They have one example in Michigan (where I live), and he ran unopposed for trustee in Fenton Township.
Michigan has 1,240 Townships, 257 villages and 276 cities, and the greens have managed to get one position in one Township by running someone unopposed. Even the Libertarians have done better, as Wikipedia points out four current libertarian office holders in Michigan.
You being anticommunist is what I thought you meant. Those aren’t unrelated.
So you think that what I meant by "I’m more worried about [some people who] make other communists look bad" was that I'm an anti-communist? That seems highly unlikely. If I were anti-communist, surely I'd love those people precisely because they make communists look bad?
I have been acting in good-faith
Literally your first response to me in this entire thread was uncivil condescension.
Communists, Marxists, Marxist-Leninists, etc. Anyone that actually defends AES and doesn’t repeat US State Department Propaganda about the Global South.
Yeah that's not what I mean by Tankies, and it's not what most people mean by tankies. Not all marxist-leninists are tankies, for example. In fact I'd go out on a limb and say most aren't. But those who try to sweep under the rug the bad things that nominally-communist states have done are tankies, and they give other communists, other marxists, other marxist-leninists, and indeed all other leftists a bad name. (As an aside, most of the time those things were done by state-capitalist governments, not communist ones.)
doesn’t repeat US State Department Propaganda about the Global South.
I'm actually from the Global South. I can promise you the US state department is full of shit. As are most Americans who speak about it, including most American leftists.
You accused me, with no basis, of being anti-communist rather than answering what you think I mean.
I asked what you think I meant because I wanted to know whether you have a different view of this than I do or were simply uninformed. But between your accusations, your deflection, and your condescending responses to me, it's becoming pretty clear to me that you're not willing to discuss this in good faith. But maybe you can prove me wrong.
Let's start out with an easy one. What do you think I meant by "tankies"?
Please participate in good faith rather than just making accusations.
Are you saying there's nobody who defends all three and claims to be a leftist? Because that I'd say I've never seen. But I've certainly seen various accounts claiming to be leftists and defending one or two of them.
Are you saying there aren't people who defend aggressive actions by far-right politicians? That there aren't people who defend Netanyahu, Putin and Trump?
Honestly I'm more worried about those who claim to be communists but do things that both go against the tenets of communism and make other communists look bad. Tankies are a subset of that.
Israel has a similar population and GDP to Michigan (and a similar land area to New Hampshire).
Despite being a swing state, Michigan has nowhere near as much influence over US national policy.
Mostly people who defend far-right aggression and pretend their stances are "leftist" getting upset when they get called out on their bullshit.
Not just that, but some of the loudest voices do more harm than good for leftism.
"Birds fly south for the winter" was the second example I remember of my classmates having only learned things with northern hemisphere bias after moving to the northern hemisphere.
The first was my classmates not grasping that while it was spring here, it was autumn back home.
Condescension was such a weird way to respond to my comment in the first place, and I'm sorry I fell for it and responded in the same vein. I should instead have taken the opportunity to point out that in addition to Kipling mentioning pawpaw in the novel, it's quite possible that Terry Gilkyson had never heard of the American pawpaw either and that the fruit shown in the cartoon movie more closely resembles a papaya than an American pawpaw.
I'm well aware. Are you aware that the Kipling novel specifically mentions pawpaw too?
The pawpaw in the Jungle Book is what's known in the US as papaya. It's been cultivated in India since at least the 18th century. Likewise prickly pears have been brought all over the world. By the time Kipling wrote The Jungle Book, both fruits were well established in India, just as many old world fruits have made it to the Americas.
Yeah, it was an issue of Gun Lovers Monthly
You're thinking of biathlon, with cross country skiing and rifle.
The moment I can get a laptop-style RISC-V device with virtualisation support I'm doing it. Double bonus if I can actually use it as my daily driver.
Pravin Gordhan was known for trying to stand up to corruption under former President Jacob Zuma.
The City of Ann Arbor is celebrating a major milestone for its residential solar program. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.
This is great to see! We need more green energy all over, and rooftop solar is one of the easiest places to do it.
The new apartments are a mix of studios and one- and two-bedroom units, with a rooftop deck space at each end of the building.
Gift link to avoid the paywall, but also: archive.today
I think this is a net positive, but I really wish this had more housing and less surface parking. I'd love to see the city start requiring that new developments have most of their parking underground.
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Community Schools, and Lincoln Consolidated Schools established the Institute for STEM Education, Outreach, and Workforce Development earlier this year.
The Michigan Daily's coffee shop vote misses out on Socotra
A look into Ann Arbor's diverse coffee scene through the students' eyes.
I have to say, Socotra is my favourite coffee shop in A2, and yet the Daily doesn't even mention it.
The Ann Arbor City Council is back to looking for a new developer for a longtime blighted property downtown. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
The City of Ann Arbor has launched a new Commercial Electric Vehicle Charger Program. The plan is to increase the number of publicly available chargers in the city. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
A national unity government can save democracy and the economy
Archive link: https://archive.ph/4SJzQ
Ann Arbor council votes 7-2 to negotiate sale of blighted property to developer
This is great! The site, despite being right near downtown, has been blighted and basically abandoned for over a decade.
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.
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.
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.
See full event lineup for Ann Arbor's 200th birthday celebration on Saturday
Calling all townies: Bikeapalooza, townie party, art exhibition and more among plans for Ann Arbor’s 200th birthday celebration in May
Archive link: https://archive.ph/gWxhx
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.
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?