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Utah ends reduced-price school meals for kids, making them free instead in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

We can't bailout lunch kids, what about my meth addiction debt? Nobody helped me. BOoTsTrApS!

ODOT Wants To Start Building The I-5 Rose Quarter Project—With Only Enough Money for Half of It in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

They are the department of highways and roads. They have been incredibly successful in their adopted use of funneling resources to construction firms, increasing dependency on cars, and making our cities and state louder, dirtier and more dangerous. The people who work there think this is their mission and their funding is evidence of it. As each mile of road laid will only increase their need for funding and maintenance, they have a false sense of prophecy that it's inevitable.

They don't care about sidewalks, crosswalks, neighborhoods, bikers, or the people who inhabit or use these things--they are only a thing that gets in the way of them fulfilling their understood mission which is to funnel money to construction and development firms.

Fuck the Department of Roads. The sooner we call it that and/or rip them up and start fresh with mission and budgets the better.

Hundreds of Cornish College of the Arts employees receive layoff notices in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

"The worker adjustment and restraining[sic] notification (WARN)"

Retraining. They even have a link in their own article. I will miss journalists who were literate and had time and reason to be.

Steph Curry drops 52 in close win vs Grizzlies in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

12/20 behind the line, 4/11 2-pointers lol. Absolutely solid playable game if you reverse those for an average NBA player.

Bill to end vote-by-mail slows Oregon legislative website to a crawl in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's it?

LORINC: The coming American brain drain will be Canada’s gain in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

We're already at 1, which means it's time for 2. They're starting the the Columbia universities of the country but it'll be down to state and local levels after that. Companies of course will say and do nothing as the Spice must flow.

Several excellent applications currently offer comprehensive alternatives to Google services. What are your preferred applications at this time? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 100 points 5 days ago (16 children)

The graphic format doesn't do much for those looking to learn, if I don't already know the non-google icon or app this doesn't help. I understand the point of the post is to drive discussion but if the whole broader goal is to help people switch listing it out in text or labeling the icons at least would make it as useful as the other breakdowns we often see here that have lists by app/category are more useful.

The world according to my 7 year old sister. Better than most Americans. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Antarctica is a humpback whale, S.A. is a manatee, N.A. is a beaver, Nepal is a big damned clam...

New details on how PBOT will spend $200,000 on intersection daylighting – BikePortland in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Daylighting is critical and a data driven best approach to safety. However, if drivers constantly violate crosswalks by "California stopping" and rolling though them at ever-increasing speeds, it actually is more dangerous for pedestrians. You have to have education and enforcement and the last one is severely lacking.

Hillary Clinton: How Much Dumber Will This Get? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Further; if there is anyone who ensured Trump's first win and enabled the second was the DNC undemocratically undermining Bernie's primary successes and putting her forward and despite the machinations and dishonesty of it, her wanting it so much she accepted it and marginalized Bernie and actual progressivism dooming the democratic party to further irrelevance and weakness when they could have moved left 8 years ago and won.

Fuck Hillary for thinking her winning was more important than the constituents of the party she's a member of. It's the essence of entitlement, elitism and antidemocraticism.

Trump threatens 'far larger' tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do 'economic harm' to the U.S. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Every time he escalates you know you're on the right track.

Kroger blames Albertsons for merger's demise in new court filings in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Oh shoot this was pending last I heard months ago and never saw the decision. That is fantastic news for customers of either and grocery industry in general.

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How US permitted Utility monopoly rates keep brutally increasing when they should be much cheaper. (www.thebignewsletter.com)
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How & Why US permitted utility monopoly prices keep brutally increasing (www.thebignewsletter.com)
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How US permitted utility monopoly costs keep brutally increasing. (The "why" is greed of course) (www.thebignewsletter.com)
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2 Caucasian Deschutes County Commissioners vote to dismantle county DEI program, citing not understanding why it ever existed. One minority votes against dismantling. Program dismantled. (www.oregonlive.com)
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Super brave Caucasian commissioners decide committee they do not directly benefit from does not have a purpose, in a wise and comprehensive evaluation showing exactly who is a member of their community worth investing in.

Program had no funding and cost nothing other than ~4 hours of each program member’s time related to the program each month.

Please keep this in mind when thinking about where you will travel, vacation, live and do business with in Oregon. If you'd like to share your thoughts with the county commissioners: [email protected]

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2 Caucasian Deschutes County Commissioners vote to dismantle county DEI program, citing not understanding why it ever existed. One minority votes against dismantling. Program dismantled. (www.oregonlive.com)
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Super brave Caucasian commissioners decide committee they do not directly benefit from does not have a purpose, in a wise and comprehensive evaluation showing exactly who is a member of their community worth investing in.

Program had no funding and cost nothing other than ~4 hours of each program member's time related to the program each month.

Please keep this in mind when thinking about where you will travel, vacation, live and do business with. If you'd like to share your thoughts with the county commissioners: [email protected]

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Oregon is the only west coast state without a state salaried minimum wage. WA's is now more than CA's. Meanwhile, OR is progressive on hourly minimum wage. Why hasn't this been taken up? (lemmy.world)
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Urban Running safety: camera and mic headset recommendations/options? (lemmy.world)
 

Hi, I'm in the US and non-car safety is appalling. I live in a semi-urban area and get nearly hit, obstructed or aggressively cut off at crosswalks or driveways nearly every single time I run, which is every other day.

Rather than try to make the case with stats showing no local enforcement of pedestrian code, I've decided for my and likely my future lawyers sale I should just record and montage it. When I'm inevitably disabled or killed by one of these selfish dumbasses, at least it will make for simple settlements, and prosecutions .

I'm in the market for a headmounted/head strap camera, preferably with a microphone option. I googled a bit and there are some go-pro-ish options but they all seem pretty big and heavy, made for mountain biking or swimming, etc. anyone have ideas or links for a lighter option? Don't need 4k and 400gb of storage, just enough for an hour or video and audio at reasonable resolution.

TIA

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Showhead drips with water off. Do I just buy a new one? (lemmy.world)
 

It steadily has dropped for a year or more and I can't take it anymore. If I replace will they fix? I pulled it off and even with the water off there is still water coming out of the pipe at a slow, slow drip pace. Is it the water shut off that needs help? Would of course prefer the cheaper fix but if a new head isn't going to stop the leak it'd be good to know.

TIA

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Bell Canada to buy Ziply Fiber. (www.oregonlive.com)
 

Ziply was a dumb pipe with decent rates for symmetrical fiber with moderate usage. No good can come of this for customers, hope Kahn blocks it.

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Bell Canada to buy Ziply Fiber. (www.oregonlive.com)
 

Ziply was a dumb pipe with decent rates for symmetrical fiber with moderate usage. No good can come of this for customers, hope Kahn blocks it.

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Bell Canada to buy Ziply Fiber. (www.oregonlive.com)
 

Ziply was a dumb pipe with decent rates for symmetrical fiber with moderate usage. No good can come of this for customers, hope Kahn blocks it.

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Suggestions please: Low-mid difficulty/complexity, collaborative fantasy/adventure/strategy board game or RPG. (lemmy.world)
 

Played out Monster Mayhem card game within a month or so. Bought Castle Panic and was a great fantasy intro board game, simple to learn with just enough strategy to keep it interesting for older folks but it's about run its course.

Looking for suggestions 2-3 can play together mix of youth and adults, ideally collaboratively. Basic-level RPG or strategy fantasy/mystery/adventure, small group of 3 max so not really a "DM" situation type game, all would be players.

TIA

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