<p>Fine, a belated <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>. Still searching for my people here. Encountering too many memes. I like levity in my timeline, but seldom like that. Where are the shitposters? The wise-crackers? The dry wits?</p><p>Interested in <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> / <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a>, <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> (working on a project to get everything on my shelves read), <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a>, <a href="/tags/vlogging/" rel="tag">#vlogging</a>, <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a>, and <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#walking</a> (boring).</p><p>Raised in <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a>, live in <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>. Would love to find other folks here, but also interested in those in far-flung locales.</p>
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<p><a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@IowaWritersWksp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>IowaWritersWksp</span></a></span> - Creative writing events at Univ of Iowa</p><p>➡️ @iowastatedaily.com - Independent student newspaper at Univ of Iowa (news feed)</p><p>➡️ @www.kcci.com - KCCI Channel 8 television station in Des Moines (news feed)</p><p>🌤️ Weather accounts for Iowa, follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline:<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/ames__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ames__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/ankeny__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ankeny__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/bettendorf__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bettendorf__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/burlington__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>burlington__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/cedar_falls__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cedar_falls__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/cedar_rapids__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cedar_rapids__iowa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/clinton__iowa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clinton__iowa</span></a></span></p><p>🧵 1/3</p>
<p>Fall <a href="/tags/flower/" rel="tag">#Flower</a> Walk Thru <a href="/tags/pikespeak/" rel="tag">#PikesPeak</a> State Park in <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> </p><p><a href="https://mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/iowa/pikes_peak_2025/index.html#s2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/iowa/pikes_peak_2025/index.html#s2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/iowa/pi</span><span class="invisible">kes_peak_2025/index.html#s2</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/naturephotography/" rel="tag">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="/tags/panorama/" rel="tag">#Panorama</a></p>
<p>When Alice Gooblar-Perovic, Aahana Gupta, and Lydia Cruce were freshmen at Iowa City West High School, they learned that thousands of books, including "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Nineteen Minutes," were going to be pulled from classrooms across their state. This was in order to comply with Senate File 496, which said books and school materials must be "age appropriate." So they started a Banned Book Club. Two years later, the club is still going and growing, and the law is in trouble — the part of it that affected school libraries was temporarily blocked by a federal judge, while enforcement of book restrictions remains frozen under a second temporary injunction. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span>'s Iowa Public Radio spoke with the three girls, who are now juniors, about how their goals have changed, and the community they've built.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/1vgO9k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/1vgO9k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/bookbans/" rel="tag">#BookBans</a> <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> <a href="/tags/thekidsarealright/" rel="tag">#TheKidsAreAlright</a> <a href="/tags/highschool/" rel="tag">#HighSchool</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
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<p>NEW: Our Reporting Showed <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> Ranks Last in Green Energy Growth. Now the State Is Working to Speed It Up.</p><p>The state’s departing commerce director said there’s added urgency to get the projects done after an Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica investigation showed states like <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> and <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> have made more progress in renewable energy growth.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/washington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/was</span><span class="invisible">hington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a></p>
<p>Has anyone noticed that trump speaks with some features of the <a href="/tags/iowan/" rel="tag">#Iowan</a> accent? I don't think it's the accent exactly, more the cadence or enunciation maybe? I noticed this when listening to interviewees at the Iowa state fair. </p><p>I then discovered that the Iowan accent is considered the most friendly and wondered if he'd adopted this way of speaking purposefully. Fake like his tan, hair, height, weight etc.</p><p>Would love to get some opinions.</p><p><a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#Linguistics</a> <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> <a href="/tags/accent/" rel="tag">#accent</a> <a href="/tags/accents/" rel="tag">#accents</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>