Saw my local library's banned book display get taken down within 4 hours

I live in a small town in Kansas, and last month our library put up a display for Banned Books Week. They had classics like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and '1984' with little notes about why they got challenged. By noon, a lady from the school board came in and made them take it down. She said it was 'promoting controversial materials' to children even though it was in the adult section. I asked a librarian about it the next day and she just shrugged and said 'you gotta pick your battles around here.' It made me think about how even well-intentioned displays get killed before anyone can actually see them. Has anyone else had a local library pull something like this recently?

Serious question, why did it take me 2 hours to figure out a simple clipper fade?

I've been cutting hair for about 4 years now, and last Tuesday I had this kid come in who wanted a mid skin fade with a hard part. Simple stuff right? Well I spent almost 2 full hours on his head because every time I thought I had the blend right, I'd step back and see this dark line right above his ear. I kept going back and forth between my 1 guard and my 0.5 guard, flicking out, trying different angles, and nothing was fixing it. Finally my coworker Dave watched me for like 30 seconds and said "you're going too fast, slow your hand way down when you flick out." I slowed it down and the line disappeared instantly. Two hours of frustration solved by one sentence. Has anyone else had a simple fix like that take way too long to figure out?

Tried winter camping with a cheap tarp instead of a tent. Woke up with frost inside the tarp.

Spent 2 years tiling my backsplash wrong before a contractor friend pointed it out

I was so proud of my kitchen backsplash until my buddy who does tile work came over last month. He took one look and asked why I didn't use any spacers between the subway tiles. I told him I thought you just butted them up tight and called it good. He laughed and showed me how the grout lines are all wonky because there's no consistency. Now I'm seriously thinking about pulling it all down and starting over cause it bugs me every time I look at it. Has anyone else had that moment where you realized you skipped a basic step for years without knowing?

Had to pick between a used Garmin G1000 and a brand new Dynon SkyView

I was rewiring a 1978 Piper Archer in Tulsa and had to choose between a used Garmin G1000 from a salvage yard or a new Dynon SkyView HDX. Went with the Dynon because the guy selling the Garmin couldn't prove it only had 200 hours on it. Installation went smooth until I realized I needed a $90 adapter plate to fit the panel.

Got shut down for quoting a Supreme Court case in a Poli Sci seminar

Last semester at University of Montana, I cited Citizens United during a debate on campaign finance and the TA told me I was 'promoting corporate personhood' and cut me off. She gave me a warning for 'disruptive speech' after class. Has anyone else been silenced for just referencing legal precedent?

PSA: That $20 streaming add-on for AMC+ saved me $60 this month

I was about to get a full cable package just to watch the new Interview with the Vampire season. Then I found out AMC+ is only $8.99 a month through Prime Video. I binged both seasons in 3 weeks and canceled right after. Has anyone else found a cheaper way to watch just one show?

Shoutout to that coworking space in Chiang Mai that made me ditch my noise-canceling headphones for good

I was at Punspace in the Nimman area last month and realized that the background chatter and clacking keyboards actually helped me focus better than silence ever did, so now I work at busy cafes instead of quiet rooms - has anyone else found that random noise beats total quiet for getting work done?

Why does nobody talk about how hard it is to fix a warped book board after it dries?

I had a copy of an old atlas I was rebinding last Tuesday, and everything was going fine until I glued the book board and left it to dry overnight. When I came back the next morning, the board had warped BADLY like a shallow bowl, not even close to flat. I tried clamping it with some heavy weights for 6 hours, but it only got a little better. Then I tried dampening the opposite side and pressing it again, which sort of worked but left a weird texture on the surface. I think the issue was I used too much PVA glue on a thin board, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else dealt with a warped board that just won't flatten out, or do you have a go to fix that actually works?

I was dead wrong about Neuralink's seizure detection

I spent two years trashing Neuralink as pure hype for Elon fanboys. Then my cousin who has epilepsy got into their clinical trial last fall. His device caught a small seizure pattern 12 minutes before he felt anything and he was able to sit down and avoid a fall. That single event flipped my whole opinion. Has anyone else seen real medical results from a BCI that surprised them?