I actually wanted to look this up. This is an interesting article - https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-evolution-of-alexey-navalnys-nationalism

"He has never apologized for his earliest xenophobic videos or his decision to attend the Russian March. At the same time, he has adopted increasingly left-leaning economic positions and has come out in support of the right to same-sex marriage. This strategy of adopting new positions—without ever explicitly denouncing old ones—is probably the reason the suspicion of ethno-nationalism continues to shadow Navalny."

I personally don't have really have opinion either way but was curious.

Hyponatraemia occurs when sodium levels in the blood stream drop below 135 mmols/L.

I work in IT and this in no way applies to any aspect of my life (so far)

Same thing with doing "spill and fills" The ones who know they're good will find another job no hassles so they put their hand up. The useless ones ones will want to stay so you end up with a team of 'meh' people while the good ones move on to something better.

Haven't been awesome. One of my kitties has had some health issues (they suspected skin infection but after shaving and testing they're not sure...) so she's home and pissed off, and my other cat doesn't recognize her because she was bathed and shampooed so she's being hissy....

But in general a bit off. I'm kinda burnt out with work, and a little burnt out relationship-wise*. It's been a long week.

*Would prefer to talk 1:1 vs. publicly about it

Dealing with work and personal stress today. Work is more I'm having to work around someone in my team who is... Shit. Personal is just relationship stuff. We need to sort out our communication style because right now we escalate fights because of miscommunication. We're sorting it out and going to see a relationship counsellor which will be good,

So just stressed as both personal and professional stuff is meh. Also my deep-fryer overflowed tonight and I'm pissed about it since it shouldn't have happened and now cleaning up the mess. :P

Mine was... A couple of hundred in AUD? And managed to get it at 31 too. Knew I never ever wanted kids, had a letter from my psych and the doctor asked me a few questions and said "Yeah, I get it..."

Snip snip, some pain for about 5 days and all done. Don't regret it one bit.

edit: Mine is technically reversible but from what I read the chances of that being successful drops each year.

Cat owner here too. One of my cats is a pure-breed Maine Coon, the other is a domestic mid/long hair. They have never ever been outdoors cats (well, the latter was a stray so I guess she was?) but they're indoors kitties now. No issues at all, they have no interest to go outside. They are happy and content. I support indoors-only cats, and this is from someone who lives in a shoebox apartment.

"Basically Apple created" is a bit reductionist. The USB-IF also includes Microsoft, HP, Intel and Texas Instruments amongst a couple of others (can't recall them off the top of my head).

Also Thunderbolt was created by both Intel and Apple in collaboration...

It also takes longer to audit people who are trying to screw with the system so it's sometimes just "Eh too hard" which is a bad reason to not do it...

My cats are indoors only, in part because I'm worried they'll be abused/stolen but also because they are apex predators. I've seen them even just playing and they're... Brutal. I have literal scars from them 'playing'.

But they're happy. And safe. It's OK for them to be indoors cats if I just keep them stimulated. They have zoomies, they get a bit shitty at times but they're fine.

I got burnt out between my last job and my current one. I quit and took 3 months off before starting my current job.

Admittedly I had ~30k saved and went through about 15k of that in the 3 months as I went travelling etc. but I wasn't stressed. I emailed some friends and shot some old colleagues on linkedin saying I was looking. An old friend got me an interview in the first month, went through the whole process in about 2 weeks after that and had a new job lined up 1 month before I was due back home. But I didn't have that "Oh shit, I need to start my new job ASAP! I'm fucked!!!" panic which was nice.

I was also much more relaxed in the interviews etc. because I wasn't panicking for work, instead I became super picky about what I wanted and was very open about it. Asked for more money, was open about what I actually want to do and it all worked out. It was amazing - in the past I was more trying to escape a bad workplace vs. going "I know what I want, can you make this work for both of us?"

I was wondering if this was Australia. I've heard of issues with smart meters and the issue is annoyingly complex as the information they get from the AEMO isn't always correct.

Source: Have worked in the energy utilities sector in the past...