atlhart

I’ve noticed a contingent of former trump supporting conservatives who consider themselves “enlightened” enough to not support trump and somehow think DeSantis is a strategic and political genius.

Much like Trump’s many “blunders”, they explain away DeSantis’ blunders as a genius picking the wrong fights or being too principled to ignore those treacherous issues.

Like “DeSantis is the leader we need but don’t deserve” mentality.

Thanks for the suggestion. Will check it out.

I really use very few platforms. Was mainly Reddit, now mainly Kbin. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, too old for Snapchat.

I stopped visiting Facebook several years ago. I think it was for two reasons:

1. I decided it was unhealthy for my in real life relationships to see how people behaved on Facebook.
2. When I noticed that Facebook was showing me way more “suggested” crap than stuff from my friends.

I never used Twitter. It just wasn’t for me.

Maybe too old and too much of a curmudgeon for Instagram and Snapchat.

Leaving Reddit was going to be hard. I tried Mastodon but, like Twitter, that wasn’t what I was looking for.

When I found kbin, I made the switch and that’s it. I have one sub I still check out on Reddit, but here if used to be daily, now it’s a few times a week. It’s continue to diminish I’m sure as the community on the deliverer grows.

French press is my morning go to. I generally follow James Hoffman’s method. Boiling hot water, stir for the first couple of minutes, and then let it sit for as long as you can patiently wait to let the fines settle. For me this is 3, 4 minutes max. My total brew time is 6-7 minutes. He recommends like 7-8 minutes rest for a total brew time of about 9-10 minutes.

If I’m just itching for an extra cup, I have a pour over I use.

The flavor difference between brew methods is always interesting. If I had to pick, I’d say the full mouthfeel of French press is my preference, but I’m glad I have both options.

I used to have a nice 15 bar espresso maker but I found I just didn’t use it enough to justify the counter space it took up.

We made it to the New World. I wish them the best and hope they find us one day, but I’m burning my ships and starting a new life.

an old irishman shuffles into a bar at sundown with his eyes low and his head down
the bartender says "ay, billy! whats the matter. you seem troubled"
billy responds with "you see this bar we're standing in. I built it with me own hands! but they don't call me the bar builder, no!

and the bridge everyone uses to cross the river to get to the market, i built that that with me own hands too! but do the call me the bridge builder? no, they do not.

and the wall that protects our city, i built that with me own hands too! and they don't call me the wall builder neither.

BUT YOU FUCK ONE GOAT!...

You know why. You’re just trying to be smug.

It’s fine if you don’t want a large television, but someone else isn’t CRAZY for making different choices.

It’d be nice to leave the toxicity on those other sites.

I think it’s generally best to just empathize and validate their feelings. My go to is “that sounds really frustrating” or just repeat back their feelings. I’d in their vent they say they are sad, repeat back “that seems like it would be sad”

Depending on you’re relationship with them, I think you can first validate, but then ask “what are you going to do” or “how are you going to handle it”

You can also ask “are you just wanting to vent or do you also want advice”

But unsolicited advice is rarely appreciated. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and everyone things everyone else’s stinks.

I think it’s silly this is a national story.

1. He was wrong to bring race into it. I think it’s obvious he was playing the race card by using the plantation owner analogy. He was attempting to paint her as racist to shut down otherwise legitimate criticism.

2. It’s irrelevant that she’s a holocaust survivor. Maybe she was being disrespectful and disruptive. Don’t know. If so, being a holocaust survivor is irrelevant to her being called out for that.

Regardless, this is a silly thing to show up in national news.

Before watching the video: people are probably freaking out over nothing

After watching: wow, that’s not a small shark!

Blend it with something else. I mostly drink home roasted single origin, so yeah definitely making “Atlhart’s Blend” with the last beans of every batch.

Blend it with something else. I mostly drink home roasted single origin, so yeah definitely making “Atlhart’s Blend” with the last beans of every batch.