I doubt anyone to know too much about the US Open Cup or even MLS but just know that this is really bad. The USOC is the oldest soccer tournament in the country, starting in 1914 and teams from your local amateur club to Inter Miami compete in it. The fact that the hyper-capitalist, anti-competitive, hates the game league is trying to kill it (again) spells complete disaster for such an important tournament. If you plan on going to an MLS game this summer, please reconsider and support a lower league team (there's a decent chance you have a semi pro team if you live in an area with > 60 people).

(working title, if you got anything better lmk)

Humein: Fostering a community

One of the biggest questions we need to solve is how to foster a community allows for conflicting viewpoints to coexist and debate each other in good faith. If this community is properly realized, then moderation will be needed minimally as people understand how to moderate themselves.

The Three Posters

In most online debates (especially around politics) there are three main types of posters, The Troll, The Passionist, and The Normie. Below I’ve outlined each group, how to tell who’s who and how to try to keep the toxic groups under control. You (as a normie) should read through each to inform yourself of the folly of online groups.

The Troll

The troll is only here for this debate to get a rise out of people. They don’t really care about the argument they’re pushing, they’re only doing it to make people mad, shocked, upset and angry. Troll’s relish in your harm. They may or may not be

This (and all other documents) should be changed and updated with discussion from the community. All is subject to change, start a discussion on what you think should be changed

Goal: **Create a self governing, safe, and diverse online community that fosters discussion over both original content and shared links. **

Execution:

Before delving deeper into our primary objective, let me first provide some context about how I define "community" in this context. Imagine a thriving farm as an analogy for an effective community. In such a farm, decisions regarding crop selection, planting, harvesting, and pest control are made by the people who use the land and eat the crops - the farmers themselves. Large corporations do not dictate which crops are grown or when to sell them; rather, the farmers cultivate what they believe is tasteful, practical, and enjoyable. Similarly, undesirable growths are removed from the soil, but non-invasive unintended vegetation is tolerated if they

Tangram is a browser for your pinned tabs. What this means is that I can put all my frequently visited websites in an app and have the ability to view them all with great ease. Before I was signing into everything each time I needed to check it but now I just switch to my workspace that has tangram open. I use mine for email, discord, and matrix. As a tab hoarder it's also quite nice in how it clears up many of my tabs.

These candidates are really the only challengers to Biden in the primaries. All of their campaigns are extremely long shots (but not impossible in my opinion- if we decided we liked them more than Biden they could win). Let's all have a civilized discussion/debate over them. Let's try to not focus too heavy on their perceived inability to beat Biden but focus on them as actual candidates.

::: spoiler my take MW: I recently watched an interview with Marianne Williamson who I'd never heard of before (I'm sure there's a reason media doesn't cover her). She really impressed me with her views, especially on neoliberalism. She heavily reminds me of Bernie and isn't running just for the sake of it or as a protest like some other long shot candidates do. In my opinion she deserves everyone's vote in the primaries, at least. She is also very talented at oration.

CW: I'll be honest, I know very little about him and need to do more research.

RFK JR: He's literally a clown. He's a nepo baby

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/620668

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A 10-day UPS strike could be the costliest in US history

By Chris Isidore

A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that studies the costs of labor disruptions.

The estimate from Anderson Economic Group said the hit to businesses and consumers would be $4.6 billion by itself, causing “significant and lasting harm for small businesses, household workers, sole practitioners, and online retailers across the country.”

Other costs include estimated direct losses at UPS of $816 million, as well as $1.1 billion in lost wages by 340,000 members of the Teamsters union at the company. The remaining costs would be born by UPS suppliers and from lost tax revenue.

The union has said it will go on strike August 1 without an agreement on a new contrac

The authagraph is arguably the most accurate map projection in existence, at least as far as lack of distortion (I wouldn't try to navigate with this).

*This is actually an open source clone of the authagraph known as IMAGO because the math that makes it work is closed and I can get higher quality images here. It's basically the same thing. *

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/1016365

the ccc (civilian conservation corps) man... they were huge

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/631577

A great read+great magazine.

AI Generated TL;DR (tldrthis.com):

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        Cycling is the most sustainable form of transportation, but the bicycle is becoming increasingly damaging to the environment.
    Before the 1980s, most bicycle components were interchangeable between frames of different brands and generations.
    An academic study on circularity in the bike manufacturing industry observes a significant increase in defective components compared to unassisted bicycles and concludes that “the great dynamics of the market due to regular innovations, product renewals, and the lack of spare parts for older models make the long-term use by customers much more difficult than for conventional bicycles.”
    However, a recent study calculated the lifecycle emissions of a carbon fiber electric cargo cycle to be 80 gCO2 per kilometer – only half those of an electric van (158 gCO2/km).
    The decreasing sustainability of bik
  

A great read+great magazine.

TL;DR: Old bikes last way longer than new bikes. From a production standpoint, steel bikes have a smaller carbon footprint than aluminum or carbon frame bikes. Conventional bikes use fewer consumables over their usable life than electric bikes. Among electric bikes, cargo bikes use the most resources to run and maintain.

IMO it's just so much more usable than any other client. Also looks way better.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/507547

Looking for collaborators to create a new instance of Lemmy. Among other things this instance will differ from existing ones by having a self-governing structure. Check out the rough draft for a full vision of this community.

Looking for collaborators to create a new instance of Lemmy. Among other things this instance will differ from existing ones by having a self-governing structure. Check out the (rough draft) vision in the link.

Pretty sweet google docs alternative

cross-posted from: all over the fediverse

(I think this is probably an okay place to post this, lmk if not)

Looking for collaborators to create a new instance of Lemmy. Among other things this instance will differ from existing ones by having a self-governing structure. Check out the very rough draft linked below to learn about my current vision for this community. Much on the doc will change based on other people's ideas. This community's goal is for it to belong to the community. No specific skills needed, but please read through the concept outline before getting in touch. Any type of contribution is amazing. You just have to be interested. Join me in creating a unique and innovative platform.

(I think this is probably an okay place to post this, lmk if not)

Looking for collaborators to create a new instance of Lemmy. Among other things this instance will differ from existing ones by having a self-governing structure. Check out the very rough draft linked below to learn about my current vision for this community. Much on the doc will change based on other people's ideas. This community's goal is for it to belong to the community. No specific skills needed, but please read through the concept outline before getting in touch. Any type of contribution is amazing. You just have to be interested. Join me in creating a unique and innovative platform.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/432170

It seems like an actually good alternative to activitypub. What are your thoughts?

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Going to a few different servers to ask this as I think I'm going to create my own lemmy instance. Thanks! (love what you guys are doing here btw)

Mostly just curious, How come people can't create their own communities here? What was the reasoning behind this? I'd love it if people could create their own communities and appeal to tiny niches. (i know I can find most of them via federation but some I can't)