In a functioning democracy, a vote should be secret by default, and that should be the social expectation. If you wanna tell people, sure, but not in a way where your actual vote can be proven.

I want to buy the whole of Switzerland.

I don't have children. I don't plan to have children. I don't think any of my partners did or do either. People can be invested in the future because they don't want future generations to suffer. If you need to have younger dependents for that, it mostly makes me think you have a rather narrow world view.

The Kangaroo Chronicles taught us about this.

If I do have time for a night out, my friends and I tend to favour queer establishments. Now a considerable portion of them are queer themselves, but considering the behaviour I've seen displayed towards female presenting people in straight clubs and bars, I don't see how I could stand for excluding anyone from a space where they might feel less unsafe.

Also, I don't walk on eggshells around my straight friends, or any straight people, really, especially not on a night out. There are OK straight people, and there are not-OK queer people. If someone behaves badly in a bar, they should be kicked out regardless of their identity.

Reuters say "Crashes in Mountains", which seems slightly more dramatic.

Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes in mountains, official says

There's definitely valid stuff in there, but I feel like you should always keep in mind that subverting these can also be an option.

Also, while I love good world building, I wouldn't really trust Ms. Rowling's advice on this. Not because of her other bullshit opinions, but because she's well known for throwing in stuff, and then not keeping track of it, or not thinking through the consequences.

Yeah, but the point of all the criticism is that the test also reflects mood changes and recent experiences in ways that a proper tool to measure a person's personality shouldn't. I am not saying that people can't change, just that the result of the test is rather superficial.

Würde mir an der Stelle die Frage stellen, was Gentechnik für mich ist, und warum ein gezieltes künstliches editieren des Genoms schlimmer ist, als den Versuch diese durch gezielte Züchtung zu erreichen. Es gibt in der Branche sicher fragwürdig Konzerne, aber in der Technologie an sich sehe ich keine Gefahr.

Kann dich aber insofern beruhigen, dass es zwar Experimente zu genetisch veränderten Samen gibt, aber meines Wissens noch keine auf dem Markt sind.

I'm gonna keep not buying Teslas all year.

PSA: You can make a shortcut and place it on your home screen with most mobile browsers, on Android, and, as far as I know, on iOS. Don't let people trick you into installing apps for things websites can do.

There's a lot of stuff from Sweeny I disagree with, but I don't think he's wrong on this.