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All the beanless chili I've had has been made with chunks of meat instead of ground meat so more like a spicy stew.

It's this one isn't it?

Power primarily flows from the bottom up. The top just tries really hard to make sure we don't know that so we aren't able to organize and wield it. If power really came from the top then dictators wouldn't bother to hold sham elections.

I always feel like a rat in a maze when I go to IKEA.

Yup, that's one of the key identifiers for them. It's also why they aren't commonly eaten despite being edible.

More like the majority of Americans have decided not to participate in the democratic process so they won't feel responsible for the outcome.

The place I'm renting doesn't have a dishwasher (annoyingly common around this area) so I got an over-the-sink dish rack and established the habitat of washing dishes in the morning while I'm waiting for coffee to brew. The over-the-sink rack holds more dishes than an ordinary rack so I can go longer without emptying it. It drips into the sink so there's no drip tray accumulating mildew (taking apart a regular dish rack to clean the drop tray never happens). I also make sure to organize my cabinets so that dishes all live in the cabinets which are closest to the sink to make putting away dishes easier for me.

Pu'er (fermented black tea sold in big solid disks or chunks) it's nice and dark, reminds me of coffee. I also enjoy iron goddess(Tieguanyin) oolongs and white peony.

Your choice was Jill Stein who shows up every four years to siphon money and attention from effective leftist movements and doing shit all in between. Not organizing, not trying to get green candidates elected to Congress or even state assemblies, not collecting signatures for citizens ballot initiatives to end fptp, nothing. All she does is collect donations for recounts in blue states that never happen and have dinner with Putin.

You voted for a grifter who promised you what you wanted while robbing you of your ability to ever have it.

Looks like they might be coprinellus disseminatus or "fairy ink caps" but I'm not an expert and it's hard to be sure without knowing more information like where you found them (region/what they were growing on) and what the gills look like.

Inky caps are generally considered "conditionally edible" because they contain a chemical which reacts with alcohol and becomes poisonous. It's recommended to abstain from drinking for three days before and after eating them. Fairy ink caps are crumbly and generally not considered worth eating even by those who enjoy inky caps.

GDI, pods seemed really good on the surface: liquid detergent with less water to reduce the amount of carbon used to transport it.

I'm no material scientist but I suspect they probably could have made pods out of materials which are actually biodegradable under normal conditions but chose to use this liquid plastic junk instead to save a buck.

It's written about Microsoft as if this is their unique dysfunction instead of an industry-wide dysfunction. It feels out of touch and lacking the insight I typically enjoy from this newsletter.