Happy Blasphemy Day! - midwest.social

Be safe, but be blasphemous as well, my fellow free-thinking heathens! Keep passing the time in a meaningful way until you become worm food, my fellow creatures of star-stuff!

Forest Service logging at Bell Smith Springs in the Shawnee National Forest. - midwest.social

Forest Service is logging at Bell Smith Springs. Temp injunction issued to cease. Fight ongoing. I am not the original writer below. I copied and pasted, and left it intact, no edits, from Reddit. I’m just a citizen who is mad as hell to learn about this on my fb feed this evening. Bell Smith Springs means the world to me, even though I now live a quarter of a world away. Spread the word, support if you can. ““Bittersweet” that is how it felt taking this hike today with Sam Stearns at the beautiful Bell Smith Springs. Sweet in the majestic views, the ever present wildlife, the gorgeous trees that shaded our every step and the lovely folks we had the pleasure of meeting. But bitter in the knowlege that all of this is hanging in te balance due to the Forest Service selling off plots in the area to be clear cut logged. A lawsuit has already been filed and a order of restraint issued to stop this unnecessary misuse of public land but its not going to be as easy as that. All of us that have a love for this place need to come together and make ourselves heard so as to save Bell Smith. Anyone with questions, concerns, or donations please take the time to visit www.fobss.org [http://www.fobss.org/]. anything helps and everything is appreciated” -Andy Flector on Facebook, Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM -— There are some good videos (FB - sorry) (video1 [https://www.facebook.com/pfbid0Ld3jbR4VS4pWd5ZJUpAQQF53mp3p24tvbptw68W7HXBzueKmeRDxmMV8NNbcfZTml/videos/pcb.24538402725789197/1519558899174275] , video2 [https://www.facebook.com/pfbid0Ld3jbR4VS4pWd5ZJUpAQQF53mp3p24tvbptw68W7HXBzueKmeRDxmMV8NNbcfZTml/videos/pcb.24538402725789197/1476579786921430]) on fb, posted by Andy that feature local legend Sam Stearns speaking. He tells some good stories, some bad stories, and lays out some history and why what is happening is wrong. We need public support in opposition to destroying our precious parks.

Looking for Neomutt, but for calendars? - midwest.social

I’m making the switch to using Neomutt for my email, but I still have calendar data from several accounts I want to access locally. Is there something like neomutt, but for calendar data? Maybe an Obsidian plug-in, or some other OSS app I can configure? I’m using EndeavourOS (Arch), with the Sway DE, and would prefer staying away from KDE/Gnome based apps.

Bad storms in Williamson County - midwest.social

Local weather folks are reporting damage from tornados in Williamson County, south of Marion. If you know people there, reach out to check on their safety. If you live there, let us know you’re safe.

Turning my printer on v. turning it off - midwest.social

I have an older Canon MG6320 ink jet printer with a touch interface. Lately, my cats have decided sitting on the printer (one at a time) is a good idea. I’m fine with this – it keeps them off the desk, and they’re not going to break the printer. Even if they do, well, then I get to justify getting a new printer to my partner. Anyway, when they get on the printer, invariably they step on the power “button”, which means I have to hit the power button to undo what they did: - Turning on the printer takes rougly 1-2 seconds, and results in a short beep. - Turning it off, even right after it was turned on, takes roughly 60 seconds, with the printer clicking and clacking and whirring and making all sorts of noises that attract cats. I’ve taken to unplugging it when I don’t need it. I hate printers.

US: Contact your Rep about H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act - midwest.social

From the American Humanist Association: contact your Congresscritter - tell them to oppose H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.

Happy Blasphemy Day! - midwest.social

EFF: Stop the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act - midwest.social

Let your Congress-critters know this is not the right thing to do.

Q: Why do some musical artists bypass STL? - midwest.social

I’ve a friend who lives in San Francisco who is in a moderately successful band. They recently concluded a tour through the midwest, where they played Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Chicago, among other cities. No STL dates at all. Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade is on tour as well, and skipped STL but did play in Peoria, Louisville, and KC this spring. Last year, the closest Nightwish came was Chicago. I get Songkick notifications for other bands – mostly metal and eclectic – and more often than not, they are playing everywhere but STL. After living for 20+ years in Seattle, I miss having bands come and play even the small clubs. To avoid sounding petulant, there have been some tours I looked forward to that came to Pop’s in Sauget, but I’m sure there are other bands people here like that have bypassed STL venues as well. So: Anyone have any ideas why STL gets passed over in favor of Nashville and Louisville?