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If they gave into the protest AND gave a broader signal that they cared about their content creators and their volunteer mods in broader ways, then sure I'd go back. I'd probably keep exploring Lemmy, though, as I feel like big social media sites will inevitable devolve into whatever Facebook looks like.
Same happened to me. Then when posting I chose "unknown" or whatever language (not English) and it worked.
Or, as they say in Arkansas, energetic new workforce members.
Oris Artix Today
Love this watch. I love that it’s relatively clean, but has neat details that make it special, like the blingy Arabic numbers on the chapter ring, the fun and slightly blingy 7-link bracelet, the subtle concentric circle texture in the middle of the dial, and the way that the bezel kind of sinks into the mid-case (not visible in this photo), or the red rotor (ditto). I love that it has lume and 100m water resistance, so it can act as more of a GADA watch, but it’s still a little formal. I’ve been wearing dive watches a lot, but I’m so glad this is in my collection. It might be just a tad too formal for GADA, but it’d be in a 3-watch collection for sure. !
Is anyone having a problem posting here? I tried posting both a WRUW thread with a pic (both in the title and in the body), and then just a regular thread, but the "create" button just spins and spins. No timeout, but no posting either. I'm able to comment (or so it seems) but not able to post threads. I'm on the lemmy.world instance. Help?
EDIT: When I chose the langauge as "undetermined," it posted right away. When I selected "English," it froze.
- Yes, some extreme shocks can harm mechanical watches.
- No, I don't know how much. I'm sure there are some people out there who've done some sort of calculations. But I feel like what we see and hear are just estimates, speculation, anectodal bias, or other shoddy evidence (maybe check Watchuseek). Just like the Reddit pic you sent -- it shows beat up gears from a chronograph with a warning about golfing. Down the post, the OP says he's a watchmaker and that watch came in from someone who claimed that they wore it playing golf. But guess what? There was also rust on the parts. The OP said "oh, that was due to a bad seal, not related to shock". So how are we supposed to believe OP's opinion that the teeth were damaged due to shock but that other evidence of damage was due to a separate cause, that ALSO didn't cause or contribute to the teeth and gear damage? Shoddy arguments to me. And sports watches were made to be worn while doing sports--they were worn that way before the advent of modern quartz watches and G-Shocks. But of course they're probably not the ideal watch to wear, since we have quartz watches that can deal with shock better.
- Yes, modern watches have some form of shock protection. How much really does depend on the watch.
- Would I wear a mechanical watch while biking? I guess it depends. It depends on the quality of the watch (in some ways, a higher quality sports/dive watch should withhstand shock better, because it's going to have more shock absorption built in, but on the other hand, if your watch is expensive, are you really going to put it in a risky situation?), it depends on how bad your roads are, really, and it depends on the cost.
- Let's just say this-- I bike commuted for about a year, and I almost always wore a mechanical watch. I went over potholes, and all of my watches survived. BUT, (a) I mostly wear dive-style watches, even to work, and (b) none of my watches cost more than $1000. So I'm willing to take those risks.
TL;dr-- yes, shocks might cause harm to mechanical watches. The amount of shock that can cause harm, and the risk of harm, are hard to calculate. Whether you decide to wear a mechanical watch while biking is a decision you have to make based upon your risk tolerance.
Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign with a video released Thursday morning, marking the long-shot candidate’s formal entry to the race.
> In an interview with CBS News last month, Suarez said deciding on a presidential bid was a “soul-searching process.” He also nodded to his lack of national name recognition, saying, “I’m someone who needs to be better known by this country.”
- Narcissistic much?
- It sounds like he's running for some cabinet postition.
It does seem, though, if Republicans focus on the conservative ideas that conservative minority voters care about, and aren't stupid about piling all people of color into the "enemy" category, they can make some significant gains and overcome the inevitable demographic disadvantage that they will face if they keep the GOP as the party of white Christians only. (And, byt the way, the Democrats have to stop taking racial minorities' votes for granted. That, I think, is one area where Biden shines.)
