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As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] 6 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

You don’t even have to restrict yourself to your town’s library, most will let you just walk in and sign up for a card. I go to a Makerspace in a different city because my local library doesn’t have one, and use digital resources for a library in a different city.

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    Gardening Mishap in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
    TEXAS IS BLUE NOW in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
    Marco Rubio ‘on resignation watch’ from Trump administration after midterms disaster in c/politics@lemmy.world
    TIL that some dude in California running a 3-person company got voters to give him $4.2 billion by authoring a ballot measure, which passed in c/til@lemmy.world
    [–] 42 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    I voted no on this because I don’t like that part of it either, but since it’s nonprofit and UC-affiliated I’m hoping it won’t be that bad. I’m definitely more upset about 40.

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    The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules in c/news@lemmy.world
    Contentment in c/memes@lemmy.world
    [–] 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I don’t know that I can explain it as anything other than too much detail in the ‘wrong’ spots compared to what an actual person would do. Very detailed cars while having cartoon blob characters that phase out of existence randomly and things that don’t follow from one panel to the next (like the road leading directly to a parking spot, then both cars being in an unmarked grey asphalt field) all make my brain go “AI!”

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    A wipeout for AI stocks sends Wall Street reeling, and the S&P 500 tumbles more than 3% in c/news@lemmy.world
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    Finding out that so many Americans seem illiterate because they stopped teaching kids how to sound out words (rule) (media.tenor.com)
     

    If you graduated before they implemented this or aren’t American, the system they started to use to teach kids how to read is called three cuing. They teach kids to identify unknown words by guessing based on clues in pictures with the sentences, what word would ‘make sense’, and whether the answer they came up with looks right based on the first letter.

    As you may have noticed, none of that is reading a word. These are strategies that borderline illiterate people will use to try to understand words, and for decades it’s been the method used by many schools across the country.

    So that person you’re arguing with online who keeps going off on bizarre rants barely related to anything you said might not be a troll, they might just be functionally illiterate due to having never been taught to read. Yaaay!

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    Get rained on rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
     

    I’m deprived of solarpunk memes since slrpnk.net is down, so I’m posting here instead. I’m so hyped thinking about all the growth that’s happening underground with the new plants! Rainy season is always so cool in Southern California, and being here for a big El Niño is exciting (since I’m not in a flood plain or landslide area!), I can’t wait for things to get lush!

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    DCCC Releases Its First Anti-Trans Ad, Supporting SC Democrat Nancy Lacore (www.erininthemorning.com)
     

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/49550255

    This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun running an ad in South Carolina for Nancy Lacore, the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The ad appears to be the first instance of the high-level Democratic organization running an ad targeting transgender people. The 30-second spot, titled “SC-01: That’s Nancy,” went up on YouTube Oct. 19 and began airing yesterday in Charleston and Savannah as “part of the committee’s coordinated spending in key battleground districts.” It features Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie, “a lifelong Republican supporting a Democrat for Congress.” Specifically, it highlights Lacore’s support for a transgender sports ban, with Haynie stating she would “protect girls’ sports,” a statement that a campaign representative confirmed refers to barring transgender girls from girls’ sports.

    Here is a link to the DCCC's contact form, so people can let them know what they think of this betrayal. There's also a phone number on the contact form if you prefer to verbally voice your disgust.

    https://dccc.org/contact/

    Their phone number is (202) 863-1500.

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    DCCC Releases Its First Anti-Trans Ad, Supporting SC Democrat Nancy Lacore (www.erininthemorning.com)
     

    This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun running an ad in South Carolina for Nancy Lacore, the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The ad appears to be the first instance of the high-level Democratic organization running an ad targeting transgender people. The 30-second spot, titled “SC-01: That’s Nancy,” went up on YouTube Oct. 19 and began airing yesterday in Charleston and Savannah as “part of the committee’s coordinated spending in key battleground districts.” It features Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie, “a lifelong Republican supporting a Democrat for Congress.” Specifically, it highlights Lacore’s support for a transgender sports ban, with Haynie stating she would “protect girls’ sports,” a statement that a campaign representative confirmed refers to barring transgender girls from girls’ sports.

    Here is a link to the DCCC's contact form, so people can let them know what they think of this betrayal. There's also a phone number on the contact form if you prefer to verbally voice your disgust.

    https://dccc.org/contact/

    Their phone number is (202) 863-1500.

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    Risking arrest, he paints illicit crosswalks across L.A. ‘We can’t wait any longer’ (www.latimes.com)
     

    UCLA law student Jonathan Hale and about 150 volunteers have painted unauthorized crosswalks at dangerous Los Angeles intersections, saying residents cannot wait for city action.

    Advocates say traffic deaths rose 56% from 2015 to 2025 as the city’s Vision Zero effort faltered; officials say they maintain or add more than 1,000 crosswalks annually.

    Hale, arrested while painting in Westwood before his case was dismissed, wants the city to legalize the work and recommit to Vision Zero. LADOT says it has met its commitments to him.

    Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20261016121334/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-16/risking-arrest-he-paints-illicit-crosswalks-in-la-we-cant-wait

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    Risking arrest, he paints illicit crosswalks across L.A. ‘We can’t wait any longer’ (www.latimes.com)
     

    UCLA law student Jonathan Hale and about 150 volunteers have painted unauthorized crosswalks at dangerous Los Angeles intersections, saying residents cannot wait for city action.

    Advocates say traffic deaths rose 56% from 2015 to 2025 as the city’s Vision Zero effort faltered; officials say they maintain or add more than 1,000 crosswalks annually.

    Hale, arrested while painting in Westwood before his case was dismissed, wants the city to legalize the work and recommit to Vision Zero. LADOT says it has met its commitments to him.

    Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20261016121334/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-16/risking-arrest-he-paints-illicit-crosswalks-in-la-we-cant-wait

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