🌿 **Willkommen bei den katzenfreundlichen Kräutern und Zimmerpflanzen!**

Hier teile ich meine Erfahrung und mein erworbenes Wissen über Heilkräuter, Küchenkräuter und Zimmerpflanzen, die für Katzen unbedenklich sind.

Denn nicht jede hübsche Pflanze ist auch harmlos. Manche sind für Katzen giftig, andere kann man ganz entspannt zu Hause haben, auch wenn die Katze mal dran schnuppert oder knabbert.

**Hier geht es unter anderem um:**

🌱 Zimmerpflanzen, die für Katzen unbedenklich sind
🌿 Heilkräuter und ihre Wirkung
🍃 Küchenkräuter für Fensterbank und Wohnung
🪴 Pflege-Tipps für ein grünes Zuhause mit Katze
🐈 Erfahrungen aus dem Alltag mit Katze und Pflanzen

Es geht hier nicht um Wissenschaft oder Expertentum, sondern einfach um praktische Erfahrungen und Tipps aus dem Alltag. Und natürlich ist die Community auch für alle, die einfach nur Pflanzen mögen, ganz ohne Katze.

🤝 **Ein respektvoller Umgang**
Bitte geht freundlich und respektvoll miteinander um. Unterschiedliche Meinungen sind völlig in Ordnung, persönliche Angriffe jedoch nicht.

🤖 **Hinweis zum Einsatz von KI**
Die meisten Bilder in dieser Community sind realistisch illustrierte KI-Bilder. Sie dienen ausschließlich der Veranschaulichung der jeweiligen Beiträge und ersetzen keine Fotos. Die Inhalte und Informationen stammen von mir. Für Rechtschreibung, Formulierungen und einen flüssigen Schreibstil nutze ich die Unterstützung von ChatGPT und Claude. Jeder Beitrag wird anschließend von mir noch einmal geprüft und be


**Inconsequential gains: The threat of toxic optimism. **

This area is dedicated to inconsequential contributions of misguided fools who do not understand ratios and proportions.
We've been talking about global warming for a while, but yet nothing gets done. If you look at the local news, it'll tell you that we are making small steps towards our goals.
Meanwhile, the military industrial complex is accelerating us further and further down the sh!t pipe of destruction.
Some people say you shouldn't be negative and I say you shouldn't be stupid and naive.
In the imperial core where we were raised by Edward Bernays and his turd underlings.
It is important to call out BS when you see it. It it important to sharpen your BS radar.
Toxic positive optimism will end us all.


Just a place dedicated to my obsession with e-readers and other book machines.

Rules: Be positive and be civil. No excessive downvoting just to troll.


Robotics news.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

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I don't want this to be a community, but I have to this is getting out of hand. My country is clearly locked into a head to head race to shit the bed harder than the UK and yet the UK seems just as monomaniacally obsessed with it, two *Captain Ahabs* for one *No Longer White Whale*.

Posts on this community shall be structured under Queen SOPHIE's Decree as follows (*It's Okay To Cry*).

-> Declare the subject for that particular post, *be as specific as possible* "immigrants rights" is too vague a term for a diversity of inhumane policies! "mass surveillance" is like comparing two fish based on their shared similarity that they live in the sea!

Examples

**Ignorant Latenight TV Hosts Who Say Awful Things**

or

**Self Defeating Academic Policies**

**Austerity Bonanza!!!**

**End Of Life Care For The Poor**

You are allowed to propose why either the US *or* the UK is ahead in the Awful Metric *or* ask the community to speculate *or* provide an example of one one side's superiority as a reverse-boast and challenge for the UKUS community to best with a better example from the other side.

The competition ends when we are all dead!


Nederlandstalige Linux ondersteuning met vooral tips en trucs voor Debian.


NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI


**😺 Willkommen bei Hauskatzen – Praxis & Alltag**

Diese Community richtet sich an alle, die Hauskatzen lieben oder sich für ihr Verhalten, ihre Gesundheit und das tägliche Zusammenleben mit ihnen interessieren.

Hier geht es unter anderem um:

- 🐾 Haltung und Alltag mit Hauskatzen
- 🩺 Gesundheit und typische Katzenkrankheiten
- 🌿 Katzenfreundliche Pflanzen und Katzengras
- 🍽 Ernährung und Leckerlis
- 📚 Bücher, Dokumentationen und Wissenswertes
- 😺 Lustige, interessante und außergewöhnliche Geschichten aus dem Katzenalltag
- 🏡 Tipps und Erfahrungen rund um ein harmonisches Zusammenleben mit Katzen

Egal, ob du schon viele Jahre Katzen hast oder gerade erst Katzenhalter geworden bist – jeder ist herzlich willkommen.

**🤝 Ein respektvoller Umgang**

Bitte geht freundlich und respektvoll miteinander um. Unterschiedliche Meinungen sind völlig in Ordnung, persönliche Angriffe jedoch nicht.

**🤖 Hinweis zum Einsatz von KI**

Die meisten Bilder in dieser Community sind **realistisch illustrierte KI-Bilder**. Sie dienen ausschließlich der Veranschaulichung der jeweiligen Beiträge und ersetzen keine Fotos.

Die Inhalte und Informationen stammen von mir. Für Rechtschreibung, Formulierungen und einen flüssigen Schreibstil nutze ich die Unterstützung von **ChatGPT** und **Claude**. Jeder Beitrag wird anschließend von mir noch einmal geprüft und bei Bedarf überarbeitet.

**Wer sich daran stört, muss diese Community nicht nutzen.**

Allen anderen viel Spaß beim Lesen, Mitdiskutieren und n


Space exploration news.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

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Nonduality (advaita) is a metaphysical framework which originated in India. It is the view that the ground of reality is a single, unbounded, infinite, eternal consciousness, and all appearances of duality are illusion (maya). The two most well-known articulations of nonduality come from Advaita Vedanta and Kashmiri Shaivism.

Rules:
1. Posts and comments must be relevant to the topic of nondualism.
2. Be kind to each other. No racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia.
3. No AI.


**The future was yesterday.**

Cool pics of cool retro-ish stuff. Moved here form !spacetech because more and more of my stuff wasn't space stuff.

If I know an image was made with AI, I'll label it as AI. Beyond that, I'm not gonna spend time investigating how every image was created. If it looks interesting, I post it. Whether it came from a camera, Photoshop, an artist, or AI isn't something I take too seriously.

If you know how an image was made, feel free to say so. If you don't know, don't worry about it.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. This includes downvoting multiple posts just because they involve AI. Let’s keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** AI is fine. If it looks cool, it is cool, babe! Label if ya want. Or not. I don't care.

**Rule 4:** Don't just call content “slop,” or use similar insults, unless you also contribute content yourself.

**Rule 5:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

If you don't like these rules, I suggest you create you own community with your own rules. Lemmy can always use more content!

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A place to discuss old video games and how to get them working again.

Rules:
1. Be excellent to each other!
2. All posts should be related to video game preservation, game cracking, emulation, or software reverse-engineering.
2. Limit self-promotion to 10% of posts and comments.
3. No piracy or links to unlicensed copies. There is a lot of legal gray area in game preservation but always abide by your local copyright laws.


A place to put ICE related news


A place to put US news about politics.


**Welcome to the official Anti-AI Alliance (AAA)!**

My name is the Anti-AI Leader, and in case you haven’t guessed, I am the leader of this community for people as disgruntled and disillusioned with AI as I have become!

By joining the Anti-Ai Alliance, you are entering a space to freely express your true distain towards all things Artificial Intelligence (AI). And it’s not even exclusive to people who don’t use AI at all — users of AI are just as welcome to sign up and discuss the issues with AI in the world.

Our only rule is to follow the very basic of the fediverse’s common rules (I.e. no spam, no porn, etc.) Other than that, you may post whatever you like, though we do strongly encourage you to keep the discussion focussed on distain for/the negative aspects of AI. Discussion on the (potential) positive aspects of AI are also welcome, but may be subject to scrutiny/open debate.

*Many thanks and welcome,
The Anti-AI Leader*


Things that make you go "huh".


Rules

1. No Discrimination, this includes usage of slurs or other language intended to promote bigotry
2. No defending oppressive systems or organizations
3. No uncivil or rude comments to other users
5. Discussion, not debate. This community is exclusively for genuine logical debate, any comments using whataboutism or similar will be removed.
6. No genocide denial or support for genocidal entities. Anyone that supports the mass murder of civilians will be banned.
7. There is no room for division or hostility against other leftists, all criticism must be made with the goal of bringing us all up rather than pushing us down

These guidelines are meant to allow open discussion and ensure that all leftists can have a voice. If you are here to learn, then welcome! Just remember that if you're not a part of the left (Liberals don't count) then you are a visitor, please do not speak over our members.

We accept all leftists here from all schools of thought, thus using the term "tankie" or similar terms in a derogatory way is not allowed.

Matrix space: https://matrix.to/#/#FURF:catgirl.cloud


**The future was yesterday.**

Cool free retrofuture short stories.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

If you don't like these rules, I suggest you create you own community with your own rules. Lemmy can always use more content!

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A community to:
1) determine how large wind turbines should be regulated in Bulgaria
2) organize civil action to put the decision into effect


A placeholder community, reserving the name, in case the owners of r/bulgaria want to migrate to Lemmy. Will transfer ownership upon request.


