Thank heavens, the way the consolidation was going everything was going to be Kroger. The merger would make like 1/2 of all grocery stores here Frys. With the other half split between the rest.
If anything will empty the pews, its this.
IIRC, infertility has been a growing problem due to PFAS exposure. We may well inherit a future where IVF is required to maintain a replacement population.
These regressive idiots are essentially ensuring their beliefs will die with them. Good fucking riddance.
Huh, that's a pretty bold move for the AZ Dems. IIRC, I don't think Beshear got an endorsement from his state party. Though I suppose that could still happen.
Oh yes, totally understood. I've seen families destroyed from sports gambling and other, less boisterous forms of it.
If I like anything, it's scratchers and it's because they're soooooo satisfying to "play". But it's only something I indulge in occasionally.
Anyways, I tried to get into MMO's back in the early days with all my friends. I tired of it fairly quickly. I guess the novelty seeking part of my brain overwhelmingly rejects typical "gambling" mechanics. Loot boxes don't do anything for me and never have.
More recently I've grown completely frustrated with franchises like Forza Horizon and their little slot machine / skinner box mechanic. I love racing games, but it made me stop playing.
I can be addicted to things, but it just isn't gambling for me somehow.
I do resent MMO's for destroying so many of my friend's lives though. Weird to lose people to that ecosystem, it's the video game equivalent to losing someone to an MLM.
Also fuuuuuck, MLMs, almost did the "vector marketing" (cutco cutlery) and "rainbow vacuum" thing - the only thing that saved me was that Youtube had existed for like 5 years by then and there was enough people out there with their stories.
I never understood this one. I have ADHD and autism and I find gambling boring as hell. With maybe the exception of blackjack. Where my autistic brain tries to count cards.
I remember the day I turned 21. I decided to try out a casino. I spent $50 there and promptly left. Maybe I just lucked out and they didn't hook me with an easy win early on?
I'd much rather spend $50 on a video game that I can entertain myself with for hours.
One unique tip that I have is to go to a CBD/Hemp store and snag some CBD heavy strains to mix in with your normal bud. Making sure to increase the % of CBD each time you grind.
It might not help immediately, since CBD is supposed to be a calming substance, not a stimulant. But quitting smoking is a whole lot easier once you are mostly on the CBD stuff.
Definitely avoid the CBG heavy hemp as that'll just give you the gnarliest munchies you'll ever have in your life. Some people swear it's "smart weed" - but for me I can't think straight when munchies are knocking.
I'm really surprised no one mentioned Terra Invicta!
Basically if the Three Body Problem series was a Grand strategy game.
In terms of grand strategy it is quite grand. So massive and complex that even 100 hours in, I haven't completed a game.
That being said, it's so addicting. I haven't really played any other Sci-Fi games where you can take over multiple countries on Earth, take over other bodies in the solar system, and field space Navy to defend the planet.
Almost removed due to not being local, but it's just barely local enough with:
Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman Jack Sellers was on the phone to confer with election officials and the county sheriff, and said he worked late into the night. The sheriff’s office later posted on social media that there is no known active threat against Maricopa County polling places. “Security plans are robust and we actively watch & evaluate every potential threat,” it said. On Sunday, election officials sent a letter to Maricopa poll workers and election staff, telling them that law enforcement knew of no active threats, but reminding them to share any concerns.
Sellers, a Republican, said the shooting might spur him to take steps to further protect his own safety, something law enforcement officials have urged him to take more seriously, given the stream of threats he and his fellow local officials have received. “I don’t feel very threatened, but I need to do more,” he said.
The shooting, he said, “made me feel sick.”
The threat of political violence moved abruptly again to the forefront of Americans’ consciousness with the assassination attempt on Trump, but for election officials, an environment of threats and fear has been the uncomfortable norm for years.
In Arizona, and all over the country election officials have been receiving death threats in the years since Trump and his allies claimed the 2020 election was stolen, some of which have led to federal prosecution. The specter of violence has also appeared at polling places and election facilities. For example, in Pennsylvania, two Virginia men were convicted last year for bringing weapons to the Philadelphia Convention Center where mail ballots for the November 2020 election were being counted.
