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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

That was a TOUGH read. It came up in my fantasy kick back in the 80s, so many other better books to read!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Kind of the whole point of the "Dirty Jobs" show.

Two kinds of jobs:

One, where you need a shower before you go to work.

Two, where you need a shower when you get home from work.

We value One and devalue Two. NGL, I've done both, I don't know, physically, that I could go back to Two.

Bonus, Three, can't remember the last time you showered because you work from home. LOL.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

More media, fewer people. 😉

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Please state the nature of the sausage emergency.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

That's something I've been telling people for years... Treat the Internet as you would the largest city you know of.

Would you take your kid to Times Square, turn them loose and say "Go have fun!" Of course not, that's insanity.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

That would be a fun way to implement a quarantine... Posts and comments by new users are only available to other new users. 😉

Kind of like the "Hide Bots" toggle. "Hide New Users".

As far as THEY know, they're active participants.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The Harry Potter books don't start getting good until he finally ditches the Dursleys full time. I think starting with the 3rd book?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

942 days is nothing though... 2 and a half years?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 47 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"a family of four needs $136,500 a year"

I could see that, more likely in more expensive areas. You aren't getting anywhere in New York or San Francisco on $140K.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Sex at Dawn. Proposed as a ethno-biographic history of monogamy / non-monogamy which is an important topic, but good god so stupidly written.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like one of the L. Ron Hubbard trash... Battlefield Earth?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, I've been banning them for bad faith engagement in my communities with the "Remove Content" toggle, and it's gotten to the point now where they are still creating accounts but not bothering to post in my communites, so that's good.

But the pattern of communities they post to with low/no/amenable moderation still lets them flood the channel.

 

Looks less and less like "worst of the worst" and has always been "brownest of the brown".

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39111789

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

 

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

 
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Tuesday is election day in the US so I'm putting up the sticky a couple of days early so folks can get ready for the big ones to watch.

The US has a couple of different kinds of elections:

The Presidential election - Every 4 years, last one was 2024, next one is 2028. Also generally has a primary earlier in the year followed by the general election in November.

Mid-Term elections - Even numbered years that aren't Presedential are Mid-Terms, State and Local issues, along with every congressperson and 1/3rd of the Senate. Next one is 2026.

Off-Year elections - You are here. State and local elections, Governors, Mayors, things like that.

There are the odd "Special Elections" too for when someone dies or is replaced, but that doesn't apply here.

So what are we all watching this week? Feel free to namedrop your favorites in the comments, but here are some big ones:

  1. New York City Mayor - Looks like Mamdani is the walk away favorite here, but we'll see!

Live Results:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-york-city-2025-mayoral-election

Edit 91% of the vote is in, Mamdani is STILL over 50%, which is amazing considering the polling had him ahead but no poll had anyone over 50%.

Mamdani (Dem) - 50.4% - 1,036,051
Cuomo (Ind) - 41.6% - 854,995
Sliwa (GOP) - 7.1% - 146,137

  1. California Prop 50 - This is the one that would re-district California to eliminate Republican House seats, a response to Texas and other states doing the same to eliminate Democratic seats.

Edit Polls JUST closed, like 2 minutes ago, races is already called in favor of Prop 50.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-california-proposition-50-congressional-redistricting.html

"The race was called before any votes were reported, which often means the call was based on polls and other data."

64% counted, not even close:
Yes - 64.6% - 4,444,629
No - 35.4% - 2,433,216

Live Results:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-california-2025-election-on-proposition-50

  1. Virginia Governor election - Democratic candidate Spanberger is the favorite, State Attorney General is much tighter. Thought to be one of the races that will be a referendum on Trump.

https://emersoncollegepolling.com/virginia-2025-spanberger-leads/

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-virginia-2025-gubernatorial-election

Edit Spanberger won!
Abigail Spanberger - Dem - 1,227,888 - 55.3%
Winsome Earle-Sears - GOP - 987,939 - 44.5%
Total Write-ins - 4,566 - 0.2%

Lt. Governor also went to the Democrat, Attorney General too close to call.

  1. New Jersey Governor election - Much tighter than Virginia. Like Virginia, this is thought to be a referendum on Trump, Republican Jack Ciattarelli has the Trump endorsement. Neither side seems to be walking away with it at this point.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/can-democrats-find-their-footing-tight-new-jersey-governors-race-tests-trumps-2025-10-30/

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-jersey-2025-gubernatorial-election

Edit With 60% of the vote in, race called for Sherrill, up 14 points over Ciattarelli.

  1. Pennsylvania Supreme Court election.

Edit Voters look to be keeping all 3 Democratic candidates by an 80/20 margin, but only 16% of the vote is counted.

  1. Texas 18 Congressional District

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-updates-election-day-2025

52% of the vote counted and three separate Democrats are polling ahead of the Republican? In TEXAS?

Oh... HOUSTON... that tracks.

Christian Menefee - Dem - 12,688 - 32.5%
Amanda Edwards - Dem - 9,836 - 25.2%
Jolanda Jones - Dem - 7,375 - 18.9%
Carmen Montiel - GOP - 2,534 - 6.5%
Isaiah Martin - Dem - 1,837 - 4.7%

 

You might have heard that with the government shut down, SNAP benefits for November (you might know them as "food stamps" though that's not technically accurate anymore) are at risk:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/americans-prepare-halt-snap-benefits-im-hungry-kids/story?id=126908769

Well, a local coffee shop here is stepping up:

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Check your local community, people are pulling together!

The coffee shop estimates a breakfast burrito and coffee is $15 so I'm kicking in 10 meals worth, I challenge other folks to do something similar.

 
 

OregonLive is known for gating links after the fact, so here's the important bit for folks living under the Sinclair or Nexstar umbrellas:

"If you live in a broadcast region run by the Sinclair or Nexstar media companies, you can only watch the full Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Hulu (free trial) streaming the day after it airs, or you can watch Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue and more clips from the show on YouTube shortly after it airs (this should be some time after 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday)."

Thanks to the East Coast feed, the monologue is already online.

 

"In total, law enforcement discovered 300 SIM servers – over 100,000 SIM cards – enabling encrypted, anonymous communication and capable of sending 30 million text messages per minute. Officials say the servers were so powerful they could have disabled cell phone towers and launched distributed denial of services attacks with the ability to block emergency communications like EMS and police dispatch."

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