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Ok, you may be facing disk rot. Disk rot is much more prevalent on self recorded that commercial recordings.

ddrescue is probably your best bet.There are other options, but I’ve always had the best results with ddrescue. There is no way to fix disk rot.

Quick question, are these burned blank disks, or purchased commercial disks?

ddrescue.

Also, maybe look for a CD lens cleaner.

May be hard to find nowadays. An alternative is gently clean the lens with a Qtip slightly moist with distilled water, and dried with the other, dry end.

The ABC method from Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy has worked wonders from me. Tons of videos on YouTube.

A keystone in Behavioral Therapies.

I’m an omnivore, and delight in eating meat, animal products.

I’m lucky that I live midway between the city and agricultural areas , and can, and have gone, to the farms where the animals are raised. The cows where my butcher gets the meat are free in pastures, the chickens in a fenced area, but with fairly ample space, fed grain.

It’s not a vegan thing, it’s decency.

That would probably be the best strategy, gerrymander the fuck out of a bunch of blue states, and have SCOTUS declare gerrymandering illegal

Had a bishop singing outside my window the other day. He managed to snare a 12 yr. old choirboy.