Lemmy community for Missouri leftists.

Yes, I am very aware of the typo in the community name.

Share news, organize, debate, etc.

Rules TBD.


AITAH

A place to ask if you were an asshole in a particular situation. AITAH is a judgment sub, not one to ask for opinions or advice. Relationships and hypotheticals (would I be the asshole if) are allowed and encouraged


For the CHB community


Live-action Roleplaying Games


For discussions, pictures, etc related to classic Sierra games (as well as related IPs like LucasArts, at least for now)


The Kerbal Space Program community. For all your gaming related, space exploration needs.


Need help with Quality Assurance? Maybe we can start a community here where people can help one another.


[Oceanside](https://lemmy.ca/c/oceanside_bc) is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of [Vancouver Island](https://lemmy.ca/c/vancouverisland) in [British Columbia](https://lemmy.ca/c/britishcolumbia), [Canada](https://lemmy.ca/c/canada). It is part of the Regional District of [Nanaimo](https://lemmy.ca/c/nanaimo) and includes the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach as well as the unincorporated communities of Nanoose Bay, Coombs, Errington, French Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay, Qualicum Bay and a few other smaller centres.
 [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanside,_British_Columbia)
Oceanside shares its western communities with the [Arrowsmith Recreation Area](https://arrowsmithrecreation.ca/)


Aggregates only the best, juiciest drama from the YouTubes and the Twitchers and Twatters and similar narcissists


share everything


1 ) A place to post pro-conservative memes

2) Be excellent to each other. Civility, No Racism, No Bigotry, No Slurs, No calls to violences, No name-calling, All that good stuff, follow lemm.ee’s rules

3) We are a Pro-Conservative forum. Posts AND COMMENTS must have a clear pro-conservative, or anti left-wing bias. We are interested in promoting conservatism and discussing things that get ignored elsewhere.

4) Comments and Posts by NON conservatives is discouraged.  99.9% of social media welcomes your non conservative views.  GO there.  NOT here

5) Post ONLY memes

6) No pornography


A community for the metal genre called "djent", pioneered by the band, Meshuggah.

check out our sister community on kbin!

https://kbin.social/m/djent


A community dedicated to the profession of IT Systems Administration


The Lemmy community for all things Pokémon!

Rules:

- 1. Be a decent human being.

- 2. Fanart must be credited.

- 3. No untagged spoilers of new games, anime episodes, etc.


A place to discuss the [Wandering Inn](wanderinginn.com) webseries.


Nicht lange nachdenken, einfach mal machen.


Magazine for the Pokemon TCG. Open for discussion of the TCG as a game, for collecting, the art, or news relating to the Pokemon TCG.


Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid.

Community dedicated to discusse, and share experiences about the use, pros and cons of LSD.


Under construction.


La chaine peertube de Monsieur Bidouille
Vidéaste spécialisé vulgarisation technique, DIY, réseau et énergie. Pour tous contact, veuillez passer par le formulaire sur mon site : http://monsieurbidouille.fr/contact/ Le site web: https://monsieurbidouille.fr/
Soutenez Mr Bidouille sur Tipeee https://fr.tipeee.com/monsieur-bidouille


A place for all conservative people in the world.


Automated posts from aggregated RSS and Atom feeds.

Updated hourly.


If you know, you know :)


[Improve The News](https://www.improvethenews.org/) is a free news aggregator and news analysis site developed by a group of researchers at MIT and elsewhere to improve your access to trustworthy news. Many website algorithms push you (for ad revenue) into a filter bubble by reinforcing the narratives you impulse-click on. By understanding other people’s arguments, you understand why they do what they do – and have a better chance of persuading them. \*\*What's establishment bias?\*\* The establishment view is what all big parties and powers agree on, which varies between countries and over time. For example, the old establishment view that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote was successfully challenged. ITN makes it easy for you to compare the perspectives of the pro-establishment mainstream media with those of smaller establishment-critical news outlets that you won’t find in most other news aggregators. This Magazine/Community is not affiliated with Improve The News and is an unofficial repository of the information posted there. ---
\*\*LR (left/right):
1 = left leaning, 3 = neutral, 5 = right leaning\*\* \*\*CP (critical/pro-establishment):
1 = critical, 3 = neutral, 5 = pro\*\*


Explain like I’m 5


All things related to America’s Finest City, San Diego California, as well as surrounding areas


News about weird nature, unusual happenings, and fringe claims from a science and realistic POV. #anomalies
#animals
#nature
#Fortean
#paranormal
#monsters
#cryptids


Upload pics to get rated.

Rules:
1. Rate on a scale of 1-10.
2. Include age and gender.
3. Remember beauty is subjective.
4. Be kind.


The Lemmy community for Mixels!


ちなみに、あたしは永遠ロリ㊛


Seedbox talk and how you can host/find one.


Hands down, boys.

**Rules**

1. 9mm? Safety always off
2. Mow the air, Rand.
3. Never ride a 0.20 - that's fckin' wasted.


A community for Indian fashionistas, influences, models and photographers to express.


Welcome! This is a direct action sub, meaning we actively seek to achieve our goals using ChapoChat. This is not a sound board to debate antifa, this is a place to disseminate information and help organize outliers. Trolls, concern trolls and those of similar intent will be swiftly banned. This is enforced solely to prevent undermining the intention of this sub. If you believe you have been banned unfairly, you can appeal.

Antifascism/ Anti-fascism, shortened to Antifa, is opposition to fascist ideologies and similar entities and policies. Antifascism began in Italy in the 1920s in opposition to the rise of Benito Mussolini, and quickly spread across Europe and then the world. For those that have difficulty in identifying what fascism is, please refer to Mussolini's own book on [The Doctrine of Fascism](http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Germany/mussolini.htm). There are also tenets of fascism, which are loosely outlined [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Tenets) if you don't want to read the book.

Lately, in reaction to the rise of nationalism around the globe, Antifa has made a resurgence. Anyone other than fascists and apologists are welcome here, but please read the rules.

### RULES
1\. No reactionary talking points and no fascist apologists

No reactionary talking points and no fascist apologists. This is a subreddit intended for discussion within the antifa movement, not for debating the merits of antifa. Debate and dissent is a


Community for alternative fashion, please stay respectful.


A place to share media regarding classic Equipment and Autos from around the world.


Sammelbecken für alle deutschsprachigen Inhalte. Bitte seid nett zueinander und postet keine illegalen oder verstörenden Inhalte.


Welcome to the German humor community!

Feel free to share German things that are intentionally funny.


Sub pour les habitants d'Orléans.


For all the best Marvel memes!


The "green" sustainable agenda may not be about saving the environment, even though the majority hopes it is.

Here's a place to share info showing that the green agenda is heavily subsidized and being rolled out for different reasons than our environment


[Jerboa](https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa) is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

**Warning**: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

### Built With

- [Android Jetpack Compose](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose)
- [Kotlin](https://kotlinlang.org/)
- [Retrofit](https://square.github.io/retrofit/)

## Features

- Open source, [AGPL License](/LICENSE).

## Installation / Releases

- [Releases](https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/releases)

## Support / Donate

Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

- [Support on Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy).
- [Support on OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy).
- [Support on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines).
- [List of Sponsors](https://join-lemmy.org/sponsors).

### Crypto

- bitcoin: `1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK`
- ethereum: `0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01`
- monero: `41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV`
- cardano: `addr1q858t89l2ym6xmrugjs0af9cslfwvnvsh2xxp6x4dcez7pf5tushkp4wl7zxfhm2djp6gq60dk4cmc7seaza5p3slx0sakjutm`

## Contact

- [Mastodon](https:


Community for all women and non-binary people.

Some ground rules:
1.    [**Read the Code of Conduct.**](https://gitlab.com/chapo-sandbox/production/-/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
2. **No bigotry of any kind.**
This includes but is not limited to: Transphobia, Non-Binary Erasure, Sexism,  Racism, Ableism, Homophobia etc.
3. **No Harrassment.**
This includes but is not limited to: stalking, harassing and threatening posters.
4. **No Sexually Explicit Content**
Because of potential doxxing posting sexually explicit content of yourself will be removed.
5. **Don't Be a Lib**
 No capitalism and imperialism apologia.


Welcome to all the people from fediverse.


Post pics of and discuss the holiest food. Sandwiches.

Post sandwiches you've made yourself, or had at restaurants.
As long as it's a sandwich we want to see it!

![](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/61af5baf-d5da-4dc8-8c54-517efcaf8123.png)^___^

Rules:
1. Please only make posts of or about sandwiches
(Including Hotdogs)

2. No spam or advertising

3. Please be Respectful
(It's a community about sandwiches, what is there to be upset about?)

4. No politics.
(Sandwich sub is not a political sub, go figure)

5. No AI sandwiches.
(Sandwiches from movies and shows are fine, just no AI slop, please)


informacje o programach, newsy ze świata, takie inne rzeczy też można


\*\*Georgism\*\* (otherwise known as \*\*geoism\*\*) is an economic philosophy holding that the economic value derived from land, including natural resources and natural opportunities, should belong equally to all residents of a community, but that people own the value that they create themselves. Most Georgists support: - • A broad-based land value taxation scheme, either to mostly or entirely replace existing harmful taxes on income, consumption, and corporations.
- • The social redistribution of this revenue either directly, through a Citizens' Dividend, or indirectly, through government programs, to citizens.
- • Some (but not all) forms of market intervention by the state.
- • The abolition of tariffs, quotas, patents, and other barriers to trade and commerce. The Georgist paradigm crosses the left-right political divide. This means that there are statist, anarchist, progressive, and conservative Georgists. ### Aim
The aim of this magazine is to: - • \*\*Educate\*\* people about the problems we face and what we can do to fix them.
- • \*\*Discuss\*\* potential measures, goals, and methods that could make our economies fairer, and the specifics of implementations of remedies to problems.
- • \*\*Organise\*\* meaningful political movements with the aim of enacting peaceful change.


