FriendOfDeSoto

Do you know the TV series Game of Thrones? The nun lady walking by the naked queen in there in one of its most famous scenes is yelling “shame” and ringing her bell to underscore the shame of the naked queen on her walk from the palace. As if being walked down naked wasn’t indicative enough of that.

That’s a massive miscalculation though. This strategy is based in red team/blue team thinking and would only work on red who protect their own no matter what. The majority of blue team would happily send Bill on his naked shame walk from the palace to the citadel. That’s because they want all people in the files guilty of crimes brought in front of a jury.

I think Monica Lewinsky in a blue dress should get to walk alongside Bill with the bell and yell shame right into his ear until she got hoarse.

I don’t think the author likes mastodon dot social…

I couldn’t get through all of this blog post because it’s repeating the same point 500 times. I get the theoretical threat scenario they are painting; what’s missing are the receipts. Is moderation on that instance actually getting worse? Have we talked with admins on the record how they don’t dare defederate from that alleged wretched hive of scum and villainy? And two other angles are missing: (1) a name brand instance might be a good starting point on the fediverse. It’s still better than Xwitter. And (2) people are not donating enough to their instances, who are then run on dedication and held together by duct tape. The fear of having one’s instance shut down because the admin is out of money and duct tape makes people gravitate towards the bigger instances.

I’m not opposed to recommending people to find other, smaller instances - that is a good idea. It’s just this blog post reads more like a hit piece.

No, they aren’t. No, you shouldn’t care less. No, that doesn’t matter. And unfortunately yes, it is.

I signed up for Ente last fall as a Google Photos replacement. The backup works fine. The Android app is prone to crashing so I don’t use it as my go-to gallery app. The process of moving a big library of pictures away from Google was painful. Ente does a lot in terms of making it easier - but it’s still a pain in the butt. Their desktop app runs poorly on old desktop hardware if you keep their machine learning on. The ML lets you search images content down the line.

I signed up for a year and I’m already looking at another solution. Laziness may win though because transferring the library was a terrible experience.

The German word for what is a cookie in North America and a biscuit on the British Isles is “Keks,” which is a bastardization of the English word “cakes.” It is interesting because “Keks” by itself is the singular noun that retains the plural -s ending from English. To pluralize in German it requires an extra -e.

I would replace patriotism with nationalism. There are patriots who stand up to oppose their own leaders when their conduct is unbecoming. Nationalists would sooner bite their tongue. The lack of introspection makes them react poorly to other nationalists elsewhere.

Thanks for the clarification. It sounded like an “Orwell was so right” post to me. My mistake.

No, I don’t believe I can achieve absolute anonymity on the internet. But if you’re in continental Europe connecting to the onion via a VPN you are turning the odds in your favor. It’s probably not getting any better than that either.

Because you are new, you should read the forum rules before you post. Your post is in danger of being thrown out because you are asking a question in the “ad nauseam” category. It’s new to you but not to the people who are here already. I think there are also links to finding communities in the rules.

On the fediverse you need to be your own algorithm. That means you need to search on your own and try stuff. The beauty of Lemmy is that there are a gazillion communities for all the niche topics under the sun. What good is me recommending a community about paper airplanes to you when you are not interested in paper airplanes? Also, a lot of niche communities are not teeming with activity.

It takes a couple of months of trial and error, following and unfollowing communities until you’ve created a good timeline for yourself. My suggestion is you don’t waste time looking for random recommendations.

You are picking and choosing your predictions from 1984 though. The UK hasn’t become airstrip one and ingsoc hasn’t taken over. Newspeak is something we often bemoan when politicians speak but that’s more of a critical shorthand than accusing them of actually talking in double plus ungood words. There is still a royal as the head of state and the capitalists hold the power. There is no room 101 in London (except for the TV show). We are more connected to the rest of the world and aware of the shit that’s happening than in the 1940s.

Orwell may have been prescient in some areas but also wrong in others. It’s a bit like Nostradamus. Add salt to both.

Who are “they?”

From my experience, no moderator enjoys the job. And the job is tougher than you think.

Look at it as a semi-creative variation on the theme of “go to hell.”

I would say an issue as complex as this deserves more than a three-sentence shower thought.

But you only know in hindsight which ones were true or not. So there is no value if 50% or more turn out to be bullshit.

Not all old people are wise with age. Most old people can be led down the garden path just like the rest of us.

I think what you experience is hindsight confirmation bias. Granny was right all along about this clandestine network of rich child molesters. That bit was true but there are another fifteen layers of outrageous Q Anon bullshit heaped on top of that, which now fade in our memory, as we have to face the fact that there was some truth to it after all. But without actual evidence and bare chested men in native American getup prancing about, I don’t think we could have known. Like you couldn’t know which story from ye elders turned out to be true.

Unnecessary. Leave the door open to air dry between washes.

I live in a place where humidity maxes out over summer and I assure you just airing it out doesn’t do the trick.

Also, there are washing machines on this planet that don’t run on hot water. I have one of those. I can run hot water from the tap but it technically isn’t built for that. These machines require treatment.

What do you think is more likely? That a laundry noob is gonna throw self measured amounts of vinegar and citric acid in their washing machine? Or that they get a readymade product from the drugstore?

If you don’t own delicate garments that require hand washing or a suit that requires dry cleaning, you’re probably alright. Other than that, in my experience it pays off long term to separate colors from whites.

Is your washing machine using hot/warm water? If no, it might start stinking after a while of only running cold cycles. You can probably buy washing machine cleaner liquid that you run on an empty cycle. You do that once a year or when it stinks to prevent your clothes picking up the same moldy scent.

Don’t throw wool into the dryer. Don’t hang up heavy sweaters on hangers when they’re still wet. The extra weight will over time create hanger bulges on your shoulders. Fabric softeners are a waste of money if you ask me.

This is by no means complete. If you have any more specific questions that relate to your situation, maybe just put those in here.

I appreciate your well actually here. I would just like to point out for future reference that any comment containing the question “are you high?” like that is most likely tongue in cheek.

The knees? Are you high? The ankles.