Honestly it should never be anyone. Cops should get to benefit from throwing people in jail, that is a giant tempting pile of corruption.

I think the southern cops or legislatures might have convicts doing janitorial work in their offices

I wouldn’t be surprised to hear some chief of police might use convict labor at their house.

Welcome to the software commune comrade!

Pretty sure that’s been going on for years.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/

The consequence of that is if you do read it you effectively have superpowers over the non-readers.

You’re welcome, and good luck with your project

Dark Sky is a group working to protect the visibility of the night sky. https://darksky.org/what-we-do/advancing-responsible-outdoor-lighting/

They’ve got suggestions on both limiting use of lighting and using lights that don’t point upward, automatically dim, and don’t generate a lot of glare

I feel it’s unfair to be blaming phones, social media, and multiplayer video games for being the way teens get some peer socialization in a world that is so deeply unfriendly to teens having independence.

danah boyd spent a bunch of time studying teen use of earlier social media, and then for personal reasons moved on to help run teen crisis text hotline.

Her thought for why US teens are struggling are the lack of non-parent trusted adults in their lives.

“Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again” https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2024/04/19/struggling-with-a-moral-panic-once-again.html

There’s also some evidence that it’s mostly teens on wealthy English speaking countries that are the most depressed.

“America’s Top Export May Be Anxiety: English-speaking teens are spreading their problems abroad.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/mental-health-crisis-anglosphere-depressed/678724/

I have long thought modern American kids have too little freedom to go places on their own.

“This article is more than 8 years old: The popsicle test: what makes a city good for children?” https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/21/city-good-children-popsicle-test-crime-property-play

I think some players have used a mithril chain shirt as a sleep shirt, which i think is technically legal.