I think I just found my next phone. Do you have any experience with the phone?

I imagine it would taste different given that most of the meat we consume is bled out. Probably the closest you’ll get to that experience is game hunting and eating the meat straight away without exsanguination.

Jennifer Coolidge, and I love her for it.

It’s been a stereotype for a while. There are a few articles/memes out there about it, at least since the late 2010’s:

https://www.gq.com/story/move-im-gay

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/stereotype-lgbtq-walk-faster-straights-unexpected-benefit/

It’s the thick fleshy bit around the eye that I find a bit weird. They are very adorable, but the adults look like perfect fluffy little borbs, fit for a fairy to ride:

The kids never stood a chance.

That second photo could be a character in a Don Bluth movie.

And California!

Y’all, I need some suggestions for alternatives to Spotify, starting to get sick of their shit. The one feature I find difficult to replace is finding new music that’s similar to others I’m listening to. I don’t listen to music, I listen obsessively to one song until I get almost physically sick of listening to it. So I need to listen to snippets of multiple songs which Spotify does allow you to do. Do any of the alternatives have this feature?

Off the top off my head I would recommend:

https://www.cite-sciences.fr/en/explore/permanent-exhibitions/cite-des-enfants/cite-des-enfants-2-6

https://aquariumdeparis.com/en/

https://www.parczoologiquedeparis.fr/en

https://www.jardindacclimatation.fr/en

https://www.lemondedenoe.fr/

https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/philharmoniedesenfants

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dk5ReQsW5v9YHHF6A

I need to go to bed, so I’ll need to come back later and elaborate and drop some more tips but those options are a good starting point.

I love Pervis

I’ve used both Ecosia and Kagi and find the former gives me too many irrelevant results compared to Kagi. Recently though Kagi has been giving me some funky results but it doesn’t happen very often.

You should come to France and also have some of our anus sausage. Relevant quote from wiki:

True andouillettes are rarely seen outside France and have a strong, distinctive odour coming from the colon. Although sometimes repellent to the uninitiated, the scent is prized by its devotees which can also be said for the texture.

Let me introduce you to the greatest love story of all time:

Sauce: https://www.tumblr.com/silima/776028998172114944

Thanks, I hadn’t thought of monoculars but that might work. I’ve used thermal monoculars before so I know eye fatigue can be a concern but if it’s for short trips I can see it working for absolute beginners. Any particular brands you think might be cheap but reliable?

As someone who is part portuguese I can tell you Portugal is definitely underrated from a birding perspective, but Spain is definitely in the lead (and given our centuries long rivalry, I don’t say this lightly).

The south all the way up to just next to Lisbon is great for late winter. The far south is also great for spring and autumn migration.

If you’re speaking to the culture and history, I can only say good things about Portugal. Great food, nice people, rich history, and all of this in a small and accessible package. You just need to skip the horrendously touristy areas in the south.

If you ever find yourself planning a trip this way feel free to hit me up, I’d be happy to give some pointers!

Oh man nowhere in Europe could hold a candle to most of Africa, so I can see why that would be in your first pick. Someone I know recently moved to Nairobi and I told them they had to start birdwatching so I can live vicariously through them :') I’d say Southern Europe (Extremadura, Gibraltar, parts of Portugal) and Nordic countries (parts of Norway, Finland) are as close as you’re going to get in density, but still lacking.

Thanks! I highly recommend a trip to Extremadura, completely changed my view of Spain. It’s basically what Europe used to be like before we blitzed everything with pesticides. There are birds everywhere and the landscapes as you noted are very charming.

There is at least one good reason - it takes the pressure off of parents and kids to buy the most expensive or fashionable clothes, at least in school. It also means you don’t have to think about what outfit to wear each day and how you’ll be perceived by your classmates.

I didn’t think much of it since I went exclusively to schools where uniforms were required, and I thought it was dumb. Then I met people who grew up in lower income households who said they wished they had uniforms growing up. They stood out like a sore thumb at school among kids who had more financial means, and we all know what assholes middle schoolers can be, so they did not have a great time.

But requiring all kids to have ponytails???

The only sensible reason I can think of for this is because of head lice. It reduces the risk of kids passing them on to each other (like when they hug, play physical games, sit close enough they’re touching, etc). However reading the rest of their requirements my guess is this is more about keeping the kids in line.

A large percentage of those forests are monocultures grown for the paper, pulp, timber and cellulose industry. According to Global Forest Watch, in 2020 9% of land cover on Germany was natural forests but 15% was non-natural. It’s basically not very different from planting a field of corn.

Sadly a bunch of trees does not a forest make, especially if they’re not native. Most of the local wildlife will not be able to benefit from those trees for food, and there needs to be diversity in types of plants beyond just trees.