Idk, I feel like "is it feasible" is the wrong question to ask when someone threatens mass deportations and has been granted extraordinary power. But what do I know?
This one was especially hard to parse. Is he serious in that he thinks that Biden == Black Caucus? Is this satire? I agree about Biden being treated unfairly, but I don't really agree that replacing Biden is less dangerous than not replacing him - and I'll vote for whoever the democratic candidate is regardless.
All in all, this opinion piece is one of the worst I've ever read from Mr. Morlock. It didn't serve to clarify anything and didn't really say anything about how Mr. Kelly actually operates as a U.S. senator - just considering him too "soft" - which is really really bizarre.
I like how the response infantilized Mrs. Wadsack by assuming she doesn't know the difference between persecution and prosecution. 😂
You go, Tucson Mega-Karen, you do that Karen thing. Let's see how it works out come election day.
Announcing Project Cornerstones - A collaboration with the Pima County Democratic Party - Protesting made easy
🎉 Project Cornerstones: Your Footsteps, Our Future! 🎉
Feeling fiery and passionate about a cause but don’t know where to start? Look no further! Project Cornerstones, in collaboration with the Pima County Democratic Party, is here to fan the flames of change in Tucson! 🌿
What is Project Cornerstones?
Like the Sonoran monsoon, impactful change often starts with small, isolated showers before growing into large storms. We're all about micro-protests—powerful, intimate gatherings of fewer than a dozen folks. Show the world that even the smallest crowd can create mighty storms!
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How You Can Get Involved
Crafters
Are you the creative type? Turn your artistry into activism! Design ready-to-use signs, and assemble protest packs specifically for our desert climate, complete with water and sunscreen. Add your unique flair and post your contact info in our “Maker Directory” thread!
Cornerstones
Ready to protest but need a hand? Just pick a corner and post a request for materials. Include the date, time, and location of your micro-protest. Get connected and get started!
Patrons (Honorary Role)
Can’t create or participate directly? No worries! Support the cause by donating crafting tools, poster boards, sunscreen, and bottled water.
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Join the Conversation
Discuss the best mesquite-shaded, high-visibility spots for protests, coordinate with fellow activists, and share anything related to micro-protesting.
Ready to rock the revolution? Join us at tucson.social/c/cornerstones
Let’s turn up the heat of change right here in Tucson! Be the change today! 🌵
Update: I won't be there today due to some health issues that cropped up and stole a lot of sleep.
I really hope the event continues on without me. ✊
Alright packing it in for Thursday. Winds are wreaking havoc on the signs. Oh well. Here's hoping for Saturday.
My dealings with Tucson DSA made me realize why the Democratic Socialists of America are doomed to fail.
So, as y'all know. I made a call to action to protest the Supreme Court Ruling.
As part of this, I reached out to multiple local political organizations. The Pima County Democratic party was pretty excited to work with me. And we'll be having some mutual announcements soon about some neat things we're doing together.
However, contrasting this with the Tucson DSA is stark.
They absolutely refused any sort of solidarity because I had placed some initial rules about not protesting Bidens nomination right now. It's not that I don't believe in that cause (I do!), its that I want to keep the protests from falling to the same issues as Occupy by keeping a narrow focus with specific talking points.
They essentially refused to talk about it at all and walked away.
Folks, to build power, we have to work together. And if we assume everyone else is extremely rigid and walk away any time something even slightly challenges your personal truth, we're all worse for it. We must be open to the fact that compromise is possible
The Democratic Socialists of America will fail to build power. They are too extreme, too dogmatic, and are extremely hostile to even having conversations. They don't build much for anyone except themselves and rely on performance to communicate their virtue.
What was so hard about having a conversation with me on this? I wasn't stating these decisions were final in any way. Yet they weaponized one condition to cast this site as ideological enemies. I was totally down to be like "Well, how about we protest Joe Biden on X day?". Yet we couldn't even get that far because the Tucson DSA slammed the door in my face.
