My Life As A Mom, and Wife

Where I post my thoughts and pictures of what's going on in my day to day life.

[ahmnorhein-zkn]

Repost, now do your honors.

[conversation16]

hey so it’s march now aka the beginning of endometriosis awareness month and i feel obligated to remind you that debilitatingly painful periods are not normal. if you or someone you know is ending up sick or bedridden every month, you are not crazy and deserve medical attention from someone who will take you seriously

[conversation16]

hey it’s march again let’s get this post circulating again

[gettingbiwithmylife]

i need anyone who's watching the mighty nein episodes of campaign 3 but hasn't seen campaign 2 to know that sam has been keeping up the "not using Halfling Luck" thing since then and it drove the rest of the cast absolutely crazy (especially Liam)

[mariacallous]

[weatherman667]

With Ockham's Razor, the most likely scenario is that 3rd party voters rallied behind RFK, and now pick the next most likely 3rd party.

[mariacallous]

It's Occam's Razor, and that "rallying" is not reflected in the polls.

[thesecretlifeofknees]

Also the idea that 3rd party voters are a consistent and coherent group each election is false. It also ignores the most important point of that thread, which is that the Green Party is actively being assisted by people whose main goal is to defeat democrats

[traegorn]

Also, there's a lot of evidence that Jill Stein is a Russian Asset that's literally been floating around for years.

Guess who came to dinner with Flynn and Putin

NBC News reviewed video and photos from a 2015 Moscow gala that Mike Flynn was paid $45,000 to attend to see who else was in the room.

Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump, reports say

Building support for Stein was one of a “roster of themes” the Moscow-sanctioned internet trolls “turned to repeatedly,” report says.

If Jill Stein was serious about serving her country, she'd be running for congress or a state level position first. Instead she's running for president, again and again, because -- frankly -- money.

[finnglas]

Jill Stein is as much a grifter as Donald Trump is, just not as loud and with a different veneer to appeal to a different set of wallets. Do not trust her, do not donate to her, do not fucking vote for her.

[thegleampt2fromtheglowpt22001]

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

[apisashla]

reblog if attacking fascism is really the hill you want to die on

[alpine-insurrection]

this is literally like one of the most justified and honorable hills you could die on??? lol??

[harostar]

[lilithtransrights]

Quick someone reply with the gif™️

[burnt-to-cynders]

[lilithtransrights]

[momusu-saval-deactivated2024010]

Always reblog this if you are cool

[puppygirl-hornyposting2]

[petermorwood]

I read somewhere, and believe it, that inkjet printers work on the modified Gillette razor principal: sell the initial product cheap and profit by selling the always-needed refill that keeps it working.

Except that - and here's where "modified" comes in - while safety razors will take any blade of the correct shape, printers can be DRM-chipped (looking at you, HP) to ignore anything but the manufacturer's own refills. Those can then be priced as that manufacturer pleases, and discount sources can do only so much to ease the sting.

They can also be chipped to stop working when one colour runs low, no matter the state of the others. (Looking at you again, HP). This can be annoying enough with individual colour cartridges; it's bloody infuriating if the four colours are in a single unit that has to be replaced en bloc before the damned thing starts working again.

We had one of those (guess what brand) and it didn't take much simple arithmetic to realise that it would take very few refills before we reached the price of a more expensive but much better device.

So we sold the HP and got a Brother mono laser 3-function for heavy work, and a cheap-ish Canon colour inkjet 3-function for everything else.

*****

Best move ever.

It cost about €130 more than a printer-only inkjet, was bought in April 2018, is only on its second toner cartridge (generic, not branded), works reliably on the house network and so can print from any device from PC to phone.

*****

For colour work @dduane has that non-network Canon, which continues to print well when required - cross fingers, spin three times and spit to foil the gremlins - probably because its 4 x individual-colour (we made sure of that) cartridge consumption is more balanced by doing only colour printing rather than heavy black-only use for docs.

*****

The Brother we got was DCP-L2530DW...

...which may be available at discount since it's been discontinued and replaced by DCP-L2660DW...

