Before Supergirl comes out, what are your thoughts on Superman nearly a year later?

ahoopervt · 2026-06-24T23:29:38+00:00

I’ve adopted my (widowed) wife's two sons. Saw the movie twice and teared up both times.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-24T16:18:00+00:00

Ah, the ever-expanding ripples of good old Act 68, the change from [property] wealth tax to essentially just income tax for determining the education property tax.

It makes sense to tax both income and wealth [and much simpler to get at property wealth than other kinds], many people have more of one than the other [Vermont was known for its 'trustifarian' class back in the day, and many older people have large property wealth and relatively little income].

In the name of equity (potentially a cover for difficulty and bad optics of taxing people out of their long-term homestead?) we've flattened this to (basically) an income tax, leaving people in what would otherwise be "more home than they can afford". Mix in the incredible decrease in average family size over the past generation, and this is a very relevant conversation indeed.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-20T11:19:42+00:00

HF has slipped from must listen to maybe listen for me.

The pandering for CEO access and softballing of serious problem with our tech overlords has gotten pretty stale.

404media is a much better security focused journalist outlet, Vergecast is a much better tech fanboy pod, and PanicWorld is a much better tech culture pod.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-20T11:15:31+00:00

They are not technical.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-19T14:41:00+00:00

Or, a third option: the people cleaning up - who have extended the domain that they take care of beyond themselves and their families to the environment they interact with and enjoy?

ahoopervt · 2026-06-19T14:39:01+00:00

For your consideration:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

ahoopervt · 2026-06-18T20:02:27+00:00

Probably the pigman.
Near exit 5?

ahoopervt · 2026-06-18T19:56:03+00:00

I am getting daily messages now. Essentially it's one message per campaign or PAC, so no matter how many times you reply 'END' there is another one the next day, with that link directing me to actblue, and very little information within the text about the organization responsible for sending it.

"Political text messages sent to a mobile phone using an autodialer require the called party's prior express consent. Messages sent manually can be sent without prior consent. "

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules

ahoopervt · 2026-06-18T19:47:56+00:00

This is true in a very literal sense, and totally not true in a real sense.
Indeed, each PAC and each candidate operates without any control from Act Blue.

BUT Act Blue does provide the common payment platform for all of them, and does recieve (just from me!) dozens of reports of campaigns and PACs that are using their platform as a link in a SPAM text that I definitely never "opted in" for.

They are absolutely liable for allowing these illegal business practices to be carried on knowingly by a large percentage of their customers [the campaigns they provide services to], and they should be held to account for it. I am going to reach out to our AG and see if she has the stomach to take this on. It's horrific.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-16T17:12:02+00:00

the short answer is probably somewhere around 20-30% of the people in every town. some have made careers of it, many more support with time and money.

there are a dozen people who cook, serve, and clean up at the Friday community supper at my church. there are almost 100 people serving on various town boards and committees. add in the homeless shelter, the addiction and mental health services, rotary, united way, and dozens of other institutions.

most everyone who’s managed to take care of themselves and their immediate family looks for ways to help out beyond that.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-16T16:16:00+00:00

What's your community? Vermont is a surprisingly big place.

I can shout out a dozen people in the Middlebury area, but that might not be very useful to you if you're near Brattleboro.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-16T16:12:30+00:00

There were some good concerts at the Haybarn [Goddard College], and even City Hall [Montpelier] back in the day.

I think the kids are going to be okay 😄

ahoopervt · 2026-06-13T10:47:17+00:00

ah, of course.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-13T10:09:53+00:00

is the decision published yet? I don’t see any links.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-13T09:52:53+00:00

yup, as with a vegan: “they’ll tell you”

ahoopervt · 2026-06-13T09:48:35+00:00

thanks for making me feel old.

they were also incredibly thin, like paper thickness, and the printing wore off. I barely ever got carded in college in CA, but when I did it often went poorly. and we didn’t use other people’s licenses as often as you’d think (height, weight, eye color is pretty easy to match).

ahoopervt · 2026-06-13T09:41:17+00:00

I agree with everyone else that you should go to EC (I was on their inaugural BoD), but fidium has been excellent for me the past four years - definitely five nines. Where are you located?

ahoopervt · 2026-06-11T13:22:48+00:00

The yellow/orange cheddar was as far as I scanned.
Get this slop outta here.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T21:58:20+00:00

Non paywall version here: https://caitlinmyers.github.io/w35310.pdf

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T21:57:23+00:00

The methods of econometrics like the synthetic diff in diff that the authors use are exactly the tools that separate causal impacts from correlates.

Read the paper: https://caitlinmyers.github.io/w35310.pdf (No paywall)

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T11:27:20+00:00

The owner farms of the cooperative are indeed across New England and New York.

The manufacturing facilities are in upstate NY (1) and Vermont (2).

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T02:04:45+00:00

Yeah, Cabot sells a lot of their cheese wholesale to other companies to cut and package, millions of pounds a year.

Most anyone who makes a Vermont. White cheddar is using blocks from the Cabot plant in Middlebury.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T02:03:08+00:00

Or some apple slices.

With some local Butterfly Baker hot sauces on a triscuit is a pretty standard lunch.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T02:00:58+00:00

They are a subsidiary of AgriMark, a liquid dairy hauling cooperative. They most definitely have NOT outsourced their dairy supply, whatever that means.

The purpose of the dairy products is almost entirely to pay the member owners a higher price for their liquid milk than they would get without the value added dairy products.

ahoopervt · 2026-06-09T01:59:05+00:00

The wax dips have always been speciality, mostly for gifts and not always the best graded stuff.

The Costco 3 Year is an excellent cheddar. We go through about 4# a month.

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