I wonder how long it will take them to link the dots to join their businesses.

They _could_ have a fix in 45 days apparently. I’m skeptical; and the cynic in me would say that they are hoping people will forget about it in the midst of the next autogenerated crisis or distraction.

If I’m reading the article correctly, imagery over Iran is available to clients; but that of U.S. assets is not. Seemingly this is explained by:

> Planet also holds lucrative contracts selling overhead imagery to the US military and US government intelligence agencies.

Nice company you got there. ‘Be a shame if you lost those U.S. government contracts.

Financial Independence, Retire Early

> american tourists

Tourists? Shouldn’t they be working?

the whole discussion started from there: they have no vacay whatsoever while Europe is off every second week celebrating some pagan season

Weren’t they able to purchase two Gulfstream G700’s for Ms. Noem’s use during the last shutdown? I think they could find the money if they wanted to.

Stop talking back or Mom’s gonna take away the WiFi.

> harmful donations…

Her philanthropic work and contributions focus on racial and LGBTQ+ equality, HBCUs, affordable housing, etc… Real “harmful” stuff there… /s

> special level of delusion to think you're pulling one over on the billion-dollar company

Except that’s not the only reason to participate in such a boycott. Perhaps they simply do not want to participate in one voluntary node of participation in the surveillance capitalism network.

Given that dementia can result from various pathological processes, I wonder what it is about dementia that leads you to conclude that these forms of cognitive stimulation cannot possibly reduce one’s risk. I agree that the title is misleading, though, in large part because it assumes causation, whereas association is about all one can say. At least both absolute and relative risk were mentioned in the write up; that’s rare to see.

The original paper is behind a firewall of course, so I cannot access it. Possibly they controlled for other measures of SES? I don’t know.

> Becoming a parent is basically a destruction of the self.

I am a parent and have definitely felt very stressed on account of children. But as for feeling like my "self" was destroyed, I can't really say I ever experienced that; and I'm not even sure about the idea of a fixed immutable self anyway. I'm not advocating for having children, or against having children; but I don't think I was crushed as a human being because of my choice.

My last child is graduating from high school this year. She's a violinist and I'm a pianist. I've always accompanied her since she was 3; and we do a lot of musical collaborations. I definitely feel like my sense of self is expanded by all of this. But maybe I just got lucky.

I should have made clear that being a parent _of young children_ is destruction of the self. I'm sure once the kids are all old enough to use the toilet independently and otherwise entertain themselves it will be different. But right now their situation reminds me less of a lifestyle and more some kind of punishment.