There are an infinite amount of important events, happening all over the world at this very moment. Life-changing moments in time for billions of individual people, all happening simultaneously. A video reaching 30 million views is not one of them. And yet this is what reaches the top of the popular political news lists.
Posting content doesn't affect the sort of content that people get immediate gratification from. There are loads of posts all over the fediverse with important political news, but they're not what people enjoy their reaction to, so they're just not seen.
I have no problem with good news, or even just being amused at mockery of terrible opinions. But, if this is what gets our engagement then it's no wonder humanity are up shit creek without a paddle.
Unfortunately that's how modern science works. The scientists with the best marketing skills get the grants, get their work mentioned in the media, and hence, get more prestigious work.
He is both a result of a broken system, and then became one of its key perpetuators. I bet he made some sweet bags of cash doing it.
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
I can see why NSW police were so unusually fast to suspend him. Pity it couldn't have happened before he tasered and killed an elderly dementia patient.
Edited to add: Sorry about the amp link, kbin won't let me edit it unfortunately.
PAJU, South Korea/WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military was scrambling on Wednesday to determine the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing of the inter-Korean border into North Korea, throwing Washington into a new crisis in its dealing with the nuclear-armed state....
It sounds like it might have been desperate and impulsive opportunism. They might treat him well as a propaganda tool, but that's a huge gamble to take. I have trouble believing it was a considered decision at all.
Strange and we might never know. I really thought it would be another missionary.
Trying to cast Dan Andrews as being anti-inclusivity for the decision is an interesting strategy.
"Gender equality for inclusivity, for seeing disabled athletes, and for demonstration of pride and heritage and culture," Ms Smith said. "I'm not sure that all of those things were at the front of his mind."
"I was incredibly impressed when I was in Victoria, with some of the First Nations planning, you know, and, and the reconciliation work and how those communities were going to be involved in a global event and the excitement and inspiration. That's what I thought that Victoria had signed up for."
Frankly, this is just a bad look. Reconciliation efforts aren't inspiration porn, marginalised communities are not weapons to be wielded for disappointment over sporting events. No matter how poorly handled the cancellation.
The alt-right social media propaganda effort from the US over the past decade has been a scattershot approach and had a large effect on a lot of the English speaking world.
Plus Rupert Murdoch, Boris Johnson, other right-wing grifters big and small using it to their advantage.
There aren't many good options except dealing with the people and the money running the operations, I think.
The southern hemisphere has a lot more water surface area, which has a larger heat capacity, is somewhat reflective, and a lower density / conductivity.
This is why Australians and Brazilians are known to be amphibious during summer.
For now. Watching the Northern hemisphere be in flames is just the smoky forewarning of what to expect in the next 4-8 months. I'm not looking forward to it.
I don't they intended to dismiss climate change, I think they were just taking exception to the use of the word "literally" with "the world" when it's technically just far too much of the Northern Hemisphere across multiple continents. Not necessarily helpful, but at least it's not climate change denial?
I’ve noticed that most people here are ex-redditors, migrating due to the API changes and u/spez’s problematic leadership. I’m wondering, though, how many people here use Lemmy despite never using Reddit?...
The head of engineering for the company that operates former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app told Reuters on Monday he had resigned, in a blow for the venture.
Good to know, I thought there might be something weird about software with a name heavily embedded in Christian theology, so I should have seen that coming.
Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and...
It's becoming more discouraged in professional circles to use it, and it's practically outright banned in medical circles.
It makes me sad when I hear "lame" used, because I think about my lost mobility, the physical pain I experience and how various disability words/concepts are constantly being associated with "bad" or "worth less". Which is a thing that just keeps happening. I think some on this list are a bit of a stretch for "negative connotation" like "disabled people" which isn't in line with "person-first" language, but it covers the common ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability-related_terms_with_negative_connotations
I have never asked anyone to stop using the word though, so, I won't ask that of you either. I would love it though if you could think about whether continuing to use words which associate medical symptoms with bad things helps to perpetuate the stigma around medical issues and links the people with those conditions with being worth less than others.
I think it's partly a symptom of our world being super-connected. There are some loud people out there with some really poorly founded ideas, and opinions which most people would consider absurd. Previously that might be only one or two people in a community, but the internet has changed that for good.
I also try not to do it anymore to help people with disabilities which prevent them from readily picking up on sarcasm like autism. I don't need to accidentally influence someone who has taken me at face value. It's so hard not to revert back to old habits though.
