Same thing happened to me! I did not come to terms with it though, it definitely changed my mentality in a bad way for a while.

I feel exactly the same! I installed EndeavorOS because I liked the default theme lmao

Exactly this. The ethanol in gas absorbs water from the air and turns into weird nasty gas tank sludge.

Clickbait title. The full quote is “Pursuing the where, what, and why of these polluting leaks has led Kayrros to gas wells, pipelines, coal mines, and waste sites in countries like Turkmenistan (home to the single largest oil and gas source), India, Russia, Australia, and the United States”

Have you tried KDE connect? It has Linux & Windows clients and can send clipboard/files/notifications/etc. seamlessly in either direction between Android and PC.

Where do you get your hard drives? Cheapest 1tb SSD I can get is $65, and the cheapest 1tb nvme drive is $80.