local
From or in a nearby location.
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Born ~1938 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
This Thursday you can elect even more Liberal Democrat Councillors and Councils across England. If you have elections, please vote for your local hardworking Liberal Democrats 🔶
Hopefully they will soon be gone if the local elections go badly for Labour.
According to Danish news as of this morning (local time), the US escorted one of Maersk's ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
The UK Labour Party released a video on Monday night containing antisemitic quotes from Green Party candidates ahead of the local elections on May 7. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
I've seen trampoline workouts on schedules at gyms in the past. But the one that is apparently really popular at my local Y right now is the Bollywood dance workout class.
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From or in a nearby location.
We prefer local produce.
“This Thursday you can elect even more Liberal Democrat Councillors and Councils across England. If you have elections, please vote for your local hardworking Liberal Democrats 🔶”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hopefully they will soon be gone if the local elections go badly for Labour.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“According to Danish news as of this morning (local time), the US escorted one of Maersk's ships through the Strait of Hormuz.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Knicks Leon Rose No Easy Trade Pivots, Mike Brown's Karl Towns Task & Knicks Local TV Money Fallout #knicks #newyorkforever youtu.be/r3leh35iSW4”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So we’ve reached the part of getting us back on track which demands the enacting of ill-considered, non-consulted policy changes done with a metaphorical gun pointed to the head of local & regional councils? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(computing, of a resource) Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
“The UK Labour Party released a video on Monday night containing antisemitic quotes from Green Party candidates ahead of the local elections on May 7. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've seen trampoline workouts on schedules at gyms in the past. But the one that is apparently really popular at my local Y right now is the Bollywood dance workout class.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A property tax limit does not make the need for funding disappear, #NC. It forces local governments to do more with fewer public dollars while the state is already reducing its own revenue capacity.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think the thing tech guys are missing here is that theres literally no upside to the local community. If there were contribution to local economies in exchange for the negatives I think people would be more open to it. But there isn't.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“BishNymWX Local Weather At 16:00+00:00UTC on 05-05-2026 Temp: 17.9°C Pressure: 1015mb Relative Humidity: 47% Dew Point: 6.7°C Precipitation Last Hour: No Precipitation Today: No Rainfall Rate: 0.00mm/h Rainfall Today: 0.00mm auto Post.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
The panel shows both local and remote sites.
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