This is a joke article submitted by someone who was trying to see how low the bar is: https://sites.tufts.edu/hilab/files/2020/12/Baldassarre_2020.pdf

(What’s the Deal with Birds?, Dan Baldassarre, 2020)

Ha, that’s a mood; I have a theory about how the millennial/gen Z practical cut off is especially socioeconomically dependent — as you describe, it’s possible to resonate with millennial motifs way more depending on where you grew up. I think you effectively demonstrate how limited generational categories can be, especially if we treat them like hard boundaries between groups

There’s some magpies near me, but I don’t have a predictable enough routine to befriend them. I had some crow friends once and they would knock on my window when I was late coming out to them.

It does if I kill loads of stuff

Something that blows my mind about dogs is that their sense of smell is so good that, when combined with routine, they use it to track time i.e. if their human leaves the house for 8 hours most days to go to work, the dog will be able to discern the difference between “human’s smell 7 hours after they left” and “human’s smell 8 hours after they left”, and learn that the latter means their human should be home soon. How awesome is that?!

Proud of your restraint! It’s difficult, but you’re doing well!

Huh. It seems obvious now you explain it, but I never thought about it that way (as a short sighted, average height woman). Thanks for clarifying.

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I use a wheelchair part time, and it’s unbelievable how much starting using one can help when you’re partially ambulatory. I find it funny how able bodied people use phrases like “wheelchair bound”, which perpetuates this idea of wheelchairs being like prisons, but at least for me and a few people I know, finally getting a wheelchair was hugely freeing.

Password Manager. I use Bitwarden, which is open source and free.

It’s probably the single most significant quality of life upgrade I’ve had since I started on ADHD meds 5 years ago. I wish I had started using one sooner.