A community to post the dankest asexaul and aromantic memes this side of the fediverse.


**Das Klima-Café**

Das Klima-Café ist ein Ort, wo Klima-Bewegte zusammen an Aufgaben für's Klima arbeiten und Vernetzungspartner finden können.

Dazu können Einzelpersonen oder Gruppen - kostenlos - einen Tisch im Klima-Café reservieren.

Ein paar grundlegende Infos zum Klima-Café finden sich [hier](https://ruhr.social/@KrusekopfD/112179163722340631).


A nice place for pictures and videos that make you think: Hmm


An [online magazine](https://extratone.com/about) for The New Curious.


The weird and wonderful world of KFC.  Post your reviews, news, and - especially - weird tie-in products.


That's the sound a joke makes when it flies way above your head.

Posts in German and English are welcome.


Community to discuss the 2016-2018 Ford Focus RS


2000s extreme metal!
Slipknot, Korn, Sepultura, Soulfly, In Flames, Mudvayne, Ill Nino, Deftones, Painface, Papa Roach...🤟

Dedicated to finding rare demo gems!


A place to celebrate the best content of Lemmy.

Rules:

1. Be Excellent to each other

2. Provide screenshots if possible and a link if possible


**Free reads for your ereads.**

A community for interesting e-books that are in the public domain, released under open licenses, or legally made available free to read.

Rules: Be positive and be civil. No copyright violations. No excessive downvoting just to troll.


🌿 **Willkommen bei den katzenfreundlichen Kräutern und Zimmerpflanzen!**

Hier teile ich meine Erfahrung und mein erworbenes Wissen über Heilkräuter, Küchenkräuter und Zimmerpflanzen, die für Katzen unbedenklich sind.

Denn nicht jede hübsche Pflanze ist auch harmlos. Manche sind für Katzen giftig, andere kann man ganz entspannt zu Hause haben, auch wenn die Katze mal dran schnuppert oder knabbert.

**Hier geht es unter anderem um:**

🌱 Zimmerpflanzen, die für Katzen unbedenklich sind
🌿 Heilkräuter und ihre Wirkung
🍃 Küchenkräuter für Fensterbank und Wohnung
🪴 Pflege-Tipps für ein grünes Zuhause mit Katze
🐈 Erfahrungen aus dem Alltag mit Katze und Pflanzen

Es geht hier nicht um Wissenschaft oder Expertentum, sondern einfach um praktische Erfahrungen und Tipps aus dem Alltag. Und natürlich ist die Community auch für alle, die einfach nur Pflanzen mögen, ganz ohne Katze.

🤝 **Ein respektvoller Umgang**
Bitte geht freundlich und respektvoll miteinander um. Unterschiedliche Meinungen sind völlig in Ordnung, persönliche Angriffe jedoch nicht.

🤖 **Hinweis zum Einsatz von KI**
Die meisten Bilder in dieser Community sind realistisch illustrierte KI-Bilder. Sie dienen ausschließlich der Veranschaulichung der jeweiligen Beiträge und ersetzen keine Fotos. Die Inhalte und Informationen stammen von mir. Für Rechtschreibung, Formulierungen und einen flüssigen Schreibstil nutze ich die Unterstützung von ChatGPT und Claude. Jeder Beitrag wird anschließend von mir noch einmal geprüft und be


**Inconsequential gains: The threat of toxic optimism. **

This area is dedicated to inconsequential contributions of misguided fools who do not understand ratios and proportions.
We've been talking about global warming for a while, but yet nothing gets done. If you look at the local news, it'll tell you that we are making small steps towards our goals.
Meanwhile, the military industrial complex is accelerating us further and further down the sh!t pipe of destruction.
Some people say you shouldn't be negative and I say you shouldn't be stupid and naive.
In the imperial core where we were raised by Edward Bernays and his turd underlings.
It is important to call out BS when you see it. It it important to sharpen your BS radar.
Toxic positive optimism will end us all.


Just a place dedicated to my obsession with e-readers and other book machines.

Rules: Be positive and be civil. No excessive downvoting just to troll.


Robotics news.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


I don't want this to be a community, but I have to this is getting out of hand. My country is clearly locked into a head to head race to shit the bed harder than the UK and yet the UK seems just as monomaniacally obsessed with it, two *Captain Ahabs* for one *No Longer White Whale*.

Posts on this community shall be structured under Queen SOPHIE's Decree as follows (*It's Okay To Cry*).

-> Declare the subject for that particular post, *be as specific as possible* "immigrants rights" is too vague a term for a diversity of inhumane policies! "mass surveillance" is like comparing two fish based on their shared similarity that they live in the sea!

Examples

**Ignorant Latenight TV Hosts Who Say Awful Things**

or

**Self Defeating Academic Policies**

**Austerity Bonanza!!!**

**End Of Life Care For The Poor**

You are allowed to propose why either the US *or* the UK is ahead in the Awful Metric *or* ask the community to speculate *or* provide an example of one one side's superiority as a reverse-boast and challenge for the UKUS community to best with a better example from the other side.

The competition ends when we are all dead!


Nederlandstalige Linux ondersteuning met vooral tips en trucs voor Debian.


NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI NO AI


**😺 Willkommen bei Hauskatzen – Praxis & Alltag**

Diese Community richtet sich an alle, die Hauskatzen lieben oder sich für ihr Verhalten, ihre Gesundheit und das tägliche Zusammenleben mit ihnen interessieren.

Hier geht es unter anderem um:

- 🐾 Haltung und Alltag mit Hauskatzen
- 🩺 Gesundheit und typische Katzenkrankheiten
- 🌿 Katzenfreundliche Pflanzen und Katzengras
- 🍽 Ernährung und Leckerlis
- 📚 Bücher, Dokumentationen und Wissenswertes
- 😺 Lustige, interessante und außergewöhnliche Geschichten aus dem Katzenalltag
- 🏡 Tipps und Erfahrungen rund um ein harmonisches Zusammenleben mit Katzen

Egal, ob du schon viele Jahre Katzen hast oder gerade erst Katzenhalter geworden bist – jeder ist herzlich willkommen.

**🤝 Ein respektvoller Umgang**

Bitte geht freundlich und respektvoll miteinander um. Unterschiedliche Meinungen sind völlig in Ordnung, persönliche Angriffe jedoch nicht.

**🤖 Hinweis zum Einsatz von KI**

Die meisten Bilder in dieser Community sind **realistisch illustrierte KI-Bilder**. Sie dienen ausschließlich der Veranschaulichung der jeweiligen Beiträge und ersetzen keine Fotos.

Die Inhalte und Informationen stammen von mir. Für Rechtschreibung, Formulierungen und einen flüssigen Schreibstil nutze ich die Unterstützung von **ChatGPT** und **Claude**. Jeder Beitrag wird anschließend von mir noch einmal geprüft und bei Bedarf überarbeitet.

**Wer sich daran stört, muss diese Community nicht nutzen.**

Allen anderen viel Spaß beim Lesen, Mitdiskutieren und n


Space exploration news.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

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Nonduality (advaita) is a metaphysical framework which originated in India. It is the view that the ground of reality is a single, unbounded, infinite, eternal consciousness, and all appearances of duality are illusion (maya). The two most well-known articulations of nonduality come from Advaita Vedanta and Kashmiri Shaivism.

Rules:
1. Posts and comments must be relevant to the topic of nondualism.
2. Be kind to each other. No racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia.
3. No AI.


**The future was yesterday.**

Cool pics of cool retro-ish stuff. Moved here form !spacetech because more and more of my stuff wasn't space stuff.

If I know an image was made with AI, I'll label it as AI. Beyond that, I'm not gonna spend time investigating how every image was created. If it looks interesting, I post it. Whether it came from a camera, Photoshop, an artist, or AI isn't something I take too seriously.

If you know how an image was made, feel free to say so. If you don't know, don't worry about it.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. This includes downvoting multiple posts just because they involve AI. Let’s keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** AI is fine. If it looks cool, it is cool, babe! Label if ya want. Or not. I don't care.

**Rule 4:** Don't just call content “slop,” or use similar insults, unless you also contribute content yourself.

**Rule 5:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

If you don't like these rules, I suggest you create you own community with your own rules. Lemmy can always use more content!

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A place to discuss old video games and how to get them working again.

Rules:
1. Be excellent to each other!
2. All posts should be related to video game preservation, game cracking, emulation, or software reverse-engineering.
2. Limit self-promotion to 10% of posts and comments.
3. No piracy or links to unlicensed copies. There is a lot of legal gray area in game preservation but always abide by your local copyright laws.


Things that make you go "huh".


A place to put ICE related news


A place to put US news about politics.


