Notices by Imogen (hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social)

#SCOTUS

Supreme Court appears to side with parents against LGBTQ content in elementary schools.

The dispute pits religious rights against LGBTQ rights as the justices weigh who should decide public school curriculum: states, courts, school boards or parents.

#News #Canada #Ottawa

The number of children in grades 7 to 12 using opioids in Ottawa roughly doubled from 2021 to 2023, according to recent data from Ottawa Public Health (OPH) and the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction.

Ten per cent of students in those grades reported using the highly addictive drugs without a prescription in 2021, according to OPH's presentation last Monday to the city's board of health.

In 2023, the most recent year data was available, that number jumped to 20 per cent. It mirrors an Ontario-wide trend, with the percentage for that group jumping from 13 to 22 per cent over the same period.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/opioid-use-among-kids-in-grades-7-12-doubled-in-2-years-oph-1.6132812

@joeo10

Look at this,

Basic Service $10.18 in 1996

https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGAGENESIS/comments/of904l/tci_cable_bill_for_sega_channel_1996_1295mo_a/?rdt=62712

I saw this article about why cable companies suck.

Charter / Spectrum

Mandatory broadcast TV surcharge will increase from $23.20 to $25.75 a month.

Monthly HD Box rental fee will increase from $10.99 to $12.50

Advanced WiFi charge will increase from $5 to $7 a month.

Spectrum TV Essentials, the company's live streaming service that doesn't require a cable box, will increase from $24.99 to $29.99 a month.

Spectrum Internet Assist, will increase from $19.99 to $24.99 a month.

#News

The May 7 deadline is looming to have a Real ID, which will be required to get into government buildings and through airport security.

Congress mandated the switch to Real IDs after 9/11. The new IDs are more secure and harder to counterfeit.

But after several lengthy delays, millions of Americans still don't meet the requirement that's just over a month away.

Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington currently issue them.

Valid passports or military IDs are also accepted.

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What is a good authenticator app that isn't run by the tech bro's that will run on an iPhone?

Is 2FAS any good?

@doskel

Now you can experience high speed high traffic internet.

Hunter Schafer says “it’s important to just keep track of where things are in our country,” a day after the “Euphoria” star posted a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker.

Speaking to The Associated Press at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, the 26-year-old actor, who is trans, said she felt “it was a good, necessary point” to share. Schafer, also a presenter at the award show, was nominated for best lead performance for “Cuckoo”.

“It doesn’t really change anything about me or my transness. However, it does make my life a little harder,” Schafer said in the video, saying she has to travel for the first time with the new passport next week.

“Trans people are beautiful. We are never going to stop existing. I’m never going to stop being trans. A letter and a passport can’t change that,” she concluded.

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Just another day in the life of the GTA valet at the lovely Diamond Casino and Resort.

@kaia

Let me know how it goes.

@kaia

Boot from a Windows 98 CD with the CDROM enabled options

Type fdisk and create the partitions

Set the partition active

Type C:

Type format C: /u /s

Mkdir Win98

Copy D:\Win98\*.* c:\Win98

CD win98

Setup

Follow the instructions and you are all set.

#Minnesota

Gov. Tim Walz held a press conference Tuesday afternoon at a corn and soybean farm in Cannon Falls to talk about how the tariffs will impact Minnesota farmers.

“The uncertainties that are out of their control, producers have always dealt with that,” Walz said. “It’s the manmade disasters that are avoidable and the ones that we really need to keep a look on.”

“As farmers, you know, [we are] usually on the short end of the stick. Between you and me, if I told you I’m going to raise your products 25%, you know, and the retaliation is you got to raise your products 25%, and basically, we’re both paying more for goods we shouldn’t have to because of the tariff,” said farmer Ted Winter.

From the Wall Street Journal

Tariff War Risks Sinking World Into New Great Depression, International Chamber of Commerce Warns.

The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s.

“Our deep concern is that this could be the start of a downward spiral that puts us in 1930s trade-war territory,” said Andrew Wilson, deputy secretary-general of the ICC.

Fun fact, there are no mosquitos in Iceland.

Martha, come here a moment.

Look.

That wasn't there this morning, was it?

No. The Andersons took their antenna with them when they moved.

Just our luck.

What?

Ham radio operators.

You know what they do to radio and tv reception.

Dad?

Yeah, Ellen?

I don't know what's the matter, but I was listening to my radio and all of a sudden, it began picking up these weird voices.

Ham radio operators.

Is there anything we can do about it?

We can make sure they've got a license to operate.

#FCC #Database #Radio

It seems the FCC removed or has hidden the ability to search by frequency ranges.