So the work I do is 100% remote now. I moved to Southern California because of an industry that has in part moved to remote work. My only requirements are a temperate climate, nature access and hopefully a blue-ish state. Is there a place out there that makes sense financially? I’m hoping to buy a house less then 500k. I...
I'd say the best places to reside in Michigan are going to be in the lower half of the Lower Penninsula if you want a temperate climate. Doesn't mean winter won't fuck your shit up at least two or three times a year.
Beautiful nature spots are a day trip or long weekend away and quite lovely, though smaller in scale than the sprawling, mountainous naturescapes of California. We don't have anything quite as epic as Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, or the Redwoods here (souece: Michigander lived 13 years in the Bay Area), but we do have some very lovely areas and they're imo much more accessible for the average Joe. Oh yeah and when fall comes in, the color is AMAZING. It's a rather flat state all in all, though. Most places you have to drive to see anything rolling lamdscape-wise. It makes winter with all of the leaves off of the trees rather bleak if you're in sputhern Michigan.
But, there's a lot of interesting lore that you don't really get anywhere else like Great Lakes shipping/shipwrecks, bootlegging hotspots, a fucking shit-ton of musical history, tons of breweries and local agricultural festivals. If you're willing to pick and choose your urban areas, you can definitely find those spaces that have a Californian vibe about them, but they're not really centralized.
I just fell in love with West Virginia a few weeks back. So beautiful and while not a blue state, exactly, the people there were so welcoming and kind.
Not to be one of those people that yaps on about that aggregator site that makes money leaching off of content provided and moderated by users or anything, but this would be my first instance of hopping onto something posted to the Fediverse that was unexpected and awesome and so much fun!
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It's more like if you find the Lower Decks characters in the crossover amusing, then you'd probably enjoy Lower Decks, but the episode isn't written in a way that you have to know that show to enjoy it.
…but I don’t want to get rid of it! Been using RIF since 2011 and it’d feel so weird to take it off my home screen. I tried the Reddit app but it pollutes the front page with so much unnecessary shit that it becomes a chore to browse. Liking the look of Lemmy so far though.
@thesebits Definitely. I remember as a kid in the 70s all of this innovation and research into getting us off of fossil fuels being taught to us and a real sense of optimism about the future and science. So much changed for the better or was moving in the right direction then fucking Reagan and the Bushes and greedy cronies like Gingrich come into power and ripped all of that away.
@massive_bereavement Yeah, Night of the Hunter is what I'd call suspense with horror elements. It definitely crosses that line into horror at a few key moments. And it's a classic not a lot of people mention nowadays.
Another oldie that I really like is Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. It's super campy but so creepy, and I'm not 100% on that one really being a horror movie either but it does that same kind of thing Night of the Hunter does where it veers into horror at several moments.
@Greedy_Refugee I could not figure out Soundgarden. I would have drawn a more botanical garden looking thing if I was the artist. I was all "music plants? Note field? Field notes? Music plot?"
@Lord_Fluffington this angle doesn't look real to me. At this point JFK has pretty much half his head blown off and Jackie wasn't trying to get away.
Morbidly enough it's pretty obvious if you watch the Zapruder footage that she's having an irrational traumatized response and trying to gather up all of the bits and pieces of his head that had been blown off.
Russia’s attack on Odesa on the night of July 22 was the largest to hit the city’s historic center since the start of the full-scale war, according to local authorities. The regional administration initially reported that at least 44 buildings were damaged, 25 of which were officially recognized architectural monuments....
@demvoter That thread is the only thing I've visited Reddit to look at since RIF stopped working. Glad to see they're ditching Twitter. It's such a hateful shitshow now.
Looking for suggestions for a place to move in the US as a remote employee
So the work I do is 100% remote now. I moved to Southern California because of an industry that has in part moved to remote work. My only requirements are a temperate climate, nature access and hopefully a blue-ish state. Is there a place out there that makes sense financially? I’m hoping to buy a house less then 500k. I...
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Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early (www.theverge.com)
If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now.
Anyone else keep pressing the RIF app out of habit?
…but I don’t want to get rid of it! Been using RIF since 2011 and it’d feel so weird to take it off my home screen. I tried the Reddit app but it pollutes the front page with so much unnecessary shit that it becomes a chore to browse. Liking the look of Lemmy so far though.
Southern US Reaches Dangerous "Wet Bulb Temperature". Here's What That Means (www.iflscience.com)
Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise (www.cbsnews.com)
best horror movie you've ever seen?
in need of some real good horror movies
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PragerU Says Florida Teachers Approved to Use Its Class ‘Curriculum’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘Everything in the rotunda was smashed into oblivion’ In the 1930s, the Soviet authorities blew up Odesa’s Transfiguration Cathedral. Now Russia has destroyed it again. — Meduza (meduza.io)
Russia’s attack on Odesa on the night of July 22 was the largest to hit the city’s historic center since the start of the full-scale war, according to local authorities. The regional administration initially reported that at least 44 buildings were damaged, 25 of which were officially recognized architectural monuments....
‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care (www.theguardian.com)
Data released by SiegedSec from six states includes South Carolina police files and contact details for Nebraska court officials
Ukraine War live thread users on Reddit are switching to posting Mastodon links instead of Twitter due to Twitter login wall (Cross posted from /m/mastodon) (kbin.social)