Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
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Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82 - midwest.social
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/39826599
[https://sh.itjust.works/post/39826599] > Sly Stone, the American musician who
lit up generations of dancefloors with his gloriously funky and often socially
conscious songwriting, has died aged 82. > > “After a prolonged battle with COPD
and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by
his three children, his closest friend and his extended family,” a family
statement reads. “While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his
extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for
generations to come.”
Michigan lawmakers pass almost 100 bills in marathon 19-hour session
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Michigan lawmakers pass almost 100 bills in marathon 19-hour session - midwest.social
> Michigan lawmakers didn’t just pass an $83 billion budget
[https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigans-83b-budget-deal-boosts-housing-scraps-whitmers-trash-fee-hike]
early Thursday, they also approved nearly 100 other bills during a marathon
19-hour session before finally breaking for summer recess. > Some of the bigger
policy changes, such as opening the Legislature
[https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/government-transparency-plan-passes-michigan-senate-which-had-been-roadblock]
and governor’s office to Freedom of Information Act requests and expanding
unemployment benefits
[https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-house-votes-expand-unemployment-benefits-26-weeks-gop-fumes]
to 26 weeks, made immediate headlines. Read on to learn more about the “Taylor
Swift bot ban” and the bill against the ludicrous “Gay Panic Defense.” *** Anger
or hatred is like the fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure
that we are not caught by it. – Gautama Buddha
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Scrunter - She Wants Me To Sing In The Party
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Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans
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Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans - midwest.social
> On February 3, 2023, a freight train owned by Norfolk Southern carrying
thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals derailed in the town of East Palestine
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio], Ohio… For days, flames
engulfed the rail cars, which contained highly hazardous materials, including
vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate, used in the production of plastic. A thick,
tall plume of black smoke billowed from the accident site and forced the
evacuation of thousands of residents. Now, scientists say that traces of this
pollution was found across 16 states
[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad52ac], spanning 540,000
square miles from Wisconsin to Maine to South Carolina. > When [David] Gay
[National Atmospheric Deposition Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison]
and his colleagues began their research, they expected pollution in western New
York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The reality, he said, was much more extensive. A
low pressure system helped push pollution over parts of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Pollution likely made its way into all the Great Lakes, except Lake Superior, he
noted. Further reading: - from Grist, “1 year after the toxic train derailment,
is East Palestine safe? Depends on whom you ask.”
[https://grist.org/accountability/is-east-palestine-safe-depends-who-you-ask/]
*** Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. – Gautama Buddha
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Small population of invasive juvenile spotted lanternfly confirmed in Monroe County
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Small population of invasive juvenile spotted lanternfly confirmed in Monroe County - midwest.social
> According to the state, a small population of juvenile spotted lanternfly was
recently detected in Lambertville
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambertville,_Michigan] [Monroe County]. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture confirmed the findings last week. Spotted lanternfly
[https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/-/media/Project/Websites/invasives/Images/ID/Insects/Spotted_lanternfly.jpg?rev=1f8a6c535f4549a9a5a1196180568526&hash=689FC8F22984516E1D923ECD486B13D8&w=+1400]
Adult spotted lanternfly. Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
bugwood.org [http://bugwood.org] > “The infestation was detected through spotted
lanternfly monitoring traps deployed by Michigan State University (MSU), as part
of collaborative survey initiatives with MSU, MDARD, and the USDA,” MDARD’s
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division Director. Steve Carlson said in a
statement. “This work is a critical component of our ongoing efforts to identify
and limit the spread of spotted lanternfly in Michigan.” > The spotted
lanternfly is an invasive plant hopper native to eastern Asia. It was first
found in the U.S. in 2014 and spread rapidly. See it. Squish it. Report it.
