What if we just like… just do it over the poles?
I’m an idiot.
What if we just like… just do it over the poles?
I’m an idiot.
That’s true of so, so many things when it comes to the US.
Though to be fair, Canada is in the same boat here, and the whole situation is frankly sad.
At the risk of sounding like an ass… why? He’s done a lot of horrible things that affected a LOT of people.
There’s a lot of “Weekend At Bernie’s” going on in Congress these days huh?
Ironically Bernie is one of the least comatose of the bunch.
It’s crazy (sad) how much we are all starting to have to rely on the EU to save us from the BS.
Plus you know, they’re just nice to look at and good for mental well-being too!
Less drug sniffing dogs and more COVID sniffing dogs at airports please.
A reflection of the state of the world then?
I’ll take my slightly good news where I can get it. I’m begging for scraps over here!
Spare some knowledge stranger? That’s a dark path I don’t wish to travel.
Honestly surprised there isn’t more. There’s a lot of money that would be lost if the fediverse became more mainstream.
We’re going to need to do something as heavier electric vehicles become the norm. It’s actually kind of insane how many microplastica come from vehicle tires.
Obvious a very low level study, but as someone with tinnitus any progress in their area is exciting!
Ever feel like you’re just a subject in a giant plastic and forever chemical experiment? Yikes.
I see no way they aren’t a competitor. Meta is a company. Companies exists to make money. Meta makes money by driving engagement and then monitizing via ads or user data sale for others to target ads.
Like are we all supposed to pretend a company, Meta of all companies, is an altruistic entity? Because that’s not how it works… At all.
Remove corporations from social networks.
A company exists to make money - period. I struggle to see why Meta making money off ActivityPub is a good thing.
There’s just no good reason to have a profit motive in social media when it simply doesn’t need to be there.
The idea of adding a filter between human connection that will distort the message for profit is crazy for a few reasons. Most of all because it simply doesn’t need to happen.
I mean how many of the current worldwide ills are a direct result of algorithms designed to increase engagement through ragebaiting? Disinformation is effective in no small part due to these algorithms making sure you’re made enough to engage and doom scroll. As long as you have a profit motive in these discussions this will be inevitable as far as I can see.
When you imagine a world without Fox/Twitter/Meta/Reddit/Google (not all as culpable of course) force feeding things intent on making you engage (most easily though anger/rage - thanks evolution) it’s hard not to picture a better world. The internet pre-corporate control was a very different place due to a number of factors. I would argue mostly due to a lack of profit motive on social connection.
The sooner we realize corporate control of social media was a massive mistake, the better the world will be. Imagine if corporate social media algos that drive engagement through ragebaiting hadn’t existed for the last 10 years…
Give kbin a shot if you find Lemmy confusing. I found it much more approachable personally.
What the heck are you even talking about right now?
You don’t think you could hit your macros with lentils? High protein, high fiber, calories for days. Throw in something like coconut oil and you’re gold. I only discovered lentils in the last few years since, yeah they don’t sound appetizing and are considered “poor people” food. Turns out they are great for you, delicious, cheap, and full of protein. I’m just mad it took me so long to find out about them.
Look - you love meat. It’s easy. We get it. But lets not pretend you couldn’t get the equivalent nutrition from other sources.