...though IMO this other current model, DCP-L2620DW...

...is better for home use.

The specs suggest it's a more direct replacement for our device, and that flat top is far less intrusive than the angled feed hopper (which also prevents use as, inevitably, a part-time shelf).

DD's Canon is Pixma MG2550S...

...and AFAIK is still current.

This info is provided for reference; we're not shilling for Brother or Canon, just passing on satisfied-customer opinions, so all of the above is IMO and YMMV

:->

[vilranda]

I threw my HP printer out the door, when I was done with it. It wasn’t even broken. I was just done.

I’d buy a Canon again. Thats what we had for years before it broke. Leaving us to replace it with the HP that I hated since the day we set it up.

The rage I feel when thinking about that HP printer is irrational. Hated that thing.

[ribbittrobbit]

@worldsbeyondpod why r u doing this to me

[vilranda]

Literally me when the episode came out.

[tau1tvec]

Well ???

[gender-luster]

this pos motherfucker

[vilranda]

Yes

[roseart72]

Caleb Widogast tarot

[achesspiece]

firefox just started doing this too so remember kids if you want to stream things like netflix or hulu over discord without the video being blacked out you just have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser settings!

[achesspiece]

for the people saying this might be too difficult: idk about chrome but in firefox it just goes

> open settings

> search "hardware acceleration" and there should only be one result

> uncheck use recommended performance settings

> uncheck use hardware acceleration

done!

[agender-witchery]

Since I'm looking at the comments and seeing a lot of people asking what hardware acceleration is and getting wildly incorrect answers, here you go. This is what hardware acceleration is. It's not DRM, and it's not placing a limit on memory usage (unless you have weird definitions for both "memory" and "placing a limit").

This is what hardware acceleration is:

"Do you just have a graphic for this on hand at all times?"

Yes. For this precise reason.

[grayintogreen]

Everything about Cosmo is like… I absolutely 100% believe this is Caleb Widogast when he’s 97.

[lily-valley-hyperfixates]

“watership down” this and “animal farm” that but. you guys are ignoring the most significant Burrow’s End influence.

Ratatouille.

[vilranda]

I….i….*deep breath*

Thanks I hate it.

[depsidase]

[serdunkthelunk]

Here's a clip of the tapes bc man,

[vilranda]

Scariest scene ever. Then my cat decided to hit the door of the room I was in, giving a loud thump. Which also scared the shit outta me.

[wynought]

Expanding on my previous post, here are all of Wenabocker's tapes (so far?)

(Burrow's End episode 8 spoilers)

First tape: I've actually never used one of these before. Hello, my name is Robert Wenabocker. I'm the lead engineer here at Warren Peace Memorial Nuclear Power Plant. Hey, guys, give me five minutes. I just gotta log it. The time is currently 18:48, and at approximately, um [rustling of paper], 5:17 today, this facility registered a loss of coolant accident in reactor Charlie. Er, at 11:20, all plant personnel were notified via intercom, and, of cou-

Second tape: [an alarm sound can be heard at regular intervals throughout] Hello, this is Dr. Wenabocker. It is 4/21/62 at 8:11. The LOC logged on the 18th has proven difficult. Our structural engineers have noted significant integrity loss surrounding reactor Charlie. Now, this integrity loss may result in repeated incidents of increased severity if left untreated. We are not doing that. We are handling things now with the repair materials on hand, and we should have this remedied within the we-

Third tape: [Alarm blaring in regular intervals throughout, Wenabocker sounding increasingly agitated] I don't care, I want two teams down there right now! Following on the official urgent materials request submitted all signs, [emphatically] all signs, are pointing to sabotage. This is a matter of national security! If we can't fix this w-

Fourth tape: [Wenabocker sounds dejected and tired] It is 2:22, two hours post order of a full evacuation of Peace Plant by Director Simms. [Beat] I stayed behind, since I'd already been um… [Beat] I stayed in hopes we'd get a call from the outside with some idea on how to avoid a full core meltdown. [Small chuckle of disbelief] But the cables on our comms are destroyed [in a tone like 'yeah, I don't believe it either']. Chewed through. [Tone turns sarcastic] You know, earlier this week, my team joked that evil spirits were behind all of this. [With underlying laughter] As a man of science, you know, I- [curious] hello? [Creatures chittering] The facility has been evacuated. You need to-