So yeah, I used to donate to them, I even used to like them. But they have failed as a political entity and will continue to fail because they would rather have virtue to signal than to actually build something in the community they are apart of.
I don't understand The Democratic Socialists of America's insistence on turning small disagreements into reasons to not work with allied parties. I formally denounce their performative bullshit and purity testing.
EDIT: Cooled a bit, and decided and use less expletives and refined the conclusion.
Independence Day falls on Thursday this year. Tucson, state and federal offices will be closed, except for trash collection and emergency services. Most transportation services will run on a Sunday schedule and you can reach prime fireworks viewing spots with the Sun Link streetcar.
cross-posted from: https://tucson.social/post/858973
> > > > Independence Day falls on Thursday this year. Tucson, state and federal offices will be closed, except for trash collection and emergency services. Most transportation services will run on a Sunday schedule and you can reach prime fireworks viewing spots with the Sun Link streetcar. >
User was advocating for bringing weapons and was permanently banned for breaking our civility and violence rules.
They aren't much, but they're something. 
This information has been shared with Pima County Dems and they'll be helping us organize a bit.
LLAMADO A LA ACCIÓN - Protesta contra la Decisión de Inmunidad de la Corte Suprema - Es una Crisis Existencial para nuestra Democracia
Esta es una convocatoria oficial para TODOS los residentes de Tucson - liberales o conservadores.
CUÁNDO:
- Hoy - 4PM-7PM
- Jueves - 4PM-7PM
- Sábado - 2PM-8PM
DÓNDE:
- Hoy - Banqueta frente a la sede del Partido Demócrata del Condado de Pima - (Trasladarse al Parque Himmel si está muy concurrido)
- Jueves - Banqueta frente a la sede del Partido Demócrata del Condado de Pima - (Trasladarse al Parque Himmel si está muy concurrido)
- Sábado - Parque Himmel
DIRECCIONES:
- Sede de Campaña del Partido Demócrata del Condado de Pima - 2302 E Speedway Blvd Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
- Parque Himmel - 1000 N Tucson Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716
POR QUÉ:
> "Más allá del destino de esta acusación en particular, las consecuencias a largo plazo de la decisión de hoy son graves. La Corte efectivamente crea una zona libre de leyes alrededor del Presidente, alterando el status quo que ha existido desde la Fundación. Esta nueva inmunidad por actos oficiales ahora 'yace como un arma cargada' para cualquier Presidente que desee poner sus propios intereses, su supervivencia política o su beneficio financiero por encima de los intereses de la Nación. El Presidente de los Estados Unidos es la persona más poderosa del país, y posiblemente del mundo. Cuando usa sus poderes oficiales de cualquier manera, según el razonamiento de la mayoría, ahora estará aislado de la persecución penal. ¿Ordena al Equipo 6 de los Navy Seals asesinar a un rival político? Inmune. ¿Organiza un golpe militar para aferrarse al poder? Inmune. ¿Acepta un soborno a cambio de un indulto? Inmune. Inmune, inmune, inmune. Dejen que el Presidente viole la ley, dejen que explote los atributos de su cargo para beneficio personal, dejen que use su poder oficial para fines malvados. Porque si supiera que algún día podría enfrentar responsabilidades por violar la ley, podría no ser tan audaz y valiente como nos gustaría que fuera. Ese es el mensaje de la mayoría hoy. Incluso si estos escenarios de pesadilla nunca se materializan, y ruego que nunca lo hagan, el daño ya está hecho. La relación entre el Presidente y el pueblo al que sirve ha cambiado irrevocablemente. En cada uso del poder oficial, el Presidente es ahora un rey por encima de la ley. > >La fijación obstinada de la mayoría en la necesidad del Presidente de ser audaz y expedito ignora la necesidad contrapuesta de rendición de cuentas y restricción. Los Fundadores no eran tan obstinados. En los Documentos Federalistas, después de 'esforzarse por mostrar' que el Ejecutivo diseñado por la Constitución 'combina... todos los requisitos para la energía', Alexander Hamilton planteó una pregunta separada e igualmente importante: '¿Combina también los requisitos para la seguridad, en un sentido republicano, una debida dependencia del pueblo, una debida responsabilidad?' El Federalista No. 77, p. 507 (ed. J. Harvard Library 2009). La respuesta entonces era sí, basada en parte en la vulnerabilidad del Presidente a 'ser procesado en el curso común de la ley'. Ibíd. La respuesta después de hoy es no. Nunca en la historia de nuestra República un Presidente ha tenido razones para creer que sería inmune a un proceso penal si usara los atributos de su cargo para violar la ley penal. En adelante, sin embargo, todos los ex Presidentes estarán revestidos de tal inmunidad. Si el ocupante de ese cargo hace mal uso del poder oficial para beneficio personal, la ley penal que el resto de nosotros debe acatar no proporcionará un respaldo. Con temor por nuestra democracia, disiento." > >--Jueza Sotomayor
QUÉ TRAER:
- Agua
- Bocadillos
- Protector solar
- Paraguas o impermeables (en caso de lluvia)
- Carteles protestando contra la decisión de inmunidad de la Corte Suprema
- A ti mismo y quizás a uno o tres amigos.
