fitgse

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[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

The problem is all that ends up in the groundwater. Obviously industrial use is the problem, but I think it is responsible to avoid any herbicide especially if it is just to make your yard “look nice”.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Since 2013 we’ve seen disenfranchisement in Alabama in real time. Require strict new voter id, then close the DMVs in black and left leaning areas. Combine polling places in democratic leaning areas so they are further away and have long lines. Move polling places so they are no longer accessible by bus. Those are just the obvious ones, but the Republicans’ strategy has been to do anything they can to stop people from voting.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

And every time a city tries to do something good, the state steps in and stops it. This happens daily in Birmingham, Alabama where the state is constantly overturning things the city has passed or the state takes the ability away from the city.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except we can barely afford the bread and circuses right now. This is true of people like me that 5 years ago thought they were doing really well…

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

And in Alabama, when the city of Birmingham banned plastic bags, the state turned around and made a law that banning plastic bags was not allowed 🤦‍♀️

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

US companies must comply if they serve European customers. Reddit may make you try to prove you are European and deny it.

I believe under the CCPA which is a California law that is also strong and would also require them removing your data. It might apply to them even if you don’t reside in California since that is where they are based.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You could try a GDPR request. They are required to actually delete it permanently from their database and backups.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course it is public. But I can be pseudo anonymous. I can have multiple aliases on different instances and I don’t have to register my phone number or other personal information. There’s no trackers tracking every damn thing I look at and correlating it all together. I can use it over Tor or VPN if I need more anonymization…

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Аркона! 7 times (almost every time they’ve been to the US)

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

Even though he is Alabama’s senator, he doesn’t currently, nor did he reside full time in Alabama!

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Bicycles! Lower class uses them as transportation, upper class uses them for recreation.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Not just funding cuts, but it was heavily politicized and had its direction changed every 4 years. You can’t plan long term like that. It needs to be a government agency but not at the whim of the president or congress.

 

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