Indiana

Are there any protests/stunts planned in the Indy area related to the recent escalation in Israel/Palestine?

Looking for demands along the lines of immediate ceasefire, restoration of services, protection of civilian BY ALL PARTIES, leveraging US aid to make it happen.

These folks called me while driving home yesterday and while I don’t like unsolicited calls and I don’t plan to donate again (right now) I do support their cause. They say they advocate for holding energy companies accountable for fair energy pricing and polluting the environment. Do they? I assume they do. You can use this form to email your representatives.

I’m open to hear feedback if you have other suggestions on this issue.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out...

If you live in Southeastern Indiana, you need to know about this. They're trying to bulldoze homes and property in order to build a new highway connecting Markland Dam to US 50. If this is successful they're planning on adding a new bridge to Kentucky and they're hoping to make a continuous highway to Canada, so this happens, it will affect the entire state, and the nation.

They say it's for freight purposes, but reports have been found that it will only save truckers from six to fifteen minutes. The proposed routes will also require new lights/signage, will make traffic worse, we will have a new road that will deteriorate away because we don't have enough money to fix our current roads, and with a new highway, we'll get more billboards. It ruins the landscape and will only contribute to the destruction of our environment.

One of the state senators involved with the project is CEO of Maxwell Construction. He wasn't elected, he's taking over because Chip Perfect resigned after one year and endorsed him.

One proposed route would cut a farmer's property in half and require him to drive 30 miles to go around the highway and get to the other side of his farm.

I haven't seen this get any attention beyond the local level, but it's important that people know this is happening in our state. There's a group on Facebook for efforts dedicated to stopping construction and if you're local, there are tons of places you can go to sign petitions.

Indiana’s 3.3 percent July unemployment rate is still near record lows for the state.

Despite that growth and an employment total near record highs for most of the year, more than 30 percent of the state’s working-age population still isn’t working or looking for work.

The state’s information industry — which includes librarians and computer programmers — has posted more significant year-over-year losses each month since 2023 began.

It’s devour time, again. The Festiva deal is very tempting to me!

https://www.devourindy.com/restaurants/festiva/

John Green might be my favorite person in this state.

Alt text: A photo of Mike Pence in a leather biker vest with a bunch of bland patches on it, like two different Indiana patches and an American flag patch. He's got both hands outward and his fingers are pointing, reminiscent of that old Steve Martin sketch where him and Dan Aykroyd are The Festrunk Brothers, "just two wild and crazy guys."

They've been in school for like a week, not a great start

I'm looking for bulk tofu (* not in a bunch of individual packages *), and thanks to some helpful redditors it seems like my best bet is to try an east Asian/international grocery store.

1. It seems like there is a big cluster of stores like that in the Castleton area, does it make sense for me to crawl around there?
2. Can anyone recommend a specific store that has bulk tofu at a good price?
3. I'm guessing that Saraga's online product listing is only a subset of what's in the store. Am I right? Yes, I could just venture out of my cave and search for myself, but my cave is very nice. I'd like to minimize time spent in the surface world.

(thank you stable diffusion for the image)

The goal of our study is to establish an elemental database that includes statistical correlations for trends and sources of elemental contaminants found in house dust within Indiana homes. Through the measurement of the elemental content of house dust, we aim to identify specific elements of concern, such as lead and fluorine (which serves as an indicator for PFAS).

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Can y'all point me to any businesses around Indianapolis who can mend my gloves and backpack? I'm looking for work that is durable and affordable, doesn't have to be precise or attractive.

All my stuff is some kind of fabric, not leather.

I'm guessing this would be a tailoring and alterations place, but I'm not sure: maybe sporting goods or leather places would do it? I don't know.

It's #ShowYourStripes day and so here is the temperature change in #Indiana from 1895-2022. Very few blue stripes since 2000.