Had to choose between defending a friends old tweet or staying quiet

Last month an old tweet from my friend Mike resurfaced where he joked about something pretty offensive back in 2011. I had to decide whether to jump in and defend him saying he's changed or just stay out of it completely. I stayed quiet and it felt wrong at first but honestly the whole thing blew over in like two days without me getting dragged into it. Has anyone else had to make this call with a friend or coworker?

My uncle swore by planting marigolds next to tomatoes, and I finally get why

Last spring my uncle told me to put marigolds all around my tomato bed to keep pests away. I thought it was just old garden talk and didn't bother doing it. Then half my tomato plants got eaten by something and his bed across town was fine. I tried it this year with 12 marigolds for 8 tomato plants and I've barely seen any bugs. Has anyone else tested this or is it just a placebo thing?

After 8 months of tweaking my pour over technique I finally got a cup that tasted like actual blueberries instead of just 'fruity notes'

Turns out it was my water temperature being off by about 7 degrees the whole time so I grabbed a proper kettle that lets me set it exactly at 205 and the difference was immediate, anyone else have one specific variable that unlocked their coffee game?

Tried a 4-day workweek for 3 months and my productivity tanked

I was sure those extra days off would make me more focused, but I just ended up cramming 5 days of work into 4 and burning out by Wednesday. Has anyone else had the opposite effect from what they expected with compressed schedules?

I was adding an outlet in my living room and found a nest of old, tangled wires that look like spaghetti. How do you figure out where they all go?

PSA for food service crews: always date the prep containers. We had to trash a full pan of chicken salad cause no one wrote the date.