This is less concerning to me. I HOPE that there are these same undercover people watching the local gun-nut groups, and GravySeals chapters. They don’t have much real threat, but it’s a breeding ground for extremism.

I have certainly heard of Weyerhauser, but had no idea they were that big. They’re the only ‘individual’ owner shown. The land-owning families is odd as I’m sure it overlaps a lot with pasture and private timberland.

OIL. There’s a LOT of land that might be considered cow/grazing but won’t really grow anything worth it. See West Texas.

I’ve been on Signal for a while now. Have a bunch of groups but iMessage works with everyone.

It’s been a year and a half here on Lemmy. I still spend a lot of time on Reddit, but won’t comment there anymore.

I don’t WANT a Twitter replacement as it’s really only for celebs and idgaf.

I actually see enough value to pay for YT premium (kids complain incessantly about ads).

Friendica doesn’t seem to have an iOS app, and there’s a critical mass issue with wanting to connect with people that I know in real life.

I’m trying to get my Pixelfed feed to be with checking, and trying to be a regular poster, but it’s still REALLY sparse, and none of these offer the endless meme-video-clip scroll that my wife will have to have before switching away from Insta.

No. Not even close to OK. There are examples of light in the darkness, such as Tim Walz (Kamala Harris’ running mate) who as the governor of Minnesota enacted a law to make school lunches free for all. Kids don’t get to decide who they are born to, and hungry kids don’t learn nearly as well as fed kids. Educated kids help our future, so it’s an extremely high ROI.

One of the municipalities not too far from me has put some onerous regulations on short term rentals and I’m SUPER hopeful that it catches on everywhere.

It’s an interesting concept.

I’ve been mulling over an addition to my house. I do still really WANT a garage for all of the garage stuff that suburban with kids life really requires. I live in a zero lot-line burb, but my house is on the corner and I could convert my garage and add a separate out-building for the garage. I’ve been advised that nobody will want to own the most expensive house in the neighborhood tho, so just moving a mile or two is a better financial decision.

We are about to clean out my grandparents farmhouse. It’s probably 150+ years old and was added onto at least once. No way would I want to live in it. It’d probably stand for another 100 years, but the layout is HORRIBLE, there’s one cramped bathroom, no closets at ALL and the bedrooms are TINY (plus wired without ground cabling… there are every other problem in the world with OLD houses. It’s also a big challenge that my “family” plot of land is +1000 miles from my current job.

A lot of those MegaMcMansions are actually what you’re talking about. My parents aren’t too many years away from needing to move in with me. We’ve discussed the fact that even if it’s until they have to go to a real “assisted” living facility that they might rather pay me rent towards a nicer house that would work for all of us.