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The article is a bit Washington-centric, but The Communities Over Highways Campaign the article is about is not -- I just couldn't find a source with a broader perspective. You can find the campaign's site here: https://americawalks.org/the-communities-over-highways-campaignwhat-you-need-to-know/

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Image is captioned: "The dinosaurs didn't "rule the Earth", they were just alive. Stop giving them credit for administrative skills they almost certainly did not have."

Image is an artist’s rendition of dinosaurs in a prehistoric scene

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Image reads: "we're flying electric helicopters on Mars yet you can't turn on your clothes dryer in Texas. That's because scientists are in charge of Mars, and Republicans are in charge of Texas"

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screenshot of a tweet that reads: “going on Reddit for me is like going into Spencer’s in the mall. I need to find something very specific but I’m uncomfortable the whole time and don’t want anyone to know I’m there.”

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I was inspired by https://bossportsnation.com/2024/02/07/where-are-mls-fans-gathering-online/ so I did some analysis of where MLS fans are hanging out in the fediverse. You can find the data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bh70eldw1Xf04sUjVFx0KIhWy97UF_HZTYwSSspEwD0/

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[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Ah shit. Did I accidentally repost a white suprematist? Is this a “just delete it now” kinda situation?

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It looks like you can construct scenarios where ICE cars are cheaper than EVs by a fine margin, for instance a mid-sized car that you own for just the wrong amount of time in a country with a high gas subsidy (the United States, for instance) that you don't drive much. However, for most scenarios, it seems you'll save 10-15% on the total cost of ownership.

The acronyms TCO (total cost of ownership), ICE (internal combustion engine) and EV (electric vehicle) may help you should you decide to continue research on your own.

Source: https://nickelinstitute.org/en/about-nickel-and-its-applications/nickel-in-batteries/total-cost-of-ownership-tco-for-electric-vehicles-ev-vs-internal-combustion-engine-vehicles-ice/

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

It's definitely an older one

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

You're probably not gonna have zsh either, though, but I wouldn't recommend using sh as your shell on your personal dev machine 🤷‍♂️

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fediverse is less like Twitter and more like email. You sign up for email through a provider, like Gmail or Outlook, and they have control over your access to the other users and pay the costs of running your hardware, the same way you sign up with a particular domain on Lemmy or Mastodon. Like email, you have an inbox that receives messages, and communities are like email groups you join and send messages to. And, like email, it's based on standards that everyone has agreed on through a group called the w3 consortium.

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Neither do I, but the Hindenburg famously exploded while being filled with hydrogen.

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

James Bond. Ian Fleming wrote a series of novels parodying spy novels, and they've turned into one of the best spy movie franchises, with no hint of parody left.

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Part of it is figuring out how to pay for all the servers. If we have 1000 instances instead of 100, more people pay a smaller amount for server maintenance. If everyone uses a single instance, who pays for it?

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

🤷‍♂️ we canceled our Netflix account, so that's about all we can do

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Make skirts and dresses socially acceptable for men! They look so comfy.

[-] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's time to socialize social media? All these activitypub-based projects are open source, open governance, and many of them are receiving government grants already, so let's just pay the server costs via taxpayer money and call it a public service.

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