There's been a few minor updates, but it's largely unchanged since 2009. If you want to see a horror show, view page source for a taste of how bad web dev used to be. Bunch of autogenerated garbage from Microsoft Publisher 11 like this: > <b:OhMorphingContext priv="140E">290</b:OhMorphingContext> MS Publisher also screwed up the title into this 🤦: > MayDay<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>� </span>Books Modern web dev has its downsides but it's still streets ahead of when it was under the iron grip of Microsoft (or M$ as you used to say back in the day if you were cool on /.)

Community Promo m_f • 1d ago • 100%

SMBC - for posting and discussing the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic by Zach Weinersmith

midwest.social

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/18252288 > You might have heard of the SMBC webcomic; if not you're in for a good time! It's available at https://www.smbc-comics.com/, and is a webcomic about nerdery of various sorts, with a special focus on clown reproduction practices. > > It's been around a while, so I'm posting the daily comic as Zach posts it to the site, and posting old comics until it catches up in like a decade > > Come join us at [!smbc@midwest.social]()!

New Communities m_f • 1d ago • 100%

SMBC - for posting and discussing the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic by Zach Weinersmith

midwest.social

You might have heard of the SMBC webcomic; if not you're in for a good time! It's available at https://www.smbc-comics.com/, and is a webcomic about nerdery of various sorts, with a special focus on clown reproduction practices. It's been around a while, so I'm posting the daily comic as Zach posts it to the site, and posting old comics until it catches up in like a decade Come join us at [!smbc@midwest.social]()!

Peanuts m_f • 1d ago • 100%

Charlie Brown finally kicks the football (rest of comic in post)

The whole image is too tall to upload to Lemmy, so here's the first two panels, and the rest can be seen at: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/brown Make sure you hover over the comic image and also press the red button at the bottom for 2 additional jokes

Community Promo m_f • 1d ago • 100%

Peanuts - A community for posting about the Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/18245725 > I created a community for posting about the Peanuts comic you're probably familiar with. The comic was created by Charles M. Schulz, born in Minneapolis, MN, and ran from 1950 to 2000. The cast of characters will get quite large, but I'm posting daily strips starting from the first comic from 1950, so you can come watch as everyone gets introduced. Right now there's a lot of cute Snoopy going on. > > Join us at [!peanuts@midwest.social](https://midwest.social/c/peanuts)

New Communities m_f • 1d ago • 100%

Peanuts - A community for posting about the Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz

I created a community for posting about the Peanuts comic you're probably familiar with. The comic was created by Charles M. Schulz, born in Minneapolis, MN, and ran from 1950 to 2000. The cast of characters will get quite large, but I'm posting daily strips starting from the first comic from 1950, so you can come watch as everyone gets introduced. Right now there's a lot of cute Snoopy going on. Join us at [!peanuts@midwest.social](https://midwest.social/c/peanuts)

Fediverse m_f • 1d ago • 100%

Lemmy Federate - tool to help communities sync across instances

Just found out about this and thought it was neat. For those of you that don't know, a Lemmy instance won't automatically federate everything everywhere all at once. It'll federate only what local users are subscribed to. So someone made a tool that will let you increase visibility of smaller communities that might not be synced to every instance. Looks like it's opt-in, and instances can avoid using it. Some do because it's a lot of server cost for stuff they don't care about. I've created a few communities, and wondered why I was immediately getting ~30 subscribers, and this is probably why

Minneapolis - St. Paul Metro m_f • 3d ago • 100%

ACLU representing Fargo woman charged in bong water case

> The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is providing legal representation to Jessica Beske, a Fargo woman facing decades in prison and a potential $1 million fine over bong water allegedly found in her possession in a case that has raised questions about uneven enforcement of the state’s drug laws. > > “We’re pretty broadly interested in making sure Minnesotans aren’t criminalized for things like addiction,” said attorney Alicia Granse, who is working on the case. “Do we want to be spending so much of our resources on bong water?” > > The ACLU’s involvement speaks to the unusual nature of the case itself, as well as its broader implications for criminal justice reform efforts in Minnesota. > > Beske was pulled over in May in Polk County in the northwest part of the state. Upon searching her car, sheriff’s deputies reported they found drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine residue, as well as a glass bong containing 8 ounces of water. > > Because of a longstanding loophole in state law, the county attorney’s office was able to treat the bong water as if it were 8 ounces of pure methamphetamine, warranting a first-degree drug charge carrying up to 30 years in prison. > > The materials allegedly found in her car would not otherwise have resulted in any criminal charges thanks to a 2023 bill decriminalizing drug paraphernalia containing residue. > > Bong water prosecutions are highly unusual, and Beske’s story garnered widespread media attention after the Reformer first reported on her case. The Office of Polk County Attorney has a reputation for zealous prosecution of drug cases. A 2014 Star Tribune story revealed it was one of a few in the state charging people for violating an archaic law requiring them to pay taxes on illicit drugs. > > “They’re going hard up there,” Granse said. She questions whether charging people for bong water or marijuana tax stamp violations is actually contributing to public safety. “I don’t know if that’s what we really want to be spending our money on, or our time.” > > Scott Buhler, the assistant county attorney working on the case, previously told the Reformer that his office “simply enforces the laws of the state as written.” In reality, prosecutors have a great deal of discretion to decide which offenders to charge and which violations to prosecute. > > Granse said the case could end up being a lengthy one: “It sounds like this prosecutor is not willing to give up, but neither am I.”

