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What’s a good magazine for interesting thought provoking articles?
I just realized my library card gives me access to an app I can borrow magazines from. And as someone trying to do less Lemmy scrolling at night and more long form reading, I’m wondering where to start. I generally like politics, philosophy, interesting facts, history, social issues. Also, I’m not American if that matters. What’s your favorite magazines!
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Well, today I learned the roof of my mouth is ticklish. I can’t even get through one letter!


Stupid question. How do you then get cash for that wherever you end up? Do you need a bank account?


29, Canadian, drive stick. I’d say maybe 30% of people I meet can? Much much less so for the under 25 group.


I live in a small town that was starting to be overrun by airbnbs. Local council and mayor have put bylaws in place now that make it costly and a less attractive option for homeowners. It especially punishes people who are renting out the whole place without living there. That way the economy still can continue and not bankrupt a bunch of people but people are dissuaded from airbnbing and are incentivized to sell rather than short term rent. Your community might already be looking into it, It’s a well known contributor to the housing crisis not just for buyers but limiting long term rentals available too. Look up short term rental bylaws or call your local city and ask.




I think it’s the opposite of what you’re saying (mostly bad, with some good apples), and in my years and years in and around all sorts of church’s it’s been the opposite - the good ones stand out, can get persecuted for it, and have an uphill battle ahead of them.

The system is set up in a way that the Leadership and participants would have to actively push against it in order to not be exercising power over others inappropriately. The Bible makes the promises: invest 10% of your income to the church, listen to the men in charge, obey your husband.




I appreciated the programmerhumor, sysadmin, and talesfromtechsupport subreddits for that vibe. I haven’t found equivalents here yet unfortunately.


I avoided drawing as much as I could and then got the fuck outta there. I knew I was limited in both attention to detail and giving a shit, both of which are crucial to drafting success!

I’m now still in the infrastructure world but big data sets, long term, and people focused.

Glad you found your fit bud. People who care are worth their weight in fuckin gold.


I was surprised to realize that I’m too tired for feedback.

Been a feedback junky my whole life and actively seeking it out. But after my last two jobs really beating me down without any sign of respect or good intention, I’m just totally burned out. Unless we have a very long standing, well established relationship based on mutual respect, and unless I know that you know more than me in the area we’re about to talk about… I don’t wanna hear how you think I’m doing and I don’t feel like doing it better right now.


As someone who was educated on the technical side but had to do drafting and was shit at both, I still think they are just totally different skillets and designers should be allowed to design scribble or whatever and people who are good at drafting should get a raise.



Agreed. Education does not = academia. I’d argue that right now the incentives for academia for the sake of academia is far higher than for education and learning. There’s something systematic there. I can’t tell where $100B would be the most effective but getting 20 years olds MBAs ain’t it.


It’s a good start but then their wealth just transfers to their next of whatever. Hire hitmen after and during investing in creating political changes that ensure wealth is more fairly distributed through society.


This pen is mine but I’ll let you borrow it for a month for free.

After a month it will be $5 per use. Or you can choose an $8/month option for an ongoing pen subscription. Think of that, you only need to use the pen TWICE this whole month to have maximized the pen value.

If you need different pens sometimes, for just $11.50/month I’ll get you access to my other two pen colours. These can be booked online using an exclusive, easy to use app.

Again, pen is totally free right now for one whole month so you can just go ahead and start using it. I just need to grab your credit card information to make future borrowing of the pen as convenient as possible for you.


I went there but only one post showed up. Couldn’t find a similar active one on lemmyworld. Is it a different server?


But what if my matter stream gets all mixed with someone else’s matter stream? Gross. What a mess.


Oh no. For some reason I thought we were manufacturing the sand used in construction and stuff. At what point do we stop stealing it and start making it? Is that actually any better?