I might be wrong, but based on how Christmas went, I’m already expecting my relatives to be strongly supporting the ongoing genocide. They’ve made comments in years past about how all Muslims should be killed. I have a feeling this is going to be lovely....
Breaking away is sometimes the right thing to do, and from what you’re saying, OP, maybe you should break away before Turkey Day, not after.
I broke away for 13 years, enjoyed things better without them than with them. By the time I came back, some of the family had mellowed, others had died, and we actually have decent holidays now. It gets better.
Many users do not desire to interact with underage users for many reasons. Some underage users may wish to opt out of seeing 18+ users so they may bond with people closer to them in age or perhaps for safety. I think a functionality to...
This is a worry and problem I’ve never had and don’t really understand. One of the joys of social media (including the fediverse) is that you’re judged by what you say and who you are, not what you look like. As a lifelong fat slob and general ugly person, I appreciate that.
I welcome anyone bright enough to chat intelligently, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, gender, religion, disability, age, etc.
If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.
There are things going on that are less important than which monstrous Republican is Speaker of the House and which office Nancy Pelosi’s desk is in, but Republicans are fucking the world over in many, many far more important ways.
A man tortured two decades ago by the CIA for his suspected role as a terrorist has sued two former Spokane psychologists, who made millions of dollars from the government for developing the techniques used during the brutal interrogations....
Seconded. I’ve thought the Pope’s knowledge and support for Nazi Germany and the Holocaust was common knowledge. Feels like something I’ve known for thirty years, at least.
Maybe I just have a knack for the extremely obvious.
Whoa. That totally Keanues me. I had thought of the lack of infinite scrolling as a bug, a feature I’d hoped was in development, but this srsly rejiggers my ears and everything in between.
I already spend too much time online, so … I’m with @dessalines — no infinite scrolling, please.
Seems clever and feasible to me. I suppose you’d need background checks on the passenger-couriers, but after that small hurdle, unless it’s an urgent package like a pizza, transit riders could get anything across any city in an hour or so.
Everywhere I go I’m usually the oldest person in the room, and I’ve been hearing that line since long before I’d ever heard of Donald Trump.
Always, the left has to support whatever bland middle-of-the-road candidate the Democrats put forward, candidates who seem idea-free and utterly without passion, because the Republicans have a terrifying candidate. Gotta take boring over terrifying.
And Bernie’s right. I ain’t arguing.
Sure is a bucket of swill we’re always forced to drink from, though.
We can attack religion all day long and not get anywhere with the general public. Here’s why: Your local church is entrenched in everyone’s community. And it can be a church or mosque or temple. It doesn’t matter. It is the center of the community in a whole hell of a lot of places....
There’s a lot of smarts in what you’re saying, thanks.
I don’t have any science to cite, but I’ve certainly known LOTS of people who attend church more for the socializing than any spiritual reason.
Hell, I’m basically anti-social, but give me a ‘club’ to attend once weekly and listen to a mini TED-talk and then chat with like-minded people afterwards, and I might be there.
What utter bullshit. The Catholic Church is one of the richest entities on this planet, but we’ll let them pretend their San Francisco branch is a separate entity, so the church can get away with centuries of kiddie-diddling and continue kiddie-diddling until the Rapture.
I couldn’t stay on Discord even long enough to be treated like shit. It has such an unintuitive and clumsy interface, at least for an old fart like me.
speech laws differently. She said she had seen a lot of support for Qur’an burning on social media, but was strongly against it. “I don’t support it at all because it is basically violating another group of people. I don’t know how you can support that.”...
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As much as Reddit sux because of the company’s policies or mod problems etc., Lemmy is equally as bad....
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I'm already dreading Thanksgiving
I might be wrong, but based on how Christmas went, I’m already expecting my relatives to be strongly supporting the ongoing genocide. They’ve made comments in years past about how all Muslims should be killed. I have a feeling this is going to be lovely....
Baltimore Catholic archdiocese files for bankruptcy as clergy abuse victims prepare suits - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report (www.vice.com)
The House has passed a resolution standing with Israel in the aftermath of attacks by Hamas (www.politico.com)
Nine progressive Democrats voted nay:...
Allowing users to mark self as 18+ and opt out of seeing non 18+ users could be a huge leap forward for social media.
Many users do not desire to interact with underage users for many reasons. Some underage users may wish to opt out of seeing 18+ users so they may bond with people closer to them in age or perhaps for safety. I think a functionality to...
The NHL's ban on Pride Tape is an embarrassing mess for the league (www.msnbc.com)
Scalise says he's a unifier. The current state of the GOP will test that skill (www.npr.org)
If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.
Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building (www.cnn.com)
Truly the most important thing the interim House speaker should be focusing on right now - petty bullshit while someone is mourning a colleague. /s
Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker in Historic Vote (www.wsj.com)
Guantanamo Bay Detainee Sues Former Psychologists in New Torture Case (popularresistance.org)
A man tortured two decades ago by the CIA for his suspected role as a terrorist has sued two former Spokane psychologists, who made millions of dollars from the government for developing the techniques used during the brutal interrogations....
Pope Pius XII Likely Knew of Holocaust, Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (www.nytimes.com)
Is there something like infinite scrolling on Lemmy?
I mostly use Lemmy on mobile but I sometimes browse it with my desktop browser....
Wiener Linien researches parcel delivery service involving public transport users (www.eltis.org)
Bernie Sanders urges left to back Biden to stop ‘very dangerous’ Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Leftwing senator advises ‘unification of progressive people in general’ because threat from Republican ex-president is too great...
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you want to eliminate the influence of religion, you need to give people an alternative to their local church.
We can attack religion all day long and not get anywhere with the general public. Here’s why: Your local church is entrenched in everyone’s community. And it can be a church or mosque or temple. It doesn’t matter. It is the center of the community in a whole hell of a lot of places....
San Francisco Archdiocese likely to file bankruptcy following hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits involving Roman Catholic church | abc7chicago.com (abc7chicago.com)
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‘It’s a racism crisis’: call for action on Qur’an burnings in Sweden (www.theguardian.com)
speech laws differently. She said she had seen a lot of support for Qur’an burning on social media, but was strongly against it. “I don’t support it at all because it is basically violating another group of people. I don’t know how you can support that.”...
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Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
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