[https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/insects/spotted-lanternfly]
According to Michigan.gov [http://Michigan.gov]’s Michigan Invasive Species
website… > Spotted lanternfly feeds on more than 70 different plants including
grapes, apples, hops and hardwood trees. The insects cause direct damage by
sucking sap from host plants and secreting large amounts of a sugar-rich, sticky
liquid called honeydew. This honeydew and the resulting black sooty mold can
kill plants and foul surfaces. The honeydew often attracts other pests like
yellow jackets, flies, and ants, affecting outdoor recreation and complicating
crop harvests. *** Anger or hatred is like the fisherman’s hook. It is very
important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. – Gautama Buddha
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Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross, Jeordie White - Warm Leatherette
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Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross, Jeordie White - Warm Leatherette - midwest.social
The Fluoxetine Quartet, a ray of sunshine each and every one of 'em, captured
live way back in June 23, 2006 CE, circa five years after the fall of the Roman
Empire. Reference-1000Hz-Tone BONUS: - The Normal (Daniel Miller
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Records]) - Warm Leatherette
[https://iv.datura.network/watch?v=eqb8rcasYy8&listen=1] The minimalist classic.
*** A lot of people don’t realize what’s really going on. They view life as a
bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don’t realize that there’s this,
like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything.
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0.19.5: edits to community sidebar mangle shields.io-linked badges
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0.19.5: edits to community sidebar mangle shields.io-linked badges - midwest.social
Over at [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] we’ve got a sidebar with
a “total subscribers” shields.io [http://shields.io] badge, like many other
communities all over the Lemmyverse do. I made a simple, non-badge-related edit
to the sidebar and due to what seems an aggressive image proxy, the shields.io
[http://shields.io] badge address gets mangled after the edit is saved. This is
!music
[https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/37781454-edc5-4929-a309-d1ea7a0c338d.jpeg]
This is “Community Info” from [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] on
Jerboa. At the bottom of the screen is the midwest.social/api/v3/image_proxy
image. This is !detroit
[https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/8264885f-d93d-44f7-a834-8e2bd35f241c.jpeg]
This is “Community Info” from [email protected]
[/c/[email protected]] on Jerboa, as an example of a working badge. At the
bottom the screen is the working shields.io [http://shields.io] badge. The
pre-save preview shows everything as should be. It’s only when the edit is saved
does the badge address get mangled. I contacted our fearless leader,
@[email protected] [https://midwest.social/u/seahorse], and he changed an
image proxy setting. Now [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] works
as it should. Any further details or information in regards should be asked of
him. Thanks. *** Workers of The World…Relax!
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Premature Fulmination, Michigan Edition
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Premature Fulmination, Michigan Edition - midwest.social
Possibly following in the traditions of Christmas decorations in November and
summer Black Friday sales, some municipalities have been celebrating American
Independence Day weeks in advance. Much of a super-genius as I am, I never
really understood what’s the rush. In any case, the linked article from our pals
over at BridgeMichigan lists the pyrotechnic spectacles planned and already
passed here in the Great State of Talktothehand-and-Belial. Just
to—ehmmm—present the other side of the coin for those who appreciated a pretty
explosion, here’s Planet Detroit’s “Michigan fireworks add to air quality
problems”
[https://planetdetroit.org/2024/06/michigan-fireworks-add-to-air-quality-problems/].
Screw humans: maybe it is time to consider a different way to celebrate the
Fourth of July: from the Humane Society: “Fireworks: An explosion of fear for
animals”
[https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/fireworks-explosion-fear-animals] Oh,
and a premature Happy Canada Day
[https://www.canada.ca/en/services/culture/events-celebrations-commemorations/major-events-celebrations/canada-day.html]
to our friends to the North…uh, and South
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario]! *** What We Want Now
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)#Contents]
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The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - midwest.social
You can listen to any of the near-infinite versions of this song…but none match
the beauty and power of this version, lead vocal by the great Tony Williams.
Close your eyes… Swoon-City BONUS: - The Platters - Only You, And You Alone
[https://invidious.drgns.space/watch?v=rAUJSc6unAg] - The Platters - The Great
Pretender [https://invidious.drgns.space/watch?v=RBj2HN2uuNA] *** Perfection is
just a way to escape from having nothing to say. – Dieter Meier
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