I’ve heard good things about LocalSend.

I think it’s too early to say how this will impact the polls. A lot of people are still processing what happened. Blowing up the government over immigration didn’t work out great for the VVD (liberal right), but perhaps Wilders’ party will fare better.

It was the protest vote that won the PVV (Wilders’ party) the last election and the BBB (farmers’ party) the Eerste Kamer (Senate) elections before that. Now that the PVV and the BBB have been in the government and achieved basically nothing, those voters are more likely to vote for left-leaning parties or stay home.

If Wilders can push the narrative that the rest of the coalition forced his hand by blocking his immigration policies, perhaps he can win the election. However, considering that even the FvD was criticizing Wilders today that might be a tall order, even in the alt-right bubble.

If Groen Links/PVDA (green/labour alliance) can convince protest voters that the solution to their problems is to tax the rich and invest that money in social programs and environmental policies, maybe they can win the elections.

(Winning the elections in this context means becoming the largest party. Nobody ever gets an absolute majority.)

She hated my feminine behaviour/preferences growing up and still does and used to berate me for that. She didn’t support me when I came out as gay.

So she never accepted you as you are and didn’t support you when you needed her most? Your dad’s no saint, but if I were in your position, I’d sooner end contact with my mother than my father.

Tell his son or daughter that he made a mistake, apologize for setting a bad example, and tell them the right thing to do, assuming the relationship was untenable, would’ve been to end things with his wife before pursuing someone else.

Edit: A bad husband doesn’t necessarily make a bad father, though.

Edit 2: Come to think of it, a good father would probably also have waited a little longer before having his girlfriend move in.

A good mother will prioritize the wellbeing of her children over winning a conflict with her (ex) partner. It is completely unfair of her to ask you to pick a side or go no contact with your father. Hopefully she’ll realize this once she’s had some time to process her (understandable) emotions. In the mean time, best of luck to you!

NGL, IMO your dad sounds like kind of a piece of shit (based on the limited information available to me). However, at the end of the day he is still your father and it’s not your job to punish him for that. That’s your mother’s lawyer’s job.

Be there for your mother if you feel up to it (and you love her), but keep in mind that it’s a parent’s job to emotionally support their children, not the other way around.

I haven’t used it myself, but I hear Bazzite provides an experience similar to SteamOS. Note that some competitive online games with kernel-level anti-cheat won’t work on Linux. Most other games should run fine, though.

The Trump administration minutes later filed a notice of appeal.

As soon as humanly possible, I guess.

PBS Eons is also pretty good, if you’re into paleontology.

What’s Elizabeth Warren been up to lately? That’s who I’d vote for of I were American.

You should check out Audit the Audit. They’re largely focussed on covering police misconduct, but they’re also not afraid of occasionally criticizing those interacting with cops. Every episode comes with a thorough analysis of the legal subtleties involved.

Comedy:

• The Young Ones
• Red Dwarf
• Bottom
• The Office (UK)
• Coupling
• Peep Show
• Little Britain
• Roseanne
• 3rd Rock From the Sun
• Futurama
• 30 Rock
• Arrested Development
• Broad City
• Joe Pera Talks with You

Science Fiction:

• Star Trek: TNG
• Firefly
• The Expanse
• Battlestar Galactica (2004)
• Travellers
• Real Humans/Äkta Människor
• Foundation

Drama:

• Six Feet Under
• Breaking Bad

Anime:

• Golden Boy

Dutch:

• Rembo & Rembo
• Zaai
• Dunya & Desie
• Jiskefet
• All Stars

Gestoord. Zo doet alsof mensen een misdaad begaan door hier asiel aan te vragen.

If you’re not trying to make money, wouldn’t it make more sense to start a non-profit foundation?

I was really amused until I realized this is not an Onion article. What. The. Fuck.

I could take or leave tofu, but I really like tempeh.

There are some large, internationally oriented companies where you can get by speaking only English. I’ve also seen more than one tech company hire programmers that don’t speak Dutch. So it depends on the industry.

If you want to get some perspectives from Americans living in the Netherlands, you could check out Itz Sky’s and Jordan Green’s channels on YouTube.

Things aren’t much better in The Netherlands. The PVV is part of the government now. The good news is that having to form a coalition with other parties, seems to have reigned in some of their worst tendencies. Also, their minister of immigration is a total nitwit that can’t get any sort of actual policy implemented. If they keep failing to make any kind of progress on this issue, hopefully they won’t do as well in the next election.

The party is called the PVV. Their racism is mostly aimed at Muslims, but they’re not a big fan of most other groups of immigrants either. Highly educated expats with a work visa largely get a pass, though I think there are some plans to limit their benefits.

The Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia have all those things and people tend to speak English really well.

Windows 2000 was pretty good.