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RickiTarr, 12 days ago to random

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

etherdiver, 13 days ago to random

Spotify to raise prices, then pay musicians even less.

If your music is on Spotify, why? Are you so successful that you enjoy subsidizing Spotify executives' extravagant lifestyles?

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-songwriters-less-mechanical-royalties-audiobooks-bundle-1235673829/amp/

#FuckSpotify #SpotifyIsAScam #GetOffSpotify

voight, 20 days ago to random

New Cuttlefish malware infects routers to monitor traffic for credentials

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cuttlefish-malware-infects-routers-to-monitor-traffic-for-credentials/

voight, 2 months ago to random

Tesla paid no federal income taxes while paying executives $2.5 billion over five years
#TaxBillionaires #TaxCorporations
https://www.engadget.com/tesla-paid-no-federal-income-taxes-while-paying-executives-25-billion-over-five-years-154529907.html

voight, 3 months ago to random

Powerful twin solar flares erupt from sun as cell phone outages spike across US (video) | Space

https://www.space.com/sun-2-solar-flares-february-22-2024-cell-phone-outages

voight, 3 months ago to random

Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/your-fingerprints-can-be-recreated-from-the-sounds-made-when-you-swipe-on-a-touchscreen-researchers-new-side-channel-attack-can-reproduce-partial-fingerprints-to-enable-attacks

voight, 4 months ago to IWW

IWW Bosses Lied to Membership in Apparent Effort to Cheat Opponent in Union Election – One Big Investigation

https://onebiginvestigation.com/2024/01/11/iww-bosses-lied-to-members-about-2022-union-election/ #IWW #Graft

voight, 5 months ago to acab

Wyoming’s Top Court Says It’s OK To For Cops To Steal Money Obtained From Legal Drug Sales | Techdirt #ACAB #Fascism

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/wyomings-top-court-says-its-ok-to-for-cops-to-steal-money-obtained-from-legal-drug-sales/

voight, 5 months ago to random

Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/hackers-iran-israel-water-utilities-critical-infrastructure-cisa-554b2aa969c8220016ab2ef94bd7635b

voight, 5 months ago to religion

After shopping spree, Mormon church is Nebraska's top land purchaser No #Religion or #Church should be able to possess this much land!!! #TaxReligion

https://www.klkntv.com/after-shopping-spree-mormon-church-is-nebraskas-top-land-purchaser/

voight, 7 months ago to random

The Strange but True Story of the Pioneer Woman’s Link to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/the-strange-but-true-story-of-the-pioneer-womans-link-to-killers-of-the-flower-moon

voight, 8 months ago to random

David Graeber Institute

https://davidgraeber.institute/ #DavidGraeber #SorelyMissed

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

Ouch. 😂
https://www.comicsands.com/musk-james-woods-block-delete-2664252473.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

arstechnica, 9 months ago to random

Can we please just go back to using smaller wheels and tires?

And now, a rant about wheels and tires that are too big.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/can-we-please-just-go-back-to-using-smaller-wheels-and-tires/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Strandjunker, 9 months ago to random German

Why hasn’t anyone decided to merge retirement homes, children’s homes and animal shelters?

A large house where older people teach young children about life and take care of abandoned animals together.

In this arrangement, everyone would be a winner.

voight, 10 months ago to punkrock

#DeadKennedys #HolidayInCambodia #PunkRock

taylorlorenz, 10 months ago to random

IG announces they’re working toward making Threads compatible with ActivityPub, which means it would work with apps like Mastodon and WordPress. https://creators.instagram.com/blog/introducing-threads

voight, 10 months ago to random

Joe Rogan faces backlash for offensive remark on LA's homeless people: 'Cannot believe he said that' | MEAWW

https://meaww.com/joe-rogan-faces-backlash-for-offensive-remark-on-l-as-homeless-people-cannot-believe-he-said-that?utm_source=smartnewsapp&utm_medium=%20articlelink&utm_campaign=%20feed FUCK #JoeRogan #contentwarning

voight, 10 months ago to random

The picture speaks for itself…