…otherwise known as The Reddit Exodus of '23.
Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!
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"I won't go schizo, will I?"
"It's a distinct possibility."
Anger or hatred is like the fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. -- Gautama Buddha
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Just to suck the life out of this (yet another) hilarious vignette, did you know, according to the data gathered by defenders.org, in the United States more people are killed by cows than wolves?! The UK-based theconversation.com has a webpage advising how to stay safe around a killer herd!
☠ 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 ☠
Workers of The World...Relax!
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Oh, well then…everything's cool.
What We Want Now
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I'm back. Didja miss me?
Have to politely disagree with Mr Ager's analysis/conjecture. While I may concede that some abuse may have happened in Alex's childhood, there's no solid or even implied link to either parent being the abuser. Unfortunately, people hang for such circumstantial or presumed evidence. I'll generously grant Ager that there may have been sexual abuse on the part of the law (Deltoid, police) and if any case may be made regarding the parents' culpability, it possibly would be their turning a blind eye to the presumed sexual abuse (there's a legal term for this but it escapes me at the moment).
-- r2, ex MovieSnob
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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Really? You need to see a (max.) 64px sq image of something to engage?
Here. Use an Invidious link instead of Piped. Best of both worlds: it doesn't link directly to privacy-ignoring YouTube and (usually) will show a post thumbnail image when linked to from Lemmy.
If you all will excuse me, I'm gonna engage in the linked analysis of A Clockwork Orange.
What We Want Now
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If you are accused of driving with a suspended license, you probably shouldn't show up to a virtual court hearing while driving.
When was the last time you had USD$10B? Next you're gonna defend Mackenzie Scott's hard-earned USB$34B, I suppose.
What We Want Now
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Indeed. Now she has only ca. USD$11B left over to survive with. She can buy only five, possibly six Sentinel ICBMs.
What We Want Now
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What's everybody getting so perturbed about? Geez. Isn't this just like when an ethnic group uses an ethnic slur within their own circle? 🤣
admitting homosexual men into seminaries
Ooh, like that's never happened before in the entire history of the Holy See. 🙄
Stay sick, scratch glass, turn blue, climb walls…but don't get caught!
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A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21425435
Missouri…once again, making it too easy for social media! It's like living in an Onion headline…without the satire.
> A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidat e with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday. > > Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary. > > McClanahan is running against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, state Sen. Bill Eigel and others for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Mike Parson, who is barred by term limits from seeking reelection. > > McClanahan’s lawyer, Dave Roland, said the ruling ensures that party leaders do not have “almost unlimited discretion to choose who’s going to be allowed on a primary ballot.” *** Everything I say is a lie… !detroit@midwest.social ☆ !michigan@midwest.social ☆ !music@midwest.social
I should know better than to ask but...
What kind of image are you uploading to a lemmy instance that's eight meg?
Famously (depending on your definition of "fame") the only Roger Corman film that lost money.
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Why? Is there more than one kind?
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Does anyone speak hairdresser?
No. Not even hairdressers speak hairdresserese. Like drummers, hairdressers/stylists/barbers will all appear as if all their attention is 100% on your description but they are thinking about something within their social circle (hence the real concern on their face). Like drummers, if there isn't some kind of natural affinity between you and who cuts your hair, you will never get what you're looking for.
That said, many clients haven't the proverbial "faintest idea" of what actually works for their face shape and stylists, if they're not suffering too strong of a hangover 🤣, do try to work within those confines.
You can only go in with your remarkably clear and detailed description —still open to interpretation as your hairstyle is not an airplane fuselage, with precise measurements and tolerances—in hand and still hope for the best. Apologies for the length of this reply.
DISCLAIMER: my ex-wife was and still is a fine hair stylist.
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It's a valid idea for posts with original content. With all the pearls I cast before swine, I probably should at least put a CC-BY-ND license on my—ahem—humble screeds.
