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No, we are not okay with hosting that content. Thank you for bringing it up. That is a newly created community within the past two days, and we had not noticed it yet. I have removed the community.

For transparency's sake, I will mention that we have a !combatvideos@sh.itjust.works community which may include some gory content. In that case, the mods approached us before creating the community to discuss what it could contain and how it would be run. The admin team decided to allow it since there is arguably a public interest in documenting what our governments are doing.

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Gwar meets Joan Rivers 1990 (yewtu.be)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works

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Christmas is over, but what to do with the tree? Here are some landfill alternatives in c/sustainability@piefed.zip

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago

If you have the space to do it safely...

Hammer a piece of rebar into the ground, far from any structures or trees you care about.
Drill a hole in the bottom of the tree trunk.
Place the tree on the rebar. You now have a standing dead tree in your yard.
Wait for a windless night.
Get two hoses, and assistants to man them.
Light the tree on fire.
Stand back and watch a fantastic light show for approximately 8 minutes. Make sure your assistants spray any flyaway embers with the hoses.

Euroarmy when? in c/noncredibledefense@piefed.social

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Please, please let the Eurorifle be the FN F2000. It's got that ridiculous sci-fi sexy look.

Lumberjacks at work, British Columbia, Canada, ~1920s in c/historyphotos@piefed.social

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

If the tree falls onto an adjacent tree and gets hung up, then you have an unstable and dangerous situation. You can try to cut your target tree free, but when it breaks loose it might come crashing down in unexpected ways.

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Year in review (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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Sustainable Charity Recommendations? in c/sustainability@piefed.zip

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

GiveDirectly is an interesting organization I have been following for a few years. It started as a research project to demonstrate that simply giving cash with no strings attached can be a very effective means of charitable giving. I like the idea of letting the recipients decide how best to use my donation, rather than me making assumptions about what they need. This could hit multiple SDG points, but you won't know which ones.

Kiva is a similar organization, though they give zero-interest loans rather than grants.

I will note that both of these organizations pay their top executives over $400,000 per year. I have no idea what an appropriate salary should be for a CEO based in an expensive city like San Francisco or New York, but that feels a bit high to me.