[-] ewe@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Smart. Flush money down the toilet trying to impersonate Trump by not paying your bills. Maybe he should run for president.

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submitted 1 year ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

That is all!

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Game thread bot (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/seattlekraken@lemmy.world

Howdy folks! This week I'll be looking at the setup some lemmy bots to support the community as we start getting into games and news. First thing will be auto game threads. Second would be a sidebar updater with standings and upcoming games. Are there any other regular posts that we should consider posting here as a matter of course? Weekly pinned general threads? Any thoughts?

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago

My boomer mom is all up in her suburban town councils business because she's afraid there is going to be a "marijuana shop" that goes in across the highway from her neighborhood in the strip mall that's being developed.

Anti-drug propaganda really did a number on that generation

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

My only comments here are:

  1. Of course the Republicans are trying to get out of the consequences for their actions based on a technicality. Entirely on brand.

  2. Actions...meet consequences. Consequences, actions. Nice to get you two together for once.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

Republican senators who walked away from this year's legislative session will be barred from running for reelection next year, according to Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade. The decision was made after months of speculation and is likely to be challenged in court by the GOP lawmakers.

Measure 113, which was passed by voters last year, was designed to curtail legislative walkouts by imposing serious penalties on lawmakers who accrue 10 or more unexcused absences in a single legislative session. Under the measure, any such politician would be banned from running for reelection or seeking election in the other chamber once their current term expires.

However, Republicans argue that the measure is flawed because it allows lawmakers to serve another term before the penalties take effect. They are planning to challenge the new ruling in the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Governor Tina Kotek, who wrangled with a Republican walkout as House speaker in 2020, agrees with Griffin-Valade that the voters intended for lawmakers who don't show up for work to be held accountable. She believes the court will ultimately decide the matter.

~AI Summarization...

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

In the country's defense, those assholes literally ran the government from the highest level for 4 years and ~~gave up power~~ were forced to give up power after their term ended. We have a pretty robust system. I am concerned that so many people are so stupid to be hoodwinked by him and his ilk, but the system was built to withstand this type of shit...at least for a single time.

Meanwhile Biden and democrats have been out there with things like the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Bill actually helping Americans. If you think that the government isn't capable of doing positive or good for it's people anymore, you haven't been paying attention. It may not be sweeping, and only barely enacted, but a lot of good has been done recently.

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Corporations are people my friend

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Open, so that the air that gets pumped into my room can tell the Mr. Thermostat in the hall that it's actually fine in there and they don't need to call Mr. Furnace or Mrs. A/C.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

Just wanted to put it out there, if you're looking for something to do and enjoy a game of chess, there's the Eugene Chess Club that meets at Bill & Tim's at 6pm on most Tuesdays. Guy who runs it, David, is really chill and it's an enjoyable time with people playing casual games and having a good time. Some are really good, but many, like myself, are middling at best. If you're worried about not being good enough, don't, just come and check it out since there are players of all skills there.

Bill and Tim's on 13th/Pearl @ 6pm

Also, hit me up if you want to play a game on lichess :D

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 221 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every time I see these I see these climate change related issues (which is now multiple times a day), I get the same sinking feeling in my stomach like I'm behind on work and don't have enough time to do it and I'll soon be in trouble for letting things get too far behind. That feeling keeps me up, causes me stress, and is generally not a comfortable way to live. This just fucking sucks.

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Bedrock Fire Update (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

7/23/23 evening update: The Bedrock Fire continues to be active in the Fall Creek area on the Middle Fork District. An updated acreage will be available tomorrow. The fire burned actively today and firefighters from the Oregon Department of Forestry and US Forest Service continued to engage in full suppression efforts and point protection on buildings on private land.

Resources continued to arrive throughout the day and more will be on the scene tomorrow. While there are no evacuation notices in effect at this time, the public is asked to avoid Big Fall Creek Rd. to allow emergency personnel necessary access for suppression.

Several campgrounds along Big Fall Creek Rd. are closed due to fire activity. This includes all campgrounds along Fall Creek Road, and surrounding roads. Smoke may be visible from Highway 58, the towns of Lowell, Jasper, and the McKenzie River corridor.

source: https://www.facebook.com/willamettenf

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Yeah, completely killing Reddit was never in the cards in all honesty. Creating legit competition is good for everyone and this is definitely an awesome place already.

