On the jewelry front, be aware that the ONLY thing that will matter when you sell it is the weight of the gold - the gems are worthless. Historically, diamonds would matter under some circumstances, but this is no longer true even for most diamonds.

From TFA (emphasis mine):

The most aggressive approach, in a bill filed by state Sen. David Gregory, would award a $1,000 bounty for tips that result in the arrest of a person present in the United States without authorization. Gregory, a Republican from Chesterfield, wants to authorize bounty hunters, usually employed by bail bond businesses to catch absconders, to track down people identified in tips.

And if the tip proves accurate, the person arrested would be charged with “trespass by an illegal alien,” and subject to life in prison without parole if federal immigration authorities declined to take custody.

I expect cruelty from these people, but the harshest sentence that exists short of death‽ Solely for being undocumented, no other offense or aggravating factors. And held in conditions civilized countries wouldn’t allow for mass murderers (state and local prisons are generally much worse than federal).

I just can’t even …

The ability to use home-made inks, guache, and stick-inks makes Ackerman very special. Particularly since I get to use my favorite Braise Bandzug nibs. And of course there’s the fact that they’re a small specialty company helps make them “favorite”.

If you’re asking who makes my favorite pens for every day carry or low-maintenance with standard fountain pen inks, definitely Lamy. They will still stand out a bit in a business setting in a way that might be a bit uncomfortable for some, but not in the brute utilitarian way Ackerman’s do. I love broad nibs, and frankenpens just aren’t reliable enough for me at work.

This looks like an article they recycled from the first Trump administration when things were (very) bad, but still not as dire as this time around.

Do they need to be wine bottle shaped?

If swingtops that are shaped for beer work for you, find a local independent bar or pub. Stop by before opening and ask if they’d mind saving their swingtops for you.

When I did this, the answer “Sure, just bring one back for me with your first brew.” More, they already had a box of them set aside.

Grolsch bottles are by far the most common and will be 450ml, green, and with a raised glass patterning. Those are the most common. 9 ounce bottles from small commercial breweries will be smooth clear or brown with paper labels you’ll want to soak off, and they’ll have significantly fewer of these.

Agreed. I thought it was important to highlight anyway because it’s a detail with a significant impact for a lot of people that hasn’t been highlighted in any of the media coverage I’ve seen.

By my read, this temporary injunction applies ONLY to the plaintiff states - Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon. It doesn’t stop it from being applied in the rest of the country.

Here’s the judge’s order.

My solution: Both

Opnsense should support HA. If you’re using a vlan-capable switch, you can plug your ISP device into the switch and connext it to just these two machines.

By having a physical device, you get the stability advantages of a dedicated device. You can also test upgrades on the virtual router and roll back to the physical if needed. When something eventually goes wrong with the physical device (all hardware fails eventually), you fail over to the proxmox instance until you replace it and don’t have to rebuild the config from scratch.

Won’t help for the cat, but they make belly wrap hot water bottle holders for the kid.