Like others here, there's not much extra I can do. My job seems very stable, I have no auto loans, both the family cars are in okay condition, I have a fixed rate mortgage, health is okay, and aside from one small loan I am paying back the debts aren't bad.
A bottle of things I need to revisit:
I stocked up on non-perishable foods that my family will eat. But I need to do a bit more on this front.
I'm trying to cut back on extra spending. This is the biggest problem I have right now. Mostly due to unexpected bills and death-by-a-thousand-cuts small purchases.
This guy is such a massive waste of space. 9 times out of 10 when he's asked an economic question, "I don't know" is his answer. And then the few other times he says shit like this, which also isn't helpful.
Yeah. Most recently it was a shitty site that looked like it had been built in 2000 and I had to use to pay an EMS bill: services.webillems.com
Tried several times on Firefox and it wouldn't let me proceed with the payment. It kind of acted like it had. But when I called them to confirm they said it never went through. Tried multiple times with the same results. So I then tried on Chrome and it went through first time.
There's have been others too. But like I said before, it's rare. But annoying.
It's down to these sites using stale, poorly-written legacy code and/or never being upgraded.
I'm really not. I use Firefox 99.5% of the time (I need to switch to Librewolf). But there are some rare occasions - usually shitty old billing websites - where Gecko simply does not work due to said shitty old website. Not paying those bills is an impractical solution. Having a fallback for those rare occasions isn't unreasonable.
Vivaldi and Librewolf are good recommends. So good call by the author.
I wish I could completely ditch Blink based browsers for Gecko ones, just because I dislike how dominant Blink is thanks to Chrome. But some sites don't render correctly on Gecko. So a fallback is needed.
Edit: I haven't used Vivaldi in a long time, and apparently it's not what I thought it was. Are there really no outstanding open source Blink-based browser out there?
I'm going to pull out my crystal ball and predict this for some time in the next 4-6 days:
Don Bacon: My support for our heroic, genius, virile President is unwavering. And I completely support his decision to fire Haugh. And it has absolutely nothing to do with a recent threat to primary me.
His filmography is very limited because he was extremely picky about what he appeared in. But even still, I think all of his movies were good, even if done of them were uncomfortable to watch.
Is there a list of retail companies that are still committed to DEI policies? The only one I know of is Costco.
Edit: I did some more digging and found this website - dei.watch. The following are some of the ones listed as 'committed' on there at the time of writing:
Albertsons
Best Buy
Costco
CVS
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dillard's
Dollar General *
Dollar Tree *
Guess
H-E-B
Home Depot
Home Goods
Ikea
Lidl
Marshall's
Meijer
Patagonia
Petco
Publix
REI
Ross
TJ Maxx
Walgreens
Wegman's
Note: I've only listed physical store retailers who sell items (not restaurants) with either a nationwide presence or a significant number of retail stores. I'm sure I'm missing some, but this is a start.
*This chain might have an active DEI policy they are supporting and maintaining, but even among retailers they are also famous for treating their employees horribly.
The 'states rights' argument is so superficial. I have no idea why anyone still believes it. The Republicans have shown time and again that states rights only apply when it fits their agenda. And that they will use it as a convenient puppet during election cycles to do gullible voters, only to renege on it as soon as they are back in office.
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Aww. Little Genocide Jr found an old geography book! Bless him.