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submitted 1 year ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

Sorry, I know recommendation posts are divisive, but we haven't had any here so I feel like it might get a free pass. Taking the Mrs out and I'm wondering anyone has recommendations on low key places with activities like lawn games or board games available in a chill atmosphere and some comfortable outdoor space?

Thinking of places like Alesong or Public House

What's your go to for date night?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

The issue: You find a link to a neat lemmy community on some random instance. In order to subscribe, you have go to your instance, search for the community, find it, open it, subscribe...blah!

The fix: Use a simple browser bookmark to go to your home instance and open the federated community in one click.

This works through modifying the URL of the page your on and puts the host name (e.g. lemmy.ml) after an "@" symbol after the community and then changing the host name to your own, hard-coded one.

How to steps:

  1. Create a bookmark in your browser and then "Edit" it.

  2. Change the URL to this text (modify the "lemmy.world" bit with whatever your home instance is):

    For lemmy.world users: javascript:(function(){location.href="https://lemmy.world/c/"+location.href.match(/(?:.*)\/c\/(.*(?=\/)|.*$)/i)[1]+"@"+location.host.toString();})();

    For lemmy.ml users: javascript:(function(){location.href="https://lemmy.ml/c/"+location.href.match(/(?:.*)\/c\/(.*(?=\/)|.*$)/i)[1]+"@"+location.host.toString();})();

  3. Change the name of the bookmark to whatever you want. Mine is named "lemmy.world".

  1. You're all set!

Now, from any federated community main feed page, click on the bookmark and you'll magically be taken to the same community on your local instance. Magic!


Disclaimers: The community must be federated with your instance. You can only do this from a URL that has the community in url (e.g. not from a post or anything).

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

The OTC all comers meet series starts tonight. Kids under 12 can come and compete in the events. $5 unless an OTC member. Pretty fun event and now it's back at Hayward after being in Springfield the last few years, which is pretty cool.

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

The only issue I have with this is that they call it a "documentary." It's a special or deep dive, sure. Documentary is a stretch.

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submitted 2 years ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

Manager at Bricks and Minifigs wins best beard in the "Full Beard Barber-Style" category

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can create multiple accounts, but shouldn't have to as long as the two instances aren't bad actors. I think this stance is short sighted and lazy from beehaw.org admins. I expect those communities there to migrate to another instance as the dominant community for the topic.

That's their prerogative, but it just means I won't be interacting with communities on beehaw. What's to say they won't defederate from the instance I choose for my 2nd or 3rd account in the future?

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

This is being worked on on the Jerboa github. Sounds like it'll be addressed or at least mostly addressed in the next release.

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Eugene Juneteenth (eugenejuneteenth.com)
submitted 2 years ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

On June 18th 2023, we’re hosting an event in celebration of Juneteenth. Join us from 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

Hello, I'm here, as I'm sure, are you because of recent actions and plans created by Reddit's admin team to kill 3rd party apps in an effort to bring everything under the official app.

I'm not much of a mod, but I do want Eugene to have a viable alternative for those who are not happy with the direction that Reddit is headed.


A primer for how to think about Lemmy and the "federverse":

  • Lemmy is like the world. (e.g. "Lemmy")
  • Lemmy instances are like countries (e.g. lemmy.world, lemmy.ml)
  • Lemmy communities are like cities (e.g. /c/eugene@lemmy.world, /c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml)
  • Users are like citizens

In this world, citizens have a home country, but can visit, live, and interact using a visa without needing to be a citizen of the country that the city is in. Some countries have different rules for their users. Some countries don't recognize other countries, so their users can't see the other's content, but mostly they play along nicely.

The KEY TAKEAWAY is that users can be on the "lemmy.world" instance and be a part of communities on any instance without creating a user there.

The way to refer to communities on other instances in a way that you can interact is to use the URL format of https://{YOUR instance}/c/{communityname}@{COMMUNITY's instance} (e.g. https://lemmy.world/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml).

The federation model works well because communities will be spread out across different instances and so there's no ONE service/server that is responsible for ALL of the traffic going on in Lemmy.


I'm requesting that you spread the word about this place, if you feel like it's the right way to go and if anyone would like to help mod or take over entirely, please let me know.

Cheers @ewe

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Lol yeah!. Default should be "all" imo. Also, the default sort would be "hot".

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RANT THREAD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by ewe@lemmy.world to c/eugene@lemmy.world

NO BETTER WAY TO START OFF THIS COMMUNITY THAN WITH A RANT THREAD... SO WHAT'S PISSING YOU OFF?

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