https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/secular-rescue-blasphemy-rights-day-2023/
September 30 is International Blasphemy Rights Day, established in 2009 by the Center for Inquiry to reassert our commitment to defending the right to question and criticize the claims of religion. CFI’s Secular Rescue program provides assistance to those courageous writers, speakers, and activi ...
https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-protecting-kids-on-social-media-act
The Protecting Kids on Social Media Act would lead to a second-class online experience for young people, mandated privacy-invasive age verification for all users, and in all likelihood, the creation of digital IDs for all U.S. citizens and residents. The bill will make it illegal for anyone under 13 to join a social media platform, and require parental consent, verified by the government, for anyone between the ages of 13 and 18 to do so. The world envisioned by the authors of this bill is one where everyone has less privacy and less power to speak out and access information online.
I've a friend who lives in San Francisco who is in a moderately successful band. They recently concluded a tour through the midwest, where they played Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Chicago, among other cities. No STL dates at all.
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade is on tour as well, and skipped STL but did play in Peoria, Louisville, and KC this spring.
Last year, the closest Nightwish came was Chicago.
I get Songkick notifications for other bands -- mostly metal and eclectic -- and more often than not, they are playing everywhere but STL. After living for 20+ years in Seattle, I miss having bands come and play even the small clubs.
To avoid sounding petulant, there have been some tours I looked forward to that came to Pop's in Sauget, but I'm sure there are other bands people here like that have bypassed STL venues as well.
So: Anyone have any ideas why STL gets passed over in favor of Nashville and Louisville?
I recently had two print failures on my Ender 3 Neo. In both, it looked like the part came free from the heated build plate after about an hour or so of printing. Both had good starts in the first 15 minutes or so. I had a successful print finish two days ago.
It has been hot and humid here today, and my printer is in a non-AC shed not connected to the house.
I'm wondering if I should wait to kick off the next print until this evening when it should be cooler. Do I need to clean the build plate? I've not done that at all, other than make sure these isn't any filament left on the plate when it finishes.
UPDATE: It's apparent the problem isn't the heat, but the fact that I haven't cleaned the build plate since... well, ever. Adjusting the title to reflect that.
I took advantage of a recent offer to stock up on filament for my Ender 3 Neo. I purchased six 1Kg spools of Sunlu PLA+ Matte in grey and white colors. I loaded one of the white spools into the printer and did a small test print -- no problems, looks good, everything seemed fine.
So I decided to fire up a longer print, 8+ hours of an ocarina I downloaded from Printables and sliced using Cura Ultimaker. However, I have yet to have a successful print. Three different times, the filament has gotten bound up on the spool, so much so that the feed mechanism just gives up and the print stops. I've cancelled two of these prints after 2-3 hours when the filament got stuck on the spool.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix, short of pulling it all off the spool? I've never had to, but can you even respool the filament without causing more problems? I can't babysit the printer for 8-10 hours, and would like to kick off some overnight jobs again one day...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/supreme-court-303-creative-lgbtq-rights-colorado/index.html
The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections.
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/anna/resource-fair-offers-dignity-to-those-facing-homelessness/article_2d9af31e-1535-11ee-954d-639c9dd3b616.html
Arrowleaf sponsored a Digity Fair Tuesday afternoon at Shawnee Community College Anna Center to provide resources for those who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/drag-race-winner-trixie-mattel-shuts-down-false-narratives-about-drag/
Trixie Mattel has spoken out against politicians using drag as a “scapegoat” to get votes by creating false narratives about performers.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-human-composting-illinois-hb-3158-law/12940249/
"This is about creating choices and options and in particular choices that are less harmful for the planet."
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/buckminster-fullers-home-gets-one-step-closer-to-opening-as-a-museum/article_3768aca2-0eef-11ee-bdea-4f363109b0e0.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
The space will be utilized as a typical visitor center with gallery, resource area, educational activities, meeting room, gift shop and archival storage for the preservation of R. Buckminster Fuller documents and artifacts.
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