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egrets

@ egrets @lemmy.world

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  • This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk

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  • Calling everyone right of you a fascist dissolves the unity of the left and erases the meaning of "fascist". Neoliberalism is inherently right-wing and the Democrats have done plenty that deserves criticism, but America has, in the main, become more progressive and egalitarian over the past few decades under Democrat law-making. "Democrats welcome fascism" is an ignorant insinuation and you know it.

  • What's everyone's favorite Lemmy app?

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  • There's some discontent around Sync at the moment because of apparent infrequent developer updates that mean it hasn't kept pace with changes to Lemmy. There's nothing wrong with financially supporting developers - quite the opposite - and app development isn't a cakewalk, but it's worth doing a search to get users' opinions before spending the money in this instance.

  • What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?

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  • I like your comment for the most part, but:

    obviously comes from a mishearing by someone who didn't read books

    This is assumptive and prescriptive. The link I sent demonstrates that it's been used extensively and for a long time by people who not only read books, but write books. I'm on board that "set foot" is the better phrase and likely to be the earlier one, but trying to dictate which is correct is - respectfully - a fool's errand.

  • What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?

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  • Symbolism

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  • I've said it once zero times and I'll say it again. Far-future hypothetical space aliens should RTFM.

  • Symbolism

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  • For sure, but it doesn't actually matter whether it's abstract from the outset or has become abstract through technological advance so long as it's unique and understood. Someone who's never seen a floppy disk will still learn it quickly, because it's distinctive.

  • You might want to see this

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    Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup

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    • Bluesky+ profile badge
    • Custom app icons
    • Profile customizations
    • Higher video upload limits
    • High quality video resolution
    • Inline post translations (coming soon)
    • Post analytics (coming soon)
    • Bookmark folders (coming soon)

    These seem fair ideas? They're not paywalling critical functionality and you can't run a massive social network for free. It's not the same attitude as the wider Fediverse, and I understand why that rubs people the wrong way, but it's hardly outrageous.

  • I really can't stay...

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  • This is dumb and I love it.

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    Avatar is about capitalism

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  • I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

    Jack Handey

  • X Likely to Lose More Users in 2025: Post-Election Exodus Projected to Have Continuous Ripple Effect

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  • Chill. The graphic wasn't made for this specific discussion. It's a widely accepted way to group users of a service. In this case, the bell curve represents the adoption of something other than Twitter by Twitter users, and the driver isn't "new thing to try" (in as much as neither federated or newer centralized microblogging platforms have much new to offer), it's the slowly-heating pot of water that the frog is in.

  • Teens abandon X and Facebook as TikTok and WhatsApp gain momentum, report

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  • WhatsApp has channels (public feeds centered around topics, a bit like microblogging), communities (groups about a subject, much like Facebook Groups), and updates (temporal video/photo statuses to share with your friends). You might only use it for DM, but it has much bigger aspirations.

  • TIL if you google 'Comic Sans', the search results webpage will change font to Comic Sans

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  • That's definitely not Comic Sans. It's similar -- you can compare the screenshots in the image -- but I'm guessing it's a licensing or cross-platform thing and they're using a Google webfont?

  • You've discovered the forbidden cuts [beetlemoses]

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  • Agreed. I mean, it's just a mullet, but you're not wrong.

  • Mock Connections: come up with a category of five things and keep the category secret

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  • Kayak, rotavator, radar, pull-up, level.

  • Selling Stuff

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  • I used to do this, too, until local charities started complaining about all the lamps being posted into their donation boxes.

  • Takes takes takes

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    10,000 hours shortcut

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  • New Superhero

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  • Issue #1 or 5? You decide!

    This got a bonus chuckle from me.

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    Trump win means ‘time has come’ to annex parts of West Bank, Israeli minister says

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  • The anti-Israel crowd

    "Harris is the better choice in this fucking awful dilemma the US electoral system gives us" is not pro-Israel. It was a pragmatic option to reduce the damage a little, to lead the US down a better road domestically, and to leave the door open to later activism to stop the genocide where there was no viable third voting option.

    Please don't conflate a Harris vote with a pro-Israel stance.