merikus

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[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He lives in the area. It makes no sense. I would have seriously considered flying down for it, and I hate flying.

Agreed flairs would be nice, but my alma mater is a D3 so I’m always neutral. Generally root for Team Chaos.

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago

Hope he’s OK, he looks like he’s in pain.

Massive loss for Texas, even for a couple of series. They already look awful, losing a veteran center won’t improve things at all.

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not really. My wife’s family is from Texas but she’s not a big football fan (her dad actually turned down free tickets to this game which makes no sense to me).

I’m rooting for a good game more than anything else.

[–] merikus 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yeah. From before the kickoff they were way more energized than Texas. Texas looks hungover.

[–] merikus 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Presented By Head And Shoulders

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago

A run for negative yardage followed by an interception. It will be interesting to see if the Texas offense can put that behind them.

[–] merikus 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah the Allstate Red River Rivalry Presented By Head And Shoulders.

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago

Why doesn’t Kirk get a pick when he is doing the call? What does it matter to his commentary if he has an opinion? Half the commentators are clearly biased (Kirk bring one of the few who isn’t), so what does it matter?

[–] merikus 6 points 1 year ago

Recently started using it. Great app. Looking forward to seeing the update.

[–] merikus 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been on the Fediverse for years and I’ve never much encountered this. I curate my timelines very carefully. I don’t look at the Local or Federated timelines in Mastodon, Pixelfed, or Lemmy.

That said, I do the exact same thing with all social media. I don’t go to the subreddits that would have such content, don’t follow users on Twitter who spew this content, etc.

I’m not disputing that it’s there, because of course it is. But it’s also there on every other social media platform, and with far more resources these platforms haven’t been able to do nearly anything about it.

I don’t know what the answer is to this propaganda, and I want to make clear that I think it’s awful. But it’s the fault of social media writ large, not the Fediverse.

In fact, I’ve found the Fediverse to be better about calling it out and encouraging defederating offending instances than I’ve seen on traditional social media, which seems to shrug its shoulders at it at best and actively encourages it at worst.

[–] merikus 4 points 1 year ago

I love MACtion. That league is so well balanced and it’s fun watching them on a crappy Tuesday night. One of my favorite things about the college football season.

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago

I also posed this question over on Reddit, and here’s what some Redditors suggested:

https://asm.transitdocs.com/ - another map based train tracking website

https://www.railpassengers.org/resources/amtrak-timetables/ - traditional timetables for Amtrak and VIA

https://i0.wp.com/transitmap.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Amtrak2016_2500px.jpg - a “subway style” Amtrak map from 2019

https://ggwash.org/files/Northeast_Commuter_Rail_-_Lines_copy.pdf - a “subway style” map of the Northeast Corridor

https://moynihantrainhall.nyc/transportation/ - Official NYP departure board for Amtrak and LIRR

https://www.njtransit.com/dv-to/New%20York%20Penn%20Station - Official NYP departure board for Amtrak and NJT

Thanks to everyone who contributed links, if you have additional resources please post!

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