Schlomo is absolutely loving the little play house, I've bought them - and both of them happily slept in it tonight

Schlomo is like 30mins older, but he always does stuff first and is the explorer of them

I showed him how to play with the play-mouse and he already started a little fight with it :⁠-⁠)

As seen in the picture of the post, Fenri is really focused on us.
Cries when we say good morning and starts running to us, so he can climb up on us (when we're kneeling) and wants to cuddle :⁠-⁠)

Both of them stole our hearts and we already pretty much decided to keep both of them.

The mother should get back to her rescuer, as soon as they have a suitable apartment and the kittens don't need her anymore.

I'm not sure, if it will even be possible to keep all them together in a single apartment without conflicts.

We will see how things develop...

This lil 9 week old guy adopted us 4 weeks ago. Showed up on our doorstep, crying and scared. He took to us immediately, and because of an impossibly dumb rule I made years ago, he now lives with us permanently. We named him Critter, and according to the vet (and the size of his paws), he's expected to reach the 17-18 lb range. He has become incredibly affectionate, and being my first ever pet (in my late 40s), I can't get over just how much joy he brings us. I'm in love.

I have yet to upload it anywhere, but one of our cameras captured a rather remarkable moment when Critter made his move to join our little family of two.

Anywho, new to the world of cats, and so far it has been the most rewarding and fascinating experience of my recent life. Hope to share more of Critter's future with the community.

Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.

I have an old Google account that I only use for one specific thing today: YouTube recommendations.

Their algorithm is actually decent. Which is not something I hear myself very often. And while it can be a trap, it does actually recommend me a fair bit of high quality content as long as I stay away from the obvious traps, make sure to block channels I don't like, and use the feature "not interested" on videos that I don't like.

However. I would like to only use my web feed client and no Google account at all, but I would then miss out on the recommended videos.

Is there some privacy respecting alternative to this that I'm not aware of?

A number of brand new accounts have popped up shilling their paid for applications.

Is this within the rules? Is the community happy with this? Could mods clarify this in the rules?

Either allowing advertising, or banning it entirely.

my point is - there is a difference between an open source homegrown project that might be useful, vs closed source paid for projects from brand new accounts

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According to wikipedia, we have around 86 billion neurons in the brain.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1210820/why-the-fuck-do-people-post-photos-of-text-instead-of-just-text

I find this very weird.

On one hand you got text, which is very accessible and very efficient and easy to translate for non-native speakers.

On the other, you got photos of text which is inefficient, hard to translate and not easy to read compared to just text.

So what gives? Why do people use photos of text instead of text?

[This post was originally shared in r/TankieTheDeprogram. Since some people misunderstood the intent of the question, I'm reposting a slightly edited version here with a disclaimer to better clarify what I'm asking.]

DISCLAIMER: : I'm not suggesting there's a single "working-class look" or that class can be determined by aesthetics. I'm interested in the assumptions people make about class based on appearance and presentation, and whether those assumptions are actually accurate.

I hope this isn't too out of place, and that the flair fits. Maybe we even need a flair for fun questions.

Recently, one of my professors was surprised when I mentioned that I'm from a working-class background. My father went from being a victim of child labor, to working as a carpenter, and later as a cook; I however didn’t tell my professor the exact life of my father though or his profession.

Their reaction got me wondering: did something about the way I dress, style myself, or present myself not fit their idea of what someone from a working-class family looks like?

I usually wore like muted or neutral colours (black, olive, beige, dark navy sometimes light pink). I always had timberlands on. Wore makeup, and put my hair in a braid.

So, in the spirit of a little amateur Bourdieu, I'm curious:

• What brands, clothing styles, hairstyles, makeup, or other aesthetic choices do you associate with the working class?

• Do you think there are noticeable class markers today, or are they much weaker than people assume?

• If you're from a working-class family, have people ever been surprised to find that out?

• Bonus question: how accurate or inaccurate do you think popular depictions of the children of cooks, tradespeople, factory workers, and other working-class people are?

Just for fun, share your experiences. What do you wear? Have people ever completely misread your class background?