MNByChoice

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Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 points 8 hours ago

they have aggressively tackled obesity in recent years

Actually doing something? Good on them!

Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago

With a chocolate bar? I see it has less refined sugar, but it could still have the same amount of sugar.

Ready for Friday night in c/humor@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 13 hours ago

Not the "getting laid" vibe.

Kash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Him in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 13 points 13 hours ago

Good thing the system already selects for people that can pass polygraphs without much issue.
It is also junk technology.

Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 66 points 13 hours ago (13 children)

Not objecting, but what is the motivation of the Mexican government to do this? Have they done similar things before?

Which hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 21 hours ago

One way money transfers, controlling people's time and career aspirations, dividing families, rape, and murder.

Not all "Influencers", but some notable cases.

Los Angeles paid $400M+ in 4 years to people hurt/killed on the streets. LA spends more money paying off people injured or killed by its street designs than it spends making streets safer. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 points 21 hours ago

Interestingly, not a video about police brutality, but about known unsafe roads.

The Reason Why Most Conservative Redditors Are Scared To Move Here in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 21 hours ago

Regressives do be link that.

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Federal immigration agents blockade Camarillo farm, clash with demonstrators (www.vcstar.com)
 

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https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vcstar.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2025%2F07%2F10%2Fimmigration-raid-near-camarillo-sets-up-clash-with-ice-protesters%2F84540242007%2F

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First three paragraphs, article is longer:

Federal immigration agents descended on a farm outside of Camarillo on July 10, blocking off a road outside the facility and clashing with protesters.

Reports flooded social media in the morning of federal agents arriving at a Glass House Farms facility at 645 Laguna Road. Video posted by 805 Immigrant Coalition, a group that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, showed men in tactical gear blocking off a roadway.

The raid marked one of Ventura County's largest since the Trump administration has ratcheted up its deportation efforts across the state and country. Days earlier, a large caravan of military vehicles drove through Los Angeles' MacArthur Park, sparking outrage from politicians.

‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends? in c/mentalhealth@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

To counterbalance the "woe is me" (which is a perfectly valid life experience, and I do not mean to diminish it). I am posting so that people with no life experience do not think the "woe is me" is the only experience.

Decent adult straight men exist. We are just busy with family, careers and volunteering. One will not meet us in a bar as we, collectively, don't have time for that. Volunteer for a cause one supports, and one will meet people one likes more.

As an aside, do men have the same issues as women in meeting "good" men? And is our collective taste in men rubbish? Is it something "we" are all watching on TV?

Edit: Really great article by the way. It is long with lots of examples and personal stories from men around the USA.

Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters in c/workreform@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 34 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Ballot actions do nothing if Regressives are elected.

Ballot actions AND Progressives!

That's when Americans realized what this was and the 2nd amendment people proved themselves to be right all along. Jk. in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 23 hours ago

Education on firearms does not have to come from the NRA.

https://socialistra.org/

Buttery males strike back! in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this CGI, or did it really happen?

For those wondering, the women seem to be people that accused Bill Clinton of rape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Broaddrick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Shelton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Willey

When it comes to rape, "the cleanest dirty shirt" does not apply.

Maybe the President, Congress, and law enforcement should all be held to a higher standard?

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One Solution for Jellyfin Library Scan Hangs - No Errors Logged, CPU Idle (midwest.social)
 

Hoping this helps someone in the future... (Likely myself when I forget all of this and reinstall.)

Setup: "OS install" of Jellyfin on Debian with package 10.10.7+deb11. Videos hosted on a FreeBSD and mounted with NFSv3.

When scanning libraries to find new videos, either the scan pauses midway through indefinitely, or completes quickly. CPUs are idle, several Jellyfin processes in state "D". No information logged in Jellyfin logs. One error in dmesg note about nfs lock files (one every few hours).

Can partly diagnose with these commands from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-v14-1-release-p3-nfsv3-no-lock-available.94531/ and user "tanis":

touch /data/test/myfile
# obtain nfs lock from FreeBSD client
lockf /data/test/myfile true && echo ok || echo nok
# obtain nfs lock from Linux client
flock /data/test/myfile true && echo ok || echo nok

If the flock hangs, then the fix is to disable NFS locking. Add "nolock" to the NFS mount options.

After remounting and starting the scan, the Jellyfin processes should produce a lot of CPU load and network traffic.

Discussion: Why did the scan work completely for one and only one folder? I suspect ffprobe was not invoked for the successful run, but my other folders have home movies and are not easily detected.

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Are there Designs for Kiddie Pool Water Filters? (midwest.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink
 

Is there a tested way to keep water from a very small pool safe week to week? Think of the ~20 cm deep hard plastic ones meant for children.

I can water the plants, but I would like to reuse the water all summer. I imagine a closed cycle container with a filter, pump, and chlorine in a 50 gal drum. While I could devise my own, it seems best not to.

Thanks!

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Democratic state politician and husband shot dead in targeted attack, Minnesota officials say (www.bbc.com)
 

Posting as site has timeline of updates, which makes it easier to track updates.

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What is this Taco Don thing? (midwest.social)
 

What is this Taco Don I keep hearing about? Is this a play on Taco John's(restaurant)?

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Trump’s tariffs weigh heavy on truckers as overseas shipments sink (minnesotareformer.com)
 

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There are more than 56,000 semi-truck drivers and another 18,000 light truck drivers in Minnesota, according to the state Department of Employment and Economic Development, meaning widespread layoffs and reductions in income could ripple throughout the greater economy.

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St. Paul, Minnesota Wild scale back plans for Xcel Energy Center revamp to $488M (bringmethenews.com)
 

What's more, the city and team are drastically reducing their request for state funding, down from the $394.6 million suggested in March to just $50 million in Thursday's proposal.

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MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist (minnesotareformer.com)
 

The Minnesota Republicans sponsoring the bill include Shane Mekeland (Clear Lake), Krista Knudsen (Lake Shore), Assistant GOP Floor Leader Walter Hudson (Albertville), Jeff Dotseth (Silver Township), Tom Murphy (Underwood), Pam Altendorf (Red Wing), Keith Allen (Kenyon), and Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore Isaac Schultz (Elmdale). Several have also sponsored a marginally less extreme bill (HF 3152) that would make administering mRNA vaccines a misdemeanor subject to a $500 penalty.

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Detailed guides on siding? (midwest.social)
 

My house was resided, and my city doesn't do inspections. I have concerns about workmanship.

I don't know the terms for the parts to look up everything individually.

Are there any good guides to installing metal siding.

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Federal cuts threaten to close Pennsylvania lab that certifies N95s and other respirators in June (penncapital-star.com)
 

The Pa. laboratory that certifies all of the country’s NIOSH-approved respirators is on the chopping block. HHS is stonewalling employees who raise questions.

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Amid economic uncertainty and boycotts, Target foot traffic has dropped two months in a row (Bring Me The News) (bringmethenews.com)
 

Boycott of Target is making an impact on Target's numbers.

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What products should be produced locally? (midwest.social)
 

I am looking for ideas on what products should be produced locally. Not things that your area can do sn awesome job at and export. Rather things that should be locally produced near everyone.

Feel free to define "locally" as you wish. I am thinking with 5 miles, but with 200 is also good.

Please include your reasoning. Everything from shipping costs, to ownership "punch-ability" are great.

I will kick things off in the comments.

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