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Love seeing older ladies in here! Mine isn’t this old yet but love my lady cat as she starts to get a little older and wiser.
See a lot of people floating in from Reddit. Welcome! Make use of the space and try to keep things civil and at least related to Chicago. If you liked the vibe of /r/Chicago, feel free to emulate that here as well, and please leave feedback so we can make this place useful and welcoming to everyone!
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When you say car camp, do you mean like in an RV? Or "glamping"?
If it is just the essense of travelling and sleeping with minimal stuff in your car, then there are some places up in Manistee National Forest where I have done exactly that as well.
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Seems like this is a great spot based on the suggestions! Will definitely consider a trip out there this year then.
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I don't mind memes and stuff like that at all. I would agree with @KingStrafeIV@midwest.social, once the memes and stuff get out of hand it can start to drown out useful conversation.
I say post and let people decide what they want to see. If we see some backlash then we can start to reign things in or modify as needed. "Meme Mondays" or something of the sort is a good, contained way to still have them be present.
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I would have to agree. All the wilderness that is out there along with changing environments and terrain really makes for some amazing scenery as well as places for wildlife to really blossom.
www.wbez.org
Been all over Michigan and love their camping locations! Anyone want to share their favorites if they don't mind? Been camping in the western portion near Manistee and also all the way east near the border, to up in the UP. So no where is too far!
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Love it! Even though I am not from there they play a big influence in the midwest area, and are one of the nicer areas for camping I have found so I go there often.
Would love to see input on info from the area from locals so hopefully they also join.
www.nbcsports.com
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abcnews.go.com
I see lots of cats outside in my neighborhood and I try to care for them when I can. Especially right now since it is winter, anyone want to drop some tips for caring for neigborhood cats? One of mine is lots of cats die of dehydration in the winter since any water source is frozen. If you leave water out for them, you can always put hand warmers underneath the bowl so it will keep it heated and stop it from freezing hopefully giving the little guys time to enjoy. [This is a great article ](https://alleycatadvocates.org/communitycat-care-center/creating-winter-shelters/) on making DIY cat shelters that we use during the winter time and they get great use out of it!
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You'd think with all the money they get from lobbying and fundraising they could just pay one competent person with a gun to write their legislation properly. People sell their souls against what they love all the time for a huge wad of cash lol
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Is it just me, or does the change in the clarifications for this just seem like common sense and something they should have been addressing the first time around if they actually understood the gun industry?
chitiva.co
Amazing place up in Wicker Park, operates more like a cafe than a dispensary and has the coolest workers! Prices aren't terrible either and all include taxes plus they hand out crazy amounts of free samples so if you go in for a 100mg slushie you can guarantee you'll likely end up with an extra 5-10mg!
Gaming - https://midwest.social/c/gaming USA News/Politics - https://midwest.social/c/usa Soccer - https://midwest.social/c/soccer Not sure if this is how official Lemmy structure is supposed to be, but figured we could have dupe /c/ of these comms on our instance. They can x-post from other instances if needed but also can give a more specific insight into these topics that would tailor more to people in midwest.social.
So what was your favorite game of this year? Which one did you anticipate the most and did it live up to your expectations?
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This is in relation to the Chicago /c/? If so, may still be posting some things that can be seen as political but mostly to keep people informed.
An example would be something like the Chuy Garcia post of mine, since the FTX scandal was pretty large and it is interesting to know that it is tied back to our city somehow.
But feel free to post any content you would like as well!
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Have you reached out to anyone else who runs a Lemmy server and seen if they are also experiencing this?
Do you think it is a bottlekneck or just due to large updates from other servers?
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Yo, just some dude who lives in Chicago and likes open source stuff and wanted to move to a reddit alternative. Love all different types of stuff as long as it's new and interesting.