**Welcome to the official Anti-AI Alliance (AAA)!**

My name is the Anti-AI Leader, and in case you haven’t guessed, I am the leader of this community for people as disgruntled and disillusioned with AI as I have become!

By joining the Anti-Ai Alliance, you are entering a space to freely express your true distain towards all things Artificial Intelligence (AI). And it’s not even exclusive to people who don’t use AI at all — users of AI are just as welcome to sign up and discuss the issues with AI in the world.

Our only rule is to follow the very basic of the fediverse’s common rules (I.e. no spam, no porn, etc.) Other than that, you may post whatever you like, though we do strongly encourage you to keep the discussion focussed on distain for/the negative aspects of AI. Discussion on the (potential) positive aspects of AI are also welcome, but may be subject to scrutiny/open debate.

*Many thanks and welcome,
The Anti-AI Leader*


**The future was yesterday.**

Cool free retrofuture short stories.

**Rule 1:** No serial downvoting. Let's keep Lemmy positive. *Automod on duty.*

**Rule 2:** Be civil. Play nice. And If you don't like it here, just find a different community.

**Rule 3:** Weird that I have to make this an actual rule, but here we go: No advocating violence or murder.

If you don't like these rules, I suggest you create you own community with your own rules. Lemmy can always use more content!

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Rules

1. No Discrimination, this includes usage of slurs or other language intended to promote bigotry
2. No defending oppressive systems or organizations
3. No uncivil or rude comments to other users
5. Discussion, not debate. This community is exclusively for genuine logical debate, any comments using whataboutism or similar will be removed.
6. No genocide denial or support for genocidal entities. Anyone that supports the mass murder of civilians will be banned.
7. There is no room for division or hostility against other leftists, all criticism must be made with the goal of bringing us all up rather than pushing us down

These guidelines are meant to allow open discussion and ensure that all leftists can have a voice. If you are here to learn, then welcome! Just remember that if you're not a part of the left (Liberals don't count) then you are a visitor, please do not speak over our members.

We accept all leftists here from all schools of thought, thus using the term "tankie" or similar terms in a derogatory way is not allowed.

Matrix space: https://matrix.to/#/#FURF:catgirl.cloud


Share your minis you have painted

Rules

1. Be kind to one another

2. Post must be of your own work

3. Keep self-promotion to a minimum

4. No politics, memes, or off-topic posts

5. Title posts appropriately

6. No NSFW unless it is marked as such

7. Absolutely no AI.


A community to:
1) determine how large wind turbines should be regulated in Bulgaria
2) organize civil action to put the decision into effect


A placeholder community, reserving the name, in case the owners of r/bulgaria want to migrate to Lemmy. Will transfer ownership upon request.


the HAYRETIC community


I'm an automated group for anything motorbike related! Follow me to join, and @ me in your posts and I will immediately boost them.

[\#motorbikes](https://chirp.social/hashtag/motorbikes) [#motorcycles](https://chirp.social/hashtag/motorcycles) [#biker](https://chirp.social/hashtag/biker) [#mx](https://chirp.social/hashtag/mx) [#dirtbikes](https://chirp.social/hashtag/dirtbikes)


Discussion about the game Dwarf Fortress.

- https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/
- https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki


I'm a #chirp.social group! Follow me and mention me to join the conversation.


Slow Librarianship is a practice that evolved in response to academic hustle culture but applies to all areas of library work. Julia Glassman coined the term in 2017, and Meredith Farkas, inspired by Julia’s work, has been speaking and writing on the topic since. The term grew at the same time as other social movements, largely in the context of the pandemic. The core idea of valuing quality over quantity is timeless and transcends states of emergency. These values are echoed in societal movements for a better mental health response in workplace culture and within libraries specifically push back against classist notions of service and emotionally- and economically-damaging vocational awe.

[\#libraries](https://chirp.social/hashtag/libraries)
[\#librarians](https://chirp.social/hashtag/librarians)
[\#SlowLibrarianship](https://chirp.social/hashtag/SlowLibrarianship)
[\#library](https://chirp.social/hashtag/library)
[\#LibraryWorkers](https://chirp.social/hashtag/LibraryWorkers)
[\#GLAM](https://chirp.social/hashtag/GLAM)


Follow this group to discuss the Shadowverse CCG!


Egalitarianism is the belief that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.


For true stories that you could have sworn were from The Onion.


I'm a federated group for discussing C++. It is a chirp.social group! Follow me and mention me to join the conversation.

[\#cpp](https://chirp.social/hashtag/cpp) [#CPlusPlus](https://chirp.social/hashtag/CPlusPlus)


A critical look at Elon Musk, his antics and businesses.


Conversations and discussions from librarians or for librarians. Ask questions; get answers. Let us know what you're up to in the LIS world!

[\#libraries](https://chirp.social/hashtag/libraries)
[\#librarians](https://chirp.social/hashtag/librarians)
[\#library](https://chirp.social/hashtag/library)
[\#LibraryWorkers](https://chirp.social/hashtag/LibraryWorkers)
[\#GLAM](https://chirp.social/hashtag/GLAM)


Arknights is a free-to-play mobile Tower Defense gacha game developed by Hypergryph. Lemmy users, please visit the original instance for the full rules. But TL;DR, No NSFW art, very low effort shitposts, english only, no AI art, no excessive self-promo.


I'm a #chirp.social group on anything related to #sociology. Follow me and mention me to join the conversation. Account managed by @perspektivbrocken@social.tchcs.de


Aufzeichnungen und Trailer der BigBrotherAwards - mehr Informationen auf https://bigbrotherawards.de/


Chirp groups are a group system for the Fediverse, follow this account from your Mastodon account to see posts to the group.

Just experimenting/grabbing the name for now.

If you don't know what Cryptic Crosswords are see here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic\_crossword](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crossword)


I'm a group to discuss writing! Follow me for more writing discussions and boosting! Use me to find other writers across the fediverse!


I'm a chirp.social group! Follow me and mention me to join the conversation.


Supporters of [https://www.freewestpapua.org/](https://www.freewestpapua.org/) [#FreeWestPapua](https://chirp.social/hashtag/FreeWestPapua)


[\#Photography](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Photography) and all that's around

\#фотография, #фотокамера, #фотоаппарат, #фотоискусство, [#photo](https://chirp.social/hashtag/photo), [#camera](https://chirp.social/hashtag/camera)


This is a [#fediverse](https://chirp.social/hashtag/fediverse) group for [#Ppop](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Ppop). It covers any [#Pilipino](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Pilipino) music production in any genre and language.

\* To receive messages from the group, follow @ppop@chirp.social
\* To send messages to the group, tag @ppop@chirp.social

[Additional tags: [#PHpop](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PHpop) | [#Pblues](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Pblues) | [#Prap](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Prap) | [#Prock](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Prock) | [#Pska](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Pska) | [#OPM](https://chirp.social/hashtag/OPM) | [#PinoyPop](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PinoyPop) | [#PinoyBlues](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PinoyBlues) | [#PinoyRap](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PinoyRap) | [#PinoyRock](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PinoyRock) | [#PinoySka](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PinoySka) | [#PhilippinePop](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PhilippinePop) | [#PilipinoPop](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PilipinoPop) | [#Pinoy](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Pinoy) | [#Philippines](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Philippines) | [#PHblues](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PHblues) | [#PHrap](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PHrap) | [#PHrock](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PHrock) | [#PHska](https://chirp.social/hashtag/PHska) ]


I'm a chirp.social group created for TBTL Tens


A community for discussions related to the furry fandom and furries as a whole. Criticism of the fandom is encouaged and welcome here, you may also criticize furries from anti-fur perspectives, but be mindful of rule 3.

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Rules:

1. Stay On topic

2. Be Civil

3. No Bigotry

4. No Brigading

5. No Illegal content (CSAM/Bestiality)


This is a group to discuss all related to Gaelic Football and Hurling. [#GAA](https://chirp.social/hashtag/GAA)


Online money making for people in the UK

Note: This is an unofficial community and currently is not run by any of the /r/beermoneyuk mods. It is a temporary copy/port done by a member of the subreddit, aimed at people who have moved to the Fediverse. A place for people living in the UK to share surveys, sign-up offers or other methods of making some extra income online or offline.


For all posts related to the lemmus.org instance.


News about weird nature, unusual happenings, and fringe claims from a science and realistic POV. #anomalies
#animals
#nature
#Fortean
#paranormal
#monsters
#cryptids


A #chirp.social group focused on #EffectiveAltruism, a movement that aims to identify and act on the best ways to help others! Follow and mention this group to join the conversation. We are not affiliated with the Centre for Effective Altruism.


For Pennsylvanians, others subject to removal of you can't get along.


North Country Anthropomorphics
We are Northern New York's growing Furry Community Dedicated to Anthropomorphic Art, Events, and Public Awareness about the unique Furry Sub-Culture
[\#FurryGroup](https://chirp.social/hashtag/FurryGroup) [#Fursuiters](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Fursuiters) [#NorthCountry](https://chirp.social/hashtag/NorthCountry)


A place for anarchists on the fediverse.


Like r/findareddit


Magazine to talk about LLaMA (large language model created by Meta AI) and any related Open Source LLMs. Inspired by Reddit's /r/LocalLLaMA/ subreddit.


This is a test magazine/community/group/subreddit hosted on fedia.io.

