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you should never feel guilty for being disinterested in a relationship someone wants with you

you are not a bad person for being disinterested in a relationship someone wants with you

and if anyone tries to say you are/do/should they are an asshole

that goes for ANY relationship - platonic, alterous, romantic, familial, etc.

tries to say you are/do/should

they are an asshole

the beauty of life

Can you imagine? Being Eva Stratt, you're so lonely, so fucking lonely...but you Have to be, for the good of humanity. Then one day you meet this scientist, he's....kinda bumb and a huge coward but also incredibly intelligent and kind and brave when he needs to be. You are quickly charmed by him, you make leaders and politicians clap for him every time he enters a room, you take him everywhere with you, he quickly becomes not only the world's leading astrophage expert, but also an unofficial second in command for the mission, if anything were to happen to you people would look at him for guidance. Had you been anyone else you would consider him your best friend....but you are Eva Stratt, and you have to be lonely for humanity.

You are Eva Startt, and now you're close to the finish line, almost done with the project. Maybe once you're done you can actually spend some time being a friend to Ryland. And just when you're starting to dare to dream....an accident happens. Both your science experts are dead now and because you're Eva Stratt, the world's unofficial dictator and the loneliest woman ever, you planned for this. You don't want it to be true, you check your lists again and again, but quickly you have to stop pretending and you are forced to send your best friend on the mission (there's no use pretending he isn't anymore), you're sending your best and only friend to die in space for all of humanity.

You are Eva Stratt, and the Hail Mary just launched, carrying humanity's last hope and your best friend. You sit down and start preparing. There is no use to settling, you no longer have a best friend, you're once again the loneliest woman ever, but this time you don't have power. You knew that last part, you were expecting it, you are at peace with the knowledge that everyone will want to get retribution for all the laws you did and didn't break, everyone will want a scapegoat. You knew this and you were ok with this when you accepted your role as the director of Project Hail Mary...what you weren't expecting was to be haunted by the physical ghost of your best friend. He had a brother, a twin brother, they're identical, you didn't know about him. And now he is telling the whole world that you killed his brother and he's right. Now you have to move around in life not only knowing you killed your best friend, but being actively reminded and yelled at by an angrier, louder version of him. And you will take it, you know you deserve it. You may have killed your best friend (who you didn't even get to express that he was your brest friend), but you also killed his twin baby brother.

it would be so awesome

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

abortion clicker mid game: you own hundreds of clinics as well as think-tanks which dismantle sex ed courses as well as politicians which strengthen pro choice institutions

Mexico amends its constitution to cut the maximum workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030 and gives 13.5 million workers the legal right to ignore their boss’s calls, messages, and emails after their shift ends, in the most significant overhaul of Mexican labor law in a generation.

In its current state, the amendment still does not guarantee 2 days of rest (only one). Notably, it increases maximum possible overtime hours from 9 (paid double) to a whopping 12 (paid double) plus 4 (paid triple). With the workweek now 8 hours shorter, employers are incentivized to make use of these 7 additional overtime hours to compensate.

Additionally, the amendment allows an employment contract to define a "flexible" workday. This would allow, for example, a weekly schedule of three workdays lasting 12 hours each (the maximum). Previously, the maximum was 11 hours (8 ordinary, 3 overtime). This could also allow for schedules where certain time windows or activities are excluded from the work day, and thus from the employer's legal responsibilities.

Back in 2025, the CPM had already criticized the reform for being the result of a "dialogue" between all involved parties - excluding workers. In February, unions had already made the above criticisms, and the National Front for 40 Hours had denounced the government's last-minute cancelation of an audience, deceptive claims about supposed consensus, and general rejection of any dialogue.