This face scan age verification stuff is so funny to me (except for the potential horrible consequences and complete loss of anonymity). It’s like - behold, we’ve found a way to create a digital version of a mildy stoned gas station clerk!!1 lamo Older brothers just got useful again.

Sorry, I call it a rave for traditions sake, but it’s an annual techno music festival - not like an actual rave-rave like we had in the 90ies. 😊

I’m very lucky in this regard. I have a second daughter, she’s proper grown up and lives her own life - but she still calls me just to tell me about her day … it’s amazing. I never would have dreamed to do that with my parents, our relationships are so different… I mean, my younger one is a teen, so she rolls her eyes at me at least three times a day, but that’s her job, right. 😄 All in all, we get along great. I mostly try to stay out of her hair, but still be curious about her - it’s a balancing act for sure.

I’m sure you’re going to have a great time! Drink it in, those memories are priceless!

My pleasure, I hope you have a good week!

Children love to help. It comes to them as naturally as play. “Chores” are just things that need to be done … I think it’s helpful to not think about something you have to do everyday as a burden, just for my own mental well being, haha. When my daughter was young and around me all the time, I would have found it weird to exclude her from everyday things that just need to be done. I didn’t even phrase it as “help” - we would just do those things together, just like we played together. She’s a teen now, and knows how a household works and she just does stuff that need doing, just like any other member of our household. I mean, of course her room is a mess, but that’s just age appropriate.

Looks good on first glance. Here in Germany, the new government did the ministry shuffle and created a wholly new one, which was - and still is - pretty disruptive to the stafe-funded scientific organisations. It also came with budget cuts, so maybe the new EU programme at least will relief some of the burden.

You can hear the heavenly choirs! Very cool pic.