By supporting small companies you make sure alternatives to the big companies thrive. When the new alternatives become too big, now at least there are two companies instead of a monopoly or you start supporting a third up and coming. The idea is not to make the perfect choice, but to make sure there is a choice.
Cooking laundry sounds like a fun way to say dishwashing.
I stopped going to the dentist 7 years ago because I moved to an area with a shortage. I used to have one or two cavities filled each yearly appointment, but I haven’t had any serious issues or pain since I stopped going. I’m a bit worried about future serious issues but I saved so much money, pain and discomfort in the meantime.
Yeah, you shouldn’t really need any other excuse then “sorry, not in the mood right now”. It’s also the weirdest excuse because sex often helps with a headache because it eases pain and tension (when done right).
I’ve hitchhiked a few times. Mainly in the mountains when I missed a last (or only) bus of the day after a hike. We also try to pick up hitchhikers whenever we see them. Last time it was a paraglider who had landed in a random field and needed a ride back to town. So far my experience (as a young woman) has been good and the scariest experience was when a driver went about 20 kph above the 80kph speed limit on a bendy mountain road. I now hike with my (medium size) dog and find it’s a lot harder to hitchhike.
I remember reading a book when I was around 10 that was about an apocalypse and only two teenagers survived it. I think they were brother and sister but unsure. At some point they were discussing that they should have children and that they would also need to have children with their children to ensure survival of the human race. It was really weird and my parents wouldn’t have let me read it if they knew about that. They also had it moved from the kids section of the library.
Yes, I got that advice when travelling to Marseille, France. Take everything out of the car and leave the windows open.
As long as you’re okay with being the least climate-friendly and probably having cancer by the age of 50. People need fibre.
I’ve seen a timelapse of sleeping squirrels before and they sleep in any and every position possible and keep changing it up.
While hiking with my boyfriend and dog I was waiting outside a supermarket one day while he was shopping. A woman and her daughter came to give us some dogtreats and a bag of sweet buns because they thought I was homeless. I couldn’t do anything but gracefully accept. We did enjoy the sweet buns and a few days later we spotted a woman with her daughter begging at the train station and were able to pass on the kindness. We are also always on the lookout for beggars with dogs to share out some treats. All in all it caused more goodness (and only slight embarresment) in our lives.
From the report: This report is a product of field and remote research carried out between October 2019 and May 2021. The report’s findings and conclusions are based on first-hand testimonies that Amnesty International gathered from former detainees of the internment camps and other people who were present in Xinjiang after 2017, as well as from an analysis of satellite imagery and data. The report also draws on testimonial evidence and confidential government documents gathered and analysed by journalists, scholars, and other human rights organizations. One hundred twenty-eight people were interviewed for this report: 55 former detainees of internment camps in Xinjiang (39 men and 16 women), 15 other witnesses who lived in or visited Xinjiang since 2017, and 68 family members of people from Xinjiang who are currently missing or detained. The majority of the interviewees were Kazakh, a minority were Uyghurs, and a small number were Kyrgyz or Han Chinese.
I enthusiastically bought a load of quinoa to diversify my grain cabinet… anyone got some good (veggie) recipes?
But we also prioritize research where we suspect/hypothesize differences, so I think even if all research was published it wouldn’t necessarily be a normal distribution.
I was born in the nineties and just moved to France. It’s a real struggle.
They are not really getting paid, they are getting the money back they paid for windfarm permits and in exchange they have to invest the money in oil and gas in the US.