So im struggling pretty hard rn. As summer ends the days are gonna get darker and more overcast and this is where i start to struggle big time with migraines. Something about overcast skies, dark days and artificial lighting makes me feel dizzy and sick pretty much constantly to the point where I cant even read text and just want to hide under covers and close my eyes but unfortunately my day job requires this.

So far I have found i get some comfort from cooler diffuse lighting specifically from my SAD lamp pointed at my wall but these shits are expensive and i cant exactly line every corner of my house with them. Most bulbs are too warm or flicker too much so other than spending hundreds gluing lumie lamps to every surface idk what to do.

LINK https://xcancel.com/usedgov/status/2090122240360669200#m

Nathan Jones, A.K.A. Diamond Dog. Former general of the Black Guerillas. He blew up a meeting of the National Rifle Association saying, and I quote, "They represented the basest negativity of the white race." He wrote a book in prison called, "Reflections in a Diamond Eye." New York Times called it a wakeup call for the black community. They're talking to Denzel for the movie.

i am middle aged man, i experienced life since before even computer and smartphone is a thing like today.

back then, i feel that life is much easier, what i mean easier is more simple life, less competition, less stress, fresh environment, and more happiness despite lack of technology.

but right now, everything is just too complicated despite of power of tech, internet, smartphone, and AI helps, i feel that life is much harder right now, what i mean is like competition is everywhere, stressful everyday, crowded city, and i easily depressed these days.

is it just me or everyone else can relate to what happens right now?

August 19, 2026

In 1960, Undersecretary of State Lester Mallory wrote it with a clarity his successors have never matched: the objective of the #Blockade against #Cuba is to “deny money and supplies, decrease monetary and real wages, bring about hunger, desperation and the overthrow of the government.” No ambiguity. No euphemism. Hunger and desperation are the means. Overthrow is the end.

International law calls genocide the deliberate destruction of a national group. The 1948 Convention explicitly includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” Mallory described exactly that in 1960 not as a side effect...

Without the egg this is a vegan meal. It is difficult to overstate just how tasty shakshuka is.

Cost per person $3.28

I’ve used DuckduckGo for at least a decade. When they started embedding their little AI summary thing at the top of the chat I knew it was coming. But recently, it seems when I search anything I get tons of the same slop, SEO pumped, AI generated info pages. There was a time when I would at least stumble upon an old HTML article from a university or something. Everything sucks now. Do they even make encyclopedia books anymore?

Also including a WebP for any clients that can’t handle AVIF:

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/691552bb-4bbd-4e16-a875-04cf03f2c0cc.webp

Duration - 1:30

[a video on Peertube about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

In an interview with Lara Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Cuba a “superpower” and a threat to the United States. Lara Trump said Cuba is trying to wipe the U.S. from the face of the earth.

So how does an island struggling with blackouts, fuel shortages and a deep economic crisis pose an existential threat to the world’s most powerful country?

<Journalist Yohan Rodríguez breaks down the farcical claims by Trump and Rubio, which are used to justify current U.S. policy

Duration - 0:47

[a video on Peertube about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

The U.S. is sending humanitarian aid to vulnerable Cuban families while its policies continue to deepen the crisis affecting them. We went to Bejucal to see what happened when the aid arrived.

The adaptation of Sega's classic games hits Paramount+ on September 16, and (if the past is any judge), bittorrent on September 16.0001

We're in tough times, so I'm going to share some ways I personally spice life up:

• Dehydrated/Frozen vegetable scraps for stock. (Makes it really easy to peal onions too, you can just cut through the 1st layer, remove it and put it in the scrap box) Carrot tops/Bell pepper cores with seeds can also be added to a veg stock.
• If you're a fan of taters, a light soak makes them easy to clean with a dedicated scrub, after you remove eyes and sprouts (they're unsafe afaik) you can keep the peels in slightly acidic water to preserve freshness and add to meals later. (I add about quarter teaspoon to a liter of water and idk how long it can last for, but I always use them within a couple days.) It's a nice way to add something to a stir fry. Alternatively, if you're adding them to the scrap box pat them down with a clean towel after soaking them.
• If you're just making some veg soup (you can also do this with the peels) roast them in the oven 10-15 minutes 180c
• Should you find yourself be using sets of dry herbs regularly, don't keep them all in separate jars make a masala.
• Fermenting is not for everyone, but if you're into it sauerkraut is probably the easiest stuff to make at home. 2 teaspoons per a kg of cabbage, shred it and cover it with salt (Caraway seeds good addition, optional) then you have to give it a really good massage VERY IMPORTANT DO NOT SKIP, it has to get a bit squishy and the brine is what you're after here, pack the cabbage down with your fist into a wide top jar, pour the brine in and weigh it down with a bit smaller jar on top, you have to keep all the cabbage below the brine or it will mold . Let it ferment in room temperature away from sunlight up to 1 month, if you prefer it mild good time to start tasting is 1 week, once it's done you can transfer it to fridge to stop it from fermenting.

Disclaimer: I'm not a good teacher, not trying to educate anyone. I'm just lonely and wanted to share my interests. There are countless more qualified individuals/culinary resources to consult. They can tech you how to do anything I do better than I do.

I highly encourage to simply ignore me and link better resources in the discussion section.