A longer dissent than majority opinion, with lots of twists and turns and hypertechnical readings and citations to law review articles and court dissents to make his point. I agree @[email protected], Gorsuch continues is pro-tribal jurisprudence. Maybe it's consistent with his ultra-textualist and libertarian world view, or maybe it's because of his Colorado upbringing, or maybe it's something else.
Interesting discussion in the majority opinion about "all-inclusive" examplar pairs to show a broad statutory scope -- with examples "rain or shine," "near and far," "foreign and domestic."
The Supreme Court has preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.
Cross-posted from [email protected]
"After Hours" in Salt Lake City Recommendations
Another one of my posts from the other place, in response to a question about a guy who was in from out of town on business and needed suggestions about what to do "after hours" in SLC. I'm an old fogey, so my recommendations skew that way, and they're a little out of date, but I thought I'd port them over here just in case. Other thoughts?
There's TONS of awesome stuff to do in SLC after work.
(I'm not mentioning most of the tourist-y things. You can find those yourself if you want to do them. My picks -- the Natural History Museum if you like dinosaurs; Temple Square if you want to learn about the LDS church or catch a random organ recital over lunch---yes you will be bothered by missionaries but you can politely say you're not interested and don't need any help getting around)
First, if you like to ski, there's still going to be skiing for at least a couple of weeks. The snow won't be great, but the crowds shouldn't be too bad. There are buses that take you right up to the resorts. (That's not exactly after hours, but if you have an extra day before or after your trip.)
Second, there are lots of good hikes nearby that you can get done before the sun sets, even if you have to wait to get off of work. Three easy options are Ensign Peak (cool view above the capitol building of the valley; super short but kinda steep hike, but lots of hills beyond the hike you can explore if you want), The Living Room (different view of the city; couple miles each way; best way to get there is if you have a car, but you can get there on public transit), and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (long, winding trail in the foothills of SLC; great for running once you get up there). (Pretty good photos from all of these places.)
If you have a car, there are tons of hikes /climbs up and around the canyons near salt lake in the Wasatch Mountains. Some might be a little long for after work, but just look on alltrails or your favorite website to find distance and length requirements.
We have an awesome AAA baseball team, the Salt Lake Bees, in a stadium with the "best views in baseball." They have a home stand this week into this weekend (if the weather improves...). Thirsty Thursday = $3 (edit 3.50) beers. It's also easily accessible on public transportation from downtown if you don't have a car, or don't want to take it out. (TBH if you're staying in a downtown hotel, taking the light rail to the ballpark will be faster than getting your car out, driving down, finding a place to park, and walking.)
https://www.milb.com/salt-lake/schedule
We have a major league soccer team, Real Salt Lake. They have home games on the 20th and 30th this month. It's a really fun experience, and the stadium is on the light rail (just a pretty long ride).
SLC has a really strong, growing microbrewery culture. And because of some ridiculous zoning laws, many of them are grouped together. You can rent a bike or participate in our bike share program to get around from one brewery to another (you can do scooters too-- we have all the regular companies, but if you get too tipsy you might be calling a Lyft). The "main beer drag" is from 300 West and Mainstreet east and west, from downtown to about 3300 south north to south.
My favorite breweries to visit because they're fun: Fisher, TF (really great atmosphere), Proper (skee ball, old school video games, nice place); Kiitos (pinball!), Squatters (kind of a Utah original, most of their beers are just OK--food ranges from OK to good); Red Rock (better than Squatters IMO, for beer and food and decent atmosphere -- but it's pretty far from the rest), Bewilder (people like it; I've not experienced the atmosphere, but I'm kinda meh on the beers so far). My favorite breweries for beer: Red Rock, EPIC (their tasting room is just really small, but they're the most awarded brewer in SLC) TF, Proper, Shades (for sours) Grid City (good food), Level Crossing (pretty good food, my current favorite beer).
There are other good breweries/brew pubs worth visiting that are just a bit out of the way from the "main beer drag" like Uinta, Hopkins..,. a few others.
