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Well, this puts things in a bit of perspective. Holy hell.
EDIT: Well, this blew up! Lots of comments and the image, while compelling, is definitely misleading. Need to dig in if these are intended to be proportionally the same size, or just represent βwhat if an eastern portion of the USA was occupiedβ.
Either way, worthy to consider in either context to get folks (including myself) thinking.
This has to be, like, the equivalent of the inner harbor in Baltimore; surely there's more to it than just some soda can houses and a guy with too many spices.
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Are masked agents stalking your town, looking to kidnap your neighbors? Want to do your part to protect each other, but donβt know where to start?
This guide is based on the knowledge that an array of people have accumulated in Chicago over the past several months during βOperation Midway Blitz.β
As federal agents expand their assaults on communities across the country, it is crucial to share and build on these practices.
So if I wanted to get off of Spotify and take my playlists with me, what's a good accessible alternative, and how do I migrate?
When I used Title last, it was a mess of unlabelled buttons and deeply unpleasant to use. If that has changed then I'm fine with switching but I never got it to work.
Earlier this year I used TuneMyMusic to transfer some of my playlists from Spotify to Pandora, but despite it saying all over the website that it works, it now throws up some weird error about the connection no longer working, Pandora not having an API, and asks if I want to @ Pandora on X to complain about it. No thanks, I click. Why are these buttons always "No thanks" and not "Fuck no" or just "No?"
Are there any nice options I'm missing? I'm fine with CLI tools and CSV or somesuch, just predictably this has gotten worse and I've been putting it off because I didn't have the spoons. Sometimes I hate it when I'm right.
Apple Music has a migration tool. This won't matter if you're not an Apple person, but I recently used it to copy over playlists containing tens of thousands of tracks and it very helpfully pointed out the 55 or so it wasn't sure about at the end, letting me confirm or choose an alternative in a pretty accessible interface.
if this is true, then it will be the second of two things. Heβs actually done during both of his presidencies that I like, and think actually did give benefit to the country. But this is Donald Trump, so it could be walked back in an instant either by him or by one of his cronies.
@Xoa Gray @Tiki Bunny Imports πΉππ»π³οΈβπ Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, but it'd be cool to see it happen, especially with the push back coming from a quasi governmental agency that's been leading to them getting banned.
@Xoa Gray @Tiki Bunny Imports πΉππ»π³οΈβπ I don't think we'll see that, but there's a lot to do, after all I do believe the law banning them wasn't targeted at them, but more mainstream vehicles that were being imported, so exceptions could be made for them, from decreasing the wait time on importing them, kneecapping the group that's trying to ban them, simplifying the import, creating a special classification for them and maybe city cars, hard to say, Americanized versions definitely won't happen though.
Oh yeah, there's a lot of things that could be done. But the American auto industry lobbyists are spending millions to do everything they can to make sure it doesn't. That's where the real fight is right now.
@Xoa Gray @Tiki Bunny Imports πΉππ»π³οΈβπ I find it hard to imagine American car company manufacturers worried about these, despite the increased interest, they wouldn't likely offer much competition as they're not a segment anyone operates in here. Now for side by side and UTV manufacturers, a definite threat.
In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was executed for βtreason.β 1st American ever executed, for the crime of freeing the enslaved.
The 2nd American ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens at 29yo, also an abolitionist. He served Brown during his failed raid on Harpers Ferry, VA.
Brown's raid lasted Oct 16 to 18, 1859. He initiated a slave revolt, now called the dress rehearsal to the Civil War.
A stark reminder that legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but power.
Treason against *a state*, not even the nation. Treason against Virginia.
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
Among the soldiers surrounding his gallows, Stonewall Jackson, John Wilks Booth, and Edmund Ruffin -- the man who legend has it fired the first shot at Fort Sumter.
the way history really said βyou either stay quiet or get pickledβ is wild. but hey, freedom tastes good on toast, right? letβs brine for change!
yeah I never really had much of an interest in biology until after I began transitioning, at which point I realized that I needed to cultivate a special interest in endocrinology, stat.
which, it is genuinely interesting! finding out that vitamin D, for example, is a hormone? that's neat.
Yes, if you take a vitamin D supplement of any kind, you're engaging in HRT.
Voting for a 34 time convicted felon, adjudicated sexual predator, con man, liar and being proud of that and defending that is enough that I donβt even want to speak to or be associated with that kind of person. Whoever they are.
Anyone who can continue to overlook the bigotry, the pedophilia coverup, the sexual assault history, the lies, the war crimes, the sexism, the bullying, and the self-interest just because they think Trump may help their 401k is a terrible person.
He will listen to any fan boi that pays the price of admission. There are a couple of those around here, and they are unsafe on anything other than side roads and urban streets. That is if they have mufflers, and aren't being driven by a-holes.
Fair point. Like I said, kei are great on Japanese roads, where traffic is much slower, even on surface streets, & drivers more careful. Motorcyclists/bicyclists/pedestrians are much safer on Japanese roads. I've lost 2 friends on motorcycles in US (neither at fault), so IDK how much the point gets you.
Also not sure about crash safety standards there, but US cars and trucks are larger, heavier, & move much faster. Also, I keep thinking about visibility issues with lower-riding cars
@the three-day monk The point is that everyone always trots out their not safe for our roads as a reason to ban them, and yet the same people barely even blink at the idea of motorcycles, scooters, UTVs and golf carts being allowed on roads, the latter two restricted to neighborhoods.