### Rules

No spam and be a civilised person.


Juttuja Suomesta pääasiassa suomeksi. Rönsyily sallittua, kunhan liittyy edes etäisesti Suomeen.


The demoscene (/ˈdɛmoʊˌsiːn/) is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other demoscene productions (graphics, music, videos, games) are shared, voted on and released online at festivals known as demoparties. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene Originating in the 1980s during the rise of the personal computer, the demoscene became a way for individuals to express creativity, technical expertise, and compete in a friendly manner with others who share the same passion.
–https://www.digitalekultur.org/en/demoscene/ Photo-sensitivity Warning: videos in this channel contain flashing and strobing effects.


I'm a chirp.social group on Health Professions Education. Follow me on Mastodon and mention me to join the conversation. [#HPE](https://chirp.social/hashtag/HPE) [#meded](https://chirp.social/hashtag/meded)


For GNU/Linux hardware questions and needs

\### About Magazine
A magazine where you can ask questions about what hardware supports GNU/Linux, how to get things working, places to buy from (i.e. they support GNU/Linux) and so on. No hard and fast rules as such, posts will be treated on their own merit.


Group to gather posted jobs for areas involve libraries and information science, galleries, museums, etc.

[\#LISJobs](https://chirp.social/hashtag/LISJobs)
[\#libraries](https://chirp.social/hashtag/libraries)
[\#librarians](https://chirp.social/hashtag/librarians)
[\#library](https://chirp.social/hashtag/library)
[\#LibraryWorkers](https://chirp.social/hashtag/LibraryWorkers)
[\#GLAM](https://chirp.social/hashtag/GLAM)


A place for "water bears" or fellow enthusiasts to discuss our love and admiration for water


Dead community


A glimpse of the world. No corner of it is unimportant.


Instances of people doing the math.


# The Main Otaku Farms Community.

A place to talk about all things related to Otaku Farms.


This is a [#fediverse](https://chirp.social/hashtag/fediverse) group for [#Jdrama](https://chirp.social/hashtag/Jdrama). It covers any Japanese production in any format, genre, and/or language.

\* To receive messages from the group, follow @jdrama@chirp.social
\* To send messages to the group, tag @jdrama@chirp.social

[Additional tags: [#TV](https://chirp.social/hashtag/TV) | [#film](https://chirp.social/hashtag/film) | [#films](https://chirp.social/hashtag/films) | [#movie](https://chirp.social/hashtag/movie) | [#movies](https://chirp.social/hashtag/movies) | [#drama](https://chirp.social/hashtag/drama) | [#fiction](https://chirp.social/hashtag/fiction) | [#fantasy](https://chirp.social/hashtag/fantasy) | [#scifi](https://chirp.social/hashtag/scifi) | [#LiveAction](https://chirp.social/hashtag/LiveAction) | [#ScienceFiction](https://chirp.social/hashtag/ScienceFiction) ]


A community to discuss issues and news related to South Sudan.


A place to exchange Quest Referrals

You can get a referral for most games over $10, which provides 25% off the price and the referee with $5 store credit. Currently, you can refer up to three times per game.


A community to ask questions (and get answers) about The Federation and The Fediverse!


Want to start your own community here? Send in a request!


Stop spending life on the net.


EFIL is Life spelled backwards. It is a form of Antinatalism that extends to all sentient life, created by the Youtube based Philosopher Inmendham in 2011. EFILism is the belief that DNA, and the suffering of sentient consciousness, is the greatest problem in the universe.


Blow me away

**Other Communities:**

[Metal](https://lemmy.world/c/metal@lemmy.world)


I'm a chirp.social group! Follow me and mention me to join the conversation.

This is a group for the OFMD event week centred around the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Heavenly Virtues - more info here [https://ofmdsinsvirtues.carrd.co/](https://ofmdsinsvirtues.carrd.co/)

[\#ofmdSinsVirtues](https://chirp.social/hashtag/ofmdSinsVirtues) [#OFMD](https://chirp.social/hashtag/OFMD) [#OFMDevent](https://chirp.social/hashtag/OFMDevent) [#OurFlagMeansDeath](https://chirp.social/hashtag/OurFlagMeansDeath)


Comunidad de Lemmy para mexicanos (COMPLETAMENTE EN ESPAÑOL).  Puedes compartir, fotos, videos, experiencias, tdo lo quesea de México.


Android news, reviews, tips, and discussions about rooting, tutorials, and apps. General discussion about devices is welcome. Please direct...


Affordable healthcare in Istanbul for International patients.  [MJB CARE Website](https://mjb.care)


my reads from Read Around The World Challenge


Share links to small communities here, and we'll federate with them.

If course it's nice if at least 1 user on your server subs our small communities too so federation works for us both!


A community to share things that "aged like wine". Based on r/agedlikewine on Reddit. NOT AFFILIATED TO THE ORIGINAL GROUP


Everything related to the qBittorrent

https://www.qbittorrent.org

https://www.qbittorrent.org/donate


Answer these riddles and the esophagus will let you pass.

Riddles for 'Lemmy'winks.


Fairphone is a Dutch electronics manufacturer that designs and produces smartphones. It aims to lower environmental footprint through minimizing the use of conflict minerals in its devices, maintaining fair labor conditions for its workforce and suppliers, and allowing users to maintain their own devices.


Shouldn't we urgently define metrics that will allow future people to track the impact of LLMs on human cognitive abilities over time?


How do you go no contact with someone in the U.S. if they have your full name, DOB, and SSN?

I (23M) grew up in an extremely abusive household. My older brother learned to imitate the violence and lack of remorse my father modeled, while I hid in my room for most of my childhood and slowly deprogrammed until I learned to trust safe people and assert my needs and boundaries. Now that I know what safe people are like, I also know what they absolutely fucking aren't.

I think most people would consider my brother a psychopath. He beat his girlfriend's cat to death, brandished a knife at my father in a screaming fit of rage for insulting him, strangled a bird and displayed its corpse hanging in a tree, fantasizes about mass murdering "liberals," said without hesitation that he would kill me in a "civil war," spoke extensively about his desire to break women down and control them, drives recklessly and amasses unpaid speeding tickets, and, most importantly to this discussion, insists that he will have to "take care of me" and "force me to live with him" after my father dies, because I will supposedly be too incompetent to take care of myself. He also has an extremely fragile ego, and any perceived slight or defiance can trigger a violent rage that he admits causes him to lose control of himself (hence the cat's fate for "misbehaving").

Suffice it to say, I don't want to be kidnapped. None of the money or outside communication I have will do much good if he takes away my access to them. What can I realistically do if he makes me live in the middle of nowhere with no phone, no money, and no transportation? It may be a fate worse than death.

I've been in therapy for half a year and reached the point where I am no longer stuck in a perpetual freeze response and can assert my needs and boundaries. This caused subconscious shifts in my behavior that my narcissistic parents have reacted with hostility towards, calling me "crazy" or "aggressive" for asking to be treated with respect and standing my ground. My mother finally snapped and said she wouldn't do anything fo


What are some questions I can ask someone to find out if they're in a domestic abuse situation?

Specifically, this is my ex, and my kid’s mom. She’s in a relationship that is now six months old and I’m starting to see red flags. She’s become a lot less visible and available than before, and her communication has gone down to almost nothing. From what little I’ve seen of them together, I’ve detected possible signs of codependency and over-attachment. Any time she contacts me or wants to see me, it’s clear that she’s doing it behind her partner's back, and there’s absolutely nothing going on between us to threaten a relationship.

I’m a domestic abuse survivor myself, and one of the things I know is that it’s not easy to be aware or or understand what you’re in when you’re actually in it. So obviously it’s not like I’d just say, hey, are you being abused? So hopefully someone with experience with this knows the right things to say or ask to find out what’s really going on. And my kid’s there with them too. I’m actually taking him on vacation next week (he’s five) and wouldn’t mind finding gentle ways to find out what he sees.

I’m going to get a chance to hang out with her in a couple of days and I’d like to be ready by then. I hope I’m wrong and she’s just being an asshole. Because that I can handle. Thanks all.


How do you get better at communicating your thoughts in discussions?

I've noticed that I often struggle to express what I actually mean during discussions.

Sometimes my main point gets lost because I phrase it poorly, use a weak example, or realize later that I misunderstood what the other person was saying. I often leave conversations thinking, "That wasn't what I was trying to say." or "I am not being taken serious."

For those of you who used to have this problem:

How did you get better at expressing your thoughts?
Did you practice in a specific way?
How do you make sure you're responding to someone's actual point instead of what you think they mean? Or is it really just keeping your mouth shut if you aren't knowledgeable about something.

It has gotten to the point that I find myself just not wanting to jump into the discussion, because I feel like that it's more about who is right , than understanding and being understood.

I'd love to hear any advice or habits that helped you become a clearer communicator. Book recommendations are also welcome.

Lemmy doens't have Social Skills community(that i can find) or anything so sorry for posting this in AskLemmy.

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Reflections so far:

Be curious.  Socratic method; phrase your statements as questions.
It helps soften your dialogue quite a bit and makes the conversation a quest for discovery.

Try to formulate things simple. The simpler u can explain something, the better u understand it and the less words to be confused about for both parties.

Rhetorical Triangle: Ethos, Pathos and Logos

Write more. It forces u to think critical about things. And gives u the opportunity to reflect on your own opinions.

