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This drastically depends on what part of Oregon you're moving to (and FYI outside of the city areas is likely very similar to your red state in many ways) but around PDX there are a lot of small hobby stores. Also not my area of expertise but looks like there is URS Electronics and Surplus Gizmos that might fit what you're looking for.

I'm sure I've read this before but I cannot remember the source - would you mind sharing where it's from?

Honestly, even if they've been personally harmed... They just move the goalposts. "He's kidding! Oh he isn't kidding? Well, it won't hurt/affect me! Oh it did? Well it won't be for long. Oh it's permanent? We'll this is necessary for it to get better. It didn't get better? Democrat lies, I feel fine. I no longer feel fine? It's the democrats fault!"

Truest thing trump ever said was that he could shoot someone on fifth Avenue and not lose any votes. This guy could march into their home, murder their family and burn down the house right in front of their eyes and they'd still be saying "if only the Fuhrer knew".

Mysteriously, Twitter also was miraculously "valued" at what he bought it for this week... All the same tricks everywhere.

I'll have to see if I can find the video again, but I saw someone do a really interesting analysis on why this happens. The central idea was that it's due to a whole ideology based on conformity. Everyone converges on the same "look" not necessarily because they even like it (though many of the choices do clearly represent a white cishet ideal) but because they hate the "alternatives". For example, "creative" hair colors and makeup are things people do to try to be more individual, which is why these women paint those choices as "tacky" or marks of being an "evil lib" etc. Their fashion choices are self-limiting by design.

Okay, obvious queerphobia/freedom of expression issues and "how are these malignant societal tumors still on the debunked litter box thing" aside... Do none of these idiots remember that children often role play as animals because they have imagination and they are children? Have they even met children?!? Pretty sure "horse firefighters" or "we're all evil cats today" etc. are a common type of game played at recess or whatever. They have nothing to do with being a furry and everything to do with just regular human development? Are these people really paranoid and threatened by childhood make-believe games?

Vaguely, yes, in terms of general inspiration, since I think this study was very popular in the cultural zeitgeist and also inspired terminology in other areas (like the whole "alpha males" thing) but in terms of "fandom history" the source of the omegaverse and it's subsequent meteoric rise as a fanfic trope is generally considered to be the Supernatural fandom.

I found a witchy memes community, which does have a similar feel, but would love to see WVP come to Lemmy. After the last reddit fiasco a few years ago they spun up a discord very quickly (honestly terrible format, but it did gain a lot of traction). A fair amount of users would probably join to give Lemmy a go if they opened up a community here.

My flame will be extinguished.

Not sure how long you've been looking, but just be prepared for ghost job postings and very fierce competition. My job search took nearly a year and I know folks who've been looking longer. A large percentage of job postings are outright fake or they don't actually intend to hire anyone for the position, and even real positions, especially remote ones, will have thousands of applicants. It might not be you, your location, or your resume - even if those are 100% optimized, it's a rough market right now for finding a remote tech gig.

My advice is to make sure your resume is optimised for the AI screeners most companies are using (unfortunately what I, a human, looks for in a tech resume is very different from what HR and the AI tools look for, so make sure to have multiple versions and at least one formatted to be parsed by an AI tool) and leverage your network at much as you can. Apply as soon as you can after a job is posted. Check the websites and apply mostly to smaller companies. You can apply through Linkedin or indeed but most of the "easy apply" ones are ghost jobs. Still worth hitting the button on a few hundred of those or so just to try, but they're far less likely to be of any value.

Good luck in your search.

At this point, I don't know if even someone trusted would be able to change his mind. Admitting to being wrong about vaccines means admitting he basically killed their daughter. Horribly sad.

I am impressed at the level that this man (allegedly) scared the ruling class. I think they're making a critical mistake though in assuming that these types of crackdowns combined with a spiraling economy won't just make people who are even more desperate and motivated.