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It's actually a pretty even-handed look at Inyo County's changing demographics.

 

It's the 395/Gill Station Road intersection (Coso Junction, where the rest area and the Travel Center is).

 

Looks like Bishop, Mammoth Lakes, and Bridgeport all made the list...

 

Inyo County, in the Eastern Sierra, has one of the worst access landscapes in the state, with most of its residents living more than 200 miles from the nearest abortion provider.

 

Yikes. Thankfully, only minor injuries...

 

Just FYI - only two candidates are normal, sane folks. Steve Elia, and Karen Keehn are both former teachers in Bishop schools. Steve Elia is a former teacher at Bishop High, who pioneered the AVID program (to support first-time college aspiring students). Karen Keehn (a former Olympian) taught for decades at Bishop Elementary, and helped start Playhouse 395, the local theater company. Steve Elia is also an incumbent, and has a ton of experience on school budgets, and how to maximize student achievement. I hope Steve and Karen get elected.

The other two candidates are both MAGA culture warriors, and would only cause more COVID-era chaos, a la Moms for Liberty idiots. I hope they don't get in, as they're more concerned with obsessing over sex education, vaccine nonsense, and book banning.

 

Didja see it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't disagree. To have this controversy on top of that - ugh.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Feel free to look up the TouronsOfYellowstone Instagram account for a fun follow…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Precisely. I live near Yosemite National Park, and it would be an absolute disaster if there were enough hotels, campgrounds, and amenities to meet the demand. The demand FAR exceeds its capacity for tourists, but it would destroy the very reason for that demand if that actually happened.

So what did they do? Set rules for the number of tourists allowed in the park per day, and stuck to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯ Sure, you do you. I’ve backpacked solo for just over forty years now, and far prefer it. Technology makes it easier these days, so it’s easier than ever before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I do hike with a Garmin satellite communicator, but I disagree on hiking alone. I do that all the time, and have for decades. Just let someone know your itinerary, so SAR will know where to go, is all.

And these days, every new iPhone allows for emergency SOS satellite texting.

Cheers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It’s a shame. I did pay for lifetime, and that’s always a risk. Looks like this bet didn’t pay off. The money doesn’t bother me - more the fact that there isn’t a portrait-only Lemmy app that’s a good replacement. If anyone knows of one that’s as good and will stay in portrait without having to put the whole phone in portrait lock, please let me know…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Categories such as “education” are useful for limiting access for specific groups of devices. For example, if one class has a particularly mischievous group who keep going off task from their devices, rules can be created to whitelist certain categories, and only pass traffic that are in these more straightforward categories. Just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I work in K12 IT, and the reason is that all manner of categories are defined for both blacklisting and whitelisting when creating content filter rules. So while “education” would not be used for blocking, it would be useful for rules to apply to specific defined groups or devices which can only access specific categories (such as education). Just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Honestly, this baffles me. I work in K12 as a CTO, and when hiring techs or network admins, I always let applicants know during the interview when I will make the hiring decision, and they will receive an official letter of regret if they are not hired. I always keep resumes on file, as you never know if other opportunities come up. Why would any organization want to burn bridges with potential hires?

Maybe it’s just me being Gen X, but not hearing one way or the other would prompt me to pick up the phone, and at the very least check back to ask if they’ve made a decision after a week (maybe two) if I’ve interviewed…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, that patented "Sure-Align" neck joint is one of the best features that drew me to the SC series initially. It's great. I also love the neck profile - it's very much like the electric guitars I'm accustomed to. It's a fantastic instrument.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Dang, I guess it's being investigated as a homicide for sure. Pretty weird for Bishop. The guy's neighbor is a family friend, and she said he was being harassed for the past two weeks by someone, but that's all she said. No idea what that means.

Here's the update from Sierra Wave: https://sierrawave.net/homicide-investigation-inyo-county-sheriffs-office/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I mean, is there such a thing as a silent electric coffee grinder? I think I can live with it…lol.

My primary observation is that Baratza sells replacement parts for their grinders, and the parts are interchangeable in the Sette series, which I think is really cool.

Happy caffeinating!

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