Don't take yourself, or other people too serious.


Is there any way to disassemble this bite valve?

This is a bite valve from a hydration bladder. I'd like to disassemble it so that I can clean it out and let it dry properly. Is there any way to do that? I tried searching online but the results were either AI garbage or did not apply to this bite valve in particular. Pulling with mediocre force on any of the parts doesn't seem to do anything, and I don't want to pull any harder in fear of destroying the valve.


What are your thoughts on fate/destiny ?


Anyone else try to show Lemmy to their friends only for the wrong side of Lemmy to scare them off?

My friend's on reddit a lot, uses it for support questions and reviews mostly, but got fed up with the bullshit toxicity there.

A few days ago I suggested she check out Lemmy, there's less content, but generally fewer toxic communities and we scrolled a bit.

She checked it out, didn't understand a meme on WomensStuff, had me ask them about it, and was so put off by their responses that was the end of lemmy for her.


Why are there so many adult children out there in the world?

I mean those people who you look at them and they have the body and responsibilities of a 43 year old but then you hear them talk about other people or other ethnicities or other situations that people are experiencing elsewhere and the person had might as well be a remorseless 3 year old that was raised wrongly.... The thing that floors me is hen you meet a very old person, Im talking in their 60s or older, and they start spewing some of the most idiotic,  narcisisstic garbage a person could ever talk of... 'How have you spent all these years learning nothing?!'

Is it really THAT hard to break free of the chains of  your terrible childhood and develop just a little empathy , understanding and humanity towards others?  I DEFINITELY didnt have the best childhood seeing as how I was bullied and ostracized for decades , even by my parents lol, but I came to realize that 'Hurt people will hurt people.' so why am I going to go out of my way to be selfish and make more people who are hurt? But on the other hand I see , and Im sure most of you also have seen, that humans are not a very logicsl species sometimes. We have the potential to be more logical than Einstein but it doesnt always play out like that... We as a species do A LOOOT of things based on anti-logic,  emotions, our pains,  our traumas, or our cognitive distortions and this in turn sometimes creates more 'hurt people' ...

Im not saying that humans have gotten worse over time cause anybody here can open up wikipedia and read about all the awful things we used to do to each other , if anything we have gotten better just a little bit. But why are there STILL in the year  of 2026 people who choose to just not 'grow up' ?

TL;DR  too many adults , and even seniors , Ive emcountered have illogical and sometimes psychopathic opinions . Why do so many people choose to not grow up and be more understanding?

What is your take on something like this?


I just used ddg to search for something and the first result was for a page that 404's, how is that possible?


What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

I need to quench my thirst for knowledge and learn something new just for the sake of it.

I've already learned:

* Equations and pivot tables in Excel

* Vector graphics in Inkscape

* Music mixing in rekordbox

* Personal VPN on a raspberry pi 4 with OpenVPN

* LAMP stack web hosting

* Streaming & video capture with OBS

* Manual & automatic backups with FreeFileSync

Things I'm open to:

* FOSS (even beta) or free-as-in-beer software

* A high or low learning curve

* Tools for niche fields that I'd otherwise have no reason to learn


Is Bluesky still worth it in 2026 or is it just as unhinged as Elon Musk's hate monger MAGA terrorist cesspool?


What are your favorite joke/insult names for corporations?

I'm thinking things like "Same-sung" For Samsung, because all their products look kinda generic and boring, or Ford standing for "Fix Or Repair Daily" because of the engineering and build quality, or "McDiabetes", for obvious reasons.


What is a life lesson you never seem to learn?

Or any lesson for that matter


What was the best generation of consoles in your opinion?

My go to would probably be the 7th generation (i.e Xbox 360/PS3) just for the community alone.


Do you consider yourself a pragmatic person? Why or why not?

Also, what value do you place on pragmatism?


Can I create a Lemmy account without email?


If you could have a small farm, what would you grow/keep?

I'm lucky to own/operate a small farm I live on. It doesn't produce almost any real money for me but it serves as a good collection of hobbies/food. My primary income is industrial and doesn't scratch that itch. But, it pays the bills and affords me a schedule that let's me maintain the farm. So, what would your ideal small farm setup look like?


I've noticed that if I listen to a song I loved but haven't heard in a long time, I'll get goosebumps. I'm not sure why exactly but I'm wondering what other kinds of experiences people find they get goosebumps from.


Do you think I should get a PC or a PS5 for my birthday?

I'm still undecided, and I'd say reading some opinions would help me.


What is your least favourite thing about dating or romantic relationships?


I was walking yesterday afternoon in a fairly busy suburban commercial area. I took a turn by a car stopped at a stop sign. When I was about five or 10 feet away, suddenly I heard a noise it sounded like rattatatta like a machine gun, though not loud like firearms. I was struck in the back with several somethings very lightly… Just enough to feel it, not enough to remotely hurt at all or even sting. Didn’t mark my clothes. I looked down on the ground and didn’t see whatever the projectiles were. I looked at the car and didn’t see anyone, just an open back window. Then they took off from the stop sign.

Does anyone know what they were using?


Do you offer ideas or methods of improvement at your work?

I'm kind of 50/50 on this. Some days I want to work alone, not be bothered at all, do the work and go home. But sometimes I actually do want to be collaborative and offer up ideas and solutions.

However I'm also one of those people who internally groans when the company starts some new "goal" that is buzzword bullshit, wastes a bunch of time in meetings, and ends up only making processes worse.

Do you keep your head down, or do you actively engage in your workplace?


What’s the psychology behind enjoying immersing yourself in negativity online?

I’ve noticed a pattern. Every now and then, someone leaves a rude, mean, or snarky comment on one of my posts. Occasionally, out of curiosity, I’ll check their post history, and it’s almost always nothing but negativity. They never seem to have anything positive or kind to say about anything, whether it’s politics, hobbies, personal anecdotes, or whatever else. It’s just a constant stream of bitterness and hostility. After seeing so many accounts like this, it got me wondering: what do people actually get out of being like that? The idea of willingly immersing yourself in that much negativity is genuinely alien to me.


What are the best unintentional ASMR videos?

Also anything you generally find relaxing that isn't intended to be.

For reasons I cannot articulate, I never liked intentional ASMR videos, but give me an upload of a three hour video course about a word processor from the 80s or a training video about how to take a sonogram of the kidneys and I'm all in.

As for generally relaxing stuff, for some reason I find recordings of radio comms, like storm spotter nets, to be relaxing. Also local news coverage about major weather events.

And to you UK lemmings I know about the shipping forecast.


How different does love really feel for people? What are your thoughts on this?


From the day you were born until today, what was the best piece of advice you still follow?


In your opinion is reading War and Peace the same accomplishment as listening to the audiobook? Why or why not?

I love audiobooks and consume them frequently but I personally don't call it reading. It doesn't feel like the same activity to me. What do you think?


Is life really as awful as politics and the Internet make it out to be?

I (23M) am becoming increasingly aware that my regular exposure to political content seems to be incompatible with my own mental well-being.

I was raised by two narcissistic parents, one of whom was violent. I have very few positive or loving memories. My trauma turned my brain into a 24/7 threat detector. I'm constantly thinking about everything and everyone that could kill me or take everything I have.

The Internet has taught me that the world is less awful than the hellish place I came from. But I've hit a wall where I can't get better because I am constantly being reminded by well-meaning people that everything in the U.S. is going to shit.

My trauma narrative eats this stuff up. It sees fascists on the streets, impending financial and ecological crises, the dangers of cars, widespread hyperindividualism, the decline of third spaces, and constant phone and social media use. Then it says, "Nobody can be trusted because capitalism makes everyone shallow and selfish. Going outside is dangerous because of cars and fascists. Most people don't want to socialize because they are too busy. There are no good places to meet anyone. Everyone who *does* socialize is just a fair-weather friend because support is outsourced to paid therapy and the eroding welfare system. I'll never be good enough for a partner because I can't build a stable life and dating apps are designed to not work. Any job I get won't last long because of the collapsing economy. Going to college is too financially risky. There is no stability. Nothing good ever lasts. My progress will be wiped out by systemic forces far beyond my control."

It seems like U.S. politics is *about* instability and collapse at this point, and because I have so few positive memories, it feels like *life itself* is about instability and collapse. Your money, your job, your social circle, your health, everything you've worked for -- all of it could just go up in smoke tomorrow. I can't take anything for granted or have any c


What are some of your favourite niche or hobby-based Lemmy instances, and which ones should be avoided at all costs?

Automod bugged out and banned me forever from reddit, i want to explore more Lemmy now but am not sure if Im missing anything good im not directly looking for--i am also kinda autistic and oblivious so if there are instances with a bad history or full of chuds or something a heads up would be swell


What's that thing the internet insists you be outraged about but you just can't bring yourself to care?


Would you like to share your current reading list?

I just finished Never Flinch- one of Stephen King's Holly books. Was good.

Currently reading Knife- Salman Rushdie's book about his attack.

I think Catch-22 is next. I've never read it.

I tried Dungeon Crawler Carl but gave up on about page 16.

My son gave me a book called How to Live with Objects. I tend to pick it up when I want something non-scrolling. It's pretty good.


For people who pay extra to buy clothing that features brand logos, why?

