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Oh this is some sort of "all the news of the day" article, where the headline is talking about three different things- not really great for posting on lemmy imho. Better to post an individual article about the subject you want to share.

I wanted to see the dual screen cyberdeck (with a 23inch eink display!) that also somehow meant the end of LG smarphones called "Lilbits"

There are many, many programs - sometimes as simple as a one-form rebate - available to help with and often completely cover costs related with:

• replacing grass lawns with native plants, drought resistant plants and food gardens
• adding cisterns, rain barrels and grey water systems
• replacing with or adding new "smart" sprinkler controllers that check weather forecasts to plan irrigation around the rain
• ordering and planting trees, including fruit trees
• compost barrels, compost and mulch, drip irrigation hoses, pool covers, and more

Some of my favorites include programs where you can get trees delivered and sometimes even planted for free, programs to help restore local parks and buisness landscaping to native flora, volunteer programs to remove invasive species from local parks, and money for replacing turf lawns with plants, bushes and trees that help bird and beneficial insect populations. Sometimes lanscaping companies and volunteers can even do the work utilizing the grants and rebates with little or no cost to you! Shoutout to the arbor day foundation that provides native trees, delivered to your door.

Here is a list (not just the US) of programs, and another here. Your local water utility likely has a list of rebates and such available in your area, as well as your county extension office if youre in the US, and any government office from city up to the federal level, especially if you live in a drought prone area like the southwestern US. You can also search for "xeniscaping" to find more, or talk to your local hardware store or nursery.

FYI it does work, but be aware youll need (sandboxed) google play services installed on at least one profile of your phone to connect a wearOS device

I searched for one of these md data drives for a while, but could only find them as part of a sony desktop

LGR is such a gem

you misunderstand, I think. The number of people who voted for 47 is a product of the current voting system. changing the system will do a few things:

some people who voted for 47 may have still selected them as their first choice, but in a different system with ranked choices, one of their second or third choices may have been elected instead, if that candidate had more support overall from a greater majority of the voters (depending on the system uses to select the winner) but basically: better to have a large majority's agreed second choice than a tiny majority's first choice

secondly, some people who voted for 47 may have chosen someone else as their first choice if they did not feel it was the only way to make sure their least favorite candidate wouldn't be elected - a ranked system removes the "spoiler" effect.

so if you see that people who voted the way they did, did so because of the FTTP system AND importantly how the FTTP system can be manipulated with certain types of propaganda, meticulously targeted, to elect an extreme candidate, then it's not a matter of first "changing their minds," and more a matter of having a system that elects the representative that most represents most of the people. that is an effective tool against extremism.

imagine thinking the foundation your beliefs are based on so fraglie that the mere exposure to something different is enough for your child to turn away from them

a good parent encourages questioning everything, including - especially - the beliefs and value system theyre trying to teach. labeling something else as wrong is one thing, but to then forbid your child from having any exposure to it whatsoever? that's called failing at being a parent, because that's not how the world works, and part of your job is to teach your kid how to critically consider things as force of habit before theyre a fully grown adult

so, parents who freak tf out about drag queens reading to kids, or reading books with LGBTQ+ characters - if you think it's proper to forbid your or anyone elses child from the mere exposure to things you have a problem with, all youre really doing is exposing that you know your personal feelings and opinions about it, religious or not, wouldn't hold up to a logical, rational discussion with your kid 🤷

yeah, because subsidized basic medical care enables people to forego working for a living and play video games all day... what youre trying to lock behind a workers-only paywall is things like eye exams, things like therapy, medication, and doctors visits for any number of conditions, disorders and injuries - things that without, it's pretty fucking difficult or often outright impossible to just "get to work"

what a spoiled asshat spewing utter fucking nonsense who should "get to work" doing the job theyre supposed to be doing: actually helping their fucking constituents, looking out for the worst off among us. instead theyre confidently looking down from their high horse, as if theyre better. Im sorry we all cant make a living being total fucking sellouts to the oligarchs like you, mike

go work a fucking day in the soul crushing job that is american social services, dude. go try to help poor people get a job in a state that said fuck giving some of the poorest among us basic healthcare; see how fucking hard it is for people who cant get and stay relatively healthy in this supposedly so "great" nation because they cant get the permanent, full time fucking job needed first. whats that? you dont actually know fuck all about the struggles of a poor person? youre just some fucking schmuck who gets off putting other people down?

maybe some folks play video games to deal with the feelings that go along with realizing some of our neighbors and family actually thought you are worthy of representing them. maybe the utter, crushing sadness and disappointment they feel seeing you so effortlessly embrace selfishness as a complete traitor to the oaths you swore becomes a little more tolerable after some distracting video games, you waste of clean air and water, you fucking embarassment of a human being

in some places, funds are used so people on food assistance can double their produce purchasing power at farmers markets, which increases the percentage of already allocated food subsidy spending towards fresh fruits and vegetables. Ive also seen low income subsidized community garden plots (where individual plot fees go towards the water bill, bulk fertilizer etc)

AAoWaS was a gem! It was one of the few games I actually enjoyed when we got a 386 and VGA, and the old IBM with CGA moved into my room.

i love noticing the little details

the "22" on the bag

FYI as someone who has filled out that form many times as "exempt" I can say no one has ever asked any questions about it. If they did, I'd probably tell them it's none of their business- I'm the one committing the crime if what I'm signing isn't true, and at no point in submitting it are you asked to prove youre exempt (until you file your 1040 the next year, if you file one)

But it's also pretty hard to argue later you must have just "done the math wrong" ’cause there's a whole separate section for declaring youre exempt.

They also still take out social security and medicare.

FYI there is a message on the bboard about webmail login auth changes. (was looking yesterday for anything about the image upload issues)