Haha no, but we do have some things inside lemmy to make it better suited for question / answer communities, like the forum / new comments sort. But ya I’d be down to hear ideas on how to make lemmy better for that purpose.
Nowadays we constantly hear denunciations, directed toward Islam, of ‘religious totalitarianism’ or of the ‘new totalitarian enemy that is terrorism’. The language of the Cold War has reappeared with renewed vitality, as confirmed by the warning that American Senator Joseph Lieberman has issued to Saudi Arabia: beware the seduction of Islamic totalitarianism, and do not let a ‘theological iron curtain’ separate you from the Western world.
Even though the target has changed, the denunciation of totalitarianism continues to function with perfect efficiency as an ideology of war against the enemies of the Western world. And this ideology justifies the violation of the Geneva Convention, the inhuman treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, the embargo and collective punishment inflicted upon the Iraqis and other peoples, and the further torment perpetrated against the Palestinians. The struggle against totalitarianism serves to legitimate and transfigure the total war against the ‘barbarians’ who are alien to the Western world.
To add, there is only one country on earth with > 800 external military bases, and through an incredibly effective propanda campaign, they’ve managed to convince the world that its not them, but their enemies that are “totalitarian” and “authoritarian”.
I’d like to add that the nordic countries are not socialist by any metric.
Also, we shouldn’t be so quick to trust western media on the DPRK, who have gotten to the point that they can literally say anything about their enemies, and have it be believed.
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program....
Holy shit this movie is pure art. The visuals and aesthetic are spot on for Cyberpunk and the sound direction is so good. Literally every set had me engaged because how good they looked. The scene with K just going around the city with these big ass logo’s of dead and alive companies was so good. Visually, this movie is a...
Zionism is a settler-colonialist ideology dedicated to the eviction and genocide of the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine. We don’t allow them or their defenders a platform here, so you’ll have to go to reddit if you want to see people defending their atrocities.
In getting ready for the upcoming lemmy release, we usually deploy a test release here on lemmy.ml (the dev instance) for a few days, to discover any issues for a large production server, so other people don’t have to.
We found a performance issue with this one, so we downgraded back to 0.19.3, and restored from a database backup made a few hours ago.
I apologize for the few hours of downtime that caused today.
Stack Overflow and OpenAI Partner (files.mastodon.online)
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Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?
[Meta] Taking volunteers to help mod /c/anime
Post here if you’re able to help mod, we’d greatly appreciate it....
Lemmy, what music artists do you believe deserve more attention?
Lemmy Development Update 2024-05-11
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program....
Thumb-Key 3.1.5 Release (github.com)
Enable Firefox's revamped tablet interface on Android (archive.is)
Sanders: Gaza “May Be Biden’s Vietnam” (truthout.org)
“Biden is putting himself in a position where he has alienated not just young people, but a lot of the Democratic base.”…
President Biden says Hamas is motivated by "ancient desires" to eliminate Jews (twitter.com)
Meta is now internationally limiting the political content you can see on their platforms. Here’s a quick guide on how to stop Instagram and Threads from deciding what shows up on your feed. (lemmy.ml)
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/53ea9fa8-61ac-4fb1-ad68-912c24d32164.jpeg...
Blade Runner 2049 is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time (hexbear.net)
Holy shit this movie is pure art. The visuals and aesthetic are spot on for Cyberpunk and the sound direction is so good. Literally every set had me engaged because how good they looked. The scene with K just going around the city with these big ass logo’s of dead and alive companies was so good. Visually, this movie is a...
Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
President Biden gives speech this morning condemning pro-Palestinian college protesters as anti-semitic and violent. (youtube.com)
“Order must prevail”
To date, what do you think is the greatest invention or discovery and why?
Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.
Thumb-Key 3.1.2 Release (github.com)
Lemmy.ml will have some downtime tomorrow for server upgrades, 2024-04-30 1500 CEST
Hopefully shouldn’t take more than an hour....
Thumb-Key 3.1.4 Release (github.com)
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