There are also a bunch of pretty cool bars in the downtown area. My favorites are Bar X/Beer Bar (owned by Ty Burrell of Modern Family fame), Quarters (old-school arcade bar), Bourbon House, The Rest (a hidden restaurant/bar below Bodega), Purgatory. If you're willing to take a Lyft, or a REALLY long train ride, to the suburbs, Prohibition is really cool. I think they have cabaret shows on the weekends and the lines are LOOOONG without a reservation.
Bar trivia is a big thing in SLC. You can play by yourself or if you're feeling extroverted, you can ask to join a smaller team. Just google around for places. I think the Green Pig (in downtown) still has trivia on Wednesday nights. Lots of other places are a bit of a drive/Lyft.
(PLEASE remember that Utah's DUI law is .05, so if you've had more than one, get a Lyft or an Uber.)
Our shopping is just meh. City Creek Center, a half-open-air shopping mall downtown, is fine and has the normal stores you would expect. Walking around is pleasant. Utah Woolen Mills is a famous men's clothier. There are some quirky shops downtown (like Ken Sanders Rare Books -- moving soon!) but I wouldn't go out of my way to go shopping here. Park City shopping is a little more interesting, and they have some nice art galleries up there, but definitely not worth the drive.
There's a weird SCUBA spot in an underground spring / crater in a mountain resort town called Midway. I don't think you could get up there after work right now (the cool "back way" road is closed during the winter), but they close at 8 p.m., so... maybe.
https://homesteadresort.com/things-to-do/homestead-crater/
You just missed the window to take a bobsled ride at the olympic track (edit: this was a winter post--you can bobsled in the summer, too!), but there's still an opportunity to curl on the olympic ice with the olympic stones. (Sold out through April, but if you're coming later... You'd need a car to get to the Olympic Oval, and I think you'd probably want to bring some friends along -- you're part of a group lesson but it's way more fun with people you know. https://checkout.utaholympiclegacy.org/activities/56
Maybe they'll have cancellations-- might be worth asking about.)
Beyond hiking, you might get good pics at the capitol, or at Red Butte Garden (they don't have a ton of flowering plants, so spring isn't usually the most impressive time there) or at Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park, or on hikes.
Drive out west of SLC to the Salt Flats on a clear night and get amazing star pics. That's a good hour drive each way though.
OH, you didn't mention culture or music, but SLC has one of the few year-round symphony orchestras in the country, and they're good. They perform pretty much every weekend. Get front-row orchestra seats. They're much cheaper than the other parts of the orchestra section, and you get to be right up to the musicians. They're usually sold out, but if you call the day of the performance, some season ticketholders may have turned their tickets in
Things to do in Salt Lake City over a three-day weekend.
Posted in the other place, but reposting here just in case it gets lost or deleted. The original question was what to do in Salt Lake City over a three-day weekend, preferrably with no car. This was my answer. It's a little out of date, but I think still relevant for people looking for travel advice. What do you all think?
Yes, there's plenty to do in a 3 day weekend.
Realize that if you really want to get a feel of SLC and why people live here, a significant portion of that is outdoors stuff. You can do some non-outdoors stuff, and there's cool non-outdoors stuff to do, but my and large that's not what makes SLC, SLC.
That said, here's a draft 3-day weekend itinerary for a "random" 3 day weekend. I'm going to assume it's not July 4th or the 24th (our local holiday, called "pioneer day") and it's not going to be in the middle of winter, where it's not very pleasant to be outside.
Friday:
Arrive from airport. Take light rail to downtown hotel.
If you get in early enough, eat a late lunch at Reg Iguana (it's on the light rail from the airport). Ask for the mole sampler; order something with mole on it. (I'm not going to do a ton of restaurant recommendations here, because a lot will depend on where you go and when, and others might have even better recommendations, but this one is sort of iconic SLC.) I suggest late lunch because they're incredibly busy during "normal" dining hours, especially on weekends. It it's too long, you can go down to Red Iguana II, which is a short walk away and serves the same food (without the same atmosphere).
