Welcome back, hope you had a nice summer :)
I'm critical of the NDP because I support them and want them to succeed. I don't love this messaging - I think it could be more effective. Trudeau caving to corporate greed seems to me a less important point to emphasize than we the NDP are the party that most emphatically works for working-class families
I believe the sole issue with uric acid levels is that at excessive levels uric acid can crystallize in the joints causing arthritis-like pain known as gout. Uric acid is acquired by consuming foods with purines, which we metabolize into uric acid. (So 'which foods are high/low in uric acids' is a bit of a simplification and doesn't produce great search results).
Here is one site that lists amounts of purine and uric acid in various foods. Values for lentils seem pretty similar to meat products: https://dr-barbara-hendel.com/en/nutrition/tables/purine-content-table
However, I wouldn't advise that you focus on refuting your family's claims that lentils have so much uric acid that you should stop eating them. You may want to mention that lentils have comparable uric acid to meat. But I don't think your family is arguing in good faith. They may be cherry-picking anti-vegan arguments with little information or true concern about reality and are essentially just placing a huge burden of proof or justification on you for your diet (while they face no scrutiny).
So don't go after the hypothetical omni 'what if about nutritional unsoundness'. Say I'm glad you're concerned about my nutritional well-being. If you think I might be at risk for gout, let's go get me some bloodwork. And if my uric acid levels aren't anything to worry about, then you don't need to worry yourself any longer about my lentil consumption
c/aboringdystopia I don't mean that as a criticism of Manitoba. Underfunding of the arts is probably very widespread these days. It is sad to me that this doesn't have the funding to continue
In your estimation, is Harris neutral compared to Biden, a little better, or what, for the people in Gaza? I'm asking out of curiosity. I appreciate skepticism, and I did not like how things were handled at the DNC - the denial of pro-Palestinian speakers (censorship of much more than we know I'm sure) and Harris' comments. But it feels like there's so little politically to feel hopeful about these days that I want to believe she'll be an improvement over Biden vis-a-vis the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Context: Descriptively speaking, Ontario has 'balanced out' the Libs and Cons by having one elected provincially and the other elected federally for decades at this point. For that reason, it is presumed that Ford would like to call an election while Trudeau is in Ottawa rather than before the Libs hand Ottawa to PP. Bright days ahead for Ontario when we have Cons on both levels /s
Proper thing: No pride in genocide ✊.
I'm noticing lately that more of the most important news that I'm seeing reported in the Canadian press is coming from smaller outlets. It's both a credit to SaskToday's journalistic practice and disappointing on the part of larger and/or more local (to Ottawa) papers that SaskToday is the only outlet I found publishing this balanced story by the Canadian Press. The right-wing rag that is the NatPo titled their article on the issue, "Ottawa Pride loses key allies over anti-Israel stance" lol. I've also seen some great articles recently from GuelphToday, which seems to be part of another smaller news conglomerate that is not related to that of SaskToday.
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Void: That's not good catiquette, but I'm not going to say anything
Another great episode!! I love the pics/vids, the story, the characters. I don't like that Lucy is mean to Miez 😤 :P. I was so focused on Timmy in the first video and thinking "he's so chill, even when he's hiding" that I didn't see Lucy next to him in that video till the 4th time I watched it (it is late/early for me though)
A lot of shows keep the pilot as the first episode, which I often skip in rewatches because pilots seldom feel like the later show. What's your fave Seinfeld episode? Mine might be either the Serenity Now one or the Festivus one (I guess I like Frank Costanza a lot :)