If you like international and eclectic news, come and join me at @worldwithoutus (Link for Lemmy = worldwithoutus).
I've also started helping out at @worldnews, (Link for Lemmy = worldnews), @movies, (Lemmy = movies), and am a ghost at @13thfloor (Lemmy = 13th Floor).
OC Fediverse won't replace Reddit as long as Lemmy is the main platform being promoted
Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about....
Is there any one else who feels like their life has been disrupted by this whole debacle with Reddit.
I really do like KBin and Lemmy and the fediverse on the whole, but development is still young and the userbase still growing. KBin is still basically early access, and Lemmy is buggy. I spent alot of time in reddit and I'm feeling the pain of trying to ween myself from it. Just wanted to here community perspectives and see how...
White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun's rays to slow global warming (www.eenews.net)
The White House cautiously endorsed the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming in a congressionally mandated report that could help bring efforts once confined to science fiction into the realm of legitimate debate.
Lemmy is confusing and poorly limited. How does Lemmy work? Why are there so many Lemmy clones? Do I have to sign up for each of them? Does my post show on each of them?
First please don’t ban me I’m new....
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New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread (www.theguardian.com)
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
Did Karma really matter that much in Reddit?
Honestly, nobody even looks at other people's Karma. I didn't care much about it. Did people really care so much baout Karma that they mourn about it here, or miss it, or used to farm it?...
Thousands rally across Australia in support of Indigenous reform (www.reuters.com)
Thousands rallied in Australia on Sunday to back a campaign to recognise the country's Indigenous people in the constitution ahead of a referendum later this year, after a recent dip in support for the change.
Hunger kills hundreds after US and UN pause food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region, officials say (apnews.com)
Local officials and researchers say hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and United Nations suspended food aid.
A temple elephant in Sri Lanka will be airlifted back to Thailand after allegations of neglect (apnews.com)
Veterinarians are preparing to airlift an Asian elephant from Sri Lanka back to its home country of Thailand this weekend after it spent more than two decades at a Buddhist temple where activists alleged it was abused.
'Hotel Rwanda' icon Rusesabagina says prison was 'hell' (www.dw.com)
Dissident Paul Rusesabagina thanked the US for its efforts to release him from prison earlier this year. His made new criticisms of the Rwandan government in a video to mark the 61st anniversary of Rwanda's independence.
Israel Ramps Up Drone Sales to Morocco for Its War in Western Sahara (theintercept.com)
Morocco recognized Israel as part of the Abraham Accords — and is reaping its rewards against the Polisario Front.
“Sharp” reduction in Guyana fish price, as Guyana asks Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) to buy more (demerarawaves.com)
Fisherfolk in Guyana are complaining about unprofitable operations because of plummeting fish prices for several months now, a situation that has triggered a request by Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha for sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations to buy more of the protein source from his country.
A Pig's Tale - dir Leah Gordon (52 min) - amazing film about the eradication of indigenous Haitian pigs and a Vodou priest trying to find one. (vimeo.com)
The Pig's Tail: "A piggyback ride of a documentary linking Haitian pigs, Vodou and US economic imperialism."...
Mauritanian ex-president in court for landmark corruption trial (www.aljazeera.com)
The prosecution of a former leader is unprecedented in Mauritania and extremely rare in Africa.