The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves.

President Joe Biden has until the end of Christmas day to overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling that will prevent Apple from selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, among other newer models, because they violate patents registered to another company. But it appears unlikely he’ll intervene.

It is time to replace my 10+ year old Nest and since I have moved from Android to iOS I am looking for something that will work with Apple home. I see the ecobee listed in the Apple Store but is that the only thing? Or just the one that Apple recommends/has a partnership? I would like one that can use temperature sensors as the bedrooms on either end of the house can vary quite a bit from the thermostat.

I also have a single nest smoke detector and several dumb ones that I need to replace. Are there any that work with Apple home?

I did not realize that Teal Mask had a Hisuian Zorua (and a deadline to obtain it) and i waited to long to purchase it. If anyone has an extra they would not mind trading please let me know and what you may want (i have some extra Iron Valiants, but none are adamant at the moment).

Dragon Dance Your Way into the New Year! Get ready to ring in the new year by catching droves of Dragon-type Pokémon! From Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Dratini will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the Paldea region, Jangmo-o will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the land of Kitakami, and Duraludon will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the Terarium at Blueberry Academy.

Pokémon encountered in these special mass outbreaks are more likely to have the Joyful Mark. These Dragon types must be excited to celebrate the new year!

Event Schedule:

Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 23:59 UTC

Locations and Featured Pokémon:

Paldea: Dratini

Kitakami: Jangmo-o

Blueberry Academy: Duraludon

It does not look like it is on the Pokemon site yet, but inn the PokePortal it has been announced that Walking Wake (Scarlet) and Iron Leaves (Violet) will be returning to Tera Raid battles starting 25 December at 00:00 UTC until 07 January 23:59UTC.

You can only catch them once per save, and if you have caught them in previous events you will be unable to catch them this time around, but cannot still participate in the battles. Walking Wake will have a water tera type, while Iron Leaves will have psychic tera type.

From Home:

From Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Sunday, January 7, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Walking Wake will be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Scarlet game, and Iron Leaves will be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Violet game.

These Paradox Pokémon cannot normally be encountered in Paldea. The Walking Wake appearing during this event has Water as its Tera Type, and the Iron Leaves appearing during this event has Psychic as its Tera Type. Try joining Tera Raid Battles hosted by Trainers playing the other version of the game to help complete your Paradox Pokémon collection!

The special Walking Wake and Iron Leaves featured in this event can each be caught only once per save data. If you caught these Pokémon during a previous Tera Raid Battle event, you cannot catch them again. You can still participate in Tera Raid Battles against these Pokémon to obtain other rewards if you’ve already caught them.

The Walking Wake and Iron Leaves appearing during this event may be featured in future events or become obtainable through other methods.

Edited to add info from home. Thanks Flit.

https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/events/dialga-palkia-raid/#

Catch Version-Exclusive Legendary Pokémon!

You have until Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 3:59 p.m. PST to challenge these Legendary Pokémon in Tera Raid Battles! Dialga is appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Scarlet game and Palkia is appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Violet game.

Dialga and Palkia cannot normally be encountered in Paldea, and the Dialga and Palkia appearing during this event both have Dragon as their Tera Type. Try joining Tera Raid Battles hosted by Trainers playing the other version of the game to help complete your Legendary Pokémon collection!

Somewhere yesterday or the day before I saw an announcement about new 7* raids coming to S&V this weekend. I can no longer find where i saw this sadly. I thought it was in an email from the Pokemon Company.

Anyone have info? And i guess it is finally time to get serious in my Violet game.

I have been having quite a lot of trouble with my T-Mobile business internet. I would like to set up a pi so that when it loses internet it sends an email, and another when internet is restored (I realize without net the outage email will not actually send, but if there is a time stamp I can at least present it to T-Mobile and say look this is a serious issue when my net is down more than it is up), and run an hourly speed test and email the results. For a novice is something like this feasible?

I first started playing Violet a month and a half ago. A couple weeks into playing my wife expressed interest in playing too. So I got a copy of Scarlet for her. Since I was so far ahead of her (both in the actual game and knowledge of the games, I have been playing since LG/FR, while she has only played GO) I decided to take a break from Violet to finally play Shield. I purchased it when it came out but never left the starting town.

I have now beaten Shield and use the raids there to level my Pokémon in Violet. In Violet I have beaten all of the gyms, all of the Titans, and just have 1 more Star Base. When trying to join a Tera raid I can only join random ones, the ones on be board always say I failed to join. But doing the random raids I end up with so many 1*-3*s. When I am looking for raids I am having the same issue, they are all lower.

Even before I became the champion in Shield it was faster to level by transferring my Pokémon.

I do not need to do photo editing or anything like that. I need to be able to make graphics for my business' social media, and to display on my in store monitors. I get marketing graphics from different publishers whose products i sell, and i need to be able to add my business name and other info.

I have Photoshop CS5 on my dying windows laptop, and i just got a new MacBook pro to replace my old air. Now that i do not have reliable access to Photoshop i need a Mac alternative.

Does anyone have a suggestion? Cheap would be best. I am willing to pay for a program that does what i need.

This game is a lot more involved than I thought it would be. When it comes to Snorlax, should I prioritize a team that gives ingredients to cook for his levels? Or the berries he likes? So far the highest I have gotten Snorlax is Ultra 5.