Organizing in Michigan, once a union stronghold, has symbolic significance. […] Votes for the other Michigan locations are expected to be collected in the first week of June.

[Full article: Archive.today, 12ft Ladder]

This is a tragic moment in the history of America’s Finest News Source. Our reporters are deeply troubled by this unfounded attack on their principles, and many of them say they no longer recognize the website they live in.

“The Avalon Village is an eco-village in the making,” Mama Shu says. “We’re rebuilding our neighborhood. We are using all things that are healthy for the environment and more economical to rebuild our space in this community.”

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/110687

Today I’m getting a lot of FetchError or 404 error messages when browsing midwest.social via the web. I get them on every other page load. Here’s a sample:

404: FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site

404: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'person')

404: FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site? reason: Unexpected end of JSON input

No idea if it’s the same in other Lemmy clients.

Is it just me or does anyone else see it too?

Robin Pacquing describes herself as obsessed with surfing the Great Lakes, where waves can get as high as 2.5 meters […] “If the winds are strong and you’re willing to drive, you can find surf within a three-hour radius of Toronto,” she said.

Nine media judges spent hours tasting and selecting from waters sourced in sixteen states, three Canadian provinces and eighteen foreign countries. […] Conclusion of the daylong water tasting is the famed “water rush” where the audience is invited to take home hundreds of bottles of water sent as part of the judging. While it takes hours to arrange the bottles, the crowd spent less than ten minutes making it all disappear.

[More coverage: Associated Press]

This investigative series offers an unprecedented look at the way local and federal law enforcement employed advanced technology tools to create a surveillance system for monitoring protests in the Minneapolis metro area in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The system spread far beyond the confines of its publicly declared mission and it’s not going anywhere: by all indications, the system is built to last.

When the Gordie Howe International Bridge opens in 2024, with a toll-free bicycle and pedestrian lane of its own, the Great Lakes Way will be connected to 2,237 miles of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail and nearly 17,400 miles of the Trans Canada Trail, said John Hartig, chair of the Great Lakes Way advisory group for the Community Foundation.

[Full article: Archive.today, 12ft]

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/78810

“He invented GIF all by himself — he actually did that at home and brought it into work after he perfected it,” his wife Kathaleen said. “He would figure out everything privately in his head and then go to town programming it on the computer.”

I hear Michiganders who say this is our thing, but I have a strong feeling that this isn’t exclusive to us.

When we are facing real threats of death, we cannot seek queer joy. When we do not have stable housing, secure employment, access to health care, or community, we cannot seek joy. When we see others who are kept from living as themselves, we cannot seek joy. But queer joy should be what we move toward. It is the end goal, and we should have some of it now to remind us of why we are fighting.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/75853

Back in the early nineties, hardcore and jungle dominated the UK dance music scene. These massive tracks were created on limited hardware and computers you’d usually associate with playing games. Pete Cannon recreates an authentic jungle sound by combining modern technology with the original hardware used to create these tracks.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/75784