QUÉ NO TRAER:
- Ningún cartel que no proteste contra la inmunidad de la Corte Suprema u otra decisión reciente.
- Eso significa no protestar contra Biden como candidato. Deja eso para otro día.
- Armas (improvisadas o de otro tipo)
Nota: Esta traducción al español fue creada con la asistencia de inteligencia artificial y puede contener errores. Por favor, reporte cualquier error de traducción a u/th3raid0r o [email protected].
CALL TO ACTION - Protest Supreme Court Immunity Decision - its an Existential crisis for our Democracy
This is an official call to action for ALL Tucson residents - liberal or conservative.
WHEN:
- Today - 4PM-7PM
- Thursday (July 4th / Independence Day) - 4PM-7PM
- Saturday - 2PM-8PM
WHERE:
- Today - Sidewalk in front of Pima County Democratic Headquarters - (Move to Himmel Park if too crowded)
- Thursday (July 4th / Independence Day) - Sidewalk in front of Pima County Democratic Headquarters - (Move to Himmel Park if too crowded)
- Saturday - Himmel Park
ADDRESSES:
- Pima County Democratic Campaign Headquarters - 2302 E Speedway Blvd Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
- Himmel Park - 1000 N Tucson Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716
WHY:
> "Looking beyond the fate of this particular prosecution, the long-term consequences of today’s decision are stark. The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the President, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the Founding. This new official-acts immunity now “lies about like a loaded weapon” for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation. The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law. > >The majority’s single-minded fixation on the President’s need for boldness and dispatch ignores the countervailing need for accountability and restraint. The Framers were not so single-minded. In the Federalist Papers, after “endeavor[ing] to show” that the Executive designed by the Constitution “combines . . . all the requisites to energy,” Alexander Hamilton asked a separate, equally important question: “Does it also combine the requisites to safety, in a republican sense, a due dependence on the people, a due responsibility?” The Federalist No. 77, p. 507 (J. Harvard Li- brary ed. 2009). The answer then was yes, based in part upon the President’s vulnerability to “prosecution in the common course of law.” Ibid. The answer after today is no. Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy, I dissent." > >--Justice Sotomayor
WHAT TO BRING:
- Water
- Snacks
- Sunscreen
- Umbrellas or Raincoats (in case of rain)
- Signs protesting the SC immunity decision
- Yourself and perhaps a friend or 3.
WHAT NOT TO BRING:
- Any signs that aren't protesting the SC immunity or other recent decision.
- That means no protesting Biden as the candidate. Leave that for another day.
- Weapons (improvised or otherwise)
The law has crippled groundwater regulation in most of the state and large farming operations have been exploiting it for decades. This includes American and foreign-owned companies. Even if the state can stop foreign companies from abusing Arizona’s lax water laws, American mega-dairies and large-s...
Technically older than I'd like to post, but this information hasn't been posted before, and I was surprised to learn that, despite the lease cancellations that made the news, there's still a lot more alfalfa megafarms we need to deal with.
