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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 7 months ago
This is what December and January have looked like here in Southern California: either stormy and threatening to rain, or else just raining. This picture was taken halfway up Mt. Baldy Road looking south toward Upland. It wasn't raining when I took it, but about half an hour later it started coming down.
Kevin Drum

St. Louis grocer sets opening for new store

2 years 7 months ago
A local grocery chain is adding its fifth location next week, on the ground floor of a recently completed $90 million mixed-use development, creating what the company called a “shop in your pajamas experience” for residents.
Diana Barr

Florida teachers are finally getting some guidance about forbidden books

2 years 7 months ago
The Washington Post reports today that Florida's K-12 teachers have been removing books from their classrooms while they await guidance from the state about what's allowed and what's not: House Bill 1467, which took effect as law in July, mandates that schools’ books be age-appropriate, free from pornography and “suited to student needs.” Books must ...continue reading "Florida teachers are finally getting some guidance about forbidden books"
Kevin Drum

Financial Times Sets Up Mastodon Server, Realizes Laws Exist (Which It Was Already Subject To), Pulls Down Mastodon Server

2 years 7 months ago
Here’s a weird one. With the rapid pickup of Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered federated social media, there has been some movement among those in the media to make better use of the platform themselves. For example, most recently, the German news giant Heise announced it was setting up its own Mastodon server, where it will […]
Mike Masnick

Poll Finds Missourians Really Like Living in Sh*tholes

2 years 7 months ago
Missourians are just determined to live in crappy states, apparently.  A recent poll completed by travel website familydestinationsguide.com found that Missourians, if given the chance to live anywhere else in the country, would choose to live in Florida.
Monica Obradovic