PlantJam

I'll take small menu ordering every time. If we're all getting the same thing and the choice is quantity, it'll likely be fresh.

unique breathing mechanic, where you have to press a button to inhale and release the button to exhale

I get that a satirical game about the pandemic probably just isn't my cup of tea, but this breathing mechanic sounds like such unnecessary tedium.

It tastes like vanilla coke, but different. I described it as greasy vanilla, but creamy might be a nicer way to put it. I didn't notice any chocolate flavor.

While the "full-blown timeline" for the vaccine being approved "might be many years away" the visible impact could be sooner.

Professor Ahmed added that, through clinical trials, he would hope to start seeing the vaccine's impact "in four or five years on the healthy population".

This is really exciting. I wonder if vaccines could be developed for other cancers using a similar technique?

Running is finally going great! I'm still liking the Merrell vapor gloves, but ordered a few pair of Xero with the sale. All four pair that I ordered were too narrow. Luckily I was able to pick up some Altra lone peaks so I can still go on a trail run tomorrow.

I somehow missed that people were hoarding tp again. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I went to buy some and found nearly the entire aisle bare. Luckily there was plenty of the store brand, so I guess people were panick buying but not panicked enough to consider a different brand.

Open EVSE is the only open source charger I've heard about, but I haven't used their products before.

Good thing Biden isn't running anymore.

Having one EV and one ICE is a good way to start if you're a two vehicle household.

Adoptaversary, also known as gotcha day!

That seems like a great opportunity for further discussion. Even small changes like having one night a week that is meatless can be beneficial, i.e. Meatless Mondays. A big moment of progress for my household was when my partner fell in love with a soy taco dish I started making.

This seems like the opposite of the "cuteness effect". Meaning people are more likely to care about conservation for something cute (giraffes, cheetahs) than not (spiders, salamanders). In this case, octopus is a "weird" food, so there isn't push back on banning farming them. Like you said, the exact same logic applies to pigs, so why stop there?

Better than nothing, I suppose.