Explore the Gateway area (on the light rail, but also a pretty easy walk from most downtown hotels.) It was a premiere "open air" shopping destination constructed for the olympics, but has been eclipsed for shopping by City Creek Center (owned by the LDS Church). But it's been reimagined as an entertainment destination, and there's fun stuff there. Check out Hall Pass for a communal eating and drinking experience, or one of the many (decent) restaurants in or near Gateway. Stroll through the unique shops that have come back, swing on the swings, watch the fountain, catch a comedy show at Wiseguy's, a rock show at the Depot, a laser show at the planetarium, or just a movie at the theater.
(There are other live music venues, clubs, and bars near the Gateway, if you'd rather party)
Saturday:
A.M. If you're here in the summer, go to the S.L. Farmer's Market. Walkable or a short scooter ride, it's quite large, and while it mostly features local produce and meat, there is a good selection of prepared foods or artisan crafts. Just a pretty good time.
If not, maybe a bus tour. (I've not taken them, but I think this would get most of the "sights" out of the way, with some explanation about the city and its unique history).
(You can also do a lot of these things on your own... like the Tabernacle Organ concert is at noon and is free. But this packages it nicely: https://www.saltlakecitytours.org/tours/ultimate-salt-lake-city-tabernacle-organ/)
Afternoon.: Spend a little bit of time at Temple Square. Even if you're not LDS, there's interesting stuff to see, and the missionaries won't bother you if you just say you're not interested. There's also genealogy research at the Family History Library, which can be cool. Alternatively, check out the downtown museums, including the Leonardo (an art-meets-invention museum), or the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. If you're willing to take a little bit of a bus ride (or another Uber), check out the Utah Natural History Museum. It's on the backside of the U of U campus, and there is a bus (but service is spotty!), but it's an amazing museum. If you like dinosaurs even a little bit, you'll be in awe of this place. There's other really interesting natural history exhibits too, and it's a working research institution (you can often watch researchers carefully chipping rock away from fossils for study).
Evening: "An Event." Depending on when you come, this would include a Jazz Game, a SL Bees (AAA Baseball) Game, a Real Salt Lake (MLS) game, a Utah Symphony (full-time, amazing group) concert, a Utah Opera performance, a Ballet West (one of the best ballet companies in the U.S., featured on reality TV shows) performance, some other event at Vivint Arena (massive concert, etc.) Utes football game, Utes gymnastics meet (not always on Saturdays, and often during the day, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it), or a performance at the Eccles theater (broadway-like stuff). Everything except the Utes stuff is on the light rail or easily accessible downtown--even the Real SL match, which is way out in the suburbs but right on the light rail that also goes downtown.
Sunday:
A.M.: Travel to Liberty Park (not super convenient on busses, but there are ways to make it work, or a really quick, cheap Uber). Hang out at the park, walk around, check out Tracy Aviary (a bird sanctuary within the park that is cool in and of itself). Before or after, have brunch at one of the many brunch spots around the park.
P.M. Rent a bike, use bike share, or use a scooter to do a pub crawl on the west side of town. You might want to start toward the south side (Level Crossing is my favorite) and ride toward downtown. This could easily take all the afternoon into the evening. Maybe finish at Red Rock, a brew pub downtown that also has really good food.
Crash.
Monday:
AM: Short hike. You can try City Creek/Memory Grove near the capital (easy walk or scooter ride), or Ensign Peak (Uber for sure--a short but kind of strenuous hike for a really good view of the Salt Lake valley) or "the Living Room" (longer hike on the east side of town near the University--pretty much would have to take an Uber--but get really cool views of the valley).
PM: anything that I doubled up before that you didn't get to. Shopping at City Creek (it's mostly standard mall stores, but has a river running through it and is quite pleasant) or grab a souvenir at one of the many souvenir shops downtown.
Evening: Light rail back to airport.
