In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city became the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. This...
Seems like a good portion of the activity in the communities is reddit oriented. If the goal is leaving/hurting reddit, it seems we should be continuing on like it doesn't exist, instead of continuing to drive interest to the site. Thoughts?
update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions...
My solution is wearing nice sunscreen. At least on my face. Then sleeves on my arms.
It's not a solution available to everyone, but if you can afford it, getting a sunscreen like the one I use (Tatcha's Silk sunscreen) is awesome. Then once it dries, there's no smell or grease.
This is something that keeps me worried at night. Unlike other historical artefacts like pottery, vellum writing, or stone tablets, information on the Internet can just blink into nonexistence when the server hosting it goes offline. This makes it difficult for future anthropologists who want to study our history and document...
I worry about this too. I've always said and thought that I feel more like a citizen of the Internet then of my country, state, or town, so its history is important to me.
This isn't directly related to your comment, but you seem so smart, and I got to say that is definitely one thing I'm enjoying on this website over Reddit! :-)
Pretty shocked to see this with how ubiquitous they've seemed these last few years. Of all the recent kitchen gadgets this is one of the few that felt genuinely useful to me.
In honor of the death of Reddit (I hope), let's harken back to a simpler time, perhaps when we old-timers were migrating from BBS chatting to Slashdot to Reddit. My favorite "oldie" is "The Website Is Down," from 2009-ish. It perfectly captures what IT support is like....
hello folks! some additional suggestions have been made to round out Beehaw's current set of communities, so we've gone ahead and done that. we have four new communities accordingly, which are:...
One of my favorite posts in the /r/collapse sub is the "weekly observations" thing, where users get to post what signs of collapse they see from their area. I find it fascinating. Any chance we could do that here?
Drinkers, what is your preferred alcoholic beverage?
I'm a Scotch man. I like Aberfeldy 18, Balvenie single cask, and Kilchoman for my top 3....
‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags (web.archive.org)
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city became the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. This...
should we be discussing reddit less?
Seems like a good portion of the activity in the communities is reddit oriented. If the goal is leaving/hurting reddit, it seems we should be continuing on like it doesn't exist, instead of continuing to drive interest to the site. Thoughts?
soliciting a new round of community suggestions
update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions...
Sensory sensitivity, executive dysfunction, and sunscreen
I love being outside. I hate the sun. I also hate sunscreen....
Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant (www.independent.co.uk)
In a characteristically rambling post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said that the indictment ‘hoax’ was the fault of misfits – and mutants
The Internet Is Failing The Website Preservation Test (archive.ph)
This is something that keeps me worried at night. Unlike other historical artefacts like pottery, vellum writing, or stone tablets, information on the Internet can just blink into nonexistence when the server hosting it goes offline. This makes it difficult for future anthropologists who want to study our history and document...
Christian missionary sentenced to 25 years for sex abuse after young child contracted gonorrhea (wcyb.com)
Instant Pot maker seeks bankruptcy protection - NPR (www.npr.org)
Pretty shocked to see this with how ubiquitous they've seemed these last few years. Of all the recent kitchen gadgets this is one of the few that felt genuinely useful to me.
What's your favorite internet "oldie"?
In honor of the death of Reddit (I hope), let's harken back to a simpler time, perhaps when we old-timers were migrating from BBS chatting to Slashdot to Reddit. My favorite "oldie" is "The Website Is Down," from 2009-ish. It perfectly captures what IT support is like....
four new Beehaw communities (and a word on new community creations)
hello folks! some additional suggestions have been made to round out Beehaw's current set of communities, so we've gone ahead and done that. we have four new communities accordingly, which are:...
Weekly observations?
One of my favorite posts in the /r/collapse sub is the "weekly observations" thing, where users get to post what signs of collapse they see from their area. I find it fascinating. Any chance we could do that here?