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Go to the "Filter lists" tab in the dashboard. At the bottom of the list click "Import" and paste the URL ( https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt ) in the box. Then click "Apply Changes" to save it.

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis is a bacteria that's really good at killing mosquito, fungus gnat, and black fly larvae. It's harmless to everything else and it's the active ingredient in "Mosquito Dunks".

You can break up a mosquito dunk into crumbles and soak them in a pitcher of water overnight to inoculate it with BTI. Water your plants with it to inoculate the soil and it'll kill off the larvae -- I go a little further and sprinkle crumbles over the soil in my pots to keep them inoculated.

It's my go-to for dealing with fungus gnats in plants and I've never had it fail.

One day as a teenager I was screwing around with the cattle prods they sell at the local farm supply store. I pushed the button a few times and nothing happened -- no sparks, no noise. Clearly it doesn't have batteries in it ...

I learned something that day.

Ironically: the Free and Open Source Software ecosystem is the one place communism has repeatedly worked with minimal issues.

Turns out that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is super easy when the means of production and end product are open to everyone and cost nothing (other than effort) to create and nearly nothing to distribute.

... that and the consequences of failures or delays in a project are a little different when comparing software to basic human needs.

Westerners

TIL the Chinese people on Weibo that originally created and spread the meme are "Westerners".

Oh boy, look at what rather unfortunately named character they compared President Obama to! I bet if we were evil imperialists we'd claim that was intentional and a disgusting example of racism. Can you imagine the kind of person who would make such a bad-faith argument?

Good thing we're not like those guys, eh comrade?

It doesn't require digging out a test strip or card, it's impossible to misplace or not have immediately on hand, and it doesn't scream "Hang on a second, I'm just checking to make sure you're not trying to drug and rape me."

I deleted my Reddit account but still follow some writers on it and had the same issue. The worst part is it's anything marked as NSFW -- even posts that were tagged as a joke weren't accessible.

I changed my VPN to another country and Reddit was still asking me to log in and show ID until I cleared my cookies and cache.

They buy them because the "operators" they're cosplaying as use them.

The police and the military use them because guns are loud as fuck and produce muzzle flash -- which are even worse in a poorly lit building. With a suppressor they're not being blinded and can actually hear what's going on.

S tier

Only if it's salmiakki

Isn't census data used to determine availability and funding for social programs?

So the options are "disclosed personal information the government has no business knowing." or "cause services important to your [group] to be underfunded/cut".

Lose/lose.

cheating

We often forget some people do have lives before they "settle down" and get married.

I drove through miles of a literal swarm of cicadas a few years ago and 99% of them didn't splat on the windshield. My roof rack was coated with bug guts, though.