[-] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 7 hours ago

You're going to have to explain why falconry exists because of idiots.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 7 hours ago

You're gonna have to explain further before I can judge your comment.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

Money

  • My local NPR station
  • InRangeTV

Time

  • Wikipedia

I don't have a lot to give. If I did, I would also include:

  • Linux Mint
  • GIMP
  • Darktable
  • Inkscape
  • Open Medicine Foundation
  • Election Science
  • LibreOffice
  • zirk.us
  • midwest.social
  • Strong Towns
[-] Liz@midwest.social 24 points 3 days ago

Killing one specific person and then fucking off does not, a mass-shooting, make.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

It's a consumer co-op (barely) not an worker co-op.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

Medicare for All is broadly popular. We're just stuck with a two-party system that has been captured by corporate interests. We can't vote third party until we get proportional representation like SPAV.

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[-] Liz@midwest.social 145 points 5 months ago

Good. We shouldn't be afraid of anatomy.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 159 points 5 months ago

I say again. The defense budget nor any other current spending is preventing us from having free healthcare. Medicare for All would be significantly cheaper than our current healthcare costs. We're already paying for both defense and healthcare. Switching to M4A would save us money and improve our healthcare experience while completely ignoring the defense budget. We can easily do both. The insurance companies, big pharma, and hospital executives are the ones preventing M4A, not Raytheon.

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[-] Liz@midwest.social 103 points 8 months ago

Ask a man his salary. Do it. How else are you supposed to learn who is getting underpaid? The only way to rectify that problem is to learn about it in the first place.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 111 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The concept of a mushroom being generally similar to humans is total horseshit. What they're probably referencing is a mushroom with some signaling protein (or saccride or steroid or something) that is coincidentally similar some human equivalent and your immune system (for some reason) freaks out about it when you eat it. Then, as is referenced, the response to the mushroom happens to also be able to target some of your own cells, and now you've got an autoimmune disorder.

That behavior is not normal for your immune system to do, by the way, otherwise cannibals would all die from allergic reactions to their unfortunate meals. But, the immune system is complicated, so shit happens sometimes.

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[-] Liz@midwest.social 155 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Please propose a law or regulation structure for significantly reducing or eliminating advertisements. I'm serious. I fucking hate ads. I just don't have a reasonable or effective way to get rid of them.

Edit: Hey actually I just thought of one! If the consumer is paying for the product, it can't come with ads, including things like product placement or ad reads!

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[-] Liz@midwest.social 154 points 11 months ago

Physical buttons in cars

Repairable phones

Repairable laptops

Resoleable shoes

Hand-crank drills (for those quick and easy projects where dealing with batteries or cords isn't worth it)

External frames on hiking packs

Actually tough jeans that need to be broken in and last a while

Headphone jack

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My first ever patch is going to be a no-shoot target from competitive action shooting. I was going to do a shoot target but it turns out I don't have any tan thread in my random assortment of threads.

I will be getting a proper color selection soon, and proper thread, but for now I'm getting started with what I have. I'm very excited to make my fist patch!!

What are you working on?

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Hi hi

I'm stuck in bed and starting to work on embroidery. All of my threads are wound on a spool. They seem to be general purpose threads as far as I can tell. Right now I'm folding them into four parallel threads and using that, doubled up. (Each stich is eight threads.) Some work better than others.

I'm slowly running out and will need to replace them, but I don't know anything about thread. The normal embroidery-specific threads don't seem to come on spools, which I would greatly prefer. They also have different sizes and I have no idea what's that about.

Basically:

Help! What is a good general purpose brand that comes on a spool? It doesn't have to be embroidery specific, but should be adaptable to use in embroidery.

Thanks!

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A Madison local is looking to provide firearms instruction classes to students who might not feel safe taking a normal firearms course. The classes are free to the students to make them as accessible as possible. If you can help out with operating expenses (classroom rent, study materials, etc.) you will help build proficiency and safety in a community traditionally under served in this area.

Thanks!

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Hi all,

A fellow enthusiast started teaching firearms courses aimed at folks who aren't typically courted by the gun community. They've been doing this for free since the start of COVID and they are now looking to expand their operation and need to raise funds in order to keep it free. If you could chip in a few bucks to help with next year's expenses, you'll be making firearms proficiency more accessible to people who aren't welcome in other courses currently available.

Thanks!

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