people in USA and Canada

I can't imagine that that'd happen, they need to maintain some level of "we're trying here" in order to effectively rile up their base to vote. Not appointing someone to the NLRB is much less noticable than Supreme Court justices stepping down. I think that the optics are best for both parties if the Supreme Court is basically always a 5-4 split one way or the other, or it is always 5-4 (R). That way the line is that it's always this close to {getting the Supreme Court back,the other team getting the Supreme Court} to mobilize voters.