Things not on the itinerary but could be if you were so inclined:
Downtown library (it's got cool architecture, and there are usually things going on there, but it's mostly a city library, and lots of unsheltered folks hang around a lot)
"This is the Place" heritage park (more info about Mormon pioneers, but pretty hard to get to without a car. Not so much for adults)
"Sugarhouse" (a neighborhood in the southeast corner of SLC. There's a nice park, and some local shops, and some good breweries and pizza places, but also some generic commercial development, like a Whole Foods and Old Navy. It's a nice park to run around, and there are a few hidden gems, but it's more for residents than tourists. It's accessible on public transportation, but would take you a while)
Red Butte Garden. A nice, outdoor garden for walking or enjoying good weather. It's close to the natural history museum, so not great for public transit, but doable. Can get really really hot in the summer.
Park City (not really accessible by public transit, there's a commuter bus that runs, but I don't know what weekends or holidays are like. It's a very cool, very rich, mountain town. And once you get there, public transit is free.)
Olympic Oval (ice skating and curling olympic venue) and Olympic Park (Park City -- ski jumping venue with outdoor ropes courses, bobsled, mountain slides, ski jumping shows, and more in the summer). Impossible to get to on public transportation, not so much fun by yourself. But the Olympic Park has fun events.
Ski resorts. There are ski busses if you go in the wintertime but they don't run in the summer. In the summer, there are hiking trails, beautiful mountain lakes, wildflowers, a fun Octoberfest in September, etc. "Outdoorsy" but iconic SLC and doesn't have to be too intense (also a lot cooler up there in the summer).
If you're a museum goer, check out the Salt Lake Connect pass. You can get into many of the venues I've talked about for a fairly low price. 1-, 2-, and 3-day options available.
https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/tours-experiences/visit-salt-lake-connect-pass/#venues
Police arrested a man Tuesday who they say tried to burn down a Carl's Jr. restaurant in Salt Lake City after being denied free food.
Me too.
It's funny-- I grew up in Iowa, which was one of the last states to get modern looking license plates (with pictures and multiple colors, etc.). I always thought that the unber basic plates projected a feeling of being from a backwater that couldn't afford or couldn't understand modernity.
Now, those plates look almost like stupid state advertising or pandering, and the basic plates (esp. white on black, black on white, or California's yellow on black) look retro and badass. Material Design and all that.
I guess I'm just old enough to see the old look new again.
They're on the wheel on my district, but there are all sorts of odd rules. (E.g. related criminal cases, senior judges choosing the kinds of cases they'll be on the wheel for, etc.)
Ah ha, I was trying to do the short url ([email protected]), and that wasn't working. Thanks!
So I'm looking for a magazine that I know is on kbin, that I want to subscribe from here. I've tried typing in the magazine name in the address bar (lemmy.world/c/[email protected]), I've tried searching in the "communities" search, and I'm just not finding it and getting errors. Direct linking works, but I then I can only subscribe if I have an account on kbin. Help?
Yeah, subscribing to a community on another instance can sometimes be odd on the app. I have more luck using the web version. (Search for the community, click there, and subscribe) I don't think it's the community so much as the very alpha-level app and some janky things happening with federation. I tried to give the links the way you're supposed to for folks originating from other instances.
SBC also voted to affirm the explusions of two churches, including Saddleback Church, which was founded by highly respected author Rick Warren and is one of the largest baptist churches in the country. They claim nearly 25,000 people in weekly attendance. And Warren's books, including "The Purpose-Driven Life," are used all over, including in my then-relatively liberal Lutheran church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_Church
They were expelled because a woman acted as a youth pastor.
Wow. That's like kicking the Yankees out of MLB because the league thinks that players should be able to have long hair.
The social media provider must "verify, using a commercially reasonable method" the person's identity and the relationship to the minor.
You cam do that through credit card probably.
Weird. Works for me in Jerboa. What's the crash?
However for them, it’s not a big deal as the get the following benefits
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undesirablesane and productive users leave for fidiverse or other reddit alternatives. The remaining users will betamebatshit crazy like the users of FB, Instagram, posting conspiracy theories, lies, flames and other content that gets people riled up, but results in more eyes and more clicks. Which destroys Reddit as we know it, but still generates the income that will appeal to investors in an IPO
FTFY.
