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Colorado kills law that made it harder for cities to offer Internet service

State law forced cities and towns to hold elections before offering broadband.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/colorado-kills-law-that-made-it-harder-for-cities-to-offer-internet-service/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Colorado kills law that made it harder for cities to offer Internet service

State law forced cities and towns to hold elections before offering broadband.

Ars Technica
Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker

CNBC

Warren Buffett opposes the proposed #Omaha #Nebraska #streetcar
'In a letter to the World-Herald, the 92-year-old billionaire noted that he rarely takes sides on local issues in his hometown, but decided to “make an exception on the streetcar issue.'

https://journalstar.com/business/local/mistakes-cast-in-cement-warren-buffett-is-not-on-board-for-omahas-streetcar-project/article_9158e9b7-b825-550b-bc75-7273e8c6846e.html

He's definitely worried about public costs, and not his investments:
Chevron ($30.30 billion)
General Motors ($1.68 billion)
Occidental Petroleum ($12.12 billion)
Buffet Automotive ($9 billion in revenue at ~80 locations)

'Mistakes...cast in cement': Warren Buffett is not on board for Omaha's streetcar project

In a letter to the World-Herald, Warren Buffett noted that he rarely takes sides on local issues in his hometown, but decided to “make an exception on the streetcar issue.”

JournalStar.com

PCGamesN: "The Steam Deck is missing an important element – exclusives"

Me: With much respect: no.

Exclusives suck. The Steam Deck is a PC. It runs games made for Linux and Windows. It would mean making a game only for Linux and locking it to Steam Deck - just no. Can we please not entertain that idea?

Only console fanboy zealots like exclusives.

Would love to hear all the queer people's fave UPLIFTING queer movies & TV!!

Tired of all the fuccin sad queer content where my people die or get queerbashed etc all the time. Yeah i know life sucks for us, mkay? I just wanna not live in this world for a second & imagine a future where my people can be happy & safe. Thanks. 🥲💋

#queer #QueerContent #lgbtq #lgbtqCulture #movies #film #gay #trans #UpliftingStories #recommendations

Start reading where it says "I was an intern at spacex years ago"

https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd

oops all spiders

I was an intern at SpaceX years ago, back it when it was a much smaller company — after Elon got hair plugs, but before his cult of personality was in full swing. I have some insight to offer here.…

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This seems like an appropriate first comic for mastodon.
Was looking something up related to a book I'm editing and learned that "despite its appearance, kelp is not a plant." Listen. There's enough going on right now. I need kelp to be a plant.