If you're suggesting this becomes a part of the UI, unless you know how to program I'd say get in line.
I don't know (because I don't really care) if over in the Lemmy laboratory they're working adding an email-like automatic signature option but if so, you could always add your license of choice as a signature. Ciao!
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Awww...Count Floyd 🧛♂️ 😢
Authorities say a Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12238058
> A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns. > > Michael Tolbert, 44, of Flint, was arraigned Monday on nine felony charges including single counts of first-degree child abuse and violation of Michigan’s gun storage law, said John Potbury, Genesee County’s deputy chief assistant prosecuting attorney. > > Tolbert’s daughter remained hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition from the Feb. 14 shooting, Potbury said. The youngster shot herself the day after Michigan’s new safe storage gun law took effect.
We see posts everyday, some (most) with a square-cropped image to the left. Some of these post images, let's call them "post icons", are there because on the "Create Post" form there is a text entry field explicitly pointing to the author's uploaded image. Otherwise, the post icon is an image from the link entered in the URL text entry field.
Are you with me so far? I hope so.
Now, sometimes the URL returns an image and sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't, a default Lemmy link icon appears.
Here's an example. The linked page has an image but it doesn't appear as a post icon.
- How can I get the URL to return an image I know is on the linked page. Not necessarily a specific image but any image from the link.
- Is there a way to use an author-chosen image when no linked image exists (or if I'd like a different image)? I've tried using both the URL and the Image fields but unfortunately the Image link takes preference.
I hope I've been clear. Please don't hesitate to ask questions. Thanks!
EDIT: added the post icon image.
We've been following this since it first came to my attention in mid-November here and here.
> It's the latest action General Motors is taking against Renaissance Center Management Co., the private security force that was created by the company to patrol Detroit's iconic riverfront RenCen. GM contracts with G4S to provide the security services through the company, according to court records.
> Officers can no longer carry handcuffs, according to Kevin Kelly, a spokesperson for GM. The number of officers allowed to carry guns has also been reduced, although some still carry weapons for protection against dangers like active shooters, he said.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave…" > The private security force is majority-owned by G4S Secure Solutions, an international security company based in Florida, according to court documents filed in 2022. Allied Universal acquired G4S in April 2021. GM, G4S and RCMC have each been named in various lawsuits.
> Separate investigations by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) and Michigan State Police are ongoing.
My take? I thought you'd never ask. GM should at bare minimum terminate immediately their contracts with Renaissance Center Management Co. G4S Secure Solutions Allied Universal whomever they need to and find another agency that acts less (allegedly) like the Hells Angels at Altamont.
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Alternate links for your convenience…
Another contributing factor? The drug shortage that’s confronting the US.
> The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is sounding the alarm as syphilis cases spike across the state. The numbers of the bacterial infection are highest in Detroit.
> So why are case numbers rising? Medical professionals say a lot has to do with people not going to the doctor for routine checks since the Covid pandemic.
> Another contributing factor? The drug shortage that’s confronting the US. "One of the main drugs that we use to treat syphilis is in short supply right now - that has all of us very concerned," she said.
You're in good company!
The rear axle hub bolt may fatigue and break, which can damage the axle hub splines and result in the trucks rolling away when the vehicle is parked.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10302444
> Got a pretty Ford F-150 from 2021-2023 with the Trailer Tow Max Duty package and a 9.75-inch heavy-duty axle with a 3/4 float axle design sitting in your driveway? Read on… > > > The rear axle hub bolt may fatigue and break, which can damage the axle hub splines and result in the trucks rolling away when the vehicle is parked or cause a loss of drive power, according to the notice — both of which increase the risk of a crash. > > > Just a few months ago, Ford recalled more than 238,000 of its Explorer models due to an axle bolt issue that can cause the vehicle to roll away. > > Note a pattern? > > Cue appropriate video clip… > > - Bonus link for our engineering friends at One American Road, Dearborn
The rear axle hub bolt may fatigue and break, which can damage the axle hub splines and result in the trucks rolling away when the vehicle is parked.
