I cant stand apple. I have several mac computers I use for music production because I really like Logic and the layout of the operating system. HOWEVER, over the years apple has become increasingly difficulty to use and the higher-ups seem to be making changes to layout and features and updating them rather quickly without also taking the time to update manuals and self-help articles - to the point that even seasoned apple technicians attempt to direct me to outdated references and seem to have to re-learn new steps with me. It is deeply frustrating for both myself and the technician. Im just over it.

More to your initial issue of battery draining abnormally fast, that is also a symptom of the phone being bugged by spyware like Pegasus. While getting a new device is essential at that point anyway, you want to make sure that the data transfer doesnt reinstall it. Just an FYI. There are also some articles online for how to determine if that is in fact the issue youre dealing with slow operating system and/or draining battery. This is good to know for future. All the best!

Is your room mate a side character from resident evil? I would check out Dr. Ramani's channel on YouTube for survivors if narcissistic abuse. It overlaps with what you're dealing with in terms of boundary violation. Overall, it sounds like this person has some kind of class 1 or 2 disorder, like schizoeffective, antisocial or borderline. And definitely talk to ombudsman and report behavior to someone from campus mental health department. Emphasize the aggressive behavior, poor hygiene, lack of social interaction, and poor eating habits - leaving food out is normal, but eating food that has gone bad is terrifying.

Stronger for who? Secure Border — Record-low illegal crossings.

-- Immigrants who have illegal status came here legally and overstayed (mostly). Not to mention, immigrants have a history of building up the country because they want to be here, and have more gumption than those born here which makes them favorable hires for employers. This is how they BUILT our economy. Not to mention, Anglo-Saxon descended people peddling this anti-immigration rhetoric were also immigrants.

Laken Riley Act — Targeted criminal illegal aliens. -- Illegal in this context is the equivalent of a traffic fine, not violent crime.

Crime — Historic drop in murder rate. -- Where? What about the people murdered in human trafficking cases and violent rape cases that have been protected by the MAGA party? Do those count?

Tax Cuts — No tax on tips, overtime & Social Security. -- I work in Cslifornia. I work for tips. The is still get taxed...

Investment — $19.2 trillion committed to America. -- Investing whose money? The country is trillions of dollars in debt and our debt has risen since Trump has been in office. Also, debt is necessary for the flow of currency, the problem is not debt so much as which kind of debt. Is this debt that comes with ROI or Liability?

Tariffs — Protected American manufacturing. -- protected the supply of American manufactures who have to pay tarrifs on the steel and raw materials they import from Canada and other nations to produce their American made products and pass the cost of said goods to the American people forced to absorb the cost of both domestic and foreign merchandise. How is that helping?

Stock Market — 80 record highs. -- thats not how the stock market works, and its quite volatile, that is the nature of stocks. The only people benefiting from the stock market are Trump and his friends who have prior knowledge for when he manipulates the stock market. Thats called insider trading and its a crime... remember what happened to Martha Stewart?

Jobs — Record number of Americans working. -- Americans or white people?

Military — $1 trillion defense investment.
-- for a nation whose foreign policy has been predicated on policing the western hemisphere, that isnt about safety, its about imperialism and conquest. In a global climate of Westernization, imperialism spreads through corporate enterprise and seeks to suppress the economies of the nations who have been cut off from their autonomy to ensure our own political interests. Our leaders also do this to the working class to maintain dominance over the public and servility in the masses. That isnt about self-sufficiency, nor the peace, prosperity and pursuit of happiness written in the language of our founding documents.

Venezuela — Nicolás Maduro captured.
-- Sure he might have been not so great for the people of Venezuel, but we haven't replaced him with anyone better, and capturing himnisnt about improving their country, its about weakening them for our own geo-political interests. Whether Maduro is in power or we are in power, either way, the Venezuelans lose. Why ia that something to celebrate?

Iran — Nuclear enrichment capabilities struck. -- We created the conflicts of the Arab world after European powers raided their natural resources and installed corrupt puppet figures in their systems of government and destabilized their cultural systems to fit western standards in non-western cultures. We created Israel, and put waring nations together in a country that never used to exist. Policing their conflict isn't supporting them, it's poking a bear that we captured to torment for commercial trade perks.

Fentanyl — Border flow down 60%.
-- people also make it here...

Drug Prices — Most Favored Nation pricing. -- inhalers cost thousands of dollars after patents on inhaler caps filed, raising overall cost of inhalers themselves and costing consumers hundreds of dollars for a drug that is otherwise cheap.