As to crash standards, I doubt the older ones are particularly good, the vans and pickups have little more than a piece of sheet metal between you and what you hit, though the newer ones are getting a small (very) crumple zone, and I think ABS now.
I never said to ban them. Iβve owned kei cars. I donβt know why you think it is my position.
I have concerns about safety of kei cars in a US context, but I also donβt drive any of those other vehicles in the US. So Iβm not sure what Iβm supposed to do with your argument, besides nod and agree that those other vehicles also have safety concerns in a US context.
The Japanese love cultivating moss. I once made a moss terrarium as a kid. I didn't understand how those worked. So, it looked good for a week or two, then died.
Those oceans are fed by the leaf-litter and other vegetation that is washed out into the oceans. That requires big forests. Big forests need large frugivores, in particular their poop, in order to not just fertilise the soil, but to provide a place for insects to incubate and then be born, at which time they begin pollinating plants. It's an entire system that has to be preserved.
Yes it's all part of an ecosystem. My point is that we don't often concentrate on small creatures like the moss here or the algae in the sea; we highlight trees. Trees are beautiful and magnificent in their own right and also form a vital part of biodiversity and habitat for other plants, animals and fungi. But we usually overlook the small guys who do most of the heavy lifting, so to speak.
Hi Muse, I would expect nothing but a civil discourse from you and so I was just clarifying things, rather than trying to win an argument for the sake of a fragile ego. Have a nice weekend!
@Khurram Wadee I have a speech in one of my plays where a character goes into how important elephant poop is to the planetary ecosystem. The poop fertilises and disperses seeds, it also provides for critical insects who pollinate everything. Go elephant poop! hehehe!
that's one way of getting him there.... Yes Mr Trump, into this small room with a bed and a barred window. Just wait here for your award. We'll shut the door while you wait to keep you safe.
For being the biggest asshole in the world and hopefully he takes the nomination so we (I'm Dutch) can offer him a nice accommodation of a leaking cell under sea level for the rest of his sorry ass life.
this is some next-level fox business and i'm absolutely here for it. keep spreading those vibes like a pickle on a hot dogβessential and a little messy!
Police banning protest against #King as #arrest threatened in Windsor
Anti-monarchist activists have said they were #threatened with arrests when they planned to protest a #royal procession in #Windsor on Wednesday
Campaigners said that they were told by #police they faced arrest if they protested near the royal procession, with police citing concerns about the banner and amplified noise.
Officers were also accused of telling protesters they faced arrest if they heckled the monarch.
Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, said: "#Thames Valley Police have today decided that #protests are essentially #banned. #FreeSpeech is conditional on arbitrary decisions by police inspectors, denying people even the right to heckle public figures.
Amazon might not notice that you stopped shopping with them* but if you take that same modest bit of disposable income and spend it on art bought directly from artists, the small electronics projects of your friends, helping people in dire financial situations and the the local theater all of those people WILL notice. It will have a massive impact.
*But, also Amazon does notice. Especially as more and more people do this.
The next big one I want gone from my life is YouTube. This one is hard, though. I think the first step would be to at least use the alternatives for those creators I like who bother to offer one.
I don't know how I'll wriggle free from YouTube just yet, but I'm not giving up on it because it's "hard" --
The best solution I've found there is a combination of RSS feeds and yt-dlp (and making sure it credits the videos as being watched for the creator's metrics). That way I can avoid the "suggested videos" and comments and all that crap.
This is the one I slapped together (and use), and yeah, being deliberate about it DEFINITELY changes the experience.
I took a hard no YouTube stance a few months ago, and it's changed the way I consume the internet itself. There's a bunch I'm missing out on, but I feel better.
I've softened a bit and watch some through my RSS reader...but there's more friction when I'm doing it, which forces me to be more conscious about it.
@dnkboston I can't believe what the heck wrong with governments... Just want more money ofc let people become zombies. My own eyes look who people still using the google I told them it is dangerous and guess what they not understand what is google for... I just can't it make me feel sick. HOLY SHIT so Amazon I work there for almost 10 years it getting worse fyi!
@Minimac I reviewed for Amazon for almost a decade--I enjoyed it--until it started becoming obviously controlled by algorithms. I ended up deleting everything I had there, not just reviews but also books I was selling. @futurebird
@dnkboston I can't wait to get new job I focus school first because Amazon paid for it. I will graduate next year May then I will looking for new jobs before I quit Amazon for good. I warning people don't work Amazon they don't care what safety we need and number one is PACKAGES than co workers!
You know who notices even more minutely? Finance companies we* have credit cards with. So much so that you don't have to boycott entirely--just spend less, and they will get nervous. They are the only ones who benefit from our debt.
*I do not have a credit card, just a debit card, but I don't kid myself that I'm not part of "we"
I can't believe my own eyes because I work amazon for almost 10 years. People keep addiction order those from third party items. Do they understand what is third party? I don't think so.
i've made 45 bilingual (eng/esp) copies of the Riot Medicine Field Guide, a concise companion book to the Hakan Geijer's robust protest medic text. i printed these specifically to distribute to action medics, though the content is informative for anyone and functions as a good hook for anyone interested learning more about street medicine.
if you would like one for yourself or as gift to someone ('tis the season!), please email me the address at <fallrise@riseup.net> and i will send one -- i am happy to cover the ~$4 shipping, but am willing to accept donations. if you have a medic crew and would like some for yourselves or for trainings, i can send you a box.
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Does anyone know of a free #font optimised for #dyslexia for #linux and perhaps #windows? I saw a specialized font on twinkl and am trying to trace it down.
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