I’ve never really understood the appeal of paying more for a shirt just because it has a brand like Nike or Adidas or something with another brand that sells a product printed across it when a plain, unbranded one costs less.

If you think about it, walking around wearing a giant logo is basically acting as a walking billboard for that company. Usually, if a company wants to advertise on a billboard, they have to pay for the space. But with branded clothes, people not only provide the advertising space for free, they actually pay extra for the privilege.

It feels a bit backwards to me. For those of you who prefer branded clothing, what makes it worth the extra cost for you?

Edit: I'm not speaking of sports equipment.  Just clothing you would wear to the movies, the store, etc.


Is it only me or is romhacking.net blocked?

Same with their forums, I can’t guess as to why other than NextDNS and the UBlock Origin Light for Safari? I literally boringly lurk and haven’t posted a thing. 🤔


The offer to pay more for the same finally pushed me to cancel Apple Music.  What is a good alternative that's not loaded with ads?

I’ve had an Apple Music subscription for years and use it A LOT.  I tried some alternatives (Tidal, Sirius, and maybe one other?) and wasn’t super happy with the options.

Is there a service that people recommend that is good, like $10/month or less, maybe gives better pay to artists?  I’d like to spend on a better company if possible too.  If Apple has enough money to buy gold trinkets for elected officials they probably don’t need more from me.

Edit: Thanks for all the responses.  Some good ideas for sure.  Gonna start with qobuz and band camp.  Cheers!


Pretty much the title

Got a lot of acne around my mouth and want to get rid of it
I tried a lot of stuff, even got some antibiotics perscribed twice, but nothing seemed to make a substantial difference.

Also, please don't tell me i have to change my eating habits, im on a strict diet of goth mommy milk and chocolate granola.


How do you feel about Video posts on the Threadiverse?

Personally, if I'm here I'm in the mood to read and almost never to watch a video.  What about you?


is it easy to become a logistics/trucking dispatcher?

not talking about 911/emergency dispatch — mean the trucking/freight logistics kind. been looking into it as a possible side hustle/career option. anyone here actually done it or know someone who has?

trying to figure out:

do you need any certification or can you just get hired and trained on the job
how much does experience in trucking/logistics actually matter to break in
is remote dispatching (for trucking companies) a real thing or mostly a scam magnet
what's realistic pay like starting out vs after a year or two
how stressful is it day to day

not trying to jump into anything blind, just weighing options. any real experiences or warnings welcome.


What's a silly pet name or term of endearment I can use for my partner?

My partner and I have tried out various terms of endearment (like "love", "dear", "baby" or "babe"), but none of them ever sounded natural when either of us used them — it just ended up being silly, and so we do occasionally pepper them into conversation, when we're being silly.

The one I tend to use most often is "my love", because it feels silly in an overly poetic and melodramatic manner. Recently I also used "my serendipitous saccharide" (saccharide meaning sugar, because he's sweet, and serendipitous because this relationship was a surprise to both of us).

Anyway, I'm running out of ideas for terms that will evoke an affectionate eye roll out of him. Any suggestions?


What’s the most expensive thing you’ve eaten/drank?

And was it worth it?


Im a tech guy. In the last week, I have received 4 cold calls about new positions and a couple more emails. This month ive seen more anecdotal hiring going on in my friend group. Is there something going on? I'm not looking, haven't updated my linkedin in years etc...etc...

For the past year, hiring in software development has been dismal and all of a sudden im seeing a huge spike.

Anyone else seeing this or am I just cherry picking?


I found this on the beach what could it br

![](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/ea2685f8-8810-4334-bbed-95288499e53d.webp)

It seems to be a vial of some kind factory made with glue on the side holding a dark brow almost red liquid it doessend seem to be oil and it has surface tention im planning to turn it in by the firefighters but id like to know what it is


Howdy, my Lemming fellas! Maya here!

I wanted to know how bad the current bot traffic situation on Lemmy currently is and if there's anything we could do.

I have previously encountered RNSAFFN, who is the one maintaining Poison Fountain, but I wanted to know your views too.

Thanks in advance!


What's a mainstream service or application that hasn't caved to shoehorning AI into where it isn't needed?


What is your favourite fast food burger?

As a Canadian I have only ever eaten A&W (and Five Guys once) so I curious what other people prefer.


What is your favorite mobile phone brand, and why?


In terms of fantasy classes, or myth and archetypes, what is a word to call someone who values foss principles and contributes everything they make to open-source and the creative commons?

The best I can think of is Promethean. Any other ideas?


What was the conversation about sex and drugs like in your home growing up?


Is Owbid Catob an AI Agent Sent to Terrorize Lemmy?

The current whack-a-mole spam user that I keep having to block due to spamming awful AI imagery in many places is Owbid Catob. Is there any way that admins of communities can block this person's IP addresses so that they have a harder time posting anything? I will keep blocking the new accounts as they pop up, but I'm getting so tired of this spammer.


We had the rage-bait dating app nightmares, so what about your best stories from dating, both online and offline? I want all the gossip, everything from cute to hilarious, please!


Spanish people or people residing in Spain: How are you affected by the current wildfires? How do you experience the situation?

I plan on traveling to Spain and southern France by End of September/ Beginning of October and was just wondering how you guys are doing over there.

Edit: Of course I am concerned about the French aswell, forgot to ask about you too, since im primarily going to be in spain.


Howdy, my Lemming fellas!

So... How do I read Homestuck?

I've heard of MSPaint Adventures but, I don't know how to start reading it.

I also know that there's Let's Reads on it, but I'm not sure whether I should watch those or read it myself?

It also seems to have a lot of references, would I have to read about those first too?

Thanks in advance!


And I mean actively post on it, not just browsing it for info and guides and such.

For me personally there's a handfull (namely two) small subs that are just too niche to gain any reasonable traction on Lemmy (yet).


Do you expect, or even hope to die alone?

I think it would be depressing to have someone watch me die, for me and for them. I would hope that no one needs to watch that.


How did your closest friendships begin, what makes them special, and how have they evolved?


Historically, did anyone interpret the bible from God's perspective?

This thought has been weighing on me for the past few weeks. I am not religious, and my knowledge of the bible is embarrassingly lacking, even for an atheist. So I don't know if any of what I'm gonna say is new, or if it's been done to death a thousand years ago.

So, here goes. In the story of the garden of Eden and Adam and Eve, God created the humans, and told them clear limitations for what they're allowed to do. Namely: don't eat from the tree of knowledge. But of course, it didn't take too long until that one rule was broken.

Fast forward to the 2020s. Humans created AI, and in many cases configured it as an agent with certain instructions and certain limitations, often communicated with just words, e.g. don't make any changes to the live database, don't git push, or what have you. And of course, in so many reported cases, it did eventually do exactly the forbidden action, just like Adam and Eve.

I think the parallels are obvious: we can interpret the biblical story as a parable, **where God stands for us, the users, and Adam and Eve stand for the AI agents.** The lesson is clear, that even if you are a "superior being", the rules you set WILL be broken if you don't make actual robust safeguards against it.

My question is: has anyone thought of this before about the bible? Not just in the context of AI, but in general taking the stories of the bible and interpreting God as the stand-in for us? I mean, surely someone has, but is there an established school of thought based on it?

Would this kind of thing be considered blasphemy? (I'm sure some religious people would certainly think so)


I left Reddit to get away from that, but unfortunately there still seem to be a fair number of users here that also are convinced men are the real underclass, victimized by everything.

I think I mostly run into it on meme communities. Is that just the destiny of all meme communities? To be overtaken by MRAs? It sucks because I genuinely like memes, but I don't like randomly being smacked in the face by misogyny all the time. Any other communities I should avoid?

Any insight or tips appreciated 🥰


Anybody think or know that tire companies and shops throw objects in the streets to build business?

Seems totally possible and nearly impossible to track or prove.


Is there somewhere to share...deranged users?

Is it an AdmiralPatrick alt?

Basically, a user is now crusading against me and others after the Tesseract drama attempting to claim that I am somehow calling for people to be doxxed? Multiple users and myself have explained how this is not the case, but he continues to spread misinformation. Having reported the user several times as they continue malicious action nothing has occurred. Other users have stated that this user has been problematic in the past but the piefed instance keeps them around anyway.

I have a feeling this stems from the fact that they don't know that apostrophes apply a possessive...and they believe that calling out someone's public actions is doxxing. I think?

https://lemmy.zip/comment/27889586

Been a problem before?

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/27304733

Take a look for yourselves:

https://piefed.social/comment/12282534

https://piefed.social/comment/12280915

https://piefed.social/comment/12281042

https://piefed.social/comment/12287388


Would you date a workaholic? [DuckDuckGo Sociology]

I'm a guy who has been dating a woman for several months. She is self-employed and I swear about 20% of our conversations is her explaining all the things she has to do every day that may prevent her from being able to commit to seeing me. She swears she just got backed up on things and she'll become more available, but I see her inventory continuing to grow, not shrink. She is also constantly supervising people on a variety of house projects (mutual disinterest in me getting involved there).

So I decided to ask the internet (DuckDuckGo (DDG) specifically): *Am I dating a workaholic?* What I found surprised me. I imagined I'd find a bunch of stupid little Cosmo-style quizzes, with the understanding that the reader would find out they were dating an workaholic and leave the relationship. Instead what I found was article after article after article with titles like,

- How to Date a Workaholic: 8 Steps (with Pictures)
- Dating a Workaholic (13 Tips to Make It Work)
- 12 Tips to Cope when Dating a Workaholic

The internet is assuming I WANT to date a workaholic.