Got a pretty Ford F-150 from 2021-2023 with the Trailer Tow Max Duty package and a 9.75-inch heavy-duty axle with a 3/4 float axle design sitting in your driveway? Read on…
> The rear axle hub bolt may fatigue and break, which can damage the axle hub splines and result in the trucks rolling away when the vehicle is parked or cause a loss of drive power, according to the notice — both of which increase the risk of a crash.
> Just a few months ago, Ford recalled more than 238,000 of its Explorer models due to an axle bolt issue that can cause the vehicle to roll away.
Note a pattern?
Cue appropriate video clip…
- Bonus link for our engineering friends at One American Road, Dearborn
Classical IPR's Nancy Deneen interviews actor and conductor Damon Gupton in IPR's Studio A. Gupton visited Interlochen Arts Academy to co-host an episode of NPR's From the Top Recorded March 15, 2019
From Wikipedia…
> Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973) is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his series regular roles as Charles Foster on Deadline, Evrard Velerio on Prime Suspect, Adam Page on The Divide, Detective Cal Brown on The Player, Deputy Chief Henderson on Black Lightning, and SSA Stephen Walker on Criminal Minds. He has also co-starred in the films The Last Airbender (2010), Whiplash (2014), and La La Land (2016).
> In 2004, he was an American Conducting Fellow at the Houston Symphony, and was assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony in 2006. Gupton was a guest conductor with various orchestras, including the Cincinnati Pops, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, as well as Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, and the Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM. He was the conductor of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra during its national tour, including performances at Carnegie Hall. Gupton won Mexico City's third International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition, the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, and The Aspen Conducting Prize.
Not just another pretty face! ❤ Happy Birthday, Maestro! 🎼🎶 🍾
Detroiters will have an opportunity to secure community investments from developers planning a 600-room luxury riverfront hotel connected to Huntington Place Convention Center.
Water Square? That's the best the marketing team could come up with? 🤦♂️ In any case, developers are planning a…
> […]600-room luxury riverfront hotel connected to air-conditioned Cobo Arena Cobo Hall THC TCF Center Huntington Place Convention Center
…where Joe Louis Arena used to stand
> City law requires developers behind projects that are worth at least $75 million and receive at least $1 million in tax abatements to meet with residents and negotiate a community benefits agreement.
> Past agreements have secured millions of dollars in donations for neighborhood programs and organizations, as well as commitments to hire Detroiters and support area businesses.
> …the first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Jan. 9 at Huntington Place. Two members of the neighborhood council will be selected at the second meeting on Jan. 16. Residents who wish to serve on the council or vote must appear in person.
They're even validating parking at the Fort/Washington Garage, so there's that.
A meat supplier is recalling ground beef products shipped to distributors in several states, including Michigan, for possible E. coli contamination.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10260608
Happy 2024, you rats. Instead of me making you all sick, I'll let Illinois' Valley Meats have the honors…
> Valley Meats, based in Coal Valley, Illinois, is recalling nearly 7,000 pounds of the raw ground beef products shipped to distributors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan, according to an alert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).Valley Meats' raw ground beef products, mostly in the form of patties and in various size boxes, were distributed to restaurants and other institutional users, the news release said.
> If you have questions about the recall, contact Valley Meats at 309-799-7341, ext. 229 or email dmapes@valleymeatsllc.com. Consumers with food-related safety questions can call the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854.
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A meat supplier is recalling ground beef products shipped to distributors in several states, including Michigan, for possible E. coli contamination.
Happy 2024, you rats. Instead of me making you all sick, I'll let Illinois' Valley Meats have the honors…
> Valley Meats, based in Coal Valley, Illinois, is recalling nearly 7,000 pounds of the raw ground beef products shipped to distributors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan, according to an alert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).Valley Meats' raw ground beef products, mostly in the form of patties and in various size boxes, were distributed to restaurants and other institutional users, the news release said.
