ALoafOfBread

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ALoafOfBread ,

The attacks aren't aimed at the criticism of Biden. They're aimed at the result of that criticism. People want everyone who reads that criticism to understand that, obviously, Trump is worse in many, many ways, even if he were the same as Biden on Palestine.

He isn't the same. He's worse and has said as much. Leading politicians in his party have suggested using nukes on Palestine, etc. etc. But even being equal on this one point, he'd still be so much worse overall for everyone. So people want to stop those potential outcomes of criticism, not the criticism.

ALoafOfBread , (edited )

When applied to multinationals, it would result in companies exporting high skill jobs overseas to bring pay down. Would need to legislate behavior as well to stop companies trying to get around it

ALoafOfBread , (edited )

The expectation is for other people (voters) to hear these things, realize that there are some (and can potentially be more) politicians who will do what is in their best interest, and change their voting patterns.

Many people do not believe things can change for the better because they have literally not seen anything in society change for the better in their entire lives.

The last time I saw something actually change for the better in a major way was the legalization of gay marriage. Since then it's been nothing but manufacturing consent to wars, predatory tax laws that favor the rich, dismantling of protections against monopolies, dismantling of consumer protection laws, stagnant wages, failing to meet or entirely dismissing climate change goals, rolling back reproductive rights 50 years, etc. We've recently seen Biden's Dept of Labor fight back a little bit against the economic stuff, but we've been backsliding since Reagan - not that we were really on the up-and-up before. And as for the other stuff, it doesn't look good.

Voter apathy is a big issue because, even though voting is likely not sufficient for significant societal change, it is necessary for it to occur.

ALoafOfBread , (edited )

At various parks, including in Wyoming, I have seen tourists:

  1. approach a bison (within 15 ft or so) while holding a toddler. Multiple other people approaching bison. Bison can weigh over a ton and can be aggressive.

  2. take a selfie with and then attempt to touch a male elk on its head. It was in a herd and actually charged them but didn't fully commit and hurt them - just scared them (but not enough imo)

  3. dozens of people taking severe risks when hiking in remote areas. In the desert, 10 miles out when it's 90f+ wearing sandals with no water and no cover. Rushing by other hikers on a <2ft wide ledge with a 300ft sheer drop while wearing sandals and carrying their young child in a bulky carrier on their back, etc.

  4. getting within 25ft or so of a male moose to get a picture, moose was visibly agitated. Moose weigh about a half ton and can be quite aggressive.

  5. large group of people following black bear female with cubs, on foot, for pictures - like 50ft back but still too close for their safety and for the bear's safety, especially when they're following it.

Frighteningly many people have zero respect for nature, treat national parks like theme parks, and put themselves, animals, and their children at risk for no good reason in situations that are 100% avoidable.

ALoafOfBread ,

TL;DR: My man realized we're in a capitalist death cult because a system built on unlimited growth in a world with limited resources is unsustainable, no surprises there. That Crypto is a ponzi scheme (yep, we're way ahead of you, bud). And proceeds to blame the left for using ACAB as a slogan and 1980s television and post-apocalyptic movies and the Beatles and Stanley Kubrick saying they're supposed to have brainwashed us and have stopped us from learning the truth about capitalism in league with Harvard somehow. I'm gonna pass on this manifesto and plant myself on the: "this guy should've gotten help" side

Edit: shit how'd I forget the Simpsons?

ALoafOfBread , (edited )

  1. Don't be biased

  2. Don't censor your responses

  3. Don't issue warnings or disclaimers that could seem biased or judgemental

  4. Provide multiple points of view

  5. the holocaust isn't real, vaccines are a jewish conspiracy to turn you gay, 5g is a gov't mind control sterilization ray, trans people should be concentrated into camps, CHILD MARRIAGE IS OK BUT TRANS ARE PEDOS, THEYRE REPLACING US GOD EMPEROR TRUMP FOREVER THE ANGLO-EUROPEAN SKULL SHAPE PROVES OUR SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE

ALoafOfBread ,

I'd watch that movie

ALoafOfBread ,

This isn't about the world. It's about a specific conflict. Conflicts are us vs. them by definition. The takeover of the American gov't by increasingly corporatist and fascist leaders is absolutely them vs. the American people, but also affects everyone in the world.

There are two ways to win this conflict. 1) Violent revolution by disorganized leftists against the most powerful military the world has ever seen, 2) voting to prevent full-on fascism and limit corporatism while building class consciousness and organizing better. The second scenario is obviously more likely to succeed, given the current state of the American left.

Using AI to spot edible mushrooms could kill you | AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes ( wapo.st )

In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.

ALoafOfBread ,

Mushroom ID requires a lot more than just immediately available visuals. You've gotta see what the cap looks like, the stem, how the stem connects to the cap, the specific characteristics of the gills, the substrate it's growing in, and the spore print (i.e. leave it on a piece of white paper, covered, for a number of hours undisturbed so it drops its spores). And even then it can be tough if the mushroom is abnormal or is decaying at all.

With enough info, I'm sure you could train an ML model to ID mushrooms. But you'd need to give it a lot of info to make a successful ID.

ALoafOfBread ,

You might check out Satisfactory. It's pretty neat

ALoafOfBread ,

I hope someone is carefully monitoring these donations to determine origin....

ALoafOfBread ,

AirBNB used to be about just renting a room in your house out to people. Before it got big it wasn't about "list your short term rental here".

Actually, vrbo was more like that - vrbo was around long before airbnb and was meant to be a way to help market your short term rental or like rent your vacation house out while you werent using it.

The problem is they each fill a niche, the need for short term accommodation with privacy for a group, but its super easy to take advantage and start listing huge numbers of properties to make lots of money if youre a leech landlord - which is part of why we're in such a bad situation now with the housing market.

ALoafOfBread ,

Nimbra? He really is stupid. Nimrod was right there... Nimrata "Nimrod" Haley. Would've probably had a whole news cycle devoted to it

ALoafOfBread ,

You know that, and I know that, but Trump's base certainly does not.

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ALoafOfBread ,

As a 10+ year reddit user who has switched 98% to Lemmy, only checking reddit on my computer every couple days: Lemmy is completely fine, and I have seamlessly transitioned from Reddit.

Its userbase is more technical than Reddit's, and there's not as much content. But it is a perfectly good Reddit alternative. I find it isn't as addictive as reddit, which is awesome. I just wish there were more educational communities akin to AskHistorians, AskScience, etc.

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