When we first moved here, 45 made it impossible for foreign spouses to work. So my wife went back to school and today, she’s graduating with her Bachelors in Psychology. Next stop: grad school! (Thankful for California’s excellent public universities system, and resident tuition!)
Sabrena felt she got an excellent education at SF State, and is looking forward to start the clinical psychology masters program to be your friendly multilingual culturally relevant therapist in a few years
“When you put all of these stories together, a clear picture emerges. The Indian government has developed a repertoire of tactics for repressing criticism abroad, and is currently deploying all of them as part of a campaign of intimidation in the United States. Human rights activists, experts, and Indian American community organizers are aware of India’s efforts and speak of its campaign as an everyday concern for themselves and people they know.
I'm thinking, for a change, of not buying a local SIM (or eSIM) for my upcoming trip to Switzerland. It's only ten days, so if I use data sparingly and stick only to wifi on some days, I should be able to use my Australian number on Telstra's $10/day international roaming day pass, and not spend much more than a new SIM. Hmmm worth a try I think.
I ordered 3 of the exact same T-shirt from Target - and they're sending them as three separate parcels from three separate stores. Hmm OK, maybe not that efficient...
That doesn’t necessarily mean a uniform 1.5C increase across the world. It’ll be severely more in the equatorial regions, particularly in South East Asia, where we potentially have already seen an increase of ~3C in April/ May. https://social.vivaldi.net/@cydonian/112335789047432896
@LanguageMan1 I would like to solve problems that are facing down my throat right now, and not solve the plot of a Bruce Willis starrer, thanks.
The average temperature has increased by more than 3C in these parts, and is likely to increase even more. This will cause disruptions for food and accommodation among other things. This is happening now, not in an imagined story universe.
being from a country that's 31 miles at its widest, it'll never not surprise me that i can get in a vehicle and go many hours in one direction and still be in the same country
@skinnylatte Flying. You’ll reach Tokyo or Delhi if you fly for six hours from Singapore, after crossing seas and numerous islands. If you fly for six hours from San Diego, you’ll reach Portland Maine, still within continental US.
But my favourite story about distances in Oceania was when the Indian cricket team complained of jet lag in one of their matches during the last cricket World Cup in Australia/ NZ. Which initially surprised me, as they had spent months in Australia on a bilateral tour before the World Cup. But I then quickly realised the trouble: they flew in from Perth to Hamilton in NZ, which is 6.5 hours away by flight or four hours ahead in terms of time zones.
@divya I keep thinking of Australia as a potential place to run away if things became difficult. And then I see house prices Down Under and read pieces like this.
@liztai There’s also a question of how they trim the trees too, and how the soil around the tree is maintained. It’s quite complicated; used to get a headache reading reports by certified arborists back when I was in civil service.
“Sumitra Maurya did not withdraw from the Gandhinagar race. But Chauhan who had made the video did. An aspiring politician who runs a small painting business, he was born in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh and moved to Gujarat in 1998. “Two of my clients have already cancelled their contracts with me since my withdrawal,” he said. “They got scared. I’m afraid my business will shut down.”
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On April 21, Chauhan alleged, four men from the Crime Branch followed him everywhere in Ahmedabad. “They even harassed four of my 10 proposers,” he said. “They told me, ‘Take care of yourself and your children. Politics is not your business.’ When I returned home, I felt like they wanted to put me under house arrest. That’s when I made the video that night and uploaded it on my Facebook page.”
@adnan Why does Trump still insist he won 2020 elections? Why did they block INC’s bank accounts or insert a murder charge into that Indore candidate’s 17 year old case in court? Or why jail Kejriwal?
Most don’t get it. There’s no logical reason other than absolute power corrupts absolutely. Sometimes you go overboard just because you can, not because you need to.
“Doctors meanwhile are scrambling to figure it out. Pregnancy in previously infertile women taking semaglutides including Ozempic may, some surmise, simply be a result of weight loss itself — obesity can lead to hormone imbalances that make pregnancy difficult to achieve or sustain. Mounjaro and Zepbound, on the other hand, are tirzepatide, which may interfere with how medications are absorbed, rendering birth control pills less effective.
Feel quite strongly about this, but the amount of fatshaming and lack of insights on women’s health is ABSYMAL. Know this first hand from my experiences visiting the doctor with my wife.
@tecoholic I live very close to what’s considered one of the top 10 hospitals in the world. When I was admitted there for an accident, it was world class: immediate attention, excellent care, they looked my records up automatically, activated my insurance, even served me the best parathas I’ve ever had in Singapore.
When my wife and I went there for reproductive health, it was the exact opposite: uncaring, lacklustre, didn’t pay attention to details, implicitly blaming my wife for some difficulties etc. Very very painful for us, but particularly so for my wife. All made worse by the fact it was all women doctors.
@harshad It poured yesterday night for us! Unfortunately, daughter and I were stuck in the downpour along with the books we just borrowed from the library, but still. Rain is rain. Need more!
Temperature is 30°C indoors in an airy room today. All animals (including me) are feeling sluggish and just want to lie down. I'm ensuring everyone has cool water to drink nearby.
This is not normal in the hills, 26°C is about as hot as it used to get only a few years ago.
I shudder when I recall being passed out in a pool of sweat whole day when temps in plains rose to 45+°C in summer. It is getting worse there.
@harshad Been brewing for years but we close to the equator have had a quantum leap in climate change at least since 2020. Last year was horrible. The max temperature record was broken in mid March this year and again in end March.