You know, I thought so too, until I did some googling and found that it's not quite that straight forward:
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2024/03/28/no-the-saudis-havent-stopped-pumping-arizona-groundwater/
TIL!
Likely because it's a bot and that's what the bot is set to do. You did notice it is a bot right?
Tucson Democrats - are you alarmed after last nights debate? I know I am. Here's what's in our locus of control...
Just a quick reminder of the actions that are within our locus of control.
We can:
- Email our local and state level Democratic party orgs and representatives expressing our alarm and urgent need for a new candidate.
- Protest in front of local and state level Democratic campaign offices expressing our alarm and urgent need for a better candidate.
- Provide extreme feedback in polls and surveys. The DNC is very data driven, and if their internal polling goes south, it could very well force a change.
- Vote for the candidate we have.
There's probably more, but I've done #1, and am planning to do #2. Feel free to join in - the more voices, the louder the message.
The local Democrat Party office can be reached by email at [email protected].
Mark Kelly can be reached with this form here.
Mail correspondence and in-person appeals and protesting should occur at the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters located at 2302 E Speedway Blvd Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719.
Fair point. But I also know a few of examples to the contrary. My sister and my father both had medical cards. They've stopped renewing them, because for them the recreational side is sufficient. It's just less stress. Although I'm very much not sure about the prices. It seems like they are making short-term decision on the expensive paperwork and in so doing paying a lot more long-term in excise taxes.
I don't even have a medical card. But I am just incredibly tired of ever increasing THC percentages in the products. I need a substantial amount of CBD in the product to not be stuck in a mind-racing, anxious hell. So a majority of the recreational market just does NOT appeal to me.
I lived in Portland, Oregon for about 7 years after they legalized. Their market was so different. I could find almost any combination of cannabinoids that I would want. Even on the recreational side. I wonder if it has anything to do with the markets maturity in a given state? Perhaps people trend away from high THC strains after a few years?
It's because the "Medical" side of the market doesn't actually exist. Want CBD heavy bud? Nope, not, "enough demand". Just higher and higher concentration of THC for the medical patients.
It's fake as hell. Not every medical patient has the same needs, so why the hell is it all the same weed?
Nowadays the hemp/CBD flower shops are more "medical" than any of the "medical" shops.
For here in Tucson, I recommend Healthful Flowers over on Speedway and Craycroft. The only legit "medically valuable" hemp/cannabis dispensary in town.
So yeah, to the "medical" dispensaries out there, it's adapt or die, and most are choosing to just make "medical cannabis" into "discount recreation cannabis" and wondering why their medical patients stop showing up.
Clint Bolick and Kathryn Hackett King erased AZ women's right to bodily autonomy - Vote "No" on retaining them this November. If you haven't signed the Abortion Access petition, link within.
Again, the names are:
- Clint Bolick
- Kathryn Hackett King
While you're here, I encourage you to also sign the petition to get Abortion Access on November's ballot.
Already signed? Donations are always welcome!
EDIT - I keep butchering the title. 😢 If I see issues with this one. I'ma wait a bit and assume I'm having a bad brain day. Sorry if you've been "spammed" by my edits/reposts.
Tucson Sunset of 02-27-24
Image Caption: A picture of an Arizona sunset, featuring Sonoran Desert plants casting a silhouette in front of a dazzling sky featuring bright oranges, pinks, and purples over the layered and complex cloud formations. Taken on a Google Pixel 7 Pro - 02/27/2024
The recent vote that could make Dartmouth men’s basketball the first unionized collegiate sports program in the country could potentially impact athletes across the country, including those in Arizona.
cross-posted from: https://tucson.social/post/542130
> > > > The recent vote that could make Dartmouth men’s basketball the first unionized collegiate sports program in the country could potentially impact athletes across the country, including those in Arizona. >
The University of Arizona this week delayed implementation of its climate action plan citing a $177 million budget deficit, and despite rising revenues, it is now unclear when or if those proposals will be put into action.
cross-posted from: https://tucson.social/post/542068
> > > > The University of Arizona this week delayed implementation of its climate action plan citing a $177 million budget deficit, and despite rising revenues, it is now unclear when or if those proposals will be put into action. >
newsbot will be away for a few days while we upgrade it to be compatible with lemmy v0.19
As in title - automated posts are going to be down for a day or so while I help the author upgrade the bot's code. Nothing major - and provided we don't run into any issues it should return tomorrow.
