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Yana

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JWP-stan. Creature that emerged from the alkaline artemisia barrens 🏳️‍🌈 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodo.neoliber.al/@timesandseasons, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 13h
The Salt Lake Tribune did a (online, not anonymous, and not scientific) reader poll that just straight-up asked people their political party. They had only 1.8% of readers affiliate with the Republican Party 😆
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
If you can't tell I opened my ballot while I was bored during a meeting that's barely relevant to me today. I'll be filling it out tonight and dropping it off in the [redacted] drop box during a bike ride tomorrow.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
Here's my voting guide for 2026: vote for the Democrat for every legislative race and don't vote for any Republicans.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
Researching for judicial retentions is so annoying. All the official recommendations care about is whether lawyers like them (adult version of "is a pleasure to have in class"). Searching their names brings up dozens of sites saying "yes, this person is a judge" and a handful of news reports if […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
The Colorado River Collaborative published a good overview and story about the Central Utah Project. I had known about the diversions, but I didn't know how big of a deal they are.
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The Colorado River is shrinking. Here’s why that matters for Utah’s biggest cities.
The Central Utah Project and other transbasin diversions bring Colorado River water to the Wasatch Front. If Utah has to cut its Colorado River use in the future, the state's major cities could lose this water source.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
FYI UTA is free again this weekend (including today) as they switch over to the new payment provider. And by Monday everyone's Farepay card will stop auto-reloading unless you go in and fix it, which I'm annoyed about. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/16/uta-… #utah […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
I do find it funny that Vineyard replaced their corrupt city council with NIMBYs. It's so very Utah. Like that town was steaming slag 2 decades ago and they're already ready to close up shop.
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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
I think the sensible course is to meet halfway and call it superficial intelligence.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
It is funny reading the blurbs the spambot account creation requests have. "Tech necromancer, solo gamedev, Krita enjoyer, radical anarchist." Like that's exactly what a bio generated from the context of thousands of Fediverse users would say.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
The Tribune has an editorial encouraging people to vote for the county parks bond this election, but doubting that it will pass because Salt Lake County is doing a tax hike this year. And they don't even mention that the County has let the tax rate fall every year since 2020 and that in 2025 it […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
A nice story from the Trib about how Midvale has been revitalizing it's historic Main Street: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/08/midv… #utah
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How Midvale Main Street transformed from a ‘ghost town’ to a ‘community hub’
New businesses, vibrancy and events are drawing people back to an area residents said once looked like a "ghost town."
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
I went to schedule my flu vaccination and found that the pharmacy has replaced the reservation system with a chatbot so I guess I need a new pharmacy because this is ridiculous. I guess the old way of letting customers pick from a list of available dates and times was too transparent or bad for […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Also sample ballots are now up at votesearch.utah.gov/voter-search/se…. Check yours out today! And while you're at vote.utah.gov verify your registration is valid. Ballots will start arriving in mailboxes in 2 weeks (hopefully). #utpol #utah
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I had to look up what Altria is since they gave my local rep $1000 this quarter. Looks like it's rebranded Philip Morris, and the first sentence of their Wikipedia article is a banger. > Altria Group, Inc. is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Why are there so many PACs registered at 421 Office Park Drive, Mountain Brook, Alabama? I noticed a "Utah Doers Network" there in my local rep's campaign contribution report, and searching the address pulls up "stronger safer nation, inc.", "The Good Growth Alliance", "Restoring Integrity and […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
I decided it'd be best for my mental health to put these up and limit the flood of shit 🙉
3 Mastodon posts in a row with filter warnings on them. The first is for AI, the second and third are for both AI and Orange man.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Yesterday's BSL story about the Murray Central Station HB462 plans made me want to check on some of the other plans other cities have filed. The one for West Jordan City Center is interesting! That area is so sad now, and it reflects on West Jordan as a […] [Original post on mastodo.neoliber.al]
A diagram showing the station area plan for West Jordan City Center. On the same side of the tracks as the station there is some entertainment, a festival area, a market hall (super cool idea for West Jordan specifically), some mid-level housing, and office space. Further out from the station are proposals to redevelop some existing low-income housing, industrial areas, and strip malls.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Murray's planning department has released their HB462 transit zone plan for Murray Central, and it's looking fabulous. That area is in dire need of an upgrade; it's a major transfer station and already the 3rd busiest FrontRunner station, after North Temple and Provo. This proposal would allow […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
We finally saw Coyote vs Acme and it is a fun movie! Also the theater was packed and I'm pretty sure it's been out for weeks.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
FYI UTA is doing free fares this upcoming weekend (including Friday). #SaltLakeCity
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I read in yet another article eviscerating the Utah County Clerk for being shit at following elections law (he's one of those MAGA types that run on "election integrity" but clearly just want to make it easier to cheat) that he (barely) lost his primary and will be replaced next year 🥳 […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@axiosnews/axios-loca… This headline and image is silly because the whole thing they're discussing is allowing for smaller homes and shorter setbacks. They are weighing zoning changes to shrink […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
[Vehicular violence, death] BYU associate V.P. and head of a respected international center killed while riding bike in Provo www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/09/11/…
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BYU associate V.P. and head of a respected international center killed while riding bike
The director of Brigham Young University’s nationally recognized David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies was killed in Provo this week when he was struck by a car while riding his bike.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
In today's #utpol news, the Lt. Governor is being investigated by the Feds for not following the regime's demands to break election law, and the last person to speak to Charlie Kirk has had his life turned upside down by and is still getting death threats from right wing freaks. What a hell […]
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Slyence @slyence.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
You don’t hate datacenters You hate poorly built onsite gas turbine power generators Also golf is a far worse environmental scourge than AI
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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
I keep seeing political influencers saying you should protect your vote by using ballot drop boxes instead of mailing your completed ballot and, yeah sure drop boxes are great, I use them every time, but THAT'S NOT THE THREAT. The threat this time is that the USPS won't deliver your ballot to […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
I forgot to get tickets to the Salt Lake Temple open house yesterday (that will be happening every day for half of next year) and now there are no more left :( It looks like they may drop more tickets randomly over the winter, but at this point the odds of getting in are tiny.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
[hot take about a country that's not my own] Starmer resigning his seat is another example of how he was unfit to be PM in the first place. Holding onto the seat, even if he had an abysmal attendance record, would be far better for the party than forcing an election that the Greens very well […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
The province of Ontario is named after the lake, not the other way around
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
So many apartments have come online recently in Salt Lake City that the University is having vacancies in student housing for the first time in years (maybe even ever but the reporters didn't get data on that) www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/…
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Lolz I just noticed that Lindsey Ellis changed the title of her video on Dolly Parton from last week. Before it was "Yeah, but is Dolly really THAT great?", and now it's "Yes, Dolly Was Actually That Great".
