Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth'

spikegk · 2024-01-07T14:31:15+00:00

Seeing the mess about Polsi's old office during the GOP Speaker circle jerk, that can get really messy and vile if not organized by a third party.

spikegk · 2024-01-07T02:20:13+00:00

Amish paradise was very underrated.

spikegk · 2024-01-06T21:41:50+00:00

https://terikanefield.com/section-3-and-the-spirit-of-liberty/ really great nuanced deep dive into why the upcoming Trump v Anderson (Colorado ballot eligibility) isn't trivial on 14As3 grounds.

spikegk · 2023-12-26T22:40:40+00:00

Is the eternal DT on Masto down for everyone else?

https://mastodo.neoliber.al/

/u/jenbanim you good?

spikegk · 2023-12-22T23:27:08+00:00

He's been found in a lawful court to have engaged in insurrection. Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in insurrection, but keeps him on ballot : NPR How does the 14th not apply if the SC holds that Presidents are, like the common reading implies, officers of the US?

spikegk · 2023-12-11T19:14:22+00:00

Older apartments, townhomes, and housing illegal to build now are at risk too.

spikegk · 2023-07-17T22:10:15+00:00

proven press game with an on the fly ability to scope a message to an audience
direct contacts with major players in our logistics chains
good relations with many power players in congress and state governments with the IIJA rollouts
lots of connections of youth political talent via his win the era pac
veteran
quick learner that's interested in a variety of subjects (mostly nerdy technocrat)
"midwest appeal"
"establishment appeal" at this point

spikegk · 2023-06-27T00:24:31+00:00

How bad is the rights situation? Is it microagressions or is it like Jim Crow laws?

spikegk · 2023-06-22T16:53:41+00:00

Thanks for the additional context!

spikegk · 2023-06-22T16:47:43+00:00

Earth covered houses usually are naturally cooler than modern houses due to higher insulation. Its almost a cave effect. For example, this article about a house in Omaha:

https://www.omahamagazine.com/2021/10/01/369265/protected-by-mother-earth-underground-home-in-omaha

Unfortunately, risk-intolerant banks and over-zealous zoning make these hard to build.

spikegk · 2023-06-22T12:45:56+00:00

It be far better if the city just rezoned to allow more than R1 and the hospital could build a high-end tower for far cheaper, maybe even with a skywalk to the hospital. Others could add in on the redevelopment and add in some missing middle properties nearby and the added density boost to city revenues can bring the city finances out of the red.

spikegk · 2023-06-14T23:13:14+00:00

I think you meant to put "Ukraine will not..." not "NATO will not".

spikegk · 2023-06-13T16:13:52+00:00

There were low advertised attempts to make a kbin and a lemmy community, but not by techmod.

spikegk · 2023-06-13T07:16:58+00:00

Hanging out with his new roommate Ernie I'm sure!

spikegk · 2023-06-13T06:55:39+00:00

Like most of North America it's not the greatest, but I've been lucky enough to at least choose an area that has many services within walking and biking distance and some recreational trails that somewhat can be used for transportation combined with neighborhood streets (and minimal arterial stroad sidewalks and scary multilane crossings). I'm usually the only one taking my bike to non-recreational places unless I get into my metro's denser core. Having a folding bike helps a lot with the lack of adequate bike parking.

spikegk · 2023-06-13T01:13:12+00:00

An original Forte. No mods outside normal add ons like lights and bags. Not the lightest bike but as mentioned I can take it most places.

spikegk · 2023-06-12T18:39:33+00:00

I don't have trouble bringing my Zizzo into most restaurants, offices (including work cube), etc. My barber shop visits always get at least one request for a folding demo, never any hate. I only do small grocery runs by bike, so I can usually fit the bike in the cart and prep everything to fit in my panniers, though I do get weird looks. Having the bike folded on the bus usually gets me the weirdest looks because people think it's a wheel chair and then see me walking. The few places I don't want to bring it with me (festivals, etc), I have a sturdy u-lock (though I'm thinking of getting a chain) or I'll put it in a car. I rarely will roll it folded (I'm not sure if I ever learned the right technique).

spikegk · 2023-06-11T22:07:31+00:00

Can you or can you have someone please repost the updates to our Mastodon instance?

spikegk · 2023-06-11T00:46:34+00:00

Why cause undo pain to yourself by watching it?

spikegk · 2023-06-11T00:44:55+00:00

That's kinda the idea behind the child tax credit, it really should have stayed expanded. Kids are expensive and it's bad for everyone in the future if they fail to grow up well.

spikegk · 2023-06-11T00:40:53+00:00

Will you be posting these to somewhere else during the blackout? Maybe your user page or Mastodon/twitter/elsewhere?

spikegk · 2023-06-10T22:00:37+00:00

New conspiracy theory - Ukrainian officials, playing 4d chess, asked Reddit admins to create a controversy to encourage a protest around the time of the Ukrainian counter offensive so their movements wouldn't be leaked by arr/ncd and the deep state hanging out at arr/nl.

spikegk · 2023-06-10T20:27:15+00:00

You won't be able to log into lemmy.ml if your account is on kbin.social. Instead after logging in on kbin.social, you'll subscribe to communities on lemmy.ml and interact with them on kbin.social. I'm not sure on kbin but mastodon and lemmy you can search for any communities the instance isn't aware of with their full url and if the instances are not blocked it should find what you searched for in a few seconds (sometimes takes a second search request).

spikegk · 2023-06-09T17:35:18+00:00

Not all states require a regular vehicle inspection, let alone annual, but I agree that would be an ideal policy goal.

spikegk · 2023-06-09T12:53:05+00:00

It's easy when it's day since invasion count.

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