You Should Know

It's a good day to buy some music and directly support artists.

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/32580759

Why you should know: the price hike of Xbox GamePass caused their unsubscribe page to crash. This could lead to someone putting it off and immediately forgetting, then getting charged for the next pass against their wishes. Cutting payment at the source will piss off Xbox and they'll auto kick you off anyway

https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/gaza_blockade_mental_health_palestinian_children_2022.pdf

It is also concerning that in 2022, more than half of caregivers reported noticing a trend in harmful coping mechanisms among children and young people, including substance abuse, self-harm (59%) and suicidal thoughts (55%).

Non-youtube mirror: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=header-refresh&__goaway_id=abc75c6e815b76f4f3beac79bca740ef&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=cpuutP6Df84

Credit to Gurwinder Bhogal and Naval Ravikant

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46785145

my phone has been running at 60hz for YEARS and I just now learned that I just had to enable a setting. Why wasn't this enabled by default???

https://hiring.cafe/

Key Points:

• A bot regularly scrapes 4.1 million jobs directly from company websites and uses ChatGPT to summarize and categorize each job.

• Doesn't allow companies to post directly

• Bans recruiting agencies and 3rd party consulting shops (especially the offshore ones)

• There is a filter for "Easy or Lengthy apply" that lets you filter out applications links to sites like Workday, ICIMS, Taleo, and all the other shitty ones.

Why I like it so far:

• Your saved jobs are all on a single infinitely scrolling page (as opposed to LinkedIn that only shows you a few of your jobs per page

• Boolean filters- easily customizable boolean filters

• Saved searches and a daily digest of your saved searches to your inbox

• No promoted jobs like LinkedIn, no recruiter is posting jobs here, no shitty companies like Agoda spamming the board with Bangkok jobs listed in the wrong city.

Overall my job hunting process is much more streamlined. I created a few saved searches based on boolean filters and filtering out lengthy applications like Workday, then saved a bunch of jobs and hid the ones I don't like. The time savings is substantial and really fast and easy because of how streamlined the site is and also because of the lack of recruiter posted spam jobs and irrelevant 'promoted' jobs.

I was able to search for and apply for around 25 jobs in the time it takes me to find and apply for 10 on LinkedIn.

From one of the creators: My 2-year plan to destroy Indeed

Likes from logged in views do count, the like to view ratio is higher due to that.

A German YouTuber tested it with an unlisted video, I can’t find it as of now but I do find a lot of deleted videos in my liked ones…

Basic theory as of the time of the video is that they want to go against bot views. Short views did not decline, only long form video, and of those the people with mostly desktop views are hit the most.

Edit: found it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m8DZft_zLH4&t=1s

Here are the companies who pay Sinclair and Nexstar.

Take some time out of your day, and call them up, tell them you don't approve them them directly supporting oppression of free speech by paying Sinclair and Nexstar for advertising.

Tell them you'll be buying from/supporting their competitors because what they are doing is hurting the country you love.

Make it personal, make it hurt with your dollars, and the best way to do so is to tell them.

High-Confidence Advertisers

• Walmart:
  • Customer Service: 1-800-925-6278
  • Corporate Office: 479-273-4000
• Procter & Gamble:
  • Consumer Relations: 1-800-331-3774
  • Corporate Office: 513-983-1100
• Allstate:
  • Customer Service: 1-800-255-7828
  • Corporate Office: 847-402-5000
• McDonald's:
  • Customer Service / General Inquiries: 1-800-244-6227
• Verizon:
  • Wireless Customer Service: 1-800-922-0204
  • Corporate Office: 212-395-1000
• Pfizer:
  • Patient Medical Information: 1-800-438-1985
  • Corporate Office: 212-733-2323
• Google (Alphabet):
  • Corporate Office: 650-253-0000 (Note: Google does not offer a general customer support phone line; this number is for corporate inquiries.)

Moderate-Confidence Advertisers

• Starbucks:
  • Customer Service: 1-800-782-7282
  • Corporate Office: 206-447-1575
• Nintendo:
  • Customer Support: 1-800-255-3700
• Taco Bell (Yum! Brands):
  • Taco Bell Customer Service: 1-800-822-6235
  • Yum! Brands Corporate: 502-874-8300
• Unilever:
  • Consumer Services: 1-800-761-3683
• Comcast (Xfinity):
  • Customer Service: 1-800-934-6489 (1-800-XFINITY)
  • Corporate Headquarters: 215-286-1700
• Consumer Cellular:
  • Customer Service: 1-888-345-5509
• General Motors (Chevrolet):
  • Chevrolet Customer Assistance: 1-800-222-1020
  • GM Corporate Headquarters: 313-556-5000

