Here’s what I don’t get about this. If you vote for Trump this time, you know what you’re getting. He was already president, so you know what you’re in for. Is there really anybody on the fence here? I mean, I understand hating both candidates and declining to vote for either one, but if you vote for Trump, then you agree with Trump.
That’s already happening in some places and there’s a movement (supported by democrats and vehemently opposed by republicans) to enact alternative voting methods.
“The flood of crap” isn’t what people should be worried about. They should be worried about Meta embracing, extending, and extinguishing the Fediverse. There’s a good article about this here. People are worried about the wrong things and don’t realize what’s at stake.
Why are they defederating? Is that what you’re asking?
ETA: There’s a good article behind the reasoning here, using XMPP as an object lesson. Corporations can co-opt open standards through a Microsoft-ish “embrace, extend, extinguish” strategy.
The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that apps like Mastodon can see and interact with.
More competition is better, but Facebook is still the 800-pound gorilla. It took a landmark court case to stop Microsoft from taking over the Web. We might need something similar for social networking.
You think that Biden was forced into this? Did somebody put a gun to his head? Do you honestly believe that Bernie Sanders would’ve said the same things if he were president?
Well, it’s very easy for you to make a claim like that, because it’s impossible for me to disprove it, but I find it implausible. For one thing, Trump did a lot of things that people thought were impossible for a president to do.
It seems like you could say that about any organization. Is there something special about a religion that makes it more likely to be corrupt? Even one like TST?
Where did I say that I wanted them separate from the state? I only say that every religion should have equal rights. The state shouldn’t favor one religion over another.
It was that way during the 2004 Bush v. Kerry election and probably the 2000 Bush v. Gore election, too. (I don’t remember much about 2000 because I wasn’t really paying attention to politics yet.) And it probably goes back even further than that.
You know all of the rhetoric used against Trump? They were saying all of the same things about W. Bush.
Why do you see this as trolling, though? I saw the display, and there was nothing insulting or disrespectful about it.
Now, if it had been a defaced crucifix or something like that, I could agree. But I don’t see how Baphomet itself is offensive to Christianity. It isn’t even a Christian icon. It comes from occultism.
"Both parties are the same!" (lemmy.world)
41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)
Never jammed out to an Adobe Pro patcher harder (lemmy.world)
TST Iowa now has a GoFundMe to sue the guy who trashed their display (www.gofundme.com)
Lemmy.world & Threads.net?
Sorry if this is not the right community, but I wonder if lemmy.world plans to defederate Facebook?
Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that apps like Mastodon can see and interact with.
Americans, what are your plans if Trump wins in 2024?
What's a cool website you’ve visited that no one seems to know of?
Catholic legal expert says Iowa Satanic Temple display not protected by First Amendment (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
By Peter Pinedo...
When did you officially consider yourself a member of TST?
Curious as to how long after learning of TST did it take you to call yourself a Satanist. Immediate? Gradual? Thanks.
Spoderman (lemmy.world)
Satanic display at Iowa Capitol vandalized ‘beyond repair’; arrest made (www.kcrg.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - On Thursday, the Satanic Temple of Iowa announced that their display at the Iowa Capitol had been significantly damaged....