Per the footnotes in *How Bad are Bananas* (which I find very helpful for doing these kinds of comparisons as a non-climate-expert) it's something like a volcano eruption or the World Cup.

howbadarebananas.com/notes-and-re...

I think it was the bathtub scene in “The Shining”, which is surprising because I read a bunch of Animorphs and Diana Gabaldon before that and was none the worse for wear… 🤷

it’s a guy from Chicago named Robert Prevost I’ve never heard of in my life

> The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim

amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

Yeah, I'll admit the capacity for executives to irrationally replace programmers even though it won't work is a real risk.

For sure! I have absolute faith that the APIs are the way they are for a reason and that part of my problem is that I'm holding them wrong.

I _still_ haven't a good path up that learning curve though :\

Ooh, I hadn't considered the nested shadow DOM case. Definitely makes sense to automate at that point! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

It seems like a custom element containing a textarea that gets chucked into a shadow DOM via a slot is probably the cleanest solution that still works with JS disabled?