SageMountain

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Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes (www.theguardian.com)
 

Local news stations identified the victims as state senator John Hoffman and state representative Melissa Hortman. Both are members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. There is little information on the suspect at this time.

Maine raises legal age of marriage to 18 in c/usnews@beehaw.org
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

While Maine's off the list, there are 36 other states where you still can. :(

Maine raises legal age of marriage to 18 in c/usnews@beehaw.org
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

To be clear, the law says marriage certificates can't be given to anyone under 18. Parental concent does not matter. Unless I missed something in the bill

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Maine raises legal age of marriage to 18 (web.archive.org)
 

Maine's been doing pretty good lately. Don't know why Mills didn't sign it though. link to the bill

Missouri Senate once again overwhelmingly approves child marriage ban in c/usnews@beehaw.org
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately child marriage is still legal in most of America . Although, some progress is being made.

What would you do with a single use portal gun? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

Just put a door on it

Why're people on Lemmy (and other forums) so toxic? What can you do beyond report, call out, and block? in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

I wonder if a forum with real names would cause people to be more respectful.

Permies.com requires people to use their real name (at least something that sounds real) and there's very little toxicity there. Although how much that affects things I don't know, as the mods are very active, and quick to ban.

Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SageMountain@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

Many towns use Facebook to post information about meetings, elections, events, etc., and they don't post it anywhere else. Unfortunately you can only look at a page for so long before they make you log in. So without an account you could miss stuff.