In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there’s no shelter available. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has deemed this cruel and unusual punishment, and this case is a...
To the vast majority of society we are not even considered human beings. To businesses and the government we aren’t considered human beings. We’re just a statistic.
I read the news a lot, especially local news. My city has seen unprecedented levels of homelessness in the past few years.
Who does the local media interview the most about this? Homeless people? Non-profits organizations trying to help despite lack of resources? Homeless shelters? Addiction services?
Nope; the local chamber of commerce. The focus is always on “oh no the poor people are affecting our businesses!” and never on the people literally dying on our streets. It’s disgusting.
There are many cultures around the world that are suppressed by majoritarianism. They have to face challenges like forced assimilation, language discrimination and refusal to acknowledgement of their unique identity. In fact, many cultures have been identified by UNESCO, that will soon cease to exist - either that they’re...
Francophones are not prioritized for employment or political opportunities. Do you know which linguistic group is prioritized for such roles?
Bilinguals.
Do you think a unilingual French speaker would have more opportunities in Canada than a unilingual English speaker?
Of course, people whose first language is French have much higher rates of bilingualism than people whose first language is English, for a myriad of reasons. But I find it illuminating that for all the whining I see from (some) Anglophones about “lack of opportunities because they don’t speak French”, their proposed solutions always focus on stripping Francophones of their rights instead of encouraging French language education for Anglophones. Many countries around the world have huge percentages of their population being able to speak two (or more!) languages, why shouldn’t we strive for that? I see no downsides to increased bilingualism.
I live in New Brunswick, the only officially bilingual province in the Canada, where our unilingual Anglophone premier repeats the same talking points you do about how difficult it is for unilingual Anglophones to advance themselves in our province. All while holding the highest elected title in the province without speaking a lick of French.
Little Music Player is the smallest I could find, clocking in at a whopping 21.7 KB but it might be a bit barebones even for your taste.
A deeper search uncovered Kure Music Player which has a bit more features but hasn’t been updated since 2014. How vital is it that the app be under 1 MB?
Like the other person who replied to me, I just use it as a frontend for FreshRSS and it works fine for that. But now you kinda have me wondering why I never bothered checking out Nextcloud’s RSS, how do you like it?
Fair enough! Feeder is good too, and what I used before ReadYou. I usually just go to my unread articles, scroll all the down to the bottom and then scroll up from there.
If there’s housing affordability or availability issues in your area and you oppose what sounds like pretty reasonable higher-density housing (6 stories is basically the minimum for new apartment buildings in my city) I’m afraid to say you’re a NIMBY.
What do you mean by “out of scale”? It’s sounding an awful lot like “it ruins the character of the neighbourhood” which is the catchphrase of NIMBYs everywhere. If you had concerns about whether the existing infrastructure in your neighbourhood can support higher-density housing, I suspect you’d just say that rather than vaguely suggesting the new developments are “out of scale”.
I don’t mean to be rude, I appreciate you having these reflections, and I’m all ears if you care to elaborate further than “out of scale”. However, with the information you’ve shared so far you’re very much coming off as a NIMBY.
That sounds absolutely reasonable and the sort of mixed density cities should aim towards. If you never build any apartment buildings except in close proximity to existing apartment buildings, how did the first apartment building in your city come to be?
Again, do you have an actual issue with these developments? How does these developments being larger than the surrounding buildings affect you in any way?
I’m trying to move away from Authy since they’re ending support for their desktop app, and I thought Aegis would be the right app for me to jump to, but it doesn’t seem to have a desktop app. So I’m wondering what FOSS apps the rest of you use for Desktop and Mobile 2FA?
Are you joking? That seems ridiculously low to me. That’s barely 300 metres per day. I walk more than that just pacing around my apartment on a typical day. I actually can’t even envision what a life with so little walking would look like.
I’ve been using manjaro for a couple of years and I really like it. especially the wide variety of packages available. Recently been using https://github.com/Jguer/yay to find/install....
Would be interesting if there was a script that could audit the licenses being used by all the installed applications
This thread is hurting my brain, but if I understand correctly maybe absolutely-proprietary is the kind of thing you’re looking for? It checks your installed packages against a list of proprietary packages and suggests libre alternatives if they exist.
Have you considered the possibility that the majority of people are shitty and/or psychopaths?
Like most people will hear about companies using child slaves in impoverished countries and the biggest reaction is what, a boycott? Even that’s a minority of people, most just keep on truckin’ as if we don’t live in a disgusting fucked up world.
When’s the last time you heard about that Apple factory where people were regularly committing suicide? Why does Nestlé still exist despite widespread public knowledge of all the horrible shit they’ve pulled?
