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America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die
So good to see WI get out from under this bullshit. If the people want (R)’s, let them get them fairly. Gerrymandering (in either direction) is bollocks.
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America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die
So good to see WI get out from under this bullshit. If the people want (R)’s, let them get them fairly. Gerrymandering (in either direction) is bollocks.
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Remember the ancient songs
MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
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US plans water heater standards, says will save consumers $11 bln yearly
Looking forward to the “reeeeee” from folks who will somehow equate this to think that the gubment is coming for their precious water heater
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How Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism
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I haven’t done any Signal app recruiting in my circle of contacts (in fact, I don’t think I’ve talked to anyone about it) and I have 14 contacts that have it installed at the very least. I don’t think it would be a huge push to make Signal more prevalent.
The uphill battle is making a dent in iMessage adoption, which seems to be deeper and deeper entrenched every day.
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Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again, or Else...
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I think there are a lot of people cross-posting stuff to generate traffic and discussion
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"Why im here" rule
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I miss the local community Reddit has/had - meaning vibrant town/city subreddits. The one for my town here on Lemmy is just one dude (@ickplant you’re doing your best) but it just doesn’t have the critical mass.
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Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists? | A growing movement of millennials are seeking out a more agrarian life, but the reality is not always as simple as they hoped
I think the primary difference, at least in the hobby farmers I know who are young, idealistic, and just getting started, is that they aren’t expecting to scale the operation beyond some arbitrary point - beyond which, it stops being fulfilling and starts being a giant pain in the ass. Conversely, the dairy farmer I know who has the largest operation in the county is a stand up dude, who avoids cutting corners but is getting squeezed big time by small artisanal operations with street cred and big, industrial operations with margins. The middle, where there used to be a huge swath of family farms, is a bloodbath of debt and suffering.
I imagine most of these new hippies are trying to stay small.
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What Are Some General "Buy It For Life" (Durable) Items You Recommend?
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Carbon steel pans. You season and treat them like cast iron, but they develop a beautiful, smooth, non stick surface. I just made two over easy eggs in mine. They’re basically all I use anymore - no PFOx, no muss.
I thought I bought two from a French company that started with an ‘M’ but I can’t figure out which brand 😂
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what is Everyone's opinion on the Flair Press?
Hoffman seems to be pretty approving and I’d follow that guy off a cliff.
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Struggling with mental health and going to school at 28
Someone put it to me like this once -
You’re going to turn 30. Would you rather be 30 and educated or just 30?
For whatever reason, that stuck with me.
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17-year-old Boulder cyclist hit by vehicle, killed while training for mountain bike world championships
I used to ride road and that exact stretch was one of the final road rides I did before I made the judgement call that riding road was just too sketch. What a tragic and preventable loss.
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Reuters: It's official— VanMoof, high-end bicycle manufacturer, has declared bankruptcy
I always thought their bikes were neat (going back way before they made e-bikes) but going to have to agree with another poster - I never met a single owner who wasn’t a self absorbed muppet.
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Daria 1997-2002
I still say “Sorry, Babe” to my spouse and she responds with KEEVIIIEEEEEE
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It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million
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No doubt, it’s a chicken or egg problem.
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TIL That Chuck E. Cheese Secretly Sold Pizzas on Delivery Apps During the Pandemic Under the Name “Pasqually Pizza”
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There’s a certain subset of consumers for whom price is the most important deciding factor in where and what to buy. No surprise - an assembly line shoveling Sysco is priced pretty competitively.
DoorDash, Uber Eats and all their ilk are awf for other reasons anyways. If you want pizza, call the pizza place directly.
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Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again, or Else...
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Kind of a chicken or an egg problem - we need content to attract the people, the people are attracted to content.
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Post launch day chat
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Yep - I bought sync way back in the day and paid less than $5 for it. Used it for years and years across multiple devices until I switched to iOS. I got my moneys worth for sure - $20 seems like a bargain.
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What Are Some General "Buy It For Life" (Durable) Items You Recommend?
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Yes! That’s it - Matfer. I think America’s Test Kitchen recommend them and I’d follow ATK off a cliff on kitchen advice. So far, the pans have been fantastic, but I can’t imagine there’s a whole lot to go wrong with a carbon steel pan.
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Do any of you bother writing abuse emails?
I have in the past, yes. Reputable hosts and cloud providers tend to take them seriously in my experience.
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Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024
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Your dream is Harris?! Shit, no. No, no, no.
My hope is that Biden is staying in the race until the 11th hour to be the lightening rod and the dems have someone better to step in.
Of course, that would require some intestinal fortitude and a few brain cells and I don’t think the dem leadership has that.