Advertisers Identified Through Local Market Analysis

• Walgreens:

  • Customer Service: 1-800-925-4733 (1-800-WALGREENS)
  • Corporate Office: 1-847-914-2500

• Boeing:

  • Corporate Headquarters: 312-544-2000 (Note: This is not a public customer service line.)
  • Global Headquarters (Arlington, VA): 703-414-6000

• United Airlines:

  • Reservations & Customer Service: 1-800-864-8331
  • Corporate Support Center: 872-825-4000

• Kraft Heinz:

  • Consumer Relations::
  • ** For Kraft & General Inquiries: 1-877-535-5666
  • ** For Heinz Products: 1-800-255-5750

• Bausch & Lomb:

  • Vision Care Customer Service: 1-800-553-5340

• AT&T:

  • Wireless Customer Service: 1-800-331-0500
  • Corporate Office: 210-821-4105

• State Farm:

  • Customer Service: 1-800-782-8332 (1-800-STATE-FARM)
  • Corporate Headquarters: 309-766-2311

• Progressive:

  • Customer Service: 1-800-776-4737 (1-800-PROGRESSIVE)

Start with you. Become well-informed by doing your homework. Formulate a plan. Research cults and coercive control. Don’t make the mistake of trying to rationally argue. Learn about mind control techniques and which communication strategies are most effective. Don’t fly blindly. [EDIT: Removed author's book shilling]

Build rapport and trust. Rebuild your relationship, if it’s broken. If you were the one to break contact, apologize. Reach out and be warm. Remember the good times. Focus on common values and areas you both enjoy (children, pets, music, dancing, fishing, sports). At first, don’t talk about controversial topics. Avoid “hot topics.” Just try to connect with the other person and have positive interactions. Build credibility and sustain positive interaction. Build a long-term relationship based upon respect, compassion, and love.

Do what you can to remove or minimize media that continually indoctrinates to only one point of view. This may only apply to certain types of cult groups. But it may be in the form of social media, videos, or television. You can even agree to make a pact to go on a media fast together. Don’t make this about “them” or “their problem.” Make this a fun thing to do together as a “break.” Be prepared to honor requests on your end.

Ask thought-provoking questions while being warm and curious. Be prepared to listen deeply. You will know if you have listened well if you can repeat back to them what they said. Be humble and open to hearing what they say.

Keep conversations positive, productive, and civil. Never get angry. Stay resourceful. It is better to end the interaction than to say something counter-productive. It is better to return to the conversation at another time, rather than the person cutting off all communication out of anger or fear.

Adopt a general tone of curiosity and interest in their positions. Pretend you’re an impartial counselor. Really try to get inside their beliefs.

Try to connect them with their authentic identity before these extreme beliefs. Remind them of past experiences together. Talk about the connection you once had and how you miss it.

Don’t “tell” them anything. Help them to make discoveries on their own.

Try to get them to look at reality from many different perspectives. This can include many things.

Teach them about indoctrination and mind control. Use examples for which they have no attachment.

Use examples of cult leaders with similar qualities to their group's leader(s) and have conversations about it.

Share feelings and perceptions, not judgments. Use “I feel” statements. Don’t claim to be “right.” Stick to what your perception is when reflecting back to them.

Ask a question and then wait for them to think and respond. Be patient. You do not need to fill silence.

Caution: an abundance of facts won't necessarily help. Do not overwhelm them with information, especially if it attacks the leader or doctrine.

Chapter 2 of his 1991 book The Nature of Fascism provides the concise definition and describes structural weaknesses of fascist movements.

Edit:

Generic fascism consists of three elements:

1. The core of the movement contains a palingenetic myth (death/rebirth). They see society as decadent and liberal, and on its way out. That by burning down the system, their mythical utopia will “rise from the ashes like a phoenix”.

2. It is a populist movement with a charismatic leader who typically exerts a “top-down” populism where decisions of “the people” are made by the leader. The leader usually stresses a “meritocracy”, but ends up placing incompetent loyalists into positions of power.

3. The movement’s ultranationalism goes “above” and “beyond” traditional and legal forms of politics. It rejects Enlightenment humanism and liberal institutions (things like rationality, logic, the rule of law)

Structural weaknesses of the palingenetic myth: The movement is prone to factionalization due to the vagueness of the utopian vision. It also cannot sustain itself without continually designating new enemies from within and without, because the utopian vision can never be realized, there must always be a new enemy hindering its success.

Structural weakness of populist ultranationalism: The movement cannot survive without its charismatic leader. No matter what, everyone grows old and dies, even dictators.

