Maybe it slipped her mind. Or maybe she was being smart about the moment - including you in the moment rather than making it feel like something’s being hidden from you. Just a thought.

I’d call what you’re doing “cooking”.

I’d call what she’s doing “not cooking”.

This is certainly one of the best ideas here. I second this, wholeheartedly!

Ukraine has been an enthusiastic adopter of Starlink after Elon Musk responded to Russia’s invasion by shipping antennas valued at over $80 million to the country

For some reason, I’m reminded of the Trojan Horse.

So shall it be done.

Exactly what this reminded me of. Thanks.

Looks like something out of Reign of Fire

It’s funny, I just finished Atlas Shrugged and it’s crazy how Ayn Rand got it wrong about those who can “do” must also have the highest moral standards.

This^. You don’t have to use YT.

Even uniformity can be aesthetically pleasing, but these icons are decidedly not.

you want to blame capitalism and only capitalism, not corrupt politicians, not their policies, not their agendas.

Could you not say that the forces of capitalism have brought about the greed, justification, etc. that leads to corrupt politicians, policies, agendas?

I bust out laughing when I got to here:

Isn’t “Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.” more relevant? What’s all the extra bit anyway, even before the “z” debacle?

Many intelligences are saying it! I’m just telling it like it is.

If something’s rate of hype is too fast for my internal meter, I will become immediately skeptical of the trend/show/etc. and not care about it, solely because everyone is caring about it too much and too fast.

Wait are you being literal right now? Like, actually??

You could also try this, apparently.