Enjoy your 100% bot-free* instance while it lasts. 🙃
\* -- I cannot guarantee that other users are human, but that's a different issue.
PSA - If your Pixel no longer connects to your wifi after the most recent update - disable WPA3 on your router.
Obviously this is still a Pixel issue - but at least I can connect to my home Wifi again.
I previously posted saying that Wifi was broken in general, but I mistook my ongoing Xfinity outage as being unable to connect to any wifi. Thus I removed the post.
When the outage ended, I could connect to some other networks and couldn't figure out why.
It wasn't until after a painful factory reset process that I tried going from WPA3/WPA2 mode to just WPA2 on both of my APs and suddenly everything is able to connect again.
It seems that the recent OTA update borked WPA3-Personal in a way that doesn't allow it to navigate the "compatibility mode" of WPA3/WPA2 either.
Edit - Looks like this might even be something Verizon specific - UQ1A-20231205.015.A1
Edit2 - Also mine is a Pixel 7 Pro - a Pixel 6 Pro user reports no such issue - YMMV.
Trying out the different Arch based distros for fun and science - Why does Garuda perform so bad?
Other Arch Flavors I've tried (some are no longer with us) include:
- ArchBang
- EndeavourOS
- Manjaro
- Chakra
So with that out of the way, I've found my Garuda experience incredibly painful. From messy repositories (Chaotic-AUR plus their own stuff), to an overly involved upgrade process (when using the helper) - the distro screams of a team that has no freakin' clue how to maintain an actual distribution.
It's basically Arch on hard mode with so many settings rolled into their own packages which need to be removed before customization.
Then we get to the purported performance enhancements and, honestly, this is the worst performing distro I've ever used, by multiple miles. I'm not sure if its the scheduler settings, or something with the zram settings - but this distro hitches and hangs constantly. (5950x, 64GB of Ram, Samsung 980 Pro drives, NVIDIA RTX 3080Ti - NOT a weak machine by any standards)
I'd normally chalk it up to compositor issues on Wayland (yes, I prefer Wayland and it works fine for most Arch derivitaves even with Nvidia). However the performance issues even crop up on basic terminal commands on a TTY with lots of weird hangs and lags.
The ONLY thing that was easier on this distro was installing the various Proton GE builds and other specialty stuff found in the Chaotic-AUR. But given the above, it's definitely not worth it when one can configure an Arch box to do the same things without all of the problems.
Perhaps I'm not doing something right? Given all the praise for this distro, perhaps it shouldn't perform like this?
To be completely and utterly clear - I'm an advanced user trying out these distros for fun and discovery. I can indeed "just use a different distro" but wanted to give this one a fair shake before moving on.
A review of the Tucson Vegan Night market at 7:30PM in 6 words
"Sorry we're out of that one."
Probably starts before 7PM or something. Definitely wasn't worth the parking pain.
Do we need a /c/news and /c/politics? Also, some thoughts on the the next steps for tucson.social.
Hi all!
Do we need a /c/news and/or /c/politics?
I know it's kinda confusing. After all, where else have you been getting local news and politics all this time? But those communities are actually /c/localnews and /c/tucsonpolitics.
So here's the dillemma - we get far more engagement on national-level news. Yet that's technically against the rules here.
So what should we do?
Should we open up new communities for national level discourse?
I think I floated the idea before but the community was generally against it at the time.
Many of the people engaging are Tucsonans operating from other instances, which I think is super cool and shows that there is value in people having a local forum to discuss national news and politics.
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On the future of tucson.social:
I think the future lies with Mbin, not Lemmy.
For those who aren't a complete FOSS nerd like me - Mbin is a fork of Kbin that, in their own words:
> Mbin is focused on what the community wants, pull requests can be merged by any repo owner (with merge rights in GitHub). Discussions take place on Matrix then consensus has to be reached by the community. If approved by the community, only one approval on the PR is required by one of the Mbin maintainers. It's built entirely on trust.
