After getting those nastygrams myself then having to troubleshoot some other issues, I’ve ended up using solely a private tracker (iptorrents because I couldn’t get an invite elsewhere) for torrents which I only use for manual search in radar/sonarr to minimize seeding space. Automatic downloads go through Usenet if I add something to my watchlist. I did have it set up using PIA as a VPN in the past, but with Usenet and a private tracker I never felt the need to renew it.

I don’t know much about card tricks, just that many appear to use non-random cuts and those ABAB shuffles to get cards where they need to go. This one ‘The Hotel’ might even be easy enough for me to learn:

https://youtu.be/P-6gCH1hRGs

I work nights and sometimes have to use disposable foam earplugs if there is lawn maintenance waking me up.