Huzzah, thank you for the full breakdown, I really appreciate it!

Hmmm, I’ve been looking at jobs in the hope I can make my transition easier, but it sounds like I’ll need the social insurance number before I can really be hired. Catch 22.

But still, thanks a bunch!

Yeah I’ll have residency and access to most social programs until I become a citizen, but it’s 3 years of residency and then passing the test for citizenship. I figure there’s likely courses offered by universities or libraries or whatnot for the test. Or at least workbooks.

But we’re not entirely sure if my partner will get a green card. She’s rather uncomfortable with the US in general right now and doesn’t think her opinion will change unless something drastic happens and we swing vastly the other way politically. Fingers crossed, but I am running out of any glimmer of hope.

Fingers crossed it doesn’t, friend. But yeah… Oof

Ohh good to know about the AI gen. Ugh. That’s just bullshit.

But yeah, been looking at the canada.ca ones and am aware of BCs slightly different healthcare things - ie medications aren’t covered except maybe sometimes. It’s weird.

But thanks for the rest!

I’m not an expert on any of this, so grain of salt.

But for the bugs, can you just plant things that will help keep them away and use other methods that aren’t the sprays? Diatomaceous earth, lemon grass, CO2 traps, things like that? Or maybe just a big fan pointed at you so nothing can land?

For your hair, if you’re set on the sprays, maybe look up how sikh wraps work?

I just rotated my bedroom 180 and hung up a bunch of personal art and things on the biggest blank wall.

I haven’t decided if the rotation is better but I’m happy with the art wall

Thanks for the tip

Yeah that’s how it’s been for me too. I left for Lemmy and deleted my 15 year account too when they announced to take down 3rd party apps.

I’ve been visiting the Best Ofs, but this stupid pop up won’t let me scroll at all anymore. So. There’s now nothing for me there.

I saw the reposts and that’s just lazy nonsense.

This was a separate thing of me being frustrated. Coincidental, I suppose ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯

I agree with you. Coming up on at least my second year here and I do love it, but I miss some parts of having the bigger crowd.

I know, I know, reddit sucks ass. I’ve been using firefox with ublock to read the best ofs for the unquenchable need for bullshit drama in my life.

But now it’s not just a pop up saying to use the app, but a full ass unpassable thing. Old Reddit still works, but that’s just another step for something that’s already so not worthwhile.

Welp…

Simon Tantham’s puzzles

Löve Solitaire

Hole Down

Gridland is less casual, but I enjoy it. Turn off the music at first opportunity tho.

Vector Pinball

Just posted this this morning, so I’ll just copy paste here

I had a friend break up with me. We got really close pretty quickly (by my frigid standards for sure), and spent a ton of time together. We shared hobbies and did a load of work. Aside from one or two little quirks, the relationship was fantastic.

And then idk. It just got super fucking toxic. I’m sure I’m at fault somewhere in there, but for the majority it just felt like my friend was going off the deep end and there was nothing I was allowed to say during any conversation that wouldn’t end up in paragraphs of a text later. I spent almost an entire year of wondering what I was doing wrong, of what I could do to help… just anything.

And then I was told Christmas eve that they couldn’t handle it any more and they ghosted.

We ended up having a conversation a few months later but I was basically told I had no emotional value to them anymore. Talk about a punch to the gut.

So yeah. Fucking painful as hell. And I still don’t understand what happened, and I assume I never will. My now partner has been friends with this ex friend since childhood, so I’m concerned about future get togethers. But what can you do

Make sure your dog knows they’re loved and wanted. The calmness that helps provide helps a lot when you’re training.

Also please socialize your dog. Dog parks can be very scary for a puppy, so it’s important to try to ease into the socializing. Maybe by other puppy meet ups or if you have friends with dogs.

Not all of these companies pay hourly. Check the contracts and see if you can ask a worker who actually works there.

My ex got duped into one of these for roof repairs, but it was a commission only job that sounded great on paper but was absolutely awful

I’m in the same boat. I have a medium -big dog and I’ve had him for a third of my life. He is my most precious friend and I absolutely treasure him.

But I’m never getting another dog. Not because he’s going to break my heart when he leaves, but because of how much work and money goes into owning a dog.

Come do it yourself, you coward.

I will! Thank you!

I think something like My Hero Academia and The Office would be pretty funny.

Show me the really mundane side of superheroes. The “Jenna, please file these by tomorrow” but Jenna is 12’ tall. I think Dispatch comes close, but I want a whole ridiculous show. No heroics. Or even an isekai but in an office or normal job. Some mega powerful reincarnated whoever just needs to make some money.

Feels like that’d be funny.

Kinda wild how relatively boring a map is when there’s no evident tectonics