PSA: If you are using an Android phone, and you have Microsoft Teams installed, and you're not logged into Microsoft Teams on that phone: please uninstall it, or you won't be able to call 911!
No, I am not making this up: https://www.androidpolice.com/google-finally-knows-which-app-to-blame-for-androids-mysterious-cant-call-911-bug
http://welshpixie.rocks/blog/2021/12/08/loot-grind/
Here's that fun story that I wanted reminders to write. :D
This is me playing Titan Quest killing the same boss over and over until it dropped a trinket that opens a place called 'The Secret Passage', a little area full of boss mobs named after the game devs, and if you kill them all you can open a chest of ph4t l00t at the end, so it's a good place to grind for better gear later in the game.
this interview was done in person and both of us are holding papers so occasionally i'm like oooooh I want to save thi--CRINKLE CRINKLE CRINKLE
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‘They have bread but it doesn’t meet your obnoxiously high standards’ is also a valid possibility I suppose
The opened @7:00 & close @5:00 (its currently 1:20) — what do you want to bet that they are already completely out of bread?
I suppose it’s possible that they know they’re definitely going to sell out but if that’s the case why aren’t they making more &/or making bread more than once a week
US POL, Native American rights
The house discussed several bills concerning Native American rights this week:
H.R.2074 - Indian Buffalo Management Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2074/text/ih (still in the house, discussion postponed)
H.R.2930 - Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2930/text/ih (passed the house & sent to the senate)
H.R.4352 - To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4352/text/ih (passed the house & sent to the senate)
I'm tentatively in favor of the first two (the third does clarifies some technical language but does...basically nothing else afaik) tho I'll do more research before I call my reps
Hype Machine's Merch Table scans your Spotify Wrapped playlist to show you what is available for purchase on Bandcamp, and since tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday it's a good time to support the artists you've been listening to this year:
This is the only way to share files within the university without involving google, btw (so as you may have guessed it's used by me, the library staff, and approximately zero other people)
sleepy af
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