> If you have questions about the recall, contact Valley Meats at 309-799-7341, ext. 229 or email dmapes@valleymeatsllc.com. Consumers with food-related safety questions can call the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854.
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On this last day of 2023, I wish you all health and prosperity in the coming year, and although I'm not holding my breath, I hope the world sees at minimum some sanity in the days to come. 🤞 🤞
Go hug somebody.
I leave you with the words of one of the most criminally underappreciated conceptual artists of the last 60 years, a person who greatly influenced the definition of "conceptual art". She also has connections to Detroit through works in the DIA collection, Fluxus at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the Wish Tree at the Rosa Parks Transit Center. Ladies and gentlemen, Ms Yoko Ono…
> There may be not much difference Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon If we strip them naked
> There may be not much difference Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce If we check their coffins
> There may be not much difference Between White House and Hall of People If we count their windows
> There may be not much difference Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin If we hear their heartbeat
> We're all water from different rivers That's why it's so easy to meet We're all water in this vast, vast ocean Someday we'll evaporate together
> There may be not much difference Between Eldridge Cleaver and Queen of England If we bottle their tears
> There may be not much difference Between Manson and the Pope If we press their smile
> There may be not much difference Between Rockefeller and you If we hear you sing
> There may not be much difference Between you and me If we show our dreams
Posters courtesy of yokoonoofficial @ Flickr Lyrics by Yoko Ono
If some of you didn't already know, you can apply to get (from The Detroit Free Press article title) "discount on parking tickets in Detroit"! If you haven't been hipped to the tip yet…
- Detroit Free Press: Parking fines can be reduced through Detroit program
- Alternate link: archive.md
Geez, Freep! It's as if everybody who drives parks in Detroit is some scofflaw! At least BridgeDetroit treats the subject (and Detroit residents) "innocent until proven guilty," and better still, reveals the real surprise: resident-only parking!
- BridgeDetroit: Resident-only parking coming near LCA, event venues
Author Malachi Barrett graciously links to a downloadable document detailing the parking zones.
> Anyone who doesn’t have a residential permit could receive a ticket for parking in defined areas during certain peak hours. Enforcement for the new zones will begin between January and February. Residents can apply and pay for permits online after providing proof of residency. Applicants must pay a one-time $35 administrative fee and $60 annual fee, with half-off discounts for seniors and low-income residents.
> New residential parking zones are located in the Brush Park neighborhood, streets around Cass Park and a strip of Selden Street between Cass and Third avenues. Maps showing zone boundaries, the location of meters and parking hours can be found online.
Photo: Malachi Barrett
After 30 years in Greektown the multimedia artist has found a new home that he’s transformed into something like a museum with a sculpture garden to come
Today's post is pure ego: an article written by a kokujin journalist ( 🤣 💘 ) that I love about a Detroit artist whose work I love. So sue me. No one's stopping you from doing likewise…
!Inside Calloway’s new studio space at Irwin House
> Calloway’s art career has spanned over three decades. His work has been featured at Arts, Beats & Eats, the Palmer Park Art Fair, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Arts Extended, inside Highland Park’s Avalon Village, and many, many more.
> The last straw, he says of his Greektown spot, was when he came home to a pair of rats having sex in front of his door. They stopped and stared him straight in the face as if they were challenging him, “What you gone do?” Shortly after, he decided to move.
While working in slightly different media, I think Van Gogh and Monet (among others) also said something similar…
> …when I ask him why food and cooking utensils appear so much in his work, Calloway says, “I never wanted to be a starving artist.”
Just in case you potential homeowners missed this when first proposed, The Detroit News covers how it may be possible for to have financial assistance on a downpayment on a new home!
"Land…they ain't makin' any more of it."
> Metro Detroit shoppers looking for their first home have been especially affected by higher prices: In October, Detroit posted the largest year-over-year increase in home prices, 8.1%, among 20 large U.S. cities, according to data released this week by S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller.
