All of these flags I designed years ago. If I were to design them today I'd probably focus a bit more on indigenous representation.
Not included in this picture are my redesigns for the flags of Utah and Mississippi, since both those states have changed their flags.
The Florida redesign alludes to citrus production, Castillo de San Marcos, and the Cross of Burgundy.
The Montana redesign uses yellow and white to represent gold and silver, or "oro y plata", since these are important elements in the state's history. The blue field alludes to the "Big Sky Country" and to the current flag. The emblem is based on the national guard patch, which is obviously itself in reference to the state being named after the Spanish word for "mountain".
The Pennsylvania redesign is based on William Penn's coat of arms and the hex signs of the Pennsylvania Dutch. The red of the flag I'd imagine would represent Pennsylvania as a "red stripe" on the American flag, i.e. one of the Thirteen Colonies.
The Minnesota redesign has black and white for the state bird, the common loon; pink and white for the state flower, the pink-and-white lady's slipper; and blue for the various waterways of the state, most notably Lake Superior, the Minnesota River, the Mississippi River, and of course the ten thousand lakes. The star represents the North Star, and the deer... is cute. It's just meant to be evocative of Minnesota's wildlife.
Forgive me for boosting my own thread; I just want to make sure this tutorial is visible on "hot", since this is a potential fix to a problem a lot of people are having.
The right to solidarity, i.e. all should be allowed to partake in solidary action during a strike.
The right of initiative and right to recall.
The right to free software, or freedom from proprietary software.
The right to a third place, i.e. ready access to physical spaces that allow for socializing with strangers.
Freedom from eviction (mainly wrt rent strikes and squatting.)
The right to democratic education.
The right to cross borders.
The right to be forgotten.
The right to purpose, or freedom from meaningless labor. This includes the right to an employee fund.
And there are of course other things. I just think that under the world's current paradigm, these, at least individually, seem relatively attainable without a literal revolution.
I've heard that in Sweden there's a group supporting free public transport called Planka.nu, which encourages fare dodging and operates an insurance fund for paying penalty fares.
Musk said as much to me during a series of e-mails and phone calls leading up to the announcement. "Down the road, I might fund or advise on a Hyperloop project, but right now I can't take my eye off the ball at either SpaceX or Tesla," he wrote.
The full quote also includes,
[Hyperloop] was more that he wanted to show people that more creative ideas were out there for things that might actually solve problems and push the state forward.
Which to me indicates that Vance saw Musk not actually planning to build Hyperloop as somehow being a good thing.
Oracle are the VirtualBox people, right? I just installed that program today to try desktop Linux for the first time. I'm inferring from the comments under this post that Oracle apparently has some sort of negative reputation in the Linux community...? Frankly, I feel like a real troy-returning-with-pizza.jpeg right now.
Before the whole Reddit migration I was passively aware of the Fediverse, I thought I somewhat grasped the concept, and had created a Mastodon account, but never really used it....
I think I first heard of the fediverse from the Shonalika video on Mastodon, which I would've seen in 2020. I think I would've had some experience browsing Peertube without an account prior to signing up to Kbin, too. But Kbin is my first time having an actual fediverse account. It's pretty cool!
This was a song I listened to a lot a while ago, but eventually stopped listening to because I forgot the title. It just randomly decided to pop back into my mix-list today. It's a bop!
Last boost: When we talk about so-called "AI", it is easy and tempting to focus on the fact that the product is bullshit and doesn't do 95% of what is claimed. It isn't sentient, it isn't intelligent, it doesn't have a personality. The cutting edge of AI is an overgrown Magic 8 Ball.
But it's important to remember that the point of the technology isn't to "work". The tech industry (read: capital) is not excited about AI because it can deliver on a promise of correct or meaningful results. Capital is excited about AI because, irrespective of whether it "works", it benefits capital.
In the application cited, the LLM is not a technology for predicting human behavior. That's just window dressing. It's a technology for laundering accountability. It does not exist so your boss can "right-size" the right people. It exists so when your boss gets caught disproportionately "right-sizing", say, black employees, your boss can say: I'm not racist; the computer made those decisions. Computers can't be racist!
Honestly, I don't see why Threads couldn't be intended to destroy both Twitter foremost, and also the fediverse before it's big enough to pose any real threat: Mastodon has some two million monthly active users right now, which is tiny compared to Twitter/Threads, yes, but it's also not nothing, especially for what Mastodon is and how quickly it managed to reach that level of usage.
So I don't doubt that Threads has ill intentions for both the underdog and overdog. I just don't think that the fediverse can be killed that easily.
I see a lot of posts on fediverse trashing reddit, Twitter, spez, musk and so on, and rightfully so. But like it or not, the mass majority of users on the internet still use these sites, and some of us still want to interact with the friends and communities we are a part of on those sites. And there's nothing wrong with that...
I have put in place a number of restrictions for my "rudimentary" use of Reddit. Most of these restrictions have to do with using Reddit to promote its alternatives, deleting/rewriting old posts/comments, decreasing my usage of Reddit overall and increasing my use of Kbin, and countering and deplatforming bigotry on Reddit. Some people can argue that even "rudimentary" use of Reddit is too much use, and maybe it is, but it's still a pretty good improvement compared to the alternative of not being on the fediverse at all. I think that's what matters in our current landscape.
Regarding ad blockers, which I've seen mentioned a few times in this thread: Ad blocking doesn't really "stick it to the man" like a lot of people seem to think it does. The people who block ads are those who'd never click an ad, anyways, and if ad blocking is what it takes for them to use a website and build its value, then that's what it takes. So ad-blocking doesn't really decrease the click-through rate — I've actually heard that ad-blocking can sometimes increase the click-through rate, since ads are only shown to those most likely to click them.
deleted_by_author
Environmental protesters vandalize superyacht of Walmart heir Nancy Walton Laurie (www.upi.com)
A relatively easy way to disable the "random posts" or "random threads" sections (desktop web browser) + suggestions for sidebar
Step 1: Install uBlock Origin on your web browser....
What are some "new" rights you'd like to see countries commit to?
I know some places are more progressive in this regard. But from the U.S., I’d like to see every person entitled to:...
rail rule (i.imgur.com)
[article] The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled. (mastodon.online)
history rule (lemmy.tf)
…m.wikipedia.org/…/1912_Lawrence_textile_strike...
OC A redesign I made of Kentucky's state flag!
Oracle, savior of FOSS (lemmy.world)
Is this what it really means ? (sh.itjust.works)
How familiar were you with the Fediverse before coming here?
Before the whole Reddit migration I was passively aware of the Fediverse, I thought I somewhat grasped the concept, and had created a Mastodon account, but never really used it....
Ibragim Maremkulov - "Malhxä sypkhwäxum" (Circassian folk-pop) (youtu.be)
This was a song I listened to a lot a while ago, but eventually stopped listening to because I forgot the title. It just randomly decided to pop back into my mix-list today. It's a bop!
Just wait until he learns about grammar, dialects, and counters. (imgur.com)
Check out the original author here https://www.ascronicasdewesley.com.br/ascronicasdewesley...
Flag of Audi Arabia (lemmy.world)
OC Just a regular day in here.
What are some Redditisms that Lemmy needs to avoid?
For example, people on Reddit asking redundant questions and give equally redundant or unhelpful answers....
There's nothing wrong with using Reddit, Twitter, and other mainstream site still while being active on fediverse.
I see a lot of posts on fediverse trashing reddit, Twitter, spez, musk and so on, and rightfully so. But like it or not, the mass majority of users on the internet still use these sites, and some of us still want to interact with the friends and communities we are a part of on those sites. And there's nothing wrong with that...