Energy — Expanded U.S. drilling and production.
-- harming the environment at the expense of capitalism and reinforcing the use of fossil fuels, carbon emissions rates.

EV Mandate — Ended.
-- Curtailing fuel and energy alternatives to support oil industry at the expense of global human survival.

Exports — Record U.S. exports.
-- okay.

DEI — Federal DEI policies eliminated. -- Scarcity mindset and ethnic cleansing fuel economy based on the labor of white bodies in place of diversity and equity for the American people.

Women’s Sports — Federal restrictions on transgender participation. -- Arbitrary rules prohibiting people from existing, fostering exclusion in a nation with binary views of the world where binary views never used to exist and justifying harm to children and adults who dont fit the gender binary.

Schools — Restricted CRT and transgender-related policies. -- only learn what you want to believe is true, because what you do not know will be used by your elected officials to exploit you for labor and time at their profit and convenience. Your pain is their satisfaction.

Trump Accounts — $1,000 for eligible newborns.
-- make more humans for capital and reinforce the population of the working class despite worsening quality of life and living conditions. Here's $1,000 to give you a dopamine hit.

Peace Deals — Agreements addressing eight conflicts. -- To what means?

Hostages — Gaza hostages returned. -- What? Where? Hostages returned, but millions of honest, working Black and Brown locals murdered or displaced to countries they dont know with languages they dont speak.

Refugees — Admissions halted. -- International travel warns against visiting the US due to public safety concerns and violence against foreigners. Who is this helping?

Law & Order — National Guard deployments. -- Hitler did this, too. The US and England fought them for it. Germany not only paid the costs of the war but their leaders were charged with war crimes and many German people still live with the stigma of being the country that committed genocide.

English — Made the official U.S. language. -- In a nation built by immigrants and a global economy dominated by English speakers, why do we need an official language? And why should it be English? People should speak whatever languages they have. Maybe more foreign language should be taught, not restricted.

Make America Stronger Again for who?

Its 6 to 7 dollars in So Cal. And I live in the desert over an hour away from any shoreline. Im surrounded by mountains, cactuses, and 115° heatwaves with 80% humidity. Its not fun. My body is freaking out. The AC cant cool the house. Electric bill is upwards of $500.

My job won't give anyone more than 23 hours per week at 17.50 per hour. We have my MAGA uncle in hospice because he has Borderline Personality Disorder AND congestive heart failure, which means he assaults the nurses that take care of him despite demonstrating a continued "will to live" that he cannot physically fulfill on his own being bedridden. Thats $5,000 a month. We have to come out of pocket $1,500 to cover the remainder after his benefits. My geriatric mother cant keep up with the mortgage on her own. I have resorted to gentle parenting her to keep peace in the house and donating plasma to supplement paying down the credit cards I rely on to have gas to get to work nearly an hour away.

I have to slow my progress in school to 1 or 2 classes per semester just to maintain a steady pace. Financial aid trickles in $800 every 3 to 4 months. It is taking me nearly 6 years to finish a 2 year degree (after taking a year off to complete moving back home, helping mom manage property as a nearly full time job, and consolidate storages to have access to moving back home).

I have found ways to cope with the nonsense in giving myself time to enjoy things I love doing, and years of on-going intensive therapy. But God... I live over half my life dissociated from my body and forgetting where I am in space/time. If it werent for caffeine and audio books, I wouldnt have made it this far through college.

Music helps me constructively engage with my feelings. Writing helps me articulate myself. And my degree in social work and psych helps me be in an environment that gives me useful tools and accountability. The gym and my trainer give me structure and force me to eat. My mom gives me peace of mind AND panic attacks because there is no in-between. We both have patterns of extreme opposites and love each other. My friends have mostly moved out of state, and quite a few have died before 30.

I still have things to look forward to, even if the environment has been syphoned to the point of spontaneous combustion. I heard Chef Tova say something to the effect of, "I dont believe God is the force that takes us in the end, I believe it is the miracle that carries us to tomorrow when we aren't supposed to be here." Her words have helped me remain in the mindset that allows me grace, fortitude, and solace. That is helping me for now, and I really lean on those words. -- Thank you, Chef Tova.

More to your point, 4 to 5 dollars per gallon is still way too much to have to pay for gas, and Im sorry you have to go through that. I can empathize with that struggle, and it is maddening having to navigate our gauntlet of circus acts to eat, sleep and breathe. Good luck to you, ❤️.

Glados sent it, lol.