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I don’t follow British politics; all I know is typically what I gather from headlines that pass through my feed.

I was under the impression that the government did not support Palestine as they were arresting folks who spoke out in defense of Palestine and against the genocide.

Now I’m seeing headlines saying Britain (amongst others) are set to recognize Palestine statehood.

So what’s really going on?

I want to start telling all these companies to leave me the f*** alone. I bought their product and I didn't complain I didn't return it. Isn't that good enough for them??

Tubular (a fork of Newpipe for playing Youtube videos on Android) has been a bit unreliable for me for the last few weeks, then for a few days it was dropping frames in videos but today its just stopped playing videos totally. I reinstalled it but that didn't help. Anyone else experiencing this?

I have this piece of art I really like. I got it about 15 years ago at a thrift store. I'm not sure what you call this style/medium. The only thing I've seen is "folkart".

It is dingy and I want to clean it. Particularly the white fabric background.

I don't remember exactly what I did but at some point I tried spot cleaning and this was the result:

construction:

base: 1/4" hardboard composite with canvas sort of fabric glued on

hardboard I don't know if this term is regional or well known. It's that brown sheet that is often used on the backside of cheap modern furniture, like a bookshelf. It's smooth on one side and rough on the other.

Top and bottom edges are in a groove of wood molding strips; these are stapled on and can be removed

design is made up of little items glued on: beads, small rocks, cord, ceramic

doesn't seem to be a top coat or anything

There's not really any hidden areas to test.

the glue is quite robust, I have been surprised that hardly anything has fallen off.

Any ideas? Hardboard really can't get wet.

I wish I had properly protected it years ago.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to explore PeerTube, but I noticed that the official instance list (https://instances.joinpeertube.org/) doesn’t allow filtering by number of users or amount of content.

Does anyone know which are the largest instances in terms of users and content?

Thanks!

What are some things you are subscribed to that make a service worthwhile in keeping?

I only have a few I can say is worth-it but worth it in a more conserving sense, like pumping-the-brakes kind of deal. Not something you would want on all of the time.,

1. Amazon Prime.

People may be split on Amazon for activist reasons or what have you, but I find it difficult to argue against what benefits that is brought from it. I sparingly use Prime and get it only when I have things I want to shop for that will be best used with it. I don't personally use Video, Music or what have you.

2. All Streaming Services (Only if you have a work-around)

Subscribing to any base streaming service plan with ads is worthless, but worth it if you use an HDMI cable from PC to TV or whatever configuration. Then watch through a browser that kills advertisements.

Worthless Subscriptions

Spotify

You're only paying for the privilege to skip songs which should be a basic right of usage. Podcasts still aren't exempt from advertisements. Features provided aren't really that exciting to use.

Sirius XM

I just re-subscribed to this for $1 and might be personal taste, but I listen to the comedy channels. I don't go anywhere else because I find that the music-based channels played things I don't typically like or can vibe with.

Discord Nitro

You're just paying for cosmetic junk which also all have separate price tags and other useless profile things that some of which, obstruct profiles so it is pointless. Only provides minor perks to video, audio and file capability. You also get to use emotes, that you can barely see anyways, in any server you're in (unless mobile).

All news-based ones

Why pay for journalism that is all but dead and biased these days?

X-Box Game Pass

Bit 50/50 on this one. On one hand, trying out so many games is a perk, but, it also works against itself because you could be isolated by choice and what limit you have to work with.

Gym Memberships

Very parasitic and predatory. They all lock you into contracts and pretend that they're like your car dealership or even your apartment landlord into these year-long subscription models. They prey on you not using their facility, they charge you annual fees and other fees you don't know about. The only way out of them is to pay the remaining balance of the subscription or other scheming means. Very few out there actually let you cancel.

Thought everyone understood that wild animals can be dangerous, but mostly hide or run away.

Only laid eyes on a panther once. It had checked me out ahead of time, utterly ignored me. Only seen one gator that wasn't hauling ass away from my canoe or kayak. Saw a mama black bear with tiny babies galumphing along behind as she ran off. Went back the next day, couldn't see her, but I heard the warning! Water moccasins hiss and pitch a fit, run away. You'd have to be deaf and step on one. (I've come close!)

Then you got people like my wife. She went to meet me at the trail entrance the other night, saw a small animal cross the path, got spooked and ran back to her car. Daughter and I saw a roll of teenage armadillos, up close! My wife asked if they would attack us.

Wife's friend came over from England. She was choking down panic and the sun set on our camp in the swamp. I assured her that speaking in a normal tone of voice would scare anything away. Never been in wild woods and never at night!

I've had people online act like I'm an idiot for getting into the uncivilized places I often go. Many people here in NW Florida won't go on the water unless it's a large body and in a large boat. They think I'm going to get attacked in my kayak.

So, what's your perception of the animals where you live? Do you think the people in your area feel the same?

Guys, when you talk about the Fediverse to friends, family, or colleagues, how do you explain it?

Do you call it a “decentralized social network,” an “alternative to big tech,” or “a collection of open-source networks”? And how do you convince someone to create an account on Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc., without them getting scared by technical terms like instance, federated, or peer-to-peer?

I’m asking because my so-called friends don’t believe me and even call me crazy when I talk about this “nonsense.”

The future is open source, decentralized, and federated!

They sound the same, which way is it spelled?

Edit, it's the underwear that is white in this question.

Inspired by recently buying a cajon, and my husband immediately buying another for additional living room seating because he loved it.

I have two degrees in philosophy. I quit my PhD with an MA after I realized academic life wasn't for me.

When people find this out about me... they rarely react positivity anymore. Most are confused, some look upset, others get defensive or crack cliche jokes about how I got a job with a useless degree like that or if I work at McDonalds.

It seems to have gotten way worse the past few years. In my late 20s/early 30s people seemed to react a lot more positively to this fact about my life? People would ask me about it and why I did it and what I studied specifically. I really liked those conversations.

I feel naive as to why philosophy is so controversial for the average person, anymore than English or History is? I really enjoyed my studies and still do them as a hobby now.

I may need to say something that is (seemingly) nice about someone, but I’d prefer it be very subtly backhanded or nearly believable hyperbole.



Edit: I realized that I was imagining something like how the Colbert Report was done where it’s easy to believe I’m agreeing when really I’m spoofing.

Thank you.

Hi ! I was wondering if there is something like Pinterest, but free/open source/ethical ? Like, something that doesn't use all our datas to train AIs, without any adds... And which is kinda like Pinterest (possibility to make boards of ideas/photos from internet). I tried Raindrop, but this is not open source as far as I know...

I keep noticing that in non ad cluttered UIs and searches my eyes automatically go to the secondary information sometimes making me miss the primary information.

Someone will say “click on “name” element” and I’ll search for it but miss it even though it’s the most “eye catching” thing. Or I find I open the link a few down from the top one even if it’s not sponsored.

The mental filter to find good information hiding in a sea of dominant splashy advertisements has resulted in a reduction in my performance in processing well meaning eye catching designs meant to guide me to useful information.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I play rhythm games a lot and accidentally developed a taste for hardcore/speedcore music, which is probably uncommon. So this is something I'm quite curious

I think my cutoff for considering something fast is like between 200-220 BPM. For example, xi - FREEDOM DiVE has a BPM of 222.22, which... apparently I only consider as "fast". Too fast is like 300 BPM for me