The "collapse" of the government in a parliamentary system means the government no longer commands the confidence of a majority of the (typically) lower house, in this case the House of Representatives. Nothing immediate happens, although the prime minister may (or may not) resign, a "caretaker" government takes over until a new elections are held.

Here, it sounds like one of the four coalition parties has pulled out due to disagreeemnt over immigration, which the coalition parties had never agreed on.

Have you tried searching for the communities first? As I understand it from some other posts, if you try to access a remote community via URL through your home instance before it "knows" about it, you'll get the 404 error. Someone (you) on your instance has to make your instance "aware" of the remote community by searching for it first. Then, after your instance is aware of the community and federating it, you can access it via URL as you posted above.

Just passing along what I've read many times: that self hosting email can be difficult. Particularly sending, because the large providers tend to treat email from less known sources with more skepticism (such as by marking as spam), even with properly configured SPF and DKIM.

And if your server is down, you may miss any incoming mail for the duration. I don't know if other providers would try resending after a period of time if the receiver is unreachable, but I doubt it (just an educated guess).

I love self hosting services but email is something I've decided not to touch with a ten foot pole.

Yeah I have the same problem. I've been testing both Mlem and Memmy and I was in the latter when I first saw your post. Switched over to Mlem and the image doesn't preload and I don't see a way to open it.

I dunno, they're eyeing you like YOU might be on the menu before long.

I don't necessarily want reddit to die, or even see its user base devolve into dregs. I view competition as a positive. Lemmy and the broader fediverse is competition for reddit and vice versa. Both existing and thriving may make each better over time.

Perhaps one reason we got to this point is that reddit has control over the market on this format, or at least has the dominant network effect. Many seem view this as a zero-sum game, where for one player to advance another must fall away, but I find that perspective short-sighted.

I respect (and share, to a certain extent) the opinions and frustrations of recent defectors, but urge everyone to take a long-term view.

I like it more than Discord, which a lot of subs have been directing people to. Nothing wrong with Discord - it's great for live chat and whatnot - but I don't find it to be a good reddit alternative. Every time I drop in I feel like I'm walking into the middle of a conversation with no context.

I love the post-and-reply paradigm with threaded comments, so Lemmy feels like a much better fit for me. Makes it much easier to casually browse and consume content, and participate in a more asynchronous manner.

I'm glad that worked. I'm considering launching a personal self-hosted instance of my own, so I may be in your shoes soon enough.

How did you find the process? Did you use Docker or Ansible?

According to the lemmy.world Instances page, lemmygrad.ml is linked, not blocked. I know it's blocked on a number of other instances.

I just joined lemmy.world a few days ago and already subbed to /c/[email protected]. This community seems pretty active.

I only mention this because i just came across this post: What are you guys doing when there’s multiple communities for the same thing across instances?

(I'm not sure yet the best or recommened way to link directly to a post.)

This highlights the point in that post. I'm certainly not disuading anyone from joining this new community and hope everyone finds the best one that fits them. I'll keep my eye on your new community. Good luck!

One of my favorite "new" places is The Richmond. It closed a few years ago after several decades. It re-opened last summer after having been re-opened and closing once in between. As I understand it, the owners of the prior incarnation had differences and decided to part ways.

It's now owned by Mortalis Brewing and serves many of their beers, but also others cans/bottles and cocktails. They partner with DoughBoys for food, which is fantastic. They have a variety of pizzas cooked in a brick oven, as well as wings and truffle fries that are on point.

It's on Richmond Street off East Main Street, a block or two down from the Eastman School of Music.

Edit: added link

I'm glad it's not just me! It seems like everyone is all about Discord and I just can't wrap my head around it. Another thing that drives me nuts is that every server has a different set of hoops to jump though before you can see or do anything, and some of them are really strange.

And messages

Tons of breweries. Swiftwater, Roc Brewing Company, Fifth Frame Brewing Co., Three Heads, a bar called The Richmond that's owned by Mortalis Brewing and has many of their beers on tap, Fattey Beer Company, Genesee Brew House, Heroes Brewing Company, and I'm sure more that I can't think of. And those are just within the city limits.

The Strong Museum of Play is also about to open a 90 thousand square foot, two-story expansion on June 30.

Strong Museum closed to prepare for expansion, will re-open last day of June

Thanks, that's good info. If I do go forward, I was planning on going the Ansible route, though I've never used it before.

I've read that it can take a bit of time to sync when you first federate, but that after some period of time it gets closer to real-time with posts and comments.

Interesting concept. The food looks pretty good. I’m surprised they placed a hut directly in front of the view of the falls.

I had that problem earlier when subbing to a few communities. I solved it by tapping the "pending" which un-subbed, then subbing again and it worked. I chalk it up to performance issues. Growing pains.

I haven't read it, but thank you for sharing. I've placed a hold for the e-book with my library.

He's hiding from the braincell. It must be nearby.

You, as a mod, can appoint other users as mods. This is noted in the Moderation page of the documentation (second section, which includes a screenshot).

I'm willing to volunteer.