No, that's not a reaction where I live for the majority of people. As you can see from the OP's photo, men dressing up as women has happened for a long time. Women weren't even allowed as actors on stage in England until the 1660's, and also weren't allowed in ancient Greece. More recently the English speaking world has had Monty Python in the 70's who did a lot of drag in the tradition of English panto which was hugely popular for 100 years, Dame Edna Everage was an Australian icon who passed this year but had done female impersonation for a good 50 years. Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia have had a drag scene since the 50's and have historically been fine with gender differences. The US had vaudeville in the 1800's... There have been movies about drag queens for decades (Priscilla Queen of the Desert was in 1994), drag queens were plot points in US 1970's sitcoms and dramas.
For many of us in less religious areas (which is where I see the most objection coming from), drag has been a very normal part of the entertainment scene for decades, if not hundreds of years. It's just costume.
I don't think about how silly ice skaters usually look in sparkly leotards either. Although some of them are... a choice.
Drag can and does contain shock humour, like Divine definitely did a fair amount of, but most drag isn't based in shock humour, which is what the other poster was saying. Some of the more recent famous drag queens are known for their insult comedy... and there are definitely a lot of drag queens who do some very dirty jokes, but even the most shocking thing about RuPaul these days is that she's fine with fracking and still hasn't forgiven Courtney Act for rightfully calling her out on transphobia.
Like if you want shock drag queens, you really have to go looking for them. It would be very difficult to accidentally stumble into a show that resembles Divine during her John Waters days. You're way more likely to find a trained dancer and their own dance-pop album.
There's a few things going on with the corporate ones. Companies started building them in 1927, starting with the Asahi Shimbum (newspaper) who put up a monument dedicated to their deceased employees. Often they commemorate employees who have passed like the https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koyasan_Okunoin_Nissan.jpg . Some of them have individual photos of the employees, usually from around the 40's onwards. Previously in Japan the whole idea of the place you work being "family" (and you working the same job your entire life) was a big thing to foster loyalty. Much like the "we're a family here" bullshit line you hear in the West, but the company might at least name you on a piece of granite when they overwork you to death.
Some of them just commemorate the founding of the company, and tend towards a status symbol humble-brag and show off how pious they are at the same time. Sort of like how In-n-out puts bible verse numbers on their cups and Chik-fil-a doesn't open on Sundays. I'd say the Denka one is along those lines. It was built for the company's 100th anniversary.
Some of them are used as gathering points for annual memorial ceremonies too like the Yakult one complete with iconic bottle design, I know there's a tradition in at least some parts of Japan to return yearly on the anniversary of a funeral to visit the family, many of these stones serve as gathering points for the companies to do memorials. Some graves are for individual business-people who were important to the company like presidents. The Panasonic grave was put in the day after they changed the name to Panasonic, the block on the left of it in the image is their original company name gravestone. They were super keen on keeping it updated.
No problem, thanks for sending me down this rabbithole again! I took this photo a decade ago, and my Japanese back then as well as Google autotranslate's Japanese, was very poor so I actually got to answer a whole bunch of questions I had during the trip just now. The whole place is super fascinating for many reasons though, and the weird corporate monument thing is just a small part of that.
Biden video mocking Marjorie Taylor Greene speech hit more than 30M views in 12 hours (thehill.com)
Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers (stanforddaily.com)
NSW police officer said ‘na bugger it’ before tasering Clare Nowland, court documents allege (amp.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
US military scrambles to determine fate of soldier who fled to North Korea (www.reuters.com)
PAJU, South Korea/WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military was scrambling on Wednesday to determine the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing of the inter-Korean border into North Korea, throwing Washington into a new crisis in its dealing with the nuclear-armed state....
Commonwealth Games vice-president challenges Daniel Andrews's version of Games decision (www.abc.net.au)
Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused (www.theguardian.com)
Australia, don’t become America.
Australian government hands out PVC pipe for tourists to beat off dingo attacks. "Dingo sticks" (www.watoday.com.au)
Climate change is a hoax /s (lemmy.ml)
How many people here never used Reddit?
I’ve noticed that most people here are ex-redditors, migrating due to the API changes and u/spez’s problematic leadership. I’m wondering, though, how many people here use Lemmy despite never using Reddit?...
Kitty snoring into echo mic (www.youtube.com)
Exclusive: Head of engineering for Trump’s Truth Social app resigns (www.reuters.com)
The head of engineering for the company that operates former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app told Reuters on Monday he had resigned, in a blow for the venture.
What's something you used to do/see/say but don't anymore because you don't feel it's right?
Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and...
Old School Drag Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
OC Okunoin (奥の院) is the world's oldest still-used graveyard. It's located in a cedar forest on a mountain and nature is constantly reclaiming the monuments.