I don't disagree, but that doesn't mean that people don't do it.
There are tons of "journalists" on sites like Yahoo that simply troll Reddit's popular subs for content and repost controversial statements/opinions for clicks. That's an easy way that hoaxes spread.
Of course, the police aren't going to go arrest someone based on an anonymous post, but it might raise suspicion and/or cause an unwarranted investigation.
And yes, I do believe that if someone publishes something online, they have some level of responsibility for what they post, subject to the protections of the First Amendment (and similar doctrines in other countries). "I get to say what I want and don't have any responsibility for the consequences" leads to (a) potentially dangerous situations, and (b) really shitty content.
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SCOTUS's surprise decision in Allen v. Milligan could force states to redraw voting maps throughout the Deep South ahead of 2024, potentially flipping as many as five House seats.
As many as five House seats could flip in 2024 after the Allen v. Milligan ruling, in which the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
Cross posted from https://beehaw.org/c/politics
Illinois has become the first state to legislate against the banning of books in public libraries, a practice that has been on the rise across the United States as conservatives look to suppress some books dealing with race, history and LGBTQ topics.
Crossposted from https://beehaw.org/c/politics
Ken White at Popehat disagrees with this analysis: https://popehat.substack.com/p/thats-not-how-recusal-works-thats?ICID=ref_fark
Legal Eagle overview of the Trump indictment
cross-posted from: https://fig.systems/post/2754
> Review of the indictment, by a lawyer, in reasonably digestible terms.
The full text of the letter from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on political participation, church neutrality and voting.
Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested Saturday morning following a traffic stop on Interstate 15 a few miles north of Cedar City.
That's enough Fentanyl to kill 6,000 people with a 2mg lethal dose.
Michigan state police have asked the Utah State Bureau of Investigation for help locating a person of interest in a 2011 murder investigation who was seen in Corinne last week.
My favorite organ piece (the novice that I am), the last (section of the) movement of the Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3
I've played it a few times (I'm a percussionist), and I just love it. I have a few recordings, and my favorite is definitely not this P. Jarvi recording, (I can't remember my favorite, I'll have to look it up when I get home.) But any version is still awesome!~
They Might Be Giants - Spiraling Shape
One of my favorite tracks on my favorite TMBG Album. I love the vibraphone, the production, and the concept of chasing something everyone says is great but is ultimately destructive
Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) approval rating dropped by 11 percentage points since March, according to a new poll, as the former Republican presidential candidate is set to decide whether to run for…
> In a recent Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, Romney’s approval rating among Utah voters dropped to 41 percent, down 11 points from March, when 52 percent of Utah voters said they either strongly or somewhat approved of the senator.
> Romney’s disapproval rating increased by 5 percentage points, with 49 percent of respondents saying they disapproved of Romney, up from 44 percent in March. Ten percent of respondents said they don’t know, up from 4 percent in March.
A new poll also shows Lee struggles with moderates and young voters.
> Among all Utah voters, Lee has a 45% approval rating, with 45% of Utah voters expressing disapproval, according to the poll.
> The poll was conducted among 798 Utah registered voters from May 22-June 1. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.46 percentage points.
The subject of banning the Bible from schools led to Davis County Schools Superintendant Dan Linford and others testifying in front of Utah lawmakers on Capitol Hill Monday.
> "How do we write and change this law to where books where a women naked over a man with a gun to his head is allowed in the libraries of your junior high, and the bible is not," asked Rep. Kera Birkeland.
Kouri Richins, a Utah mom of three accused of poisoning her husband with fentanyl, allegedly Googled "luxury prisons for the rich," according to court documents.
Browser history, browser history...
Homelessness has quickly moved to the forefront of debate in Salt Lake City's 2023 mayoral election. We discussed the topic with Mayor Erin Mendenhall as she kicks off her reelection campaign. Here's what she had to say.
Mendenhall vs. Anderson on homelessness in SLC.
Compare Anderson's Q&A: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/06/12/qa-inside-mayoral-candidate-rocky/