Please check out the article in case I missed anything. Assuming you need to keep your account for work, here are the direct links for each step (or instructions where a direct link is not possible):

1. Go to this page and turn it off: https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/settings/data-for-ai-improvement
2. Submit this form: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-DPRO

In addition:

• check this page for other privacy settings: https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/privacy
• Delete unnecessary personal information:
  • Profile image > Manage > Posts and Activity
  • Profile image > View Profile > remove anything you don't need to include
  • Go to this page and delete old resumes: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/application-settings/

It also works with JavaScript-heavy websites like Mastodon and Youtube, which the standard "Save Page" feature implemented in all browsers usually fails to save, though some features like collapsibles are missing.

You should know that there are a large number of tutorials online for ways to make a handheld EMP (electromagnetic pulse). They will disrupt electronic devices in your vicinity and would be very useful if masked men approach you and try to photograph you with a potentially illegal biometric collection application. If made correctly they are harmless to people, and if made incorrectly they are most likely harmful to the operator. It is a non-violent defense device.

https://lemvotes.org/

It has 15 different types of beans in it and it can be bought pre packaged. 15 different beans!

Seeing a bunch of coal propaganda lately, wanted to remind everyone coal is brain poison. There are 1000 reasons not to support fossil fuel in any form, but if you had to pick a bad form, you'd be hard pressed to do worse than coal.

Research paper abstract:

Abstract

Background

Coal-fired power plants are a major source of air pollution that can impact children’s health. Limited research has explored if proximity to coal-fired power plants contributes to children’s neurobehavioral disorders.

Objective

This community-based study collected primary data to investigate the relationships of residential proximity to power plants and neurobehavioral problems in children.

Methods

235 participants aged 6–14 years who lived within 10 miles of two power plants were recruited. Exposure to particulate matter ≤10 μm (PM10) was measured in children’s homes using personal modular impactors. Neurobehavioral symptoms were assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Multiple regression models were performed to test the hypothesized associations between proximity/exposure and neurobehavioral symptoms. Geospatial statistical methods were used to map the spatial patterns of exposure and neurobehavioral symptoms.

Results

A small proportion of the variations of neurobehavioral problems (social problems, affective problems, and anxiety problems) were explained by the regression models in which distance to power plants, traffic proximity, and neighborhood poverty was statistically associated with the neurobehavioral health outcomes. Statistically significant hot spots of participants who had elevated levels of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and social problems were observed in the vicinity of the two power plants.

Significance

Results of this study suggest an adverse impact of proximity to power plants on children’s neurobehavioral health. Although coal-fired power plants are being phased out in the US, health concern about exposure from coal ash storage facilities remains. Furthermore, other countries in the world are increasing coal use and generating millions of tons of pollutants and coal ash. Findings from this study can inform public health policies to reduce children’s risk of neurobehavioral symptoms in relation to proximity to power plants.

** Keywords: Proximity to coal-fired power plants, PM10 exposure, Children, Neurobehavioral symptoms, Hot spots **

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https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2022-06-22/appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-israel-boycott-pledge-law

I haven't seen a recent post about this.

This is a handy tool to have for anyone sick of Microsoft's shit and those who are slowly transitioning out of their ecosystem. It forces Windows to open your default browser instead of Edge every time you accidentally click on certain links in the Start menu, the toolbar widget, or open the help page by pressing F1.

It's simple to install and also lets you customize other actions shown below:

As shown in the image, the additional redirections include Bing Discover, Bing Search, MSN News, MSN Weather, Bing Images, PDF Viewer. Additionally, you can disable CoPilot, redirect Spotlight, Bing Chat, and Windows Store Apps.

Official site: MSEdgeRedirect.com

All you really need is a little plastic thing of needles ($1), some pins ($1), thread (varies but even good cotton thread isn’t that much), scissors (where you might actually consider investing a little - do not use these scissors for anything else, and consider a rotary cutter if you really get into it), and fabric.

Fabric might seem like the pricey part of the equation, but consider how much a thrift store is going to charge you for a duvet or a pile of t-shirts! I have something like 30 t-shirts I spent maybe $5 on several months ago, and I’ve been working through that pile for a while.

You can turn a t-shirt into a pillow, a reusable bag, use the scraps to patch clothing, make dolls, quilts… The bits that get to be so small to be unusable for a scrap quilt you can use to stuff things.

It takes a lot of time compared to machine sewing, but it’s an activity that can be done while watching a tv show.

Why you should know: a number of reasons. My boss used to throw bologna slices at moving vehicles either as a prank or out of road rage. What made me think you should know is an incident that happened to a friend the other day where they saw an ex's car following them. That could be a subtle way to mark dangerous cars to alert others of stalkers or other such dangerous people.

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