MNByChoice

What are American’s doing now to prepare for the next USA government shutdown?

What were pain points from the previous shutdown?

The next possible USA government shutdown is Feb 1, 2026, which is just over 45 days away as I post this.

Here is a countdown clock: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/time/government-shutdown-timer.php

#Posting here for the politics focused replies.

What are American's doing now to prepare for the next USA government shutdown?

What were pain points from the previous shutdown?

The next possible USA government shutdown is Feb 1, 2026, which is just over 45 days away as I post this.

Here is a countdown clock: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/time/government-shutdown-timer.php

#Posted here for the non-political replies.

https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs

This is part 2. Part 1 discusses the relationship between power and key holders. Part 2 discusses this in terms of dictatorships and democracies.

Today I learned that even in a democracy, there are key holders that those in power must keep happy. It is interesting to review this video and reflect on who those key holders must be.

This is prompted by a post over on "Comic Strips@lemmy.world" about what Photographic Memory was called prior to the invention of photographs.

Looking into it, it seems that perhaps it was not notable until recently.

Photographic Memory, Eidetic Memory, Total Recall, and Hyperthymesia are all currently used for the ability, though often with different connotations.

Does anyone know of ancient writing on the subject?

I am discounting the trained memorization of bards and storytellers of old, which I understand typically used memorization and not "Total Recall". Please let me know if I am incorrect.

The Wikipedia pages on Eidetic Memory and Hyperthymesia cover different aspects, but neither cites anything older than “Funes the Memorious”. Funes the Memorious was written after the camera was invented. “Total Recall” is also used for the ability, but also does not appear to have a long history.

Unrelated but fun: ‘Photographic Memory’ The story of how we stored digital photographs

I provide technical support for a small number of children that enjoy Minecraft. Their play involves many MODs from the Minecraft store, frequent adjustment of server settings, and creating new worlds (a new one every 10 minutes).

I have investigated a few Minecraft servers (mostly reading their manuals, I have only fully setup one), but they all appear focused on running a single stable world for a long period of time.

Are there any Minecraft servers that allow the "local" experience?

Lemmy is great, but there are some "subreddits" that would be great to implement on Lemmy. This means I will have to add them myself and be a moderator.

How much work will this likely involve? Assume moderately popular. Both in "hours per day" and "frustration".

Are there legal risks?
Assume I am in the USA, in a state with a functioning government.

Thank you!

According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), three out of 10 water samples collected at the Lino Lakes prison on July 29 tested above the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level of 15 parts per billion (ppb). The contaminated samples were found in two living units and a kitchen area.

Archive Link

Archive.org Link

Similar issue reported in 2023

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/33549298

At a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture was slashing aid to schools and food banks in the name of fiscal responsibility, newly confirmed Secretary Brooke Rollins elected to spend thousands of dollars to purchase massive banners of President Donald Trump, one of which now hangs outside her department’s headquarters in Washington, DC, according to documents obtained by Salon.

In May, visitors to the nation’s capital noticed two, 31-foot additions to the USDA’s building on Independence Avenue, ostensibly intended to mark its 163rd anniversary: a banner featuring President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill creating the department, and another featuring Trump, both featuring the tagline: “Growing America Since 1862.”

Archive.org

Archive Today

At a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture was slashing aid to schools and food banks in the name of fiscal responsibility, newly confirmed Secretary Brooke Rollins elected to spend thousands of dollars to purchase massive banners of President Donald Trump, one of which now hangs outside her department’s headquarters in Washington, DC, according to documents obtained by Salon.

In May, visitors to the nation’s capital noticed two, 31-foot additions to the USDA’s building on Independence Avenue, ostensibly intended to mark its 163rd anniversary: a banner featuring President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill creating the department, and another featuring Trump, both featuring the tagline: “Growing America Since 1862.”

Archive.org

Archive Today

Humans like to make their scores go up, even unimportant scores. To encourage better behavior, society should very carefully create a number of scores that a person can track that positively impact society.

The numbers should only be for positive things.
There should be several independent scores.

Currently, individuals keep score based on net worth, number of cars/houses/lovers, etc.

This is NOT the same as the "social credit score". There can be no punishment for doing poorly.

Some options to contribute to the brainstorming.

For people:

• Number of people positively impacted.
• Number of cats pet.
• Number of dogs complimented.
• Amount of trash picked up from the streets/parks/beaches/public places.
• Hungry people fed.

For businesses:

• Number of employees succeeding at life (I do not have a tight definition.)
• $ contributed to local public schools.
• Paid volunteer hours of employees to the community.

Archives https://archive.today/?run=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vcstar.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2025%2F07%2F10%2Fimmigration-raid-near-camarillo-sets-up-clash-with-ice-protesters%2F84540242007%2F

https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vcstar.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2025%2F07%2F10%2Fimmigration-raid-near-camarillo-sets-up-clash-with-ice-protesters%2F84540242007%2F

https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vcstar.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2025%2F07%2F10%2Fimmigration-raid-near-camarillo-sets-up-clash-with-ice-protesters%2F84540242007%2F

First three paragraphs, article is longer:

Federal immigration agents descended on a farm outside of Camarillo on July 10, blocking off a road outside the facility and clashing with protesters.

Reports flooded social media in the morning of federal agents arriving at a Glass House Farms facility at 645 Laguna Road. Video posted by 805 Immigrant Coalition, a group that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, showed men in tactical gear blocking off a roadway.

The raid marked one of Ventura County's largest since the Trump administration has ratcheted up its deportation efforts across the state and country. Days earlier, a large caravan of military vehicles drove through Los Angeles' MacArthur Park, sparking outrage from politicians.