All of The Clone Wars is the main filler between 2&3.
Not sure if there's much between 3&4. I have trouble keeping the whole time line in my mind since the newer show releases jump around so much.
If you haven't, take some time to read 1984. It's a fairly easy read and this thread will make a lot more sense. Also, there's a reason it's a timeless classic and referred to so often - Orwell hit on a lot of prevalent themes authoritarians like to use. Once you know how to identify them, it's easy to see when someone is using something like double speak (consciously or subconsciously)
Pretty good. It has about 5 power levels for different scenarios (carpet, upholstery, curtains, etc) with the lower levels being super quiet. Even at the highest power level, I wouldn't worry about bothering anyone by vacuuming another room.
I bought a Miele a few years ago and don't regret it. Best vacuum I've ever owned. It is bagged, but in my opinion that's better than bagless. I owned a few bagless vacuums over the years and they all have the same problem of excessive dust generation when emptying. You don't have that problem with bags.
Exactly. There were a ton of casualties like this during the last strike.
There will be more on the chopping block, all because the platforms don't want to share the profits with the writers from the golden goose they found with the new streaming era.
One of the nails in the coffin for Digg was that users increasingly felt they didn't have a voice on the site anymore because a few power users had games the system and taken control. The same thing has happened to Reddit, except now those users are able to hide behind bots and AI.
I didn't realize how bad it had become until I came to the Fediverse and saw more fresh content than I had seen on Reddit in years. No more timed reposts of the same memes or top posts, more organic conversations in the comments, meme formats I hadn't seen in years.