Fifth tape: [Creatures chittering in the distance throughout, Wenabocker hyperventilating throughout, his voice is panicked] There. Are. Five. Weasels. I don't know how they're doing it. [A few beats of only Wenabocker's frantic breathing] I don't know what's happening. [Something breaking, the official subtitles say it's glass, but it doesn't really sound like glass to me, creatures chittering now very close by] No! No! [Sounds of a struggle, flesh tearing, Wenabocker wheezing, then sounds of Wenabocker gasping for air a few times, possibly through a torn out throat, chittering creatures leave] [Increasingly weak] They're… all… so… sneaky… [Tape clicks off with disturbing finality]

[vilranda]

Jesus just reading that gave me chills

[counterspelling]

Endless Burrow’s End

[vilranda]

And it was after this moment, my cat decided to fucking knock into the door, scaring the absolute shit outta me.

[critrolesideblog]

A little ficlet inspired by this post by @thevalleyisjolly

"Welcome home, dear."

Essek glided across the threshold with his usual grace. He let his disguise of warm, brown skin and small, rounded ears fall away with his cloak as he placed it on his usual hook with a well-practiced flourish. His hands found to their usual places on Caleb's neck and waist, grasping firmly as he pulled him in for a kiss. But Caleb noted there was something unusual about him. More than his usual happiness and relief at arriving safely, there was bright delight twinkling like stars in his eyes and a smile peeking out from the corners of his lips.

"I have gossip," he announced, breaking into a proper grin, and Caleb laughed.

"Ach, I should have known."

Essek's grin only widened as their hands interlaced and they began the ascent up the stairs to the bedroom that housed the tower entrance.

"During the lunch break at the symposium, conversation at my table turned to the unfortunate absence of a certain Zemnian transmutation specialist."

"Oh, boy."

"What's-her-name heard he took down the Cerberus Assembly single-handed, and so-and-so was hoping to gain a glimpse of Widogast's Transmogrification. And didn't you know, one Xalser Tecklaras heard Professor Widogast was quite handsome as well as an excellent speaker! Handsome in a roguish sort of way, so-and-so heard! What a pity! Tecklaras was hoping to make his acquaintance! Did anyone know if he was married?"

Caleb could feel his cheeks starting to redden. Essek's grin turned mischievous with a quick flash of fang as he watched Caleb's reaction sidelong.

"Of course, I heard that Professor Widogast has quite the history of romantic entanglements -- lovers of all variety seen entering and exiting his home --"

"Oh my gods."

"And one, Professor Talib, was only too happy to verify my account! She heard much the same from Archmage Becke of Rexxentrum."

Caleb paused before the tower door to roll his eyes and sigh long-sufferingly. What happens when you get a bunch of wizards in one place? They gossip like Schulkinder.

"Ah, but Professor Ieteru saved the best for last," Essek leaned in closely, eyes ablaze. He was squeezing Caleb's hand tightly, and his dimples were showing as he smiled widely, lit by the arcane glow of the door. "She heard from someone in Yios, who heard from someone in Emon, who heard from someone in Nicodranas, that Professor Widogast is not human at all, but actually… a dragon."

Caleb stared, mouth agape.

"W--was?"

"That is not even the best part," Essek gasped, sweet laughter dancing through his words. "Most of the other professors agreed!" He leaned forward, closing the small gap between them, resting his head against Caleb's shoulder as he struggled to stay upright, his body shaking with mirth. "The point of contention was not whether you were a dragon, but what sort of dragon you were! Ieteru insisted gold, Talib, white, and Tecklaras, blue!"

Caleb stood there a moment, alternating between shocked processing of this new information and savoring his lover's closeness.

"Well, what did you say to that?" He asked at last.

Essek straightened, his smile positively wicked.

"I told them I knew for a fact the correct color was copper."