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GasBandit
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At least we’re not China though, right?
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China Blocking RSS Feeds | TechCrunch
The Chinese Government has added a blanket ban on all RSS feeds, according to a report at Ars Technica. There have been reports previously that Feedburner
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GasBandit
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We're getting closer than I'd like.At least we’re not China though, right?
China Blocking RSS Feeds | TechCrunch
The Chinese Government has added a blanket ban on all RSS feeds, according to a report at Ars Technica. There have been reports previously that Feedburner
—Patrick
It’s not just US, either.
Is the internet falling apart?
China’s ability to control the internet experience within its borders taught many other countries that doing so, even if costly, is possible.
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Good luck! I hope it goes well!Not whining but wasnt sure where else to put this; i wanted to let everyone know I’m finally going in for hip surgery on Nov 12. I’ll DM @Dave some personal contact info just in case but yeah. Finally!
Small whine: I was starting to feel better on the anti-virals, but I've been losing my voice for a while and today my skin feels like its burning/crawling. I have a two and a half hour french class in the morning where I speak most of the time...
My last 4-day weekend had a heart attack in the middle, so yeah.
I can manage this with two-week vacations.
Letting go of work waiting for you is an art.
Va... ca... tion? What sorcery is this!?
Yes. Between allergies and shitty air quality due to fires, I am short of breath at least once a week, and it always makes me panic.
Thankfully no, but that is definitely a concern as we figure out whether or not we can or will come back to the states in December.
In all seriousness, why would you? Didn't you lose everything in the fires? I genuinely would take advantage and stay if you can.
Missing family and friends. Teaching with a 17 hour time difference sucks. Visa runs out in January. We might extend the Visa or move to New Zealand if they opens borders with Oz again. But feeling displaced is still pretty lousy.
Mr. Z is like that. He gets tested at work at least once a month because his boss requires it, and he still thinks any time he feels the slightest bit off it's the onset of Covid. I've had to talk him down too many times. It doesn't help that he's far more prone to seasonal allergies than I am.
Just learned one of my Middle School bullies died last week. No idea how to feel about it. I don't have a single positive memory of him. And in fact, some of the things he said and did to me in those 3 years still haunt me to this day. Very often, when I get depressed, I still hear him saying "You're a loser, Nick. You'll always be a loser" and have to wonder how much he was right. He was probably one of my worst bullies of all of them, too.
(Note: I haven't heard how he died. But I found out because someone else who knew me in middle school suddenly messaged me on Facebook, telling me they found my blog post about my middle school days. But I don't remember him at all.)
(Note: I haven't heard how he died. But I found out because someone else who knew me in middle school suddenly messaged me on Facebook, telling me they found my blog post about my middle school days. But I don't remember him at all.)
Not only was he not right, now when you hear it you can reply "yeah well you're dead."
That's not really a comfort, honestly. Especially when I believe he was right more often than not.
Update: Old friend of mine who still lives in PEI informed me he died of a Fentanyl overdose. Apparently his wife left him and took their kid with her because he couldn't stay clean. And he was still an asshole, so he never changed, I guess.
Is it weird that, despite all the pain he caused me, how his words still haunt me and pull me into depression, that I honestly, truly hoped he became a better person? That's the hopeless optimist in me for everyone else.
Is it weird that, despite all the pain he caused me, how his words still haunt me and pull me into depression, that I honestly, truly hoped he became a better person? That's the hopeless optimist in me for everyone else.
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No, not at all.
I still hope some of my bullies eventually turned themselves around. Because once you hit grown-up world, being a bully is a dead end unless your family has enough power/influence/money to force people to continue putting up with that shit.
--Patrick
Or have enough enablers to get you elected president.
I disagree with the dead guy. You're not a loser.
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I have a weird pressure on my lungs unlike anything I've felt before coupled with a cough. I'm going to get tested today but I fear I might have been hoisted by my own petard.
Depends. There's one version that just needs to be inserted an inch or so, and then there's another that feels like they're trying to swab the backsides of your eyeballs.
--Patrick
I had the latter.
Trust me, if you get it you'll know
I guess unless you're one of the asymptomatic ones