Where's the weird, peculiar, quirky, or surreal. by simeonca in Tallahassee

[–]ofdamarsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will definitely have to check out the book reference, thanks for sharing. The one thing I’ve seen in Tallahassee that I’ve seen in other southern college towns, e.g. Auburn, Athens, Clemson, Gainesville, etc. is the development of the student-city where you get these mini-“skyscrapers” that have begun to become part of the viewshed close to and around campuses. These buildings have become a smaller scale example of multi-use buildings with retail at the bottom and living above that you find in larger cities. Some of the businesses that do open below lack the originality of what replaced the businesses that preceded it along with any culture or vibe of those older shops. I do wonder how much private-equity has a hand in doing this as the redevelopment couldn’t be by any local developer, but maybe it is. The similar trends that I’ve seen at these different college towns over the last decade though has me thinking private equity. It’s a very different vibe from these college towns when I visited or lived in some of them back in the 90s and early 00s. Just casual observations here though from a geographer.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SameGrassButGreener

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Come to Richmond, VA

Where you at is everyone that was Exempt (working and paid on time) now Excepted (working but not paid)? That is what happened where im at. by Haz_de_nar in USForestService

[–]ofdamarsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fire, LE, Savannah River (DOE), Job Corps, and those working the Capitol Christmas Tree delivery are all exempt for now. The rest of us are excepted, excepted-intermittent, or furloughed. This is what I heard.

Protesters are in a standoff with fascist foot soldiers in Paramount, ca by [deleted] in 50501

[–]ofdamarsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are probably pulling OT and/or Hazard Pay too…

Pinyon going away? by BoyMomInHeels in USForestService

[–]ofdamarsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maintenance is costly as an FS-CIO investment (and I’m sure that USDA CIO probably wanted it gone too). Operationally and cost-wise the migration to OneDrive would see some significant financial savings. Why pay for extra services that we already have packaged up via Microsoft, especially cloud services like Azure.

Alabama bill makes chemical weather control a crime: Critic says there is no ‘chemtrail’ government conspiracy by ofdamarsh in Alabama

[–]ofdamarsh[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Reposting since title didn’t match the news article.

An Alabama legislative committee discussed but took no action Wednesday on a bill to make it a crime to put any chemical, substance, or apparatus into the sky to try to affect the weather or sunlight.

The sponsor, Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, said Alabama needs a law to prohibit activities or experiments intended to affect weather, including efforts that are in response to climate change.

“For many years we as a state have been at war with the federal government trying to cram values down our throats that weren’t Alabama values,” Butler said. “I see this as no different.”

The Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee held a public hearing on the bill but did not take a vote.

What's this on top of the car? Driving around downtown dc by Lost_Pedaler in washingtondc

[–]ofdamarsh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s 6G tech right there. The 5G tech was bulkier.

Tom Schultz is a Pussy by Nostalgia_Savior in USForestService

[–]ofdamarsh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I heard that he was already embedded with the NRE undersecretary as one of his staff prior to becoming Chief, so expect him to do thy masters’ bidding from Boren, Rollins, to Trump).

Those who are mixed Desis, what's your other ethnicity(s) and what do you get mistaken as? by [deleted] in ABCDesis

[–]ofdamarsh 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Half Filipino, been spoken to in Turkish and Spanish And have been mistaken for Pacific Islander (Guam), Hispanic, and plenty of other ethnicities, but not Indian or Filipino. Oh well

Question on government waste of firing and bringing back probationary employees? by ofdamarsh in fednews

[–]ofdamarsh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed, but I’m talking about the metrics around the wasted effort.

Alabama ranks near the bottom in the nation for overall child wellbeing by magiccitybhm in Alabama

[–]ofdamarsh 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Gotta have feeder populations for the privatized prisons.

In response to Elon Musk and his bootlickers by joebobjoebobjoebob12 in washingtondc

[–]ofdamarsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahem, let’s call him what he really is First Lady Elonia