From the stop light side.

What are large, wealthy countries trying to do in these instances? Win hearts and minds? Set a country up for success? Give them tools for self determination? No, it always seems to be for exploitation.

I am curious what would be legitimately helpful.

It’s there, but they only show the state of Oaxaska for some reason.

It’s true. I haven’t been to Elko since before it happened, but I understand the cars are still there. I didn’t mean to make it sound like it had just happened, sorry for the confusion 🙂 big deal in a small town haha. Thankfully it is just corn. And a possibly damaged bridge and track.

Ok I think I fixed it. I want Amtrak to overperform, not me…
@pivot_root

Oh my gosh I’m sorry, I can’t see it is posted but I can see your comment. I am sorry. I will see what I can do.

This is interesting. I last rode the Southwest Chief in 2018, last minute, no problem. It was empty, ish, until somewhere in Missouri. A lot of commuters in Illinois. I had an empty seat next to me until about that time. I guess it is different now. I got on in Albuquerque.

Thank you, and @Zworf for the info!
I guess yay for public-private action 🙃but I guess I would prefer proper communal administration.

Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see in the article the reason why the stockpile I’d being sold. This I want to know.

It goes back, I don’t know, 30 years? With both agricultural US and union areas (sometimes the same places) the Democratic party consistently expected those votes without actually delivering anything. Bill Clinton and the party get blamed for things like NAFTA and jobs moving to other countries, etc. So eventually these folks drift to the Republican party. Many of these people were broadly conservative anyways. Later, the religious aspects and toxicity of what started with Newt manifested to what we see now.

I don’t know if an evangelical Democrat would fly now. It’s a really bad situation with very entrenched beliefs.

I can’t believe this King of Kong dude is still around, holy cow what a butt.

As discussed in the article, of was never really about religion. It was about rhetoric. The bar for Democrats to keep states like Iowa blue was so incredibly low, requiring only action. But none could be taken, and it will now be incredibly difficult to overcome this loss.

I’m not sure I have much to add here other then a little experience. I’ve had a date tell me “there’s nothing there” and realized later that they wanted more than a friend. I am fairly old and have realized that I may not have much to give, romantically. That’s fine! But you have to find someone who wants that, also. Myself, I am not really a dater. But if you can see that some people want something more than a friend, more than a friend and sex, you may find where you fit in. I am still working on that. Not easy, but I am also pretty happy on my own. It is good, and healthy, to work on you, and this post is part of that I think. Be well!

I would argue that in some ways, coopting these words and the nonreligious traditions would be excellent because it removes power from “them.”

For every religious holiday, there is an equal and opposite secular holiday.

In addition to what you posted, I’ve also used this specifically for sierra games. Sometimes you may need an interface like Scumm. I’m mostly looking at 80s-early 90s stuff, I’m not sure how well the newer stuff on that site will work.

Also GOG, it’s nice if you need a manual.

In a different orientation, I think this could possibly work as a snow bike!

This stinks in general. I was a high school student 20+years ago, and I worked at a high school doing non teaching stuff (like spring break trips and after school programming) thru 2019, and the prevalency of drugs didn’t change. The only conversation change was vaping. From my view point, having been a rural student, and having worked in rural schools, they’re gonna experiment! Kids need safe folks to talk to. This applies to more than drugs but definitely applies to TX.

What an amazing article. I had to look up the author, what a great background. I daresay I undergrasp and will need to followup.

Thanks for sharing ❤️

I haven’t used a SPOT for ten years, but at that time they were pretty limited in their comms. They weren’t on if I didn’t want them to be on, and even when in and supposedly with service, were flaky. Now, I use an InReach. It has more functionality than the devices in the past, but the connection isn’t really any better. All of these devices were owned and managed under government contracts but I don’t think they would be any different. I have never used them to track myself as I go, I use different equipment for that.

Long story short, you’ll worry more about getting service when you need than you will about being tracked when you don’t want to be. A tree canopy or tall canyon can prevent comms.

Stay safe!