Did they say “Fuck Israelis”? You have to be either really thin-skinned to take offense to “Fuck insert country here”, or you support the thing that’s being criticized (which in this case is genocide).
Like, I’m Canadian, and when First Nations people say “Fuck Canada” because of the centuries of oppression and genocide they’ve faced, I don’t take personal offense because I do not support the genocide of First Nations people. They’re right, fuck Canada.
You can run commands, so systemctl poweroff should work to turn off your computer (on Linux, not sure how KDE Connect works on Windows, but I’d assume there’s an equivalent)
I didn’t have a phone until I was 16 despite most of my peers getting one around 12/13. I didn’t get bullied for not having a phone, in fact no one really made any comments on it other than an occasional “wow, I couldn’t live without my phone!”
Granted, this was over ten years ago, and was probably the first generation of teenagers where cell phones were near-ubiquitous. I don’t know if kids nowadays would get bullied just for not having a phone, but it would severely limit their social interactions. Riding your bike and knocking at your friends’ doors randomly, or going to the mall and expecting you’ll find some people you know there, these are from a bygone era.
i’ve appointed Good Girl as interrim mod while while im gone to just like make sure this place stays moderated and clean of bigots and stuff, but yeah, goodbye all, i might be back at some point but idk really (realitistically im probably going to be back within a few weeks)
Do you drink the cereal-flavored milk straight from the bowl? I grew up doing this because my parents taught me how good that milk tastes. As I’ve gotten older, I feel a little self-conscious about doing it in public. It’s not something I notice other non-children doing....
I’m just sitting here trying to figure out if I’ve ever eaten cereal in public.
I guess maybe in a hotel that offered “free continental breakfast”? If I did make a habit of eating cereal in public, I can’t say I’d have a second thought before picking up my bowl and drinking the (oat) milk leftover. Do some people not do this? What do they do, throw it away? Scoop milk into their mouths with a spoon?
Life’s too short to be self-conscious about how you eat cereal.
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide (wamu.org)
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there’s no shelter available. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has deemed this cruel and unusual punishment, and this case is a...
People from a minority/dying culture, how do you feel about it?
There are many cultures around the world that are suppressed by majoritarianism. They have to face challenges like forced assimilation, language discrimination and refusal to acknowledgement of their unique identity. In fact, many cultures have been identified by UNESCO, that will soon cease to exist - either that they’re...
Is there is a music player app for android under 1mb?
Right now I am using lisna music player and I was searching for opensource alternatives.
Twine: A multiplatform RSS reader built using Kotlin and Compose (github.com)
One of the few RSS reader app with stunning UI.
[discussion] …. But can you walk the walk
I can talk the talk, but this is really going to test that ……...
FOSS Desktop 2FA app?
I’m trying to move away from Authy since they’re ending support for their desktop app, and I thought Aegis would be the right app for me to jump to, but it doesn’t seem to have a desktop app. So I’m wondering what FOSS apps the rest of you use for Desktop and Mobile 2FA?
Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class (www.theguardian.com)
Board of education replaces course at 12 public universities with own US history curriculum, in latest ‘anti-woke’ attack...
18 February 1979 (sh.itjust.works)
Bryson's America: Why would you walk? (www.independent.co.uk)
Article from 1999, referenced study likely from earlier....
searching for FLOSS packages in arch-based distro?
I’ve been using manjaro for a couple of years and I really like it. especially the wide variety of packages available. Recently been using https://github.com/Jguer/yay to find/install....
Opinion: I'm an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn't war — it was annihilation (www.latimes.com)
What happened outside Mount Sinai Hospital as a pro-Palestine rally passed by? (www.thegrindmag.ca)
Controlling and monitoring computers (Windows, Linux) from Home Assistant?
There does not seem to exist like a single, complete solution for this that everyone agrees is the way to go… or maybe I did not look hard enough....
‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
[MOD ANNOUNCEMENT]: hi garf heads, i'm going to be taking a temporary break from the internet. Don't worry about me or anything, im just going to be out touching grass and having gay sex basically (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
i’ve appointed Good Girl as interrim mod while while im gone to just like make sure this place stays moderated and clean of bigots and stuff, but yeah, goodbye all, i might be back at some point but idk really (realitistically im probably going to be back within a few weeks)
Do you drink milk from the cereal bowl?
Do you drink the cereal-flavored milk straight from the bowl? I grew up doing this because my parents taught me how good that milk tastes. As I’ve gotten older, I feel a little self-conscious about doing it in public. It’s not something I notice other non-children doing....