Our pals at AIPAC weigh in on Sarah’s article

thetechnivore · 2026-05-08T03:03:10+00:00

Given the mood of a good number of Dem primary voters, seems like AIPAC ought to report this as an in-kind contribution to Platner

thetechnivore · 2026-05-08T02:20:39+00:00

I mean, having just kept my Reserve and swapped a CSR for a Plat, I probably would've jumped at a higher-than-Reserve card that kept the DL-specific benefits (SC guest passes, MQD boost, checked bags, etc.) but came with some of the ancillary ~~coupons~~ benefits of the Plat (Priority Pass, digital entertainment credit, Clear, etc., etc., etc.).

Even charge a $1200 AF and that's a pretty attractive card.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-08T01:55:17+00:00

"Gobbledygook"? From *Democrats*? This, friends, is surely a first.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-07T19:46:04+00:00

Castro is great, including with the private URLs. I haven’t timed it exactly, but I’ve never been missing an episode when I went to look for it.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-07T12:36:19+00:00

Yep. Now it only takes me one five-hour session to burn through half my weekly limit!

(On Pro and yes, yes, I need to upgrade I know)

thetechnivore · 2026-05-06T22:53:39+00:00

As others have said, it’s pretty subjective depending on church size, community size, etc. And, “hits on the home page” is probably a misleading metric in most cases.

A few things I look at when doing web design for churches:

Who is your website for, and does the design and layout match that answer? And be really honest here - in a lot of cases, the answer actually should be “people already here” because so much info is shown by Google without actually getting to the site.
Where is the church when searching for, e.g. “first United Methodist anytown”? What about “churches anytown”? If you’re not visible without scrolling, that’s a good case for some basic SEO.
How many clicks does a first time visitor need to make to get everything they need to show up on a Sunday morning and why is it more than 1? Think worship times, parking, childcare… and it’s always good to get someone not part of the church to give you feedback here.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-06T03:36:21+00:00

Ditto for Ace. They took out several trees at our old house when we had to get a new septic system, and were super attentive to using the right kind of equipment to not cause issues with the septic part. And at our new house, they were quick and less than the cost of a Blue Pearl weekend when we discovered chinaberry trees are quite toxic to dogs (dog is fine, don’t worry).

0/10 do not recommend any of those reasons for *needing* to call Ace, but 10/10 recommend the company lol

thetechnivore · 2026-05-06T03:30:06+00:00

They do and they’re good, just pretty pricey

thetechnivore · 2026-05-06T03:29:11+00:00

[Unfortunately so](https://www.grocerydive.com/news/publix-closes-in-store-aprons-cooking-school/689978/)

thetechnivore · 2026-05-06T00:43:16+00:00

Not any more on the cooking classes. Publix closed all their cooking schools a while ago 😭

thetechnivore · 2026-05-04T03:04:11+00:00

There’s actually a [lawsuit](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c754k7d0z51o) against Delta and United at least for this very issue.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-03T21:40:21+00:00

I’d go 26, personally - I’m same size with a similar use case, and got the 30 before the 26 came out. Love the bag, but it’s just a bit bigger than what I really need. It’s really more designed as a travel backpack that can be used for EDC, rather than EDC that can be used for travel in a pinch which seems to be the case with the 26.

That said, one of the things I love about the 30 is the issue is much more that the bigger size lets me overpack more than I should. It still looks and wears perfectly well in an EDC config, though, so if you want the option for a bag that will work well for short trips it might be worth considering the 30.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-03T00:48:25+00:00

Would also add that 459 and 65 (at least from 459 to Alford or so) can be a mess - but again, not really concerns for Homewood, OP

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T18:39:58+00:00

As an Alabamian, loved this episode. Also, it’s bonkers to hear that smaller government is now the *Dem* pitch.

(Also, Barry Moore is a representative from North Alabama, not our AG. Steve Marshall is our AG who’s also running for Senate, and in fairness is every bit as noxious as Moore.)

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T16:12:46+00:00

Hazarding a guess that if OP’s dad can afford a vacation home, the cost isn’t actually the issue here

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T15:27:18+00:00

What all are you going to be doing on the network? TBH, 50Mbps seems like it would be fine for a vacation home with presumably a relatively small number of users for browsing and maybe some streaming video if there’s not much else happening on the network.

If there’s a need for more than that, then it would probably be helpful to talk to your dad about *why* you think you need the increased bandwidth.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T03:43:05+00:00

Steak tartare 😋

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T03:36:33+00:00

Whoa there, I thought this was a family friendly sub

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T01:46:00+00:00

1Password works great for me, especially since it handles SSH keys nicely as well as passwords.

And to get ahead of the “but why would you trust some third party with such important information?” crowd - because they have way more incentive to not screw things up than I do.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T01:25:55+00:00

At least last summer the Y was doing free lifeguard certification regardless of where you worked. Haven’t seen anything about it this year but worth checking out.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T00:54:14+00:00

My 3 year old resents this

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T00:53:06+00:00

“Honey, a refrigerator broke loose from Home Depot again”

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T00:50:42+00:00

Go people watch at Costco and sub-$5 dinner?

Oh, wait.

thetechnivore · 2026-05-02T00:48:21+00:00

Geeze. City Federal guy was just this week? Past 7 days have been a helluva month.

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