There's thirty days in September...

April, June, and November. Okay, so I guess the day after May 30 is May 31! Whew, glad that's settled.

Poll #24104 Days of the month

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What method do you use to remember which months have 31 days?

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That rhyme
88 (61.5%)

Another English language mnemonic
2 (1.4%)

The knuckle trick
32 (22.4%)

I don't, I look at a calendar
18 (12.6%)

Some mnemonic in another language
0 (0.0%)

IDK, I just do
20 (14.0%)

Other
5 (3.5%)

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I've been dealing with the immient collapse of civilization

by reading. I mean, I would go to a protest but I also don't want to get covid-19, so.... (This may be the coward's way out.)

Anyway, I've finished the most recent Rivers of London book, and I'm just going to say that since clearly both Peter and the author know about Faraday cages, it's astonishing that at no point in this series did anybody suggest "But will your phone still be bricked if you do magic after stashing it in a microwave or a bag lined with aluminium* foil?"

* British spelling intentional.