Well, it closes with:

At press time, the companies said the deal was expected to close shortly after the industry finished checking the calendar.

You can also get a whole house surge protector in your electrical panel. Unless you can install it yourself, it might be a bit pricy to get an electrician out just for that. We had one put in during a panel upgrade for a little over $200.

You say gross, but have you ever thought about where a lot of all those healthy gut bacteria come from?
It’s not like they just spawn inside your intestines… Ok, maybe it’s a little gross, but when you really think about it a lot of stuff in life is actually kinda gross. Best not to think too hard about it.

I swore by Asics for a decade, always fit great and I rarely needed a different insole for my semi flat feet. But then ~3 years ago, they changed something and all their shoes were like any other sneaker - not good enough.

After trying a lot of different insoles, which at best kinda helped; I went the opposite way and started getting extra wide minimal/barefoot shoes. After 2 weeks of adjusting my foot pain went away.
It seems having practically no support, makes you build up your arch muscles.

Grackles being half the size is a bit of an understate, a common grackle tops out at about 5 oz & 13" with a wingspan up to 18". A raven’s common size, on the larger end, is 4½ lbs & 28" with a 60" wingspan.