I suggest we not allow it, and I think the proposed Rule 5 covers that case. Seeking vigilante justice on the internet is a dangerous game. It is much too easy to misidentify someone, or to act on inaccurate information. There are plenty of documented cases out there of innocent people coming to harm. Two high-profile examples come to mind:

A university professor wrongly identified as a participant at a white supremacist rally (the article includes other examples, too): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40935419

The Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, where a bunch of innocent people were wrongly accused and faced harassment: https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics/resources/social-media-and-the-boston-marathon-bombing/

Best of luck to Alaska in fighting them off.

In Washington state, fishermen are required to kill any northern pike they happen to catch. Live release is illegal. The Colville tribes offer a $10/fish bounty in Lake Roosevelt, too.

Or having masked secret police arresting and deporting whomever they wish with no due process?

They were totally criminals bro. Trust me bro. No, you can’t see any evidence. And no, I won’t bring them back. They’re gone, bro, it’s out of our hands now.

I’m sold!

US, if my avatar didn’t already make that clear. My short list is Canada, Norway, Germany, France, New Zealand, Chile, in no particular order. Basically, places with snowy mountains and ski resorts.

It’s hard to pick just one place, though. There are so many beautiful and interesting spots in the world.

Canvas is Lemmy’s version of the pixel wars thing, and it’s happening soon. Applicable community: !canvas@toast.ooo

The lemmy.zip folks have also been running The Button: !thebutton@lemmy.zip

Typo. Autocorrect has been killing me lately.

I think there’s enough precedent at this point that everyone would still treat the Construction Constitution as law.

However, the case is also when the Supreme Court gave itself the power to override Congress by declaring laws unconstitutional. If the court overturned Marbury v. Madison the court would also be kneecapping itself by giving up one of its greatest powers.

Great answer.

I second that OP should ask about ring preference before buying anything. I did before I proposed, and was surprised to learn that she had very specific desires for her engagement ring.

Just autocorrect screwing me again. Fixed now.

If Colombia wins, free empanadas!

'07 shitbox checking in. Was at the scrap yard last week getting replacement parts.

“Why are people so ________ these days?” drives me nuts. People have always been that way. If today’s behavior seems new and unique it’s only because it’s being presented through different social norms, fashions, or ways of communicating.

I thought party names were sometimes unintuitive in other countries as well? From the names alone I couldn’t tell you what the Whigs or Tories stood for in the UK, or the Brazil of Hope Federation today, or the old Arrow Cross party in Hungary. It’s usually some mix of historical oddities and domestic marketing.

We could use a new Bull Moose party. It’s almost hard to imagine a platform like that winning today.

The party’s platform built on Roosevelt’s Square Deal domestic program and called for several progressive reforms, asserting that “to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day”. The platform included proposals such as restrictions on campaign finance contributions, a reduction of the tariff and the establishment of a social insurance system, an eight-hour workday and women’s suffrage.

Shout out to KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle / KEXC 92.7 FM Alameda/San Francisco. All real live DJs all the time, picking amazing music across genres.

My sister worked at Abercrombie & Fitch back in their late-90s/early-00s peak. Every month or two, corporate would send a CD to be played in store during open hours. A 60-minute (or less) loop of company-sactioned pop music, all shift, every shift. I wasn’t the one working there and I still felt miserable on her behalf.

I’m at a loss.

IDK how hourly workers do it.

In theory it should be no problem for salaried workers. The point of salary is that you are supposedly being paid for your work output rather than your time. I know that isn’t always the case; companies love to control workers.

I have been lucky. At every place I worked for the last 20-ish years the salaried employees come and go as they please. It’s normal to leave for a mid-day appointment and then come back to the office. All that matters is shit gets done in a timely manner and we’re available when people need us. I wish everyone had that level of flexibility.

we migrate to a location where we can get sensible people together in a location.

This has already been happening for quite some time. People move to be around others like themselves. It’s why northern Idaho has been taken over by far-right newcomers, and why so many LGBTQ folks move to places like Seattle or greater Boston. Hell, the Free State Project has been actively trying to pack New Hampshire with libertarians for almost 25 years. The result of this self-segregation is stark political boundaries with easily-identified in- and out-groups. But we’re all still part of the same overall nation, so there’s a distinct political split and culture war politics take center stage. Hence our position.

Then we can rebel against the for profit system by protecting each other with weapons, food, community.

History tells me that secession by force is a losing proposition.

I don’t have a good solution. It’s tempting to organize and try to make peaceful secession a palatable political outcome, though that’s a long and difficult path with a lot of vested interests in the way.