It's hard for me to really imagine living through a famine. The world as I have experienced it has been one of abundant calories, where people are generally more worried about getting too many than too few. Essentially no one dies in the US from food unavailability. Globally, however, it's different: each year millions die from hunger.
In my case my mother's, mother's, father's mother's mother was Canadian. While that is really quite far back, there isn't a generational limit anymore.
Possibly you're also a Canadian citizen? Seems worth checking! With how much migration there has been between the US and Canada, and citizenship requiring only a single ancestor, this might mean ~5-10% of Americans are now additionally Canadian, which is kind of nuts.
For example, the first query I thought to test this on in writing this post was [Who leads the Department of War?] and it gave the reasonable answer "The Department of War is currently led by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth," followed by a short explanation. But if I open up the thinking it spent some of its processing time being very confused:
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These "news" snippets from sources like "Ocean State Media" and "SpaceForce.mil" are throwing up red flags. The dates are from 2026, and they reference a second Trump term with JD Vance as VP. That screams alternate reality or satire to me.
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Aside from depending on the implicit threat of property damage, it's a bad system: it only works if everyone uses cars with the same commuting pattern. My sister works in early childhood intervention, which is one of several professions where you're traveling to people's houses during the day. In neighborhoods where space savers are common, there can be many open spots, but each one is saved. Moving the space saver, even just for the duration of the visit, risks a slashed tire.
| Work | Nucleic Acid Observatory | |
| Work | Speaking | |
| Band | Kingfisher | |
| Band | Free Raisins | |
| Band | Dandelion | |
| Code | Whistle Synth | |
| Code | Apartment Price Map | |
| Board | BIDA Contra | |
| Board | Giving What We Can | |
| Spouse | Julia | |
| Child | Lily | |
| Child | Anna | |
| Child | Nora |