This information has been shared with Pima County Dems and they’ll be helping us organize a bit.

Grrr, tucsonsentinel mucking with their “archive re-releases” again. I wish I could exclude them on the RSS feed.

Thanks for mentioning it!

You know, I thought so too, until I did some googling and found that it’s not quite that straight forward:

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2024/03/28/no-the-saudis-havent-stopped-pumping-arizona-groundwater/

TIL!

Fair point. But I also know a few of examples to the contrary. My sister and my father both had medical cards. They’ve stopped renewing them, because for them the recreational side is sufficient. It’s just less stress. Although I’m very much not sure about the prices. It seems like they are making short-term decision on the expensive paperwork and in so doing paying a lot more long-term in excise taxes.

I don’t even have a medical card. But I am just incredibly tired of ever increasing THC percentages in the products. I need a substantial amount of CBD in the product to not be stuck in a mind-racing, anxious hell. So a majority of the recreational market just does NOT appeal to me.

I lived in Portland, Oregon for about 7 years after they legalized. Their market was so different. I could find almost any combination of cannabinoids that I would want. Even on the recreational side. I wonder if it has anything to do with the markets maturity in a given state? Perhaps people trend away from high THC strains after a few years?

It’s because the “Medical” side of the market doesn’t actually exist. Want CBD heavy bud? Nope, not, “enough demand”. Just higher and higher concentration of THC for the medical patients.

It’s fake as hell. Not every medical patient has the same needs, so why the hell is it all the same weed?

Nowadays the hemp/CBD flower shops are more “medical” than any of the “medical” shops.

For here in Tucson, I recommend Healthful Flowers over on Speedway and Craycroft. The only legit “medically valuable” hemp/cannabis dispensary in town.

So yeah, to the “medical” dispensaries out there, it’s adapt or die, and most are choosing to just make “medical cannabis” into “discount recreation cannabis” and wondering why their medical patients stop showing up.

Well, seeing that Insurgency: Sandstorm was on a sale, I just picked it up for him (and myself). Seems to have a lot in the map making scene, and that’s a really important factor for him.

It also helps that the prior Insurgency game has the most hours on his profile, by far. Gave me a good hint that he should enjoy this one.

Thanks so much!

EDIT: My dad just got back to me, and loves the gift. Apparently that’s where most of his online buddies went and still are. Nailed it!

I understand the sentiment… But… This is a terribly reasoned and researched article. We only need to look at the NASA to see how this is flawed.

Blown Capacitors/Resistors, Solder failing over time and through various conditions, failing RAM/ROM/NAND chips. Just because the technology has less “moving parts” doesn’t mean its any less susceptible to environmental and age based degradation. And we only get around those challenges by necessity and really smart engineers.

The article uses an example of a 2014 Model S - but I don’t think it’s fair to conflate 2 Million Kilometers in the span of 10 years, vs the same distance in the span of the quoted 74 years. It’s just not the same. Time brings seasonal changes which happen regardless if you drive the vehicle or not. Further, in many cases, the car computers never completely turn off, meaning that these computers are running 24/7/365. Not to mention how Tesla’s in general have poor reliability as tracked by multiple third parties.

Perhaps if there was an easy-access panel that allowed replacement of 90% of the car’s electronics through standardized cards, that would go a long way to realizing a “Buy it for Life” vehicle. Assuming that we can just build 80 year, “all-condition” capacitors, resistors, and other components isn’t realistic or scalable.

Whats weird is that they seem to concede the repairability aspect at the end, without any thought whatsoever as to how that impacts reliability.

In Conclusion: A poor article, with a surface level view of reliability, using bad examples (One person’s Tesla) to prop up a narrative that EVs - as they exist - could last forever if companies wanted.

No idea, but it’s not a left or right thing - IMO. I’ve noticed a trend where it’s “restorative justice for those in my tribe, but retributive justice for those in that tribe”. It’s really challenging for people to feel that everyone deserves restorative justice - often due to their own traumas. It makes me wonder how in the heck the Nordic countries managed to even get to their current prison system. Like, how do you get society to trust your reforming institutions that much?

I mean, no, not if we want to repeal the Ban.

But yeah, apparently we did in the 90’s!

Not the person you were responding to, but - uh - hello? This is tucson.social and last I checked Arizona is one of the aforementioned swing states.

I can tell you that his campaign is more effective here for this move. It might not be completely convincing for those center and center-right, but it will be a point in a “for” column - hopefully for enough people to matter.

Arizona is primarily made up of registered Republicans, then Independents, then Democrats source. It’s the Republicans who only need to “turn out the base”.

There is something to note, however. Looking only at recent registration data, it’s Independents leading and by a staggeringly wide margin.

• 350,768 new registrations in just April. For no party in particular.
• Democrats got 219,182, a distant but respectable second.
• Republicans were right behind that fetching 214,957 registrations.

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Appealing to the left isn’t the winning strategy. Appealing to the independent vote in Arizona is - and hopefully picking up just a couple %'s of the moderate Republican votes in the process. Sure, some of those independents might be disaffected democrats who want to distance themselves from Biden, but I’d bet that’s a pretty small portion of independents. Generally speaking, those that would pass on the Biden vote would likely register as green party, or “no labels”, or something equally communicative of part of their identity. True independents would be the ambivalent, the “both siders”, the “enlightened centrists”, and many others - usually far more persuadable than the ideological hard-liners. Compared to Trump, who would likely still get most of his voters from the Republican base who, in their pride, would be emboldened to register as Republican over “no party”/Independent. Sure, he might bring over some libertarians, “no-labels” folks, but I think he’s largely burned the bridge with the electorate in a much more visceral way - and wouldn’t garner much of the Independent vote outside of that.

