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The long term socio-economic imoact of dating apps. Comparing 1980 vs. 2020, Americans became less selective on race and more selective on income and skill in choosing a spouse.

Researchers believe this accounts for 50% of the increase in household income inequality from 1980 to 2020.

edwardconard.com/macro-roundup…

in reply to Dare Obasanjo

They also became less selective on education. Maybe that should worry us a bit.
in reply to Dare Obasanjo

wow. I'm be digesting it for a while.
So many things that makes some much sense here.


β€œThey want more babies born, but they don’t want to pay for formula or healthy baby food. This thing is nuts.” Senator Debbie Stabenow dismantles #Project2025’s plan for agriculture & nutrition that β€œguts rural communities, rural towns” #InsideProject2025 #Velshi
msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-th…


For folks buying new Apple devices:

"If you buy a new iPhone or iPad and don't have enough iCloud storage to back up your current device using iCloud Backup, you're eligible to get temporary iCloud storage."

Worth reading this note from Apple, doing the prep before you start the transfer...

support.apple.com/en-us/104980
#Apple



Summer #storms in cities are more intense and frequent than in rural areasβ€”and now we know why> bit.ly/3CzL6tn


For a year, scientists had been perplexed by a β€œUSO.” Now, that mystery has been solved> bit.ly/3CzL6tn


Evening all,

A distressing week in #TheArchers where the mother called us to dob her son. He was apparently driving someone else’s car without permission, caused a crash, rescued the people and then put the blame for the crash on the car owner moving her into the driving seat. She said he’s a good lad really . . .

@thearchers

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in reply to WCOW The Archers

Servers with more than four choices are normally running customised versions or "forks" of Mastodon, such as Glitch Mastodon or Hometown Mastodon. Alternatively some admins have the needed skills to customise their own server directly.

There are some well-run Glitch and Hometown servers listed at fedi.garden/fediverse-servers-…

Unfortunately they don't always say on the server's descrption which extra features are active, but you could try asking the admins?



#Bridgy #Fed connects
πŸ”Έweb sites,
πŸ”Έthe fediverse, and
πŸ”ΈBluesky.

You can use it to make your profile on one visible in another,
follow people,
see their posts,
and reply
and like
and repost them.

Interactions work in both directions as much as possible.

♦️Got a fediverse account?
πŸ”ΈBridge it to Bluesky by following @bsky.brid.gy.

πŸ”ΈOr, follow a web site like example.com by searching for @example.com

See the docs for more info.

fed.brid.gy/

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The question for β€œThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” as season 5 begins this week is: How does the reality show top last season’s barn-burner of a finale?
sltrib.com/artsliving/2024/09/…


Europe saved its predators from the brink of extinction. So why is it killing thousands of bears, wolves and lynx? | Hunting | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…


Tags: #dandelΓ­on

via dandelion* client (Source)



Biden has said:

I have been briefed by my team regarding what federal law enforcement is investigating as a possible assassination attempt of former President Trump today.

A suspect is in custody, and I commend the work of the Secret Service and their law enforcement partners… t.co/rU9O1OoPMr

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options



This has more Downfall energy than an actual Downfall video


in reply to glasspshr

Those things are not pets and should only be handles by professionals, kept safely in Lathe Zoos or left free in the wild


β€œIt does not matter, to Vance, that these Haitian newcomers came here legally, under the Temporary Protected Status program. It does not matter that they filled a valuable need … What matters to Vance is who they are, where they come from and what they look like. They don’t belong to this soil, he might say, and therefore they don’t belong.” nytimes.com/2024/09/14/opinion…
in reply to Gabe OrtΓ­z

If Vance β€œhad a moral compass, a shred of decency or a belief in anything other than his own ambition and will-to-power, he would resign his Senate seat effective immediately, leave the presidential race and retire from public life, following a mournful apology for his ethical transgressions.”



Tonight's #Monsterdon film is #NightoftheComet (1984), starting in just under an hour (9 EDT). Viewers who want more later may enjoy a @skiffyandfanty podcast from 2017 about this -- the Torture Cinema subcast is usually about bad movies, but actually, they found a lot to love about this one.
skiffyandfanty.com/podcasts/33…


Folks, it is an hour until #Monsterdon, the weekly monster movie watch party. Now's a good time to mute the tag if you want to avoid it.

If you'd like to join in, this week we're watching NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984), a horror movie about a dusty comet, apparently. It's on Tubi and Pluto, or you can download it from Archive.org over here: archive.org/details/night.-of.…

We start at 9pm Eastern time! Be there or be Mondale!

#Horror #SciFi #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Movies



today’s bike adventure was taking my bike in to the shop and dang it did not want to stay in a gear :/

but i think that’s all chain age fuckery, the shop says the derailleur isn’t bent or anything, so while I’m still wondering about cable stretch I’m fine with blaming it all on the chain

also it needs new rear brake pads (one is cracked)

but they actively like my cargo hitch adapter and think it’s a good design which feels really nice and takes a load off my mind ^_^

and there is a specific quick release adapter for hitches that’s good with my bike! but it’s not cheap so maybe someday xD

anyway that’s why today’s #baking is just one set of #bagels and also running so late lol

#biking #BikeTooter

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Here's a youtube HD version with captions for #NightOfTheComet #Monsterdon tonight for anyone else who was looking, since it's 'unavailable in my location' on amazon prime for some reason

youtube.com/watch?v=K2BplZ133T…

#monsterdon in 16 MINUTES!!

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