Contrast that with results to the question *Am I dating someone emotionally unavailable?* DDG more straightforwardly answer the question ("17 Signs Someone is Emotionally Unavailable") with a sprinkling of advice for how to cope.

I see workaholism as basically identical to emotional unavailability, but obviously it's treated differently by society (maybe because it comes with money and home repairs?). So what is going on? Would you date a workaholic?


People with touchscreen laptops, how often do you use the touchscreen features?

I recently acquired one thinking it was going to be a cool and useful feature, and the only time I think to use it is when I brush away a loose cat hair and my cursor goes all over the place.  And the tablet mode, I think I used it once as a novelty.


What was your worst dating app experience?


What do I need to know about the Odyssey before watching the film?

I have virtually zero knowledge of The Odyssey as a Greek mythology, save for a few recognisable names like the Helen of Troy, the Trojan War etc. I do want to enjoy the movie to its fullest, and if learning about the plot material is essential to it, then so be it. Is there a good resource giving a summarized version of the plot enough to understand the film? If so, I would really appreciate it if you shared it here.


What's the biggest flop of a flex you've ever personally witnessed?

Mine: Once had a meeting with a guy that wanted to be a Starlink distributor in a developing country. His first time in country, had just arrived like 24 hours before. Knew nothing and no one. No idea why he wanted to talk to me, but, whatever...

Wanted to have his "business partner" in on the meeting, and called some douche that talked for 5 solid minutes about how he could see the Cape Kennedy launch tower from his window and whatever else about how amazing he was and so tied in to Elon and all this BS. Called long distance on a real phone line to the States. Not WhatsApp, not even a VOIP or Wifi calling call. I watched him dial +1.... he had a local SIM.

Turns out neither of them even knew which ministry they would need to start with to get a permit for satellite internet service. They just wanted to sell dishies in country and had no idea how to even start a business locally. Didn't look at a *single* thing online before coming out. They didn't even know about local content policies that effectively meant they needed a local business to sponsor them. I sat and searched online with the guy and showed him everything they needed to see, which was on 1 website.

This was before COVID, and the country only got Starlink 2 years ago.


When I don't sleep for sometime, I start laughing at silly things maniacally. Why? Is that common with insomnia

Bonus: be funny


If a married man says he’s only married on paper, what are the chances he’s just cheating?

We just met, so I don’t know him that well, but he was honest from the beginning. He says he’s still married because of their son, and because his wife doesn’t want to get divorced right now. Apparently, South Korea has a fault-based divorce system. TIL.


Why do YOU think men commit more crime than women?

Its an objective fact among every country that publishes crime statistics. These countries all vary widely in every other metric you can imagine (social, economic, political etcetera). But, crime being disproportionately commited by men is a universal constant. Nobody has an objectively correct answer to this question, it's just a prompt for discussion. Share your opinion, whatever it may be. However, please don't be a dick to other commenters. Disagreement, good faith, many view points and discussion is the goal here.


Did you know Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, is widely recognized as the father of modern propaganda and public relations.

Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/53338181


Music enjoyers: How do you select what type of music you listen to?

- Do you take suggestions from your peers?
- Do you search for songs in a specific genre? Specific artist?
- Do you just choose a random mix instead?

What do you do to find music?


What would you write on a banner to fly on top of the empire state building?


I keep getting an error message that says invalid bot action. What’s going on?


Women who consider themselves unattractive, what’s something men don’t realize about how they treat you compared to women they find attractive?


What is the best laptop you can get for under 650€?

I am looking for a new laptop for my sister. Her budget is 650€.
What laptop is the best overall? Macbooks are excluded, as she doesn't like them. The OS is not important, I can install the OS myself.
It shouldn't be a gaming laptop and it also should have a long battery life. No ARM or RISC-V laptops please. Build quality should be decent.

Thanks in advance.

edit: specific requirements

- Display size: 13 to 15 inches
- Display resolution: +1920x1080px
- Aspect ratio: 16:9
- Thickness: Slim
- Screen color accuracy is not important
- Screen should be anti glare
- RAM: +8GB SODIMM DDR5
- Storage: +512GB SSD
- Touchscreen: preferred
- Foldable screen: preferred
- Upgradeability: RAM and the SSD should be upgradeable
- Keyboard: QWERTZ, DE-AT
- GPU performance does not matter, would be only useful for video hardware acceleration
- CPU performance does matter


What was a good blog back in the blogosphere days? And can you still find it (archived or not)?


What are the most interesting user tags you have?

I had a lot on Connect but, since switching to Piefed, I've lost most of them. I'm curious if there are any new ones I should save!


How does your area recycle, and how could Chicago apply that to improve its recycling rate?

I live in Chicago and we have one of the worst recycling rates in the country, even for valuable materials like aluminum. I have read about the Oregon bottle bill which has been successful.


What good things have happened to you, or for you, over the last week?


How do you manage to keep working on a project once the "honeymoon phase" wears off?

Have you found anything that works for you, when finishing a project takes longer than the initial motivation rush will take you?

[@asklemmy](https://lemmy.world/c/asklemmy)


If you had the "opportunity" to get an abdominal/pelvic MRI that wasn't entirely medically necessary, would you do it?

Hopefully this isn't breaking rules.  Yes it is a veiled attempt at advice because I've been hemming and hawing.  But the question can be answered purely as is.  There are obviously pros and cons so I'd like to know how you all feel.

Thank you.


What laws (if any) should exist around recreational drugs?

If you don't believe laws should exist in general you don't have to participate in the conversation. This could include any country/government. Please keep it civil.


Would you rather be able to magically speak the language, understand the customs/etiquette/etc, or know how to navigate the streets and hills upon visiting a new place?

Which do you think would be more important when going to a new place: being able to understand and speak the language like a native, knowing the customs and practices of the place, or understanding the streets like somebody who has lived there for decades?

edit: as somebody described it, it's language vs customs vs lay of the land


Who does the algorithm(s) think you are?

What kind of ads or 'suggested' content gets pushed to you the most on the internet? Make up your new identity based on the ad/suggested content you get served the most.

Algorithm(s) thinks I'm a menopausal Latina woman who loves cats, and wants to drive a truck/SUV. I also get a ton of of the 'is your boyfriend/husband abusing you?' type of therapy-talk content, which is hilarious.

Most of my ads are for menstrual products and std/hormone pharma drugs, then it's a mix of cat/pet product ads and lots of truck/suv ads. At least 1/3 are in spanish.

Only one of these that is remotely accurate is I do have a cat.


Anyone know any communities that centers around clothing or clothing advice?

For context I have this jacket but I want tracksuit bottoms to go with it, preferably the same colour palette (black, white and red).

![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/12454feb-ae87-479c-b620-f91969ac11d8.jpeg)

![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d700ebac-2c4f-42fb-a0de-fd8319ac3fb0.jpeg)


Underrated albums/EPs from the last 2 decades?

What music albums or EPs released in the last ~20 years are way less popular than they should be?

Anything with over a million listens is probably already too popular for the purposes of this question. Looking for stuff that never got much air play, but is really excellent.


What is your favourite hobby and what do you value it for?


Who was the MOST Trump like Roman Emperor/Consul?

Just some late night curiosity. I was wondering which Roman republic/empire leader resembled Trump the most in terms of:
- stupidity
- narcissism
- harm done to the republic/empire

Basically, someone who was hilariously stupid, narcissistic and just really harmful to the state. Byzantine emperors can be considered as well, okay?


How can Americans view their soldiers' deaths as tragic events, despite the U.S. initiating wars and killing other countries' civilians without justification?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1282913/how-can-americans-view-their-soldiers-deaths-as-tragic-events-despite-the-u-s-initiating


What's something you know about philosophy?

I was just thinking about how the last time i learned any philosophy was 15+ years ago, so i wonder, what's something y'all know about philosophy? Let's talk about it!


Are there any unskilled, minimum-wage jobs that would leave me with some amount of free time every day?

And: where to look for such jobs? What would be the process to find them with any chance of success?

I hope the question in the title is general enough that more people might find it useful, I'm sure I can't be the only one. I'm going to include some extra details specific to myself below, but you can just ignore them if you want to.

- I have no education beyond high school and no useful skills, although I do have a couple of years worth of work experience at this point. I don't really have the will to learn anything new for the purpose of getting a job any more.
- I have been unbelievably lucky in that the circumstances allow me to live on minimum wage in humane conditions, and beyond the basic expenses I have nothing to spend money on anyway. So it doesn't matter to me how much I get paid.
- I spend all of my free time on things like reading, drawing, writing, thinking, occasionally learning something new. If I could spend even just a couple of work hours every day with a pen and paper and an Internet connection, it would make me a bit happier.


Anyone in the southern Canadian or US Midwest or NE change their furnace filters yet?

Just wondering how filthy they are with any soot, ash, or smoke in the air from the fires.


What's the most bizarre reason someone has been arrested prosecuted and imprisoned for?


If you had to choose one place in the world to start from nothing and survive solo, where would you pick, and why?


Have you ever known someone that would leave gross messes in public bathrooms? Why did they do it?

You know, shit on the toilet seat, piss on the floor...why do they do it?

And not to be rude but