I grew up around here, just curious about others’ perspectives!

How do you feel about Portland, these days?

It depends what kind of sound.

In general though, you heard right. There is a product called “mass-loaded vinyl” that I used (by soundsulate, I think) between TV and my wife’s study - but if you have access to the wall cavity, rockwool is very good

The notable part seems to be the location rather than the tactics. I was under the impression that Putin was trying to insulate Moscow while hollowing out rural areas. Between fuel costs and localized conscription, it must be getting harder for the majority of Russians to pretend the war is going well for them

Agree with this one. I recorded my grandma and asked her about her childhood and how she met folks, etc. Can recommend!

Minus debt…

One week isn’t much time. Take some time to recover, but from my experience that recovery can become self-reincorcing isolation, so you’ll have to get out there eventually. For now, file for unemployment, figure out health care if needed, and get contact info for people you want to keep contact with. Unemployment sucks hard enough, best to focus on recovery for a bit

You’re probably pretty good! If you’re looking for some guides and perspective, check out matt colville’s running the game series on youtube

Our biweekly game that I DM became monthly and then just sort of stopped last year. It felt like folks had other priorities and I took it a bit harder than I should’ve. It’s crazy how much time and thought you can put into a homebrew campaign that centers players’ stories

Sure, don’t get even. Make a big anti-corruption legislation push. Out in the open, include investigations.

Then do what is needed. Dems need to act like they’re anti corruption

Abrams deserves so many flowers for building the apparatus that gave us Ossoff, Warnock, and now klb.

Gina and Angie were my stretch wishes. Glad I got one of the 2!

With all the influx, Texas is going to get like 4 new reps after the next census, having a dem governor means that they can veto any ratfuckery with the maps. Good job, Texazul!

Maybe dumb question: are there loose trade groups that could share advertising / business digging? Or are you basically in competition with everyone else in your field?

Maybe change careers? My job will end soon and I’m looking for something more stable and values-aligned rather than exciting. I figure people need houses -Any structural engineers want to chime in on how to get into that work late?

I wish he would

Taking a slightly different tack, I think a lot of the extractive destruction of our quality of life is due to our failure to understand the sociopathy of the ultrawealthy and how preventing them is necessary for our way of life.

The "middle class* as we think of it is an historical aberration. Most of recorded history is a few owners and roughly everyone else living in poverty. That’s what I see coming down the bend if we don’t act pretty damn soon

Didn’t SpaceX just report AI profit? I wonder how creative their accounting is

I’m seething as an American. Absolutely disgusting betrayal

Unfortunately, the horribleness here is largely intentional. E.g. Texas Republicans just closed 92 voting locations in one of their largest counties (Tarrant). That’s almost 30% of the total.

One of our parties consistently tries to make voting less accessible - and they’re the party in power right now

And it’s great. No lines, no waiting. Get your voting guide a week before, get your ballot, drink some coffee while you peruse the issues and candidates, look stuff up if you’re not sure about things, drop the ballot off at the library after work.

You hear “stay in line after polls close!” Or about folks waiting 4+ hours, or it being illegal to hand out water/food to people in line and it reads like madness.

Vote by mail is so damned civilized in comparison