DecaturNature

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The affirmative action of generational wealth in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I suspect the 'affirmative action' trend also reflects the difference in ambition/drive between the low-income high achievers and the >70% high achievers. The low income group is smaller than the >70% group (look at the size of the 'above average odds' regios and the 'below average odds' regions). This is because most of the people in the low income group will never even apply for a private college -- only the strongest applicants apply. But from the >70% group, basically every kid applies to college, and they are much more comfortable applying for 'reach' colleges (even if it costs their parents a few hundred extra dollars). They've also gamed their test scores.

The affirmative action of generational wealth in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Rich folk are also good at gaming all the other criteria (varsity sports, extracurricular achievements). "opportunity hoarding" I think is the term that's been used, or resume padding. It's also about being able to pay full tuition.

I just don't like it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's apparently based on this painting (with apollo at the table, and bachus in the foreground) https://musee-magnin.fr/en/node/19

But more importantly, even if it were based on the Last Supper, I don't think this performance would necessarily be mocking Christianity.

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I just don't like it (yall.theatl.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3357080

Fixed that for you

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Pardon my French (yall.theatl.social)
 
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Glory! (yall.theatl.social)
 
this isn't about you in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Flesh-toned shirts always bother me

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this isn't about you (yall.theatl.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3356775

Dionysus wants you to know...

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Pardon my French (yall.theatl.social)
 
this isn't about you in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think that violates the 8th amendment.

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Merry pranksters (yall.theatl.social)
 
this isn't about you in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

time and place man, time and place

this isn't about you in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

live and let live

I just don't like it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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I just don't like it (yall.theatl.social)
 

Fixed that for you

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this isn't about you (yall.theatl.social)
 

Dionysus wants you to know...

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Water crises (yall.theatl.social)
 

Atlanta is currently suffering from a major water main break that has put half the city under a boil-water advisory. The city government is reportedly bringing in pallets of bottled water, so there hopefully will not be any real crisis here. But I expect this will be a wake-up call for a lot of people who have not given much thought to prepping.

There are also major droughts in Mexico City and Bogota, threatening to dry out their taps.

Do you all have any tips for folk with how to prep for loss of water service, especially for folk in cities where they may not have a ton of storage space or land for collecting water?

I'll start off by referring to the US FEMA guidelines: One gallon of water per person per day. In my experience the best format is those upright 1-gallon bottles with the opening in the top middle (not the milk-jug style with the handle).

Introducing Badger Swarm: New Project Helps Privacy Badger Block Ever More Trackers in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Privacy Badger has recently started blocking Twitter embedding for me (in the past few days). Does anyone know specifically what Twitter is doing to prompt this? For instance, see this thread on the Ukraine war on Daily Kos, which includes a lot of embedded Twitter posts https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/9/2204752/-Ukraine-Invasion-Day-625-RU-may-experience-redeployment-issues

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Is there a decision tree diagram for when/where I would see someone's post on Mastodon? (yall.theatl.social)
 

I understand the big picture for how mastodon works, but I am constantly running into edge cases where I don't know what to expect. Has anyone made a decision tree diagram (or flow chart) to show how Mastodon decides whether to show me someone's post, and where to show it?

A complete decision tree would cover at least the following settings:

  1. Post settings: Public; unlisted; etc.
  2. Individual connections: Individual follow, mute, block, etc.
  3. Boosts and replies
  4. Instance-level moderation (same server, suspended, silenced)
  5. timelines (home, local, federated), hashtag search, thread-view
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Why do kids sports teams fill up so quickly? (yall.theatl.social)
 

This may just be a Decatur thing, but I am getting pretty frustrated with how quickly the youth sports leagues around here fill up. More than once I've had to tell my kids that a league had filled up before I got them registered. And it's not just the city league -- the private leagues like the YMCA and Druid Hills Youth Sports fill up just as fast. I don't remember that ever happening when I was a kid, and that's not because my parents were especially on top of things. I can only speculate why this might be an issue, but I'd love to hear if others have noticed it and have an idea of what the limitation is. My ideas are:

  1. Density: Decatur has much higher density than where I grew up (Baltimore suburbs). Maybe there just are a lot more people per playing field, and the leagues are limited by space.
  2. Growth: Decatur's population has been growing rapidly over the past decade, especially it's youth population. Maybe the infrastructure -- both physical and organizational -- just hasn't kept pace. I hope Legacy park can make a difference.
  3. Popularity: Maybe more kids are playing in leagues these days (I've heard that's true)
  4. Traffic: Maybe I'm not willing to drive as far my parents were because there's a lot more traffic here.

Any other thoughts why this might be so hard?

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