Given our current education deficit, we’ve already had to import quite a bit of talent to keep up with being a first world country.

Example: when was the last time you encountered an Indian doctor?

Given the plans to make real/higher education accessible only to the wealthy, we’re going to need to import even more talent.

DuckDuckGo

Sure, but is that climate change per se or from being in the middle of hurricane central? Probably both, but again, the hurricane is visible. And while there are more, hurricane central keeps voting red which could be an indicator that they don’t buy or care about climate change.

If it’s not visibly happening right now, then they won’t believe you until their house is underwater.

This is why I won’t buy anything less than 50 years old.

Where’d they go? Larian?

In addition to all the GrapheneOS recommendations, there are also faraday bags. Drop the phone in while at home or wherever.

I didn’t even know this was a thing until now. Sure, seems obvious, but their marketing was clearly shit.

Context?

Like Netflix did?

Wait. Why does it have ads? Aren’t you paying them for an ad free experience? If not, what’s the point?

You could return to sender what has addresses. And just return the junk that does not by dumping it in a blue drop off box, if you have one in your town.

Or do what others do, syphon off one tied off grocery bag of trash at a time each time you go to the gas station.

Or, fire pit.

GrapheneOS. Faraday bags. Depends on you and how far you want to take it. And how much you like and rely on dynamic maps.

It’s cool when these companies get subpoenaed. Then we all know exactly what data they keep.

Proton had a recent subpeona they had to honor. All the data they had was yes, the dude has an email here. But no content. Granted, if you’re exchanging with a gmail account, it’s moot, for those exchanges anyway.

This is really simple. Use Signal or WIRE. Proton or maybe Tutanota for email.

Avoid garbage like Telegram and FB Messenger. Discord as well.

Steam, Kindle, Audible, what was that movies site?

It was just one theory, backing his advice. We didn’t have the sharpest teeth or claws, but we could run away. And far better than our lazy asses generally can today.

The science on how humans survived through some seriously apex predators tags this as the reason. We evolved to run, the Usain Bolts of the world not being rare back in the day, which is why we are even here, and now we’ve de-volved into a sedentary society where Usain Bolt is the only one.