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Story on the rescue from the LA Times

 

This is my new boss. She's worked at Mono County Office of Education for 17 years, so I know her well. I think she'll do a good job, so I was happy with the appointment.

 

It's important to elect sane people to your local school board, and not insane culture-warriors, so please take a look at the interviews. These three candidates are entirely normal, and NOT the ones you need to look out for.

Jason interviews Karen Keehn and Steve Elia for school board. Both are former teachers IN the district, and are excellent candidates who volunteer throughout our community, and have for decades.

For city council, Dennis Freundt, co-owner of the Bishop Grocery Outlet store, and is another perfectly sane candidate. I hope you hear what they have to say, and vote for sanity, and not some crazy idiot pushing conspiracies or culture-warrior BS.

 

Firefighters from Inyo and Mono counties are staffing 12 different trucks/crews that have been deployed to the Line Fire in San Bernadino County.

 

Enjoy the Millpond Festival!

 

BISHOP, Calif., September 9, 2023— Inyo National Forest timber management staff have made a special firewood collection area available within the Lakes Basin starting Monday, September 9 at 6:00 a.m. until the end of fuelwood collection season, or until the supply runs out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't disagree. To have this controversy on top of that - ugh.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Feel free to look up the TouronsOfYellowstone Instagram account for a fun follow…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Precisely. I live near Yosemite National Park, and it would be an absolute disaster if there were enough hotels, campgrounds, and amenities to meet the demand. The demand FAR exceeds its capacity for tourists, but it would destroy the very reason for that demand if that actually happened.

So what did they do? Set rules for the number of tourists allowed in the park per day, and stuck to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯ Sure, you do you. I’ve backpacked solo for just over forty years now, and far prefer it. Technology makes it easier these days, so it’s easier than ever before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I do hike with a Garmin satellite communicator, but I disagree on hiking alone. I do that all the time, and have for decades. Just let someone know your itinerary, so SAR will know where to go, is all.

And these days, every new iPhone allows for emergency SOS satellite texting.

Cheers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It’s a shame. I did pay for lifetime, and that’s always a risk. Looks like this bet didn’t pay off. The money doesn’t bother me - more the fact that there isn’t a portrait-only Lemmy app that’s a good replacement. If anyone knows of one that’s as good and will stay in portrait without having to put the whole phone in portrait lock, please let me know…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Categories such as “education” are useful for limiting access for specific groups of devices. For example, if one class has a particularly mischievous group who keep going off task from their devices, rules can be created to whitelist certain categories, and only pass traffic that are in these more straightforward categories. Just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I work in K12 IT, and the reason is that all manner of categories are defined for both blacklisting and whitelisting when creating content filter rules. So while “education” would not be used for blocking, it would be useful for rules to apply to specific defined groups or devices which can only access specific categories (such as education). Just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Honestly, this baffles me. I work in K12 as a CTO, and when hiring techs or network admins, I always let applicants know during the interview when I will make the hiring decision, and they will receive an official letter of regret if they are not hired. I always keep resumes on file, as you never know if other opportunities come up. Why would any organization want to burn bridges with potential hires?

Maybe it’s just me being Gen X, but not hearing one way or the other would prompt me to pick up the phone, and at the very least check back to ask if they’ve made a decision after a week (maybe two) if I’ve interviewed…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, that patented "Sure-Align" neck joint is one of the best features that drew me to the SC series initially. It's great. I also love the neck profile - it's very much like the electric guitars I'm accustomed to. It's a fantastic instrument.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Dang, I guess it's being investigated as a homicide for sure. Pretty weird for Bishop. The guy's neighbor is a family friend, and she said he was being harassed for the past two weeks by someone, but that's all she said. No idea what that means.

Here's the update from Sierra Wave: https://sierrawave.net/homicide-investigation-inyo-county-sheriffs-office/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I mean, is there such a thing as a silent electric coffee grinder? I think I can live with it…lol.

My primary observation is that Baratza sells replacement parts for their grinders, and the parts are interchangeable in the Sette series, which I think is really cool.

Happy caffeinating!

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