Most of our (in the US) manufacturing has been outsourced to China. Ergo, cheap and shitty goods that are not made to last.

Even cis Germans probably should not go, given recent events.

He was enabled by many of his fellow geriatrics from Congress in the first term.

It’s a frontend for Wikipedia.

The art of the manuscript has really fallen. Published books nowadays are not as good as they used to be (in terms of quality, not just content). Most ‘crafted’ things, really - textiles, books, furniture… everything has been discarded in favor of cheap, low-quality nonsense that breaks or falls apart.

I am also doing a “buy nothing” challenge for at least the latter half of February. (Got a late start to my monthly resolutions… anyway.) So far it’s going well, but I’m concerned about getting a gift for a friend’s birthday coming up and some other things, like a book for a concert I’m going to in a few weeks (the book is by the band, and I’d like to get it signed).