@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-02-02 05:50:50
A Minneapolis story:
Today, I took my kid to the neighborhood park to go ice skating. A beautiful thing about this city is that •everyone• has a neighborhood park: early in the city’s history, planners made it a goal to have a park within walking distance of every single residence. They didn’t have to shoehorn this goal in; they built up the city around it. There are little parks all over the city, many just a couple of blocks in size.
And in the winter, they flood the athletic fields: ice rinks!
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-01 23:00:43
At least 22 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday
as thousands gathered At least 22 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday as thousands gathered across the country to denounce U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran,
-- including 10 who died as crowds tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in Karachi.
The airstrikes have already spurred fear, uncertainty and unrest in Iran’s eastern neighbors,
Afghanistan and Pakistan
— two countries with sizable Shiite minorities w…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-01 00:09:14
DOJ Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed | Thomson/Reuters
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/doj-complaint-ethics/2026/01/31/id/1244371/
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-02-01 02:59:26
I know nothing about #LadyGaga except she wore a meat suit for some reason, and I’d aged out of the target demo for #MrRogers when he came along. But this showed up in my YouTube feed tonight, and neighbors helping out and looking out for their neighbors is how we’re gonna get thru all this. They wanna …
@joe@toot.works2026-02-01 16:08:47
... That would make working remotely pretty easy. With my house at the back of the lot and the neighbor's house at the front of the lot, I have started thinking about the idea of building a new house in the front yard and then having the current house declared an ADU by the city. I could build the house of my dreams in a neighbourhood that I like, rent the old house out to offset the cost, and hopefully come out the other end without too much pain. ...
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info2026-03-01 03:50:40
Tomorrow, I plan to operate in the North Carolina QSO Party CW. I can't imagine going from 10AM to 8PM US/Eastern; I don't have that kind of Morse stamina. My initial plan was single-operator home, but I might decide the weather is too enticing to work from indoors, and go out into the field.
Maybe I should have planned ahead a bit more.
My club,
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-02-27 13:36:00
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-31 21:51:40
My neighbors definitely do not think this is more of the same. You don’t have to take my word for it. Look at how many Somali and Latin-American restaurants were thriving in November and now are closed, or getting almost no business if they are taking the risk of staying open. Look at how many kids are staying home from school — regardless of legal status, just because of the color of their family’s skin. Look at how many families are living in houses filled with dirty laundry because they won’t even take the risk of leaving the house to go to the laundromat.
My neighbors are living in •terror•.
If it’s more of the same, why did all of this suddenly change in the last two months?
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-02-27 14:11:00
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-31 21:55:57
All of what’s happening in Minneapolis is deeply rooted in US history. And in Minneapolis and St. Paul history specifically: Read about the Rondo neighborhood, for example. It’s no accident the the flagship lake in the City of Lakes was named after the vice president of the Confederacy until just a few years ago. Don’t get too excited about making saints of us all here.
It’s crucial for us to recognize that historical precedent. It’s also crucial for us to recognize the extreme new danger of the present moment.
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