"To me, it sounds as cynical as possible: by earning and paying excise taxes in the aggressor country, the manufacturer is trying to expand production and sales of its products in Ukraine," she stated....
The Vermont-based ice cream maker, a subsidiary of Unilever, caused a stir over the holiday weekend when it tweeted: “The United States was founded on stolen indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let’s commit to returning it.”...
“These companies are breaking their promises. They are functioning as wartime profiteers,” Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said. “It’s beyond disappointing. It’s shameful and unethical…
This is the second advertising post I’ve seen on lemmy and they were both today. I’m wondering how other people feel about it or if they’ve even seen posts like this?...
I wrote the first line of code for /kbin on January 14, 2021. Around this time, I started working remotely and decided that the time I used to spend commuting to the office would be devoted to /kbin. Throughout this entire period, /kbin has been a hobby project that I developed in my free time. It was also when Lemmy started...
Western companies are withdrawing from Russia under public pressure, but not everyone is affected. Three American corporations, including Mondelez, Mars and PepsiCo have shown rapid growth of their sales in Russia. All of them managed to cash in on the withdrawal of more conscious competitors....
Unilever has been named as an international sponsor of war by the Ukrainian government after the Marmite, Dove and Domestos owner became subject to a law in Russia obliging all large companies operating in the country to contribute directly to its war effort.
Reddit has informed moderators of communities that are still private in protest that they will lose their mod status by the end of the week. Thousands of communities went dark earlier this month to push back on the company’s planned API pricing changes.
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
Is there a wiki or FAQ that describes the key people and organisations of the Fediverse?
I am interested in learning about them in order to choose the right software and instance.
Mocha wasn't so keen on the idea of an adventure at first but she quickly changed her mind when she saw where she ended up! Come on the adventure with her to...
In 2022, Philip Morris, Japan Tobacco receive over $15B revenues in Russia (www.ukrinform.net)
"To me, it sounds as cynical as possible: by earning and paying excise taxes in the aggressor country, the manufacturer is trying to expand production and sales of its products in Ukraine," she stated....
Heineken, Sbarro Pizza, TGI Fridays, and WeWork said they would leave Russia in response to its brutal war against Ukraine. Investigators say it's still business as usual. (www.businessinsider.com)
"These companies are breaking their promises. They are functioning as wartime profiteers," a Yale professor leading the investigation told CNN.
Ben & Jerry’s owner slammed for doing business in Russia in wake of July 4 ‘indigenous’ tweet (nypost.com)
The Vermont-based ice cream maker, a subsidiary of Unilever, caused a stir over the holiday weekend when it tweeted: “The United States was founded on stolen indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let’s commit to returning it.”...
Google Bard hallucinates a solar sail that travels "100 times the speed of light"
Heineken, Shell, Carl’s Jr. dubbed ‘wartime profiteers’ for still operating in Russia despite vowing to leave (nypost.com)
“These companies are breaking their promises. They are functioning as wartime profiteers,” Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said. “It’s beyond disappointing. It’s shameful and unethical…
What do people think about advertising like this on lemmy? Should it be allowed? Could it be stopped? (files.catbox.moe)
This is the second advertising post I’ve seen on lemmy and they were both today. I’m wondering how other people feel about it or if they’ve even seen posts like this?...
This spammer created multiple accounts on various Lemmy instances to post self advertisements. How do we combat this?
/kbin project management costs, financing, future plans
I wrote the first line of code for /kbin on January 14, 2021. Around this time, I started working remotely and decided that the time I used to spend commuting to the office would be devoted to /kbin. Throughout this entire period, /kbin has been a hobby project that I developed in my free time. It was also when Lemmy started...
Business on blood: three American food giants have dramatically increased sales in Russia (eng.obozrevatel.com)
Western companies are withdrawing from Russia under public pressure, but not everyone is affected. Three American corporations, including Mondelez, Mars and PepsiCo have shown rapid growth of their sales in Russia. All of them managed to cash in on the withdrawal of more conscious competitors....
Thumbnails: Blurred borders vs black bars vs crop -- let's vote
Let's vote by upvoting and replying to the comments below.
Unilever named ‘international sponsor of war’ by Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Unilever has been named as an international sponsor of war by the Ukrainian government after the Marmite, Dove and Domestos owner became subject to a law in Russia obliging all large companies operating in the country to contribute directly to its war effort.
Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ (www.theverge.com)
Reddit has informed moderators of communities that are still private in protest that they will lose their mod status by the end of the week. Thousands of communities went dark earlier this month to push back on the company’s planned API pricing changes.
Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances (kbin.social)
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
Users, advertisers – we are all trapped in the enshittification of the internet | John Naughton (www.theguardian.com)
There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?
Font size for comments and post description?
First of all, thanks for writing this wonderful app. I prefer this instead of the one developed by the tankies....
Michael Scott jailed for manslaughter of elderly aunt (www.rte.ie)
They had me in the first half......
As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)
Cute Pomeranian Dog Goes On A Magical Forest Adventure (www.youtube.com)
Mocha wasn't so keen on the idea of an adventure at first but she quickly changed her mind when she saw where she ended up! Come on the adventure with her to...
10 Favourite DS games?
My list:...
OC My dogs are on a roll!
Instead of deleting my old comments on Reddit, I modify them to express my disappointment. (Original comment was "hypocrites" which fits perfectly).
Remove one letter from the title of a video game; what is the plot now?
Final Fantas - people fighting over the last cans of Fanta in the world....
How do we call kbin users?
Kbinners? Binnies? Kbinators?