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A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began

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That's a good sentiment to have for things that need to be built for society as a whole. You don't need to extend the same courtesy to for profit endeavors that don't provide a general benefit.

This is not standing up to support building a homeless shelter in your neighborhood, because it has to go somewhere. It's more like supporting a McDonald's. There's plenty of them already, and they have plenty of other options for building more.

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Found this colour matching guide online, do you agree or is it questionable?

It's not wrong, but I don't know how helpful it is. I think it could be helpful for identifying complimentary colors, but it's missing some context about which articles of clothing are which colors.

For example, it lists pink as a matching color for light blue. IMO, light blue pants with a pink shirt works fine, but a light blue shirt wouldn't work so well with pink pants. In general you'd want your pants a darker color or cooler tone than your shirt.

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Can these be formal?

No, they won't look right with anything formal. They're fine for "office casual" or something, but if the host has asked for formal attire this isn't it.

If you like these, try for a more conventional tassel loafer. The problem is really the sole, and stitching.

These being Docs, that puts the price around $150 to $200. That's good news, you'll have a lot of options in the same price range. Start shopping early, especially if you have to do mail order. A wedding can be a long day, especially if you're dancing at the reception afterwards. It may take you a little while to find something that works for you.

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Volunteering enshittification

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Furthermore, a lot of nonprofits are financing at least part of their operations through grants. Those grants often require them to prove that they work was completed and done so in compliance with the grant terms. Photographs could be part of the evidence they collect to document how they used the funds.

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Is this too joker? 🃏

Short answer is yes, it's too Jokerish.

Longer answer is still yes, but how to fix it depends on how Joker adjacent you want to be. Feel free to dress however you want. You can pull off a lot of looks by being confident and comfortable in your outfit. But since you're asking I'll share a couple of thoughts about what I would do. Feel free to mix and match based on what you prefer.

Change the black shirt for something else. Something lighter, maybe a lavender if you want to have a purple theme. Your shirt should be the lightest part of your outfit and it shouldn't match your pants this close. If you really want to keep a dark shirt look, check out pictures of Regis Philbin when he was hosting Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It's not a look I personally like, but he pulled it off pretty well.

Add a blazer or sport coat, and lose the vest. Vests are hard to do in anything other than a very formal setting. If you want to keep the vest, at least move the pocket square to the blazer.

Change the pants to something like a charcoal grey. Dark grey is much easier to wear than straight black and I promise it'll look way better with your shoes.

Change the tie or pocket square, they shouldn't match this much. One of the hard parts of dressing in monochrome is that it makes the color you do use really stand out. For the square, look for something that has purple (or whatever colors you're focusing on) in it. For the tie, maybe try a black tie. If you want to have solid color (that's not black) tie, think about trying out a knit tie. I've got a black grenadine tie that is really easy to wear with a lot of different outfits.

Lose at least one piece of jewelry accessories. There's too much going on in too little space. You can still wear some other pieces elsewhere, like a bracelet(s) or ring(s) but don't go nuts with it.

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[Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

My fear with banning artists who have made bigoted comics is how that relates to older comics. For example I really enjoy those Jucika strips, but given their age I wouldn't be that surprised if the original artist had some opinions that we wouldn't tolerate today.

Regardless of my fear, I'm more concerned with having a space that's welcoming to all people and I'm well aware of the "Nazi bar" problem. So I would come down on having a ban list of bigoted creators that aren't welcome here.

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April cocktail challenge, Cynar.

I was thinking of a Boulevardier when I started, although I deviated from that pretty quickly. I'll riff on this a little more before the end of the month.

1 oz rye, 1 oz Cynar, 1/4 oz dry curacao, dash orange bitters. I would garnish with a twist of lemon or orange, but I haven't had fresh citrus around for awhile.

It's pleasantly bittersweet and warming, overall pretty good. The orange flavor goes well with both the rye and the Cynar. Could be better though, I think the sweetness is not right. Maybe a less sweet orange liqueur or maybe add a splash of maraschino to make it sweeter?

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The European Basic Bastard Dressing Guide

Seems like a nice starter guide.

Couple suggestions that might help: In the fit section it might be worthwhile to mention something about getting your measurements and reading the fit guide available on the manufacturer's website. Similarly, it could help some folks to mention that clothes from different manufacturer's will fit a little different. That might be too basic, but it took me awhile to figure it out and I have had a much better experience with clothes since then.

Also, I hadn't heard of Colorful Standard before and they seem right up my alley for casual clothes. Thanks for that.

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Thoughts on Rashid?

I haven't had much time with him yet, but I think he looks neat. In SF5 he was the character I was most excited to try and I ended up not liking his playstyle. He was too frantic and execution dependent for me to enjoy. I expect him to be the same again, so it'll be fun to fuck around with him a little, he's probably not for me.

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I wish it were easier to shop for "interesting" men's clothes.

There's stuff out there, but it is harder to find. It's going to be especially hard to find right now. If you want more colorful clothes look again when the Spring and Summer looks come out. The Winter styles are going to be more muted and less colorful.

I like Bonobos and Todd Snyder for when I want something more interesting. Although Todd Snyder is definitely caught in the muted colors for winter thing.