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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Let’s give it a shot. I live in the suburbs of Lincoln, Nebraska, which is an average-sized college town in the US (about 300k residents):

    • Nearest convenience store: 1.1 miles/1.7km (we often do walk there, takes about 20 minutes)
    • Nearest chain supermarket/big supermarket (they are often one in the same here): Target @ 1.5 miles/2.4km
    • Bus stop: 1.3 miles/2.1km
    • Nearest park: 0.6 miles/965m
    • Nearest public library: 3.5 miles/5.6km
    • Nearest train station: 9.1 miles/14.6km (we don’t really use trains much at all in the US, though)






  • I dunno, I ended up blocking the instance way before I knew about their reputation (like, when I first joined Lemmy) because all of the users their kept posting the most unhinged shit.

    I have definitely seen blatant apologism for China/Russia from them.

    FWIW, I’m much further left than your average Democrat (I consider myself a leftist/anarchist). I personally don’t consider what I’ve seen from them to be very “left”, just authoritarian.







  • It doesn’t destroy their brain (though screens for newborns can mess up eyesight development), but it also doesn’t provide any benefit at an extremely crucial time in their development. It definitely shouldn’t be something they’re doing frequently for long periods of time since that comes with a very real opportunity cost.