The Best Tools to Fight the Trolls on Bluesky

In particular, the Bluesky development team has spent a significant amount of time building strong anti-harassment features. Here’s some of my favorite anti-harassment tools for Bluesky. Once you create a list, you could keep adding accounts to it to automatically block them. This is an easy way to block accounts engaging in trolling, spam, or harassment. Their post will remain intact, but your quote will be removed from it. Hide replies to your post Bluesky allows you to hide specific replies to your posts....

November 22, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Mackenzie Adams

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, November 22, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - The way you look at something. Blue category - You might shoot someone a DM or start a video call using these....

November 22, 2024 · 3 min · 471 words · Elizabeth Glover

Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Friday, November 22, 2024

For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Hint for the theme words in todays Strands puzzle Places in the United States. BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle! Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle....

November 22, 2024 · 2 min · 324 words · Danielle Campos

Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Friday, November 22, 2024

If youre looking for theWordleanswer for November 22, 2024 read on. Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. How to play Wordle Wordle liveshere on the New York Times website. A new puzzle goes live every day at midnight, your local time. Start by guessing a five-letter word. For more, check outour guide to playing Wordle here, andmy strategy guide here for more advanced tips. (We also have more information at the bottom of this post, after the hints and answers....

November 22, 2024 · 3 min · 449 words · Jocelyn Warren

30 of the Best Historical Epics Ever Made

Historical epics once ruled the box office, reliably taking home both cash and trophies each year. What’s striking about the film, at least in its longer form, is how funny it is. Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon is a figure of extraordinary talent, but also possessed of staggering lack of self-awareness. Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s hyper-realistic film is thrilling on one level, but also deeply challenging. In the movie, penniless villagers decide to hire samurai to defend themselves from raiders....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 103 words · Sabrina Elliott

The Best Deals on Robot Vacuums I've Found During Amazon's Black Friday Sale

Robot vacuums have come a long, long way from their early days. These days, robot vacuums are cheaper and much smarter. They make little maps of your home and avoid obstacles all on their own. Here are some early deals ahead of the official Black Friday shopping holiday to get your cleaning on track. That is to say, I trust Shark and Dyson. It also creates a map of your home and doesn’t need to be emptied for 60 days....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 86 words · Rebecca Mayer

The Best Ways to Organize Your Seed Library

Storage is important because it also affects the viability of your seeds. Vegetable and flower seeds haveguidelinesfor how long theyre viable. You’ll want to sort your seeds and verify youre clearing out those past their expiration dates. While its not a foregone conclusion that older seeds wont germinate, its a definite possiblity. Increasingly, I’m seeing seed companies ship seeds in foil-lined packages for this reason. Seed packets are roughly the same size as photo prints, and one container holds many 4x6 airtight subcontainers....

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 362 words · Pamela Taylor

The Xreal Air 2 Pro AR Glasses Are Cool but Frustrating

XReal Air 2 Pro AR glasses display crystal clear, high-def video in a pair of slightly oversized sunglasses. Onits website, Xreal describes its AR glasses as “One screen to replace them all.” Plus it has AR features. This would be very coolif all of it worked right. test with flying colors. They feel only slightly more bulky than a normal pair of sunglasses. Looks-wise, Xreals remind me of cheap sunglasses from CVS (ironic, since they cost $450)....

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 231 words · Chad Jones

These Vitamix Blenders Are on Sale for (Early) Black Friday

Its never too early to gear up for gifting seasoneven though it absolutely feels earlier and earlier every year. This years early Black Friday deals bring you a much-coveted kitchen item: the Vitamix blender. Usher in the Black Friday deals! Walmart is offering this snazzy blender for$399.95 right now. This model also offers speed control, rather than an on-off button like most other blenders. These include: preset programs, variable speed control, and pulse capabilities....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 145 words · Barbara Jimenez

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, November 21, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - You suck them up through a large straw. Blue category - They live in salty water. Purple category - You cook them in salty water (but the words are missing some bits)....

November 21, 2024 · 3 min · 517 words · Angela Matthews

Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, November 21, 2024

For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle! Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle. What is the spangram in todays Strands?...

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 235 words · Ashley Jenkins

Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, November 21, 2024

If youre looking for theWordleanswer for November 21, 2024 read on. Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. How to play Wordle Wordle liveshere on the New York Times website. A new puzzle goes live every day at midnight, your local time. Start by guessing a five-letter word. For more, check outour guide to playing Wordle here, andmy strategy guide here for more advanced tips. (We also have more information at the bottom of this post, after the hints and answers....

November 21, 2024 · 3 min · 469 words · Dale Lewis

Trussing a Turkey Is Actually Pretty Easy (If You Must)

Trussing a turkey, or chicken for that matter, is much easier than you might think. Trussing a whole bird is nothing like that. Do you oughta truss a turkey? Just in case you weren’t aware, you should know that youdonthave to truss a turkeyfor Thanksgiving. You couldspatchcockthe turkey to save time and achieve more even cooking, or justroast it in parts. Pin the neck skin Turkeys are usually left with a fairly large flap of neck skin available....

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 280 words · Dr. Dennis Collier Jr.