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
I thought she was going to be one of the ones that live to 100. I know I'll be spending the rest of the day listening to her music.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
While UTA's planned 20% fare hike is extreme, the people advocating for going fare-free without a simultaneous investment in capacity clearly haven't been on a train at rush hour in a long time.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
I get annoyed when a show has a perfectly good title in its native language and then it gets "translated" into English with something utterly lame like "unchained", "untamed", etc.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
I had fun watching the World Cup, and I finally had a free evening last night, so I thought I'd go to the local sports bar to watch the RSL game. Turns out they weren't showing it because MLS as a whole only properly televises 1 or 2 games a week, and last night was Kansas City v St. Louis. Oh […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Revealed preference for remote voting does Kim Jong Un numbers in Utah, and yet most people use their vote to elect politicians that want to take it away: www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/0… #utpol
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As Trump bashes vote by mail, here’s how many Utahns used it in June’s primary election
A Salt Lake Tribune analysis found that in the first federal election since Trump retook the White House, his ongoing attack on mail-in voting has had little influence on its popularity in Utah.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
The forecast for this week looks like the first step down towards fall, and I am so excited for it
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
I went to a grocery store this morning expecting it to have an in-house coffee shop, and it didn't so I bought a canned cold brew instead, and now I'm basically on my death bed. Don't do drugs.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
KUER did an article about Utah's gas tax holiday, and they entirely ignored the fact that gas stations are not required to pass on the tax cut to customers, that they usually don't, and there's no clear evidence that they are passing it on this time. #utpol
The 3 Month Average Retail Price Chart from GasBuddy.com comparing the USA Average, Utah, and Idaho. It appears that the average dropped fastest in Utah during the week the gas tax went into effect (July 1), but the cost of gas has sky rocketed since then to the point that it's tied with Idaho again despite Idaho not having a tax holiday.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Kennecott had a property tax bill of $185k last year on the vacant lot that's burning in Magna right now. I do hope they actually pay their taxes. I feel like since they own like a quarter of the county they try to lower the total bill as much as possible.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
I noticed that a bunch of my neighbors got warning stickers on their trash cans from the disposal company chiding them for not leaving 3 feet between bins. Like come on, there are 34 homes on the block, which by that rule could fit 40 bins, so only 6 families could put out recycling each week […]
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Water is returning to the African Sahel. After the catastrophic droughts of the late 20th century, aquifers from Senegal to Ethiopia are refilling, water tables in Niger have risen four metres, and Lake Chad has swollen to ten times its mid-1980s size. Near-extinct scimitar-horned oryx now […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
Re my last 2 reblogs: the Widemouth 2 Fire is at a point where they are getting people out of parts of town, and it is highly encouraged to avoid Fillmore, so don't expect any food, gas, or car charging for the 80 miles between Scipio and Beaver. KSL says that some officials are asking people to […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
I recently learned how Tropic, #Utah, is actually pronounced, and I am displeased. That's on par with Hooper for messed-up level. Somewhat worse than Hurricane and approaching Mantua levels.
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
I'm having a sudden craving for fried pickles and the nearby burger place isn't open yet 😔
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Slyence @slyence.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
Sucks to be the people having to flee wildfires whose story is less important than whatever demented orange fart happened today
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
It's too bad this isn't happening a week later during the eclipse because that would be wild: apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-mo…
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
My workplace decided they are going to start blocking some Microsoft domains on the network. Like, my dudes, we contract for so much shit from Microsoft. We have Teams and OneDrive and SharePoint and Outlook, let alone Windows itself. Random shit is already breaking and it's only been a day […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
I noticed today that the county publishes its assessing data as GIS files, so I decided to go through and see what a land value tax would do for our taxes. Making some very conservative assumptions to make the math easier, our bill would still drop by 27.3%. And that's assuming the total haul […]
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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@axiosnews/axios-loca… It was the best bloom I've ever seen everywhere I went this summer, so, if Albion Basin was a bust, people must really be wrecking it
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