aebletrae [she/her] @ aebletrae @hexbear.net

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Guy Debord → gal debored seems like enough of a tip off. How many face-value posters would make that pun?

There are about 40mil to 1mm, though, and I don't think they're talking about food wrap. But plastic greenhouse panes are about 5mm thick, so maybe that's what is meant here.

Polytunnels seem common enough to legitimise plastic as a covering material. And, if it's thick enough to withstand the weather, then the plastic could be wrapped around the frame and riveted back to itself. That'd avoid problems with glue/clamping/etc.

That's at least seven languages I've learned something about there!

These puzzles have been fun.

I'm also glad that you tagged me. I actually meant to ask last time but I got sidetracked by the puzzle of it all.

Neither of those splits are really valid as is, if the meaning is to be retained.

The "with authors" clause as originally written is a continuation referring to what came before, but starting a new sentence that way suggests it will refer to what follows. Similarly, the "reflection of our times" clause is a restatement of what came before—an apposition. This could be done with a new sentence, but it would need a demonstrative pronoun to clarify that: "This is a reflection....".

Better points for new sentences are where "and" joins clauses. For example:—

[...] thought and emotion, and this style, this grandiloquent mode of expression, [...]

could easily become:—

[...]thought and emotion. This style, this grandiloquent mode of expression, [...]

since the demonstrative back-reference is already present.

囧?

Can you tell us about the purpose of "čay"? It's glossed as "QUOT" but I don't know what you mean by that. I've been tentatively treating it like Japanese と, but this is mostly an only-tool-is-a-hammer approach because I don't really know what I'm doing.

Not even 1 year. Factor in that mayors have been in office for 12 years, and later careers are likely to also be lucrative, and anything less than $5M is not a serious offer.

Skip woke, ship broke

depictions of U.S. history that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living”

When is it ever inappropriate to disparage Americans past or living?

Climate Stalin strikes.
Who wouldn't kill for a more
Bearable summer?

Seeing:—

The clarity was incredible. The advice? So real, it felt like a clairvoyant [emphasis mine] or someone who’s been with me all my life — but objective, neutral, and honest.

the third prompt really needs to be:—

What is cold reading?

It's a shame that someone who seems like they want to be less anxious and more resilient doesn't have better options for guidance.