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One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country
  • Not as big a portion of the country, but yeah coastal areas will often have a large population living in roughly a line.

    In North America I believe the line connecting the most people would go from Quebec City through Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis (though maybe not within just 5 km of it). This is the most populous part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis and into the St. Lawrence.

  • *for 1 week's worth of groceries but yea..
  • As someone who immigrated to the US as a child, if leaving the US is even 10% as difficult for me as coming was for my parents, I don't think I'm capable of it despite having a fully remote job at a global company.

  • SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for ELDEN RING, system memory leak and more
  • FWIW Plasma 5.27 works very well on Wayland with AMD GPUs. The fact that desktop mode uses x11 is probably not related to them still using Plasma 5. I would guess once KDE announces an LTS version of Plasma 6 (possibly as early as 6.2?) they'll upgrade Steam OS to that.

  • Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs
  • It's probably just a version of the "Office key" that would simulate pressing like 5 modifiers (that's where the Ctrl+Alt+Win+...+L opening LinkedIn comes from), but includes a final key. Windows might make it a pain to do, but on other OS's you could bind that key to whatever you want.

  • Now that Mozilla will start selling ads what is the best Firefox alternative?
  • FWIW, it's the Mozilla Foundation that owns the Mozilla Corporation. It's a minor nit, but also an important distinction, as the non-profit has more control (the opposite of many "<company> foundation" structures).

  • South Africa @lemm.ee lengau @midwest.social
    www.economist.com A remarkable new era begins in South Africa

    A national unity government can save democracy and the economy

    A remarkable new era begins in South Africa

    Archive link: https://archive.ph/4SJzQ

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    www.mlive.com Sale of blighted property could lead to new housing in Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor council votes 7-2 to negotiate sale of blighted property to developer

    Sale of blighted property could lead to new housing in Ann Arbor

    This is great! The site, despite being right near downtown, has been blighted and basically abandoned for over a decade.

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    www.wemu.org Free Narcan kits will soon be available in Ann Arbor parking lots

    Free Naloxone, also known as Narcan, dispensary boxes will soon be appearing in some Ann Arbor parking locations. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

    Free Narcan kits will soon be available in Ann Arbor parking lots

    Personally I think this is a great thing! I've been carrying narcan kits in my car and on my bike for years now. Fortunately I've never had a need to use one, but that also means I now have an expired narcan kit I need to discard.

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    www.mlive.com Michigan roads are deteriorating faster than they’re being fixed

    Road crews improved 16.2% of the state’s federal-aid roads between 2021 and 2023, but it wasn’t enough to counter the 21.2% that declined.

    Michigan roads are deteriorating faster than they’re being fixed
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    www.mlive.com Ann Arbor has big plans for 200th birthday party in May and there will be cake

    Calling all townies: Bikeapalooza, townie party, art exhibition and more among plans for Ann Arbor’s 200th birthday celebration in May

    Ann Arbor has big plans for 200th birthday party in May and there will be cake

    Archive link: https://archive.ph/gWxhx

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    www.wemu.org Sustainable energy initiative for Ann Arbor to be placed on November ballot

    Ann Arbor voters will be asked in November if they want to create a local Sustained Energy Utility, or SEU. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

    Sustainable energy initiative for Ann Arbor to be placed on November ballot
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    Can I hide posts from an entire instance?

    Question in the title. I don't want to see posts from lemmynsfw, but I don't want to just blanket disable NSFW stuff either since the tag gets used for other things. Is there a way to do this or do I have to individually block each community that shows up in my feed?

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    a2council.info 2024-04-15 Ann Arbor City Council Wrapup

    The Ann Arbor City Council met on Monday, April 15, 2024. The big thing that happened at this meeting was the city administrator’s presentation about his proposed budget.

    2024-04-15 Ann Arbor City Council Wrapup

    @[email protected] does a wrap-up blog post for most city council meetings - here's her latest, about last week's council meeting.

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    www.secondwavemedia.com New development will bring 20 acres of housing and retail to Ann Arbor's south side

    A plan to transform 20 acres on Ann Arbor's south side into "a new major gateway to the city," conveniently adjacent to I-94, has just been unveiled.

    New development will bring 20 acres of housing and retail to Ann Arbor's south side

    More housing for people rather than cars!

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    Lawsuit seeks to overturn abortion regulations including Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period

    michiganadvance.com Lawsuit seeks to overturn abortion regulations including Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period&nbsp; ⋆ Michigan Advance

    Saying three long-established state abortion regulations, including a 24-hour waiting period, “run roughshod” over Michigan’s constitutionally-guaranteed right to an abortion, a reproductive rights organization has filed suit against the state. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the lawsuit la...

    Lawsuit seeks to overturn abortion regulations including Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period&nbsp; ⋆ Michigan Advance
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    www.mlive.com Widening U.S. 23 may not be needed if there were buses, Ann Arbor’s TheRide says

    Ann Arbor's TheRide calls on MDOT to consider transit scenario in U.S. 23 study

    Widening U.S. 23 may not be needed if there were buses, Ann Arbor’s TheRide says

    The Ride pointing out what's well known in the industry but still seems to be beyond some.

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    www.secondwavemedia.com EMU students work to ensure peers know their voting rights in advance of 2024 elections

    Students, staff, and faculty at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) are determined to ensure that EMU's student community knows what it means to participate in voting.

    EMU students work to ensure peers know their voting rights in advance of 2024 elections
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    www.mlive.com Michigan universities struggle with FOIA requests. It may be by design, experts say

    Universities have small staffs to respond to FOIA requests, and they too liberally use privacy exemptions allowed by state law to delay the process, these experts say.

    Michigan universities struggle with FOIA requests. It may be by design, experts say
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