@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow the memory boom is reshaping Micron's hometown of Boise, Idaho, with new millionaires, job growth, rising housing costs, and uneven wealth distribution (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/micron-boise-chip-fab-expansion.html
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz'Dream within a dream' for pass rusher Von Miller to join his hometown Dallas Cowboys https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/dream-within-a-dream-for-pass-rusher-von-miller-to-join-his-hometown-dallas-cowboys…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzStefon Diggs to Commanders? Free-agent WR open to playing for hometown team: 'Not ruling it out' https://www.nfl.com/news/stefon-diggs-commanders-not-ruling-it-out
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzVon Miller is set to join his hometown Dallas Cowboys after agreeing to 1-year deal https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/von-miller-is-set-to-join-his-hometown-dallas-cowboys-after-agreeing-to-1year-deal
@raiders@darktundra.xyz‘It Felt Like Fate’: How a Heartbreaking Colts Cut Sent Jonah Laulu Home to Help the Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-jonah-laulu-hometown-breakout-stats/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzVon Miller eyes storybook ending to Hall of Fame career by helping hometown Cowboys replace Micah Parsons
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/von-miller-cowboys-micah-parsons-hall-of-fa…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comVance plans a hometown speech in Ohio as his midterm travel ramps up (Henry J. Gomez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-hometown-speech-ohio-midterm-travel-rcna593142
http://www.memeorandum.com/260818/p105#a260818p105
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usWelp, here’s the big news: our director for the past three years is moving on to become the director and CEO of the Honolulu Museum of Art. We can’t even blame him! It’s literally the museum where he grew up and the one that made him want to work in museums. We wish him all the best there as he returns to his hometown.
@hippyjo@c.imGet the Flock out of town!
A Policy paper written to share, and be built upon, Creative Commons, please share and put it to good use!
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesurveillan…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioRE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116720450786899964
@… is a MSP hometown hero! In addition to her excellent fiction, she writes indispensable local election guides.
Her short story “The Year Without Sunshine” was an underground favorite here in MSP, and reads very differently now in hindsight after what we did during the ICE siege — like a prophecy, or an instruction manual.
@cdarwin@c.imWhen Donald Trump finally arrived for his grand entrance,
it was in a half-mile-long motorcade.
Anyone taking in the scene couldn’t help but ask the quintessential New York question:
Who does this guy think he is,
some kind of big shot?
https://www.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFree agent Stefon Diggs keeps eye on Commanders: 'Back home' fans still matter
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-free-agent-stefon-diggs-commanders/
@mia@hcommons.socialErling Haaland is a legend: "Books give so many more people the chance to dream big, see new possibilities and find their own path."
(Slightly old news) Footballer donates ancient Viking book to Norway - BBC Newsround https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cq8wqwkdj98o
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzWhy Von Miller chose to live out his 'dream' of playing for the Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/why-von-miller-chose-to-live-out-his-dream-of-playing-for-the-cowboys
@bourgwick@heads.social50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead close their comeback tour in chicago (originally scheduled to finish in jersey city, but postponed until august), with 2 weeks off before their hometown return. spring ’76, show #19.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-29.s…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzWhy Von Miller chose to live out his 'dream' of playing for the Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/why-von-miller-chose-to-live-out-his-dream-of-playing-for-the-cowboys
@cdarwin@c.imThe California city of Whittier swung to Democrats this spring,
spurred by ICE raids and by anger toward election rules that long dampened turnout among Latinos
and kept them out of city government.
https://boltsmag.org/california-immigrant-organiz…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLee Publishing blocks cartoonist David Fitzsimmons from donating 10K cartoons to the University of Arizona by requiring the college to sign a licensing deal (David W Fitzsimmons/David Fitzsimmons)
https://davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/what-will-become-of-my-li…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys react to Von Miller signing: 'He's gonna be my DeMarcus Ware' https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-react-to-von-miller-signing-he-s-gonna-be-my-demarcus-ware
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys react to Von Miller signing: 'He's gonna be my DeMarcus Ware' https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-react-to-von-miller-signing-he-s-gonna-be-my-demarcus-ware
@cdarwin@c.imThe Costco dog, Wiger adds, “just kind of feels frozen in time, where it’s a bite of a memory. It tastes like I remember as a kid, even though it’s not exactly the same.”
At $1.50, the combo is a steal.
If Costco kept up with inflation, the deal would cost about $5.
But the company has pointedly refused to raise the price.
In a speech he gave in 2018 at the chamber of commerce in the company’s hometown of Issaquah, Washington, then-CEO Craig Jelinek claimed that they …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGraham Platner's small hometown in Maine will never see him the same way (Joanna Slater/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/09/graham-platners-coastal-maine-hometown-his-fall-is-personal/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260709/p85#a260709p85
@NFL@darktundra.xyzA local football star returned to lead his hometown school. Then the ICE raids began https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7309383/2026/05/28/football-ice-raids-minnesota-coach/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChiefs' star TE Travis Kelce buys ownership stake in hometown Cleveland Guardians: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7311908/2026/05/27/travis-kelce-guardians-ownership-stake-chiefs/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTravis Kelce buys minority stake in Cleveland Guardians: Chiefs star joins hometown team's ownership group
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/travis-kelce-cleveland-guardians-chiefs-…
@cdarwin@c.im“If u iz at dis borin wimbledore final lookin 2 get grand slammed, I iz here wif de hookup.”
The offer was from Ali G, real name Alistair Leslie Graham, AKA the malapropism-dropping home counties wide boy played by Sacha Baron Cohen,
kitted out for the occasion in trademark skullcap and gold chain, plus custom Wimbledon jacket, traditional crossed rackets replaced with cannabis leaves.
Security released him without penalty, but the reprimand was captured on scores of smartph…
@servelan@newsie.socialEver wonder if there’s a song about your hometown or green beans and throwing up on grandma? The answer: probably | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/spotify-songwriter-music-matt-farley-b3022398.html