> “Time and again research reveals that the down payment is the single largest hurdle first-time homebuyers need to overcome to attain homeownership,” said Sonu Mittal, Freddie Mac's single-family senior vice president of acquisitions, in a statement at the time of the program’s launch. “But finding and comparing the many programs and their guidelines is challenging," he said. "DPA One delivers a one-stop shop at no cost that brings lenders and their borrowers greater detail and visibility into these programs while seamlessly connecting the right assistance program with the lender, housing counselors and borrowers who need this assistance the most.”
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Owner Gores says team vision is “blurry”
…it's because no other team in the history of the NBA has achieved(?) 27 consecutive losses! Rock and roll!
> Paced by Cade Cunningham’s 41 points, the Pistons’ fans alternated recent chants of “Sell the team!” to bursts of “Let’s Go Pistons!” and “Dee-Fence!” for at least one night. But, as the home team faded at the end, the chants of “Sell the team!” returned.
> “I actually talked to the players about this the other day, with all the losses here, what we still have is a very good future,” [Beverly Hills billionaire and team owner Tom] Gores said. “No. 1, we have an amazing set of young players. High character, high talent. This set of players, and I know them individually and I saw them the other day, we’re in a great spot with our young talent . . . I’m willing to do whatever it takes for this organization to be successful. As much as the vision feels blurry to me . . . “
> “Nobody wants this kind of thing attached to them,” said [Pistons coach Monty] Williams, whose contract reaches at least six years and maybe more. “It weighs on us every day.”
It weighs on us too, pal. 🤦♂️
One Wayne County canvasser says Donald Trump is making a false equivalency between his actions and the actions of Democrats on the election board.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10051238
> …and the penny-ante saga continues… > > > "They did what they say I did—Crazy!" Trump wrote Wednesday. > > > The audio recordings, captured in four recordings by someone present for the conversation between Trump and the canvassers, revealed Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel was on the call with Trump and the canvassers and offered legal assistance for the Wayne County officials if they would not sign a document certifying the county's election results. > > > Multiple legal experts and Republican political strategist Karl Rove have criticized Trump and McDaniel's actions. Some legal experts have questioned whether McDaniel's offer of attorneys to represent the canvassers in court for not carrying out their duties amounts to bribery. > > …and yet, a non-trivial percentage of registered voters in the United States — Michigan included — still support this would-be dictator. I just can't fathom it. It appears that short of Mr Trump personally defecating on each and everyone's dining room table, the MAGA among us are committed to having the first King of The United States. > > *** > Alternate links: > - archive.md > - 1ft.io > - Wayback Machine
One Wayne County canvasser says Donald Trump is making a false equivalency between his actions and the actions of Democrats on the election board.
…and the penny-ante saga continues…
> "They did what they say I did—Crazy!" Trump wrote Wednesday.
> The audio recordings, captured in four recordings by someone present for the conversation between Trump and the canvassers, revealed Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel was on the call with Trump and the canvassers and offered legal assistance for the Wayne County officials if they would not sign a document certifying the county's election results.
> Multiple legal experts and Republican political strategist Karl Rove have criticized Trump and McDaniel's actions. Some legal experts have questioned whether McDaniel's offer of attorneys to represent the canvassers in court for not carrying out their duties amounts to bribery.
…and yet, a non-trivial percentage of registered voters in the United States — Michigan included — still support this would-be dictator. I just can't fathom it. It appears that short of Mr Trump personally defecating on each and everyone's dining room table, the MAGA among us are committed to having the first King of The United States.
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To all subscribers, to all non-subscribers, to all who follow this dogma, to all that follow that dogma, to all that don't follow a dogma, if you're with family, if you're with friends, if you're spending time alone, if you're this, if you're that…
Merry Christmas, everybody!
🧘
Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or a sister.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude rather than from external factors.
