I mean, lean into it and get those One Piece cardboard cutouts, am I right?

Same reason we have terms for heterosexual, white, or right-handed. Just because something is the majority, even if you think of it as the default, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have a term for it.

Hey there Andrew, welcome to Worcester and congrats on coming out!

This is not the first time I've plugged this, so I hope people won't be too annoyed at me: if you're into crafts at all, at Technocopia (makerspace in downtown Worcester), we have an open craft night every Thursday night starting at 7, and there are a few awesome trans/queer folks who are a core part of our regular group. Maybe not what you're looking for, but it's a good place to meet people, so I figured I'd throw it out there. And the second Thursday of the month, we always have a pre-planned craft available in case you don't know what to work on!

https://technocopia.org/open-hacks

On a similar note, I know Creative Hub Worcester also recently started hosting a Queer Craft Night on the first Thursday of the month downtown.

Here's a link for that: https://m.facebook.com/events/751932783010937/?ref_source=newsfeed&ref_mechanism=feed_attachment&action_context=%257B%2522action_history%2522%253A%2522null%2522%257D

That's screwed up.

>No it's not. As one Conservative Politician said decades ago "Power devolved is power retained"

Well taken, edited.

Kinda, except it's also 85 percent of the population and instead of having less representation than the states, it has more.

It's definitely a form of [edit: resembles superfically] federalism, but not really equivalent to the US. For instance, England is a country in the UK, but it doesn't have a dedicated parliament or first minister. It's run directly out of the UK Parliament. Imagine the effect if the federal Congress and Presidency were merged with the state government of Texas as the supreme authority over the US but also Texas specifically.

You could still say they're roughly equivalent, but roughly is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

The DPW is a joke, but it's not the trash guys' fault. They're just doing their job.

I'll throw out Technocopia. We're a makerspace, so a member-supported community workshop. Good community of creative folks, woodworkers, hobbyists, a few fine artists, etc. If you're interested, come by on a Thursday night during Open Hack when anyone's welcome to come check out the space, work on a project, and hang out.

Spooner Syndrome

Are the bands playing Townes songs, is it just bands that get inspiration from Townes, or a mix?

Agreed, journalists should stick to meat and potatoes.

Prison promises to also be "fun and enjoyable."

Declare victory with Polar Park and refuse to intervene or invest to make it either more successful or more damaging to the neighborhood. Piss off the supporters by abandoning it, piss off the detractors by abandoning the neighborhood.

I kinda suspect that in addition, medium rare probably keeps the center well in the danger zone for bacterial growth, and without ever getting it high enough to kill bacteria, they're worried about ground beef sitting around in that temperature zone on a shelf and then in a car ride or even longer before being consumed.

Welp, time to make that sticker now.