The crux is that a first-past-the-post voting system incentivizes voting for one of the two big parties. Voting third party is equivalent to voting against your preference of the top two. There’s a bunch of really neat voting systems that avoid this problem handily.

They make little pillows filled with seeds or cherry pits. You can microwave 'em to get them hot. Love those things. Would recommend the seed filled ones over the cherry pit ones. The cherry pits feel coarse.

Just replace them as soon as you notice the surface is broken.

So like twice a month?

A dutch bicycle. Made from steel, with a kickstand, a chainguard a dynamo and internal gear. Built to last.

If you want to spend slightly more, go for one with a hub dynamo. Those have way less resistance, and don’t have a tendency to stop working in snowy weather.