Further, I’ll add that we’re different here at tucson.social - we strive to be a reflection of our local community, and I make a point of going out and talking to real people, in real places about all sorts of things as well as tucson.social itself. And wouldn’t ya know it? There’s a lot of people who have weird combinations of beliefs that don’t fit what the internet would have you believe. Even here in bright blue Tucson/Pima County.

Well that’s pretty compelling!

Ever since the failure of Windows mixed reality, there hasn’t been many non-Meta HMD’s worth buying. At least with inside out tracking.

Maybe this will finally pressure Valve to lower the price on the venerable Index? Probably not. But one can hope!

I’m running a Steam OS like experience on my Lenovo Legion Go. Not quite a steam deck, but very similar.

You should be able to use the heroic launcher. And you should be able to install it as a flat pack or a snap. That will make your GOG games as easy to download and install as a steam game. If I recall correctly, it even automatically adds entries for steam.

I regularly play Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on this device using the GOG edition.

There’s a lot of HUGE differences between Tucson and Vancouver, CA. Many of them cultural, even more logistical.

I was looking for rentals in Tucson not too long ago and Casitas are a great choice, and the short-term housing market basically popped, so they aren’t competing like they once were. It seemed like Tucson was popular when everyone and their aunt was working remote and folks felt like they could move. I think were on the other side of that now with many businesses declaring Return To Office forcing many to return to wherever their employer is located.

As a result, I’m seeing a lot of short term only rentals back on the market entirely.

And that’s before getting into the culture of Tucson and how Casitas have a long, storied history here. There are certain areas of town where almost every home has a Casita, and they aren’t where the short term rentals are - quite the opposite actually. Living in Downtown Tucson in a charming Casita still has to deal with living downtown.

The other big factor is population density, and it’s a HUGE factor.

Downtown Tucson is rocking about 2,449.8/sq mi (2,251.44/sq mi for our metro) while Vancouver (the city, not the metro) is an astounding 14,892/sq mi.

There’s just a LOT more space to put ADU’s/Casitas than there would be in Vancouver, and coupled with an existing culture that utilizes Casitas for long term housing, I think it’ll turn out differently. We’ll just have to wait and see.

I’m not entirely sure attacking spectators as cowards builds the movement here. This is an article that I really feel exemplifies the fallacy of believing that a movement’s visibility is equal to its power. There is some good stuff in here though!

Personally, I think that effective organizing is largely invisible. It is agonizing. And it requires a ton of patience. It looks like creating community organizations, businesses (or cooperatives), and making sure people’s needs are met locally. This slow process builds power. By making more people comfortable on relying on you and your organizations, you grow your power.

A protest by contrast is mobilizing, it spends power. Sure, it is a show of force that expresses the will of a people in a very direct matter. But it often doesn’t expand movements in the way that you would think. I’m going to have to say it, the moderates do have a point. Progressives are terrible at building power. Because they just lack the patience to do the slow organizing and community building required. This is further exacerbated as a college student movement. Many of which, will only spend 4 to 6 years here in Tucson and never return.

There’s a certain privilege that college students hold. And I say that as someone who couldn’t afford to go to college. It is important to acknowledge that privilege when engaging with the broader community. It’s mostly apparent in knowledge. College students are going to see, realize, and be inspired by things that just will not be available in the broader community. Things that require years of knowledge building that the broader community often lacks.

In conclusion, I think that this article would benefit from a different title. There are other really good parts of this to emphasize that would be more inclusive to the community you are in.

At the end of the day, I care about growing progressive power. And I completely disagree with the most visible methods because they are counterproductive. Often trading visibility, impact, and notoriety for sustainability, momentum, and solidarity.

Want to grow power? Make it so that there is a portion of the community that looks up to you after you’ve taken care of them. Then when you ask them kindly to attend a protest, they know that you have their back as much as they have yours.

Totally agree! I’m going to default to that action in 2 days. I just typically provide opportunity for feedback for decisions that impact the community.

Huh, now that’s a classic I never thought would get a remaster/re-release! I played this a ton when I was a little kid in the 90s on my Sega Genesis.

Though I’ll probably stick to purchasing on Steam. I’m steering clear of Nintendo where possible.

For me, the quality of the Audio makes all the difference. Plain Old Telephone (POTs) is utter garbage and I miss so much to my audio processing issues. The VoLTE and Wifi calling quality is often far and away better and I can better understand the subtleties of whats being communicated.

This is precisely where that law applies! Thanks for the excellent example.

This is article is a prime example why I typically only automate tucsonsentinel articles - note the lack of a clickbait title or summing up the entire point into a sound bite. Note its balance without “both siding”.

Are they perfect? No, no publication is. But they have a deep respect for their reader’s intelligence that other orgs seem to lack.

Edit/Clarification - I think the typical headline for this isolates Bidens “order must prevail” statement is straight up misinformation given the larger context - and its the headline I’m seeing the most on other sites.

That’s an… interesting defense.

Under Arizona law, a person can be shielded from prosecution if they establish three elements: an otherwise illegal action or refusal to act is motivated by a religious belief; that belief is sincerely held, and the government’s actions substantially burdens their exercise of their religious beliefs.

Points 1 and 2 - I can grant both of those without a second thought.

Point 3 - eehhhhhhh, I’m not too sure. I can understand the argument, but I’m really not convinced that their exercise of religious beliefs were at risk.

I’d think it would be far easier to work with an intent angle here. Especially since, as the article notes, the area in question could be reasonably mistaken for public property.

It’s not to say I don’t think the charges should be dropped - I think they should. I’m just not convinced the defense chose a winning argument.