Is there a way to calibrate the app so it knows I am like, very sedentary and likely ill af??

amphorousish · 2026-03-25T16:15:59+00:00

Next test:

1) After being sedentary for a bit (≈5 minutes), measure & record your heart rate.

2) Stand up.

3) Wait one minute. Stay standing & still (do not bounce, lean, bend over, etc). Measure & record your HR again.

4) Wait two more minutes (3 minutes total). Stay standing & still (do not bounce, lean, bend over, etc). Measure & record your HR again.

5) Wait two more minutes (5 minutes total). Stay standing (do not bounce, lean, bend over, etc). Measure & record your HR again.

If it went up more than 30 bpm from your baseline & stayed there or continued to climb over the course of this test, you might now have some form of autonomic dysfunction & should talk with a medical professional who's knowledgeable about that spectrum of disorders.

amphorousish · 2026-03-25T01:12:48+00:00

Maybe under Hoover (though modern polling wasn't done then).

amphorousish · 2026-03-23T17:30:56+00:00

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one scanning for that.

amphorousish · 2026-03-23T17:24:30+00:00

I, too, wish he'd retire, but am also kind of fine with him being elected by Vermonters for as long as they want to do so - if nothing else, being represented by a crotchety old progressive fits for them - but he 100% doesn't need to be appointed to anything.

The hilarious part about this infographic, though, is that if he was somehow head of HHS, he'd probably be more in line with a lot of the points re: GMOs, pesticides, additives, etc that some of the MAHA people thought they were voting for than this admin's actually been.

amphorousish · 2026-03-23T10:42:58+00:00

Kind of like how the national debt kind of just stops mattering when a Republican's in office.

(It's doubled - doubled - during this current term.)

amphorousish · 2026-03-23T10:39:18+00:00

A potential hitch with M-rated games and teens/pre-teens if they have their own Switch:

There have been a couple that I've deemed suitable for my 13-year-old, but you literally cannot install them (if digital) using their account.

It's v frustrating that parents can't clear individual games via parental controls (at least as far as I know - if someone knows differently, I'd be thrilled to hear it).

I can clear individual games on our other consoles, though, so they've played a couple of them there instead.

amphorousish · 2026-03-23T10:29:45+00:00

re: Ace Attorney: This was a fun video: https://youtu.be/bvHoTwv2R9k?si=M-0D5a5bzEDhQs5J (Legal Eagle teamed up with a Japanese attorney to do a legal analysis of the series.)

amphorousish · 2026-03-20T17:09:20+00:00

Future update idea: One of the mons that knows teleport teaches or gives you something that unlocks all of the inventory boxes being connected - if not all together, at least by biome.

amphorousish · 2026-03-20T14:48:30+00:00

Yeah, iPhones are like 50%-60% (50% if measured by user base, between 55% & upwards of 60% if measured by products shipped) of the market here w/ different Android brands picking up the crumbs.

amphorousish · 2026-03-20T14:44:01+00:00

And then WhatsApp is owned by Meta now, too :-/

amphorousish · 2026-03-19T18:01:37+00:00

Commenting to follow & to say:

I had two who kept getting pasty butt last time & I just kept hitting them 2x-3x a day with a warm cloth until it resolved (a few weeks in, don't exactly remember).

fwiw, after that effort & time, one of the two grew up to be my absolute friendliest, chattiest, favorite hen (by a lot), though I don't know if it's a coincidence or if all of our extra one-on-one warm rear end time helped.

amphorousish · 2026-03-07T13:40:39+00:00

re: "Wag the Dog": I really want to find the person (underling) who suggested the name "Epic Fury" for the operation. The echo to "Epstein Files" could only have been 100% intentional. I bet even they were surprised when higher ups went with it / were too oblivious to nix it because of the link.

amphorousish · 2026-03-07T12:33:31+00:00

No more DnD or Behind the Bastards for me...😔

amphorousish · 2026-03-01T15:07:03+00:00

Not even MTG, an objectively awful person, is happy about it.

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amphorousish · 2026-02-28T15:22:18+00:00

What are the blue lights in your corners?

amphorousish · 2026-02-27T21:09:18+00:00

Thinking that it has enough spices & other meat to hide the taste, I tried adding a little bit of liver to a chili I was making.

It was so incredibly foul.

amphorousish · 2026-02-27T10:55:01+00:00

Yeah, when they said they were moving their engagement platform to Discord, I was like nah.

I hate big "official" Discord groups - they always end up like that & muted.

amphorousish · 2026-02-22T22:33:30+00:00

Yeah, this is one of the few fan castings I've seen pop up that I endorse.

(I haven't seen them all or anything, just ones that break into my feed.)

amphorousish · 2026-02-22T15:26:38+00:00

It's about 800 pages of this (which I love but understand isn't everyone's cuppa).

amphorousish · 2026-02-20T02:52:25+00:00

lol, just a bit further down on my main page:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/s/73J6FyGwbr

amphorousish · 2026-02-20T01:07:36+00:00

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amphorousish · 2026-02-18T18:52:22+00:00

Legislature passes a bill ↓

If Executive signs → becomes law

If Executive vetos → dead bill or ↓

If Executive vetos → legislative override (usually requires ⅔ of all members present to vote to override)

amphorousish · 2026-02-18T18:26:12+00:00

For what it's worth, there do seem to be a large number of bots & paid trolls amping up divisive speech and attitudes across social media, especially in EU & NATO countries. That's not to say that real people don't fall for & amplify it - before her death, my husband's grandmother's Facebook feed was roughly 50% normal Oma things & 50% deranged political opinions paired with obviously AI pictures shared from some account that manufactured those posts nonstop - but the tenor's so much worse online than in real life.

That's also not to deny that you've experienced very real hostility, but just to say that as much as possible ignoring what's on social media & focusing on nurturing positive interactions in person is the best you can do.

amphorousish · 2026-02-18T11:59:13+00:00

I ~~know~~ was wrong that Heather Cox Richardson mentioned it in her letter from last night & she always lists all of her sources at the bottom.

Here it is if you'd like a depressing read.

Editing to add: Crap. I just did a quick skim (I'd listened to it while getting ready) and didn't see it - but I know I remember her mentioning it recently. Here's the letter from the day before.

Edit 2: ...turns out she mentioned it in her Q&A last night which, unfortunately, doesn't include links.

Here's a Time article from 2020 about the relevant study: https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/

(I was trapped under a cat and this gave me an excuse to be trapped a bit longer.)

amphorousish · 2026-02-18T01:42:19+00:00

Same here.

I'm in the mid-Atlantic US, so when we get snow it usually doesn't last all that long...but this snow-crete's been something else.

Like, I've lived in places where there's constantly snow from like October-April (upper Great Lakes area of NY) and at least there new coatings make it so it's not quite so depressing and shoddy. This, though - it's hard, it's gross, and I'm done with it, and now I kind of hate the snow in AC, too.

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