In short - it's moving faster than Kbin ever was in feature contributions and has even overtaken Lemmy in terms of daily merges. I expect that it could be the dominant "threadiverse" platform in a few years and I think that's where tucson.social will need to be.
Right now that's unfeasible, since that would mean essentially abandoning the instance and starting fresh, so I'm looking into ways to migrate everything over - so everyone isn't required to sign up again.
Then there's the mobile client compatibility. Perhaps Mbin will have a lemmy compatible API layer somewhere in the future. Perhaps mobile clients will catch up. Either way, that also requires more time.
Suffice it to say, tucson.social isn't moving to Mbin anytime this year, or even early next year. In the meantime, I'll probably try to reason out my own lemmy>mbin migration script to speed things along.
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So what say you, tucson.social users/contributors?
TL;DR - Do we need communities for national level discourse here at tucson.social? Also, we're planning to eventually move to Mbin and I'm keeping folks informed about those plans.
As an SRE, what do I do about Alerts caused almost entirely by poor customer communication or misuse of a product?
A bit more context there since you might wonder why customers can cause Sev1's.
Well, I work for a Database Technology company and we provide a managed service offering. This managed service offering has SLA's that essentially enforce a 5 minute response time for any "urgent" issue.
Well, a common urgent issue is that the customer suddenly wants to load in a bunch of new data without informing us which causes the cluster to stop accepting write loads.
It's to the point where most if not all urgent pages result in some form of scaling of the cluster.
Since this is a customer driven behavior, there is no real ability to plan for it - and since these particular customers have special requirements (and thus, less ability to automate scaling operations), I'm unsure if there is any recourse here.
It's to the point that it doesn't even feel like an SRE team anymore - we should just instead be called "On-demand scaling agents". Since we're constantly trying to scale ahead of our customers.
All in all, I'm starting to feel like this is a management/sales level issue that I cannot possibly address. If we're selling this managed service offering as essentially "magic" that can be scaled whenever they need then it seems like we're being setup for failure at the organizational level. Not to mention, not being smart about costs behind scaling and factoring that into these contracts.
So, fellow SRE's have you had to have this conversation with a larger org? What works for something like this? What doesn't? Should I just seek greener pastures at this point?
P.S. - Posted c/Programming due to lack of a c/SRE
What earplugs do y'all recommend? My sensory issues putting things in my ears makes most of them unpleasant for me.
I've tried foam earplugs, but those are impossible to use socially as everything's too muddy. Also they'd end up sliding out eventually.
I eventually bought audiophile grade earplugs and they are FANTASTIC but the flange tips irritate my ears so bad.
I know circumaural headphones work great, but people have a harder time understanding I'm just using them as a filter to even hear them.
As we go into the 2024 Election season - some reminders
Hello all!
While it's 13 months and some change away, I think its important to emphasize our rules and code of conduct before things get too heated.
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>- Policy. This includes any discussion of specific governmental policies or the development of such policies. Government policy can be developed at any level of government (from elected school board to the Arizona Legislature). It also includes court decisions which either create law itself (appellate court decisions) or involve the government. >- Electioneering. This includes polling, events directly pertaining to elections, and discussion of candidates and political parties, including their platforms and policies. >- Politician Capacity. Any incident or potential incident that could prevent a current politician from serving in their capacity in government (e.g. death, injury/sickness, criminal prosecution or resignation) is topical. We consider politicians to be either (1) elected members of government; or (2) members of government confirmed/voted on by elected members of government. >- Advocacy. Any efforts to influence or promote a position on the above 3 areas of topicality. This includes protests, demonstrations and the positions and advocacy of interest groups. >- Pertinent New Reporting. New articles that cover previously unreported details of past events which both would have been topical if reported when they occurred and have a clear connection to current Arizona or local politics or future elections. Analysis, editorializing, or speculation on prior events with no newly reported facts is not covered under this clause, even if there is a link to current Arizona or local politics.
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