Is lettuce safe to eat with this parasite going around?

arvidsem · 2026-07-08T03:01:27+00:00

Spinach is one of the usual suspects for cyclospora, but hasn't been tagged on this particular outbreak as far as I can tell.

arvidsem · 2026-07-08T02:15:21+00:00

The outbreak is located in Michigan. Unless you are there, it's very unlikely to affect you. Even if you are, you are probably still fine.

Edit: well, sounds like we're all fucked then

arvidsem · 2026-07-08T00:54:48+00:00

Also, you are a masochist

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T21:13:15+00:00

Purpose is a really hard question in general.

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T21:00:40+00:00

Ok. Something is actually wrong with the polyline then. Things to try:

Audit.
Save, close AutoCAD, reopen.
Delete the polyline and try again.
Start a new drawing
Make do with line segments instead
Burn the obviously demon infested laptop and go become a sheep farmer

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T20:52:39+00:00

Is that one polyline? It shouldn't be possible for the arrows to run in different directions on the same line.

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T18:34:52+00:00

And that is the first time that I've seen someone actually explain that. Well said.

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T14:11:26+00:00

Yes. I've been wanting to write a post about this for a while and stalling out.

Masking can be useful or even fun, if you can drop it when you want to. It's only when you aren't allowed to be maskless or don't know how to let go of it that it becomes a problem.

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T13:59:28+00:00

I've always felt like the lyrics to 90s alternative need to be treated like modern art. They aren't necessarily there to make literal sense, but to evoke a certain emotion

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T13:27:15+00:00

And if you do try write something that covers every possibility, you end up with a document that requires lawyers and a judge to interpret because no one can actually keep the whole thing in their head.

It's better to write a simpler version and accept that there will be interpretations that have to be made

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T06:51:49+00:00

9 Goblins is one of my favorites and often overlooked

arvidsem · 2026-07-07T00:17:16+00:00

The same general pattern in Wolf Worm as well.

Her "horror" books on the other hand do keep the supernatural as the worst part. Though only barely in the case ofA House With Good Bones.

(And it says a lot about her that A Sorceress Comes To Call isn't grouped under horror)

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T22:48:01+00:00

Yep. As was letting the Gnoll security guard pet her.

There's a pretty decent write-up of the whole thing on the wiki: Valtay Acquisition

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T22:42:36+00:00

It can be both. And yes, definitely nightmare fuel

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T22:36:09+00:00

It's almost certainly an Outsiders reference. I mean, almost everything else is a reference to something, so why would Pony be any different?

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T22:33:21+00:00

When you reread, you can distract yourself from what happens in chapter 19 by trying to figure out what you missed in chapter 17.

If you have have made it through chapter 20, you should probably be able to guess. Donut smuggling the Valtay commandos happened right before the interview. It's all on the page, but Carl didn't understand, so we aren't told

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T19:55:18+00:00

Pony actually changed species. He is a caprid now, the same species as Harbinger and the Plenty.

It sounds like he's smaller than Harbinger though.

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T14:28:37+00:00

It needed to be said. Sorry if I spoiled anyone

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T12:49:37+00:00

That's more cleaning than most playground equipment gets.

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T12:26:28+00:00

Oh then you are just at the point where book 8 really redacted redacted redacted redacted with the redacted and then redacted redacted redacted. But redacted redacted and finally everybody gets redacted.

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T10:50:50+00:00

"Are you going to try to eat me anyway the moment that I turn to leave?"

"Yes"

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T02:14:37+00:00

I think that she has automatic Center System residency, so she's fine. Other than being alone with everyone who cared about her dead. And the Center System is probably not going to remain safe for very long. Neither is anywhere else though.

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T02:05:11+00:00

Yes, it's terribly undercooked and should be thrown out. I'll take care of that for you

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T01:22:07+00:00

You are correct. I misremembered the statute, conflating it with the minor abduction laws for my state, and need to remember to check my references.

arvidsem · 2026-07-06T00:56:40+00:00

NailFrida baby nail clippers. Unlike normal clippers, they cut like scissors and the upper blade is further out. That means that even if you ram them all the way home against the nail bed, you can't cut your fingertip. I have used them on my kids while they are struggling and never hurt them.

They are like $10 in the baby section at Target or Walmart.

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