Minneapolis - St. Paul Metro m_f • 3d ago • 95%

Report: Walz May Win the Election With Finger Guns

racketmn.com

> **Walz Watch: Body Language and Deep Fake Edition** > > New York Magazine is taking a closer look at how and why Tim Walz’s body language may play a key role in connecting with people—even from a distance. According to features writer Kerry Howley, he knows how to work a finger gun (“at a middle distance, he will deploy two finger guns; at a shorter distance, one”), he knows when and how to point like a pro (“‘I love you,’ someone shouts from the crowd. Walz points straight at him. ‘You love America!’”), and he is definitely the guy you want on our charades team (“It is difficult to make policy physical, but Walz could mime the agenda if pressed. He has a lexicon of moves.”). The story also covers Walz lore from his teaching days and time repping rural Minnesota in Congress, but it’s Howley’s understanding of political theater and staged communication that make this a fun read. > > (Folks will now be able to analyze Walz’s physical mastery more regularly leading up to the election, as NBC News reports that Walz has been released from his “bubble,” with plans to stop by The View and The Daily Show in the coming weeks.) > > Meanwhile, on the dark side of the web, aka Twitter/X, Qanon accounts have been circulating a deep fake video of a former student accusing the VP candidate of sexual assault. It’s not real; it’s AI from a dude, DotNetYoutube, who Washington Post reporter Will Sommer says is “an up-and-coming new player in the ‘making things up’ corner of online Trumpworld,” noting that the “appearance of a cursor in a witness's key emails” suggests that “DocNetYoutube wrote it himself.” > > **Red Guy Living in a Sea of Blue Is More Than He Seems** > > Shawn Holster is just a Republican living in south Minneapolis, and that’s hard, you know? In this (kinda, supposed to feel-good?) story from Winter Keefer at MinnPost, Holster says he wants folks to know that he gets along with his liberal neighbor, hasn’t experienced any property damage since decorating his lawn (“I’ve had a Trump sign in my front yard… and I haven’t had a single brick through my window”), and he, like many Republicans, is “just like you. We have the same concerns.” > > But what the story only mentions briefly is that Holster isn’t just some friendly guy with GOP signage on his lawn—he’s president and chair of the Minneapolis Republican Party. One of his first moves as leader in 2023 was to host a "Rock’n Barbecue" party in the former Clubhouse Jager space. The North Loop spot, owned by Julius DeRoma, closed after it was discovered that he had donated to ex-Ku Klux Klan grand wizard (and surprise Jill Stein supporter) David Duke's 2016 U.S. Senate campaign. Holster told Racket at the time that he thought DeRoma’s support of Duke “was a dumb idea,” but also assured us that his org’s "calendar doesn't include doing Klan shit anytime soon." > > Holster is also a former political candidate; in 2022 he ran for District 63’s Minnesota Senate seat, ultimately losing by 71 points to 25-year-old DFL rival Zaynab Mohamed. A quick perusal of his Twitter account suggests he’s anti-trans, thinks the Strib is run by communists, and is a voting truther—yup, sounds like some bipartisan ”same concerns” to me! > > **A Sweet Labor Story About Sugar Beet Farmers** > > In 1973, the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association purchased the American Crystal Sugar Co., making them not only the biggest sugar beet producer in the country but also the first sugar beet agricultural cooperative. In this labor story from Workday Magazine, Amie Stager checks in with Mark Froemke, president of the West Minnesota Area Labor Council/Red River Valley, AFL-CIO, who has been working in the sugar beet industry since the 1970s. “I never lost that, the thrill watching them harvest sugar beets,” he confesses. Froemke also reflects on the ACS’s 22-month worker lockout from 2011 to 2013, possible changes in child labor laws in the meatpacking industry, and the challenges of advocating for workers’ rights in a red region. > > **37 Years Ago Today, the Twins Opened Game 1 of the World Series** > > This World Series opening segment has it all: an aerial shot of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; liberal use of the Field of Dreams soundtrack; Al Michaels describing the World Series as a “thoroughly movable feast, and your town never knows it's coming your way until days before.” I wasn’t even living here when this happened, yet I feel nostalgia watching it. > > > On this day in 1987 Al Michaels opened Game 1 of the World Series in dramatic fashion and it was glorious… pic.twitter.com/nvPMxz4oH0 > > > > — Jeff (@MNTwinsZealot) October 17, 2024

Word of the Day m_f • 3d ago • 100%

jitney

Encountered over in the [!truecomics@midwest.social](https://midwest.social/c/truecomics) community: https://midwest.social/post/18146430 Wiktionary has [this to say](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jitney): > 1886, originally for a five-cent US coin (a nickel); use for taxis and buses due to these services originally charging five cents as fare, popularized circa 1915. > > The etymology is uncertain; it is believed to originate from Louisiana Creole jetnée, from French jeton (“token, coin-sized metal disc”), though this is disputed. Evidence for the Louisiana Creole French origin include the geographic distribution (Southeastern US, especially Black/African-American), and early spelling as gitney, which is common French spelling for the /ʒi/ pronunciation. > **Noun** > > **jitney** (plural **jitneys**) > > - A small bus or minibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled. > - An unlicensed taxi cab. > - A shared-ride taxi. > - (*US, archaic*) A small coin, a nickel. > - (*in attributive use, US, archaic*) Very inexpensive. > - (*Canada*) An informal lawn bowling, curling, or darts competition in which all players present are randomly drawn into teams.

Minneapolis - St. Paul Metro m_f • 3d ago • 75%

Burnsville native living showbiz dreams as a Las Vegas showgirl

www.startribune.com

https://archive.is/6DPSI