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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 hours ago

The Catholic press has picked it up, too:

https://www.ncronline.org/news/california-bishops-scramble-tend-catholics-feeling-hunted-ice-agents

There are hints that the current government's actions are widening a cultural rift in the church. Considering how large the Catholic church is, I'm really interested to see how this plays out.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/trumps-immigration-agenda-widening-fissures-catholic-hierarchys-consensus

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 hours ago

To add all the other good comments here...

As a recording artist, it's nearly impossible to stand out unless you have a marketing machine behind you. That means a record label that can promote your work, get your songs placed on radio stations and streaming platforms, and (in the old days) manufacture and sell physical media through many different retailers.

As a touring performer, you also need a large crew of people working for you: booking venues, marketing your shows, ticketing, managing the logistics of set-up/tear-down/transportation, operating lights and sound during the show, etc.

In both of these scenarios, the musician is only one small cog in a large machine. And there are enough good musicians in the world that they are treated as largely interchangeable.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There is a significant group of conservative Catholics who view any change as a departure from the One True Faith™. You can still find churches that do not follow the modernizations from the Second Vatican Council, which happened back in the 1950s. Pope Francis was seen as a radical by many of these people.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, those numbers are US-centric. It isn't surprising since the post is targeting a US audience.

The numbers seem a bit off, but not by a huge amount. A little Googling suggests that California produces 80-85% of American wine, and about 75% of American fruits and nuts.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'll bet the lane is there purely to satisfy some requirement for including non-car infrastructure, regardless of whether it makes sense in this particular location. It's the same way we get fun bike lanes like these:

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good point. I will add that to the long list of reforms we need in the US criminal system.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Mandatory minimums are a problem. Judges lose discretion to tailor the punishment to the specifics of the case. Minimums may be pushed unreasonably high so politicians can claim to be "tough on crime." (This happened big time in the US, starting with the War on Drugs in the 1970s and continuing through the 1990s.) Both of those lead to more people in prison longer than they should be.

Also, at least in the US, not all crimes carry mandatory minimum sentences. This gives prosecutors a new source of leverage:

The use of mandatory minimums effectively vests prosecutors with powerful sentencing discretion. The prosecutor controls the decision to charge a person with a mandatory-eligible crime and, in some states, the decision to apply the mandatory minimum to an eligible charge. Rather than eliminate discretion in sentencing, mandatory minimums therefore moved this power from judges to prosecutors. The threat of mandatory minimums also encourages defendants to plead to a different crime to avoid a stiff, mandatory sentence.

https://www.sentencingproject.org/fact-sheet/how-mandatory-minimums-perpetuate-mass-incarceration-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Mandatory minimums can also lead to significant racial disparities. The linked article cites an example of very different minimum sentences for different drug offenses, leading to a sharp rise in incarceration rates for blacks but much less so for whites.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 181 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Everything will be better if we just feed a fifth of the population to the alligators!"

Absolutely insane.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Whatever the issue was, it was short-lived. It's now back to normal and only a few minutes behind.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Do you mean in the very short term, or over the last few days or weeks?

At the moment It looks like programming.dev is suddenly falling behind reddthat.com. It's currently ~40 minutes behind and getting worse. @snowe@programming.dev @Ategon@programming.dev, FYI.

I'm not savvy enough to know what causes this, but it has happened before between instances. @MrKaplan@lemmy.world might have some insight.

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (9 children)

lemme.ee is shutting down at the end of this month.

The admin team is understaffed and suffering from burnout.

You still have a few days to gracefully transition your account to another Lemmy instance.

 
 

If you aren't familiar with Band, it's a tool often used for coordinating kids' sports teams, school bands, and similar small groups. You invite people to a private workspace which contains a post feed, events calendar, file repository (for permission forms or injury waivers or whatever), and a chat interface for 1-on-1 or group chats among workspace members.

Is anyone familiar with a similar tool that can be self-hosted?

My kids' groups have tried using a mix of chat/SMS, email, and Google Drive in the past, but fractured communication leads to massive confusion. It's really nice to have all group communication in one place.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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