thisismyname

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[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Bullshit. People avoid politics and have loud opinions all the time. I understand your burden, the state of the world is depressing af, but to claim that the ignorant keep their opinions to themselves is absurd.

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 9 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

To clarify though, the news isn't really politics. The news is theatre.

I agree that people can live their reality how they want but it also has to be remembered that everything is political so if you avoid politics it's hard to complain when things aren't going your way. Particularly if you live in a democratic system.

This video by the UK's Electoral Commission always sticks in my mind about politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ame0j8jbMY4

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago

It didn't appear in my apps list and yet if I looked at the link to the play store it said it was installed... maybe double check you don't have it by looking it up on the play store as well. Fishy to say the least

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_action

If the local council won't keep drivers safe, you can. There's only so many times they'll pay to repair it before determining it costs too much.

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

The report doesn't urge that at all. It urges a further report be done to determine the advantages and disadvantages as this wasn't fully in the scope of this particular report. They note other countries have done it with success but that the welfare of keeping cats locked indoors all the time would also need to be considered.

The full report is available here:

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/independent-report/2025/01/report-responsible-ownership-care-domestic-cats-felis-catus-scotland/documents/report-responsible-ownership-care-domestic-cats-felis-catus-scotland-scottish-animal-welfare-commission/report-responsible-ownership-care-domestic-cats-felis-catus-scotland-scottish-animal-welfare-commission/govscot%3Adocument/report-responsible-ownership-care-domestic-cats-felis-catus-scotland-scottish-animal-welfare-commission.pdf

The relevant pages are 23 and 24, 37, and 43.

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Because then it wouldn't be wild garlic any more, would it? 😝

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 118 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For some reason I'm just seeing a headline with no hyperlink. Here's the link if anyone else has the same issue

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A good minimalist text based launcher that's open source is Olauncher. Maybe not what you're after (comparing it to Smart Launcher) but thought I'd suggest it just in case.

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee -3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And yet, it's still the right answer

[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nazis don't tend to explicitly state their support of Nazis. Even they know it's taboo.

I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress worn by grotesques and monsters as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

Fascism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you...

It doesn't walk in saying, "Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."

  • Michael Rosen
[–] thisismyname@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"Who cares if I helped fund the Nazi party, I got good value out of it!"

I'm not saying Proton are Nazis. I'm not saying the CEO is a Nazi. However, when someone shows you their true colours, believe them. He has a positive view of Trump, a known racist, rapist, and con-man. Just because the product is good doesn't mean it's okay to pay for it when you know that money helps to pay a Trump fan.

This is the worldwide web, there are many alternatives.

 

Lately I've been seeing a lot of posts in German in the All feed. I love that there's communities on Lemmy that aren't in English. I wish there were some available in my second language. However, I can't read or understand German and seeing posts in German regularly is starting to get a bit annoying.

Is there a setting available anywhere, that I've missed, to filter by language? Or, will I be best just blocking these communities as they come up in the feed?

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