I’m trying to empathise with them… I get why people become radicals of other kinds… but saying no music, no sex, live by the book, behead those who disagree… what part of that makes people think “I want to get into this, this sounds fun”?...
So I do like Star Trek a lot, especially TNG, DS9, and Below Decks. Voyager and TOS are fine. Space socialism is pretty good and I can’t get enough of it. There are a few common tropes that irk me. tho....
Man, sorry I’ve been offline til Friday, I was told we would get power back much sooner. I hope you have all just been reading independently, sorry for not providing a good place to discuss....
I’ve run across cis women making comments like this way too many times for it to not be A Thing. Usually it’s a reason given for them not being a lesbian. Something like, “I love boobs but vaginas are gross”. I’ve also seen it as a reason to not date trans men, but I feel like there’s something going on beyond...
Easily offended (lemmy.ml)
www.pidjin.net/2019/07/15/easily-offended/
Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one. (newatlas.com)
Learning about the political world
Hi!...
Fatigue 2 - John Brosio (2009) (www.xibtmagazine.com)
Cross posting cause no bikes in this one :-)
mimic (mander.xyz)
Ethical AI Use? (mander.xyz)
Is federation broken?
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Grown-up conversation about piracy on this site
Supposing I’m Fred The Fed and I want to shut down Hexbear.net...
Literally every time something explodes or falls down. (hexbear.net)
Why do people fall into Islamic fundamentalism?
I’m trying to empathise with them… I get why people become radicals of other kinds… but saying no music, no sex, live by the book, behead those who disagree… what part of that makes people think “I want to get into this, this sounds fun”?...
Calling All Libtards (lemmy.today)
What do you think are the beliefs, sayings, mindsets, or whatever of this generation that will make YOUR kids embarrassed or exasperated or say "Oh Mom/Dad!"
Should we say 'India' or 'Bharat'?
Denmark to conscript women into armed forces for first time (www.aljazeera.com)
16 Injured After Explosion at FBI Training Facility (www.thedailybeast.com)
Star Trek fans: do you have any pet peeves about the franchise? (hexbear.net)
So I do like Star Trek a lot, especially TNG, DS9, and Below Decks. Voyager and TOS are fine. Space socialism is pretty good and I can’t get enough of it. There are a few common tropes that irk me. tho....
I'm increasingly unhappy with the limits on AI text generation and I have heard that it's not that hard to do it on a laptop oneself. What is the best path forward?
I saw Generative AI for Beginners from Microsoft on GitHub. I’ve looked at fmhy.pages.dev/ai but I’m not sure what I’m really looking for....
How Airlines Colluded To Ensure Onboard Food Would Be Awful (viewfromthewing.com)
Das Kapital reading group, Week 10, March 4-10. From Vol. 1, we are reading Chapter 15, sections 6, 7, and 8 (hexbear.net)
Man, sorry I’ve been offline til Friday, I was told we would get power back much sooner. I hope you have all just been reading independently, sorry for not providing a good place to discuss....
Esperanto: The artificial language that aimed to unite humanity (bigthink.com)
respect (mander.xyz)
Are a lot of cis women grossed out by vaginas?
I’ve run across cis women making comments like this way too many times for it to not be A Thing. Usually it’s a reason given for them not being a lesbian. Something like, “I love boobs but vaginas are gross”. I’ve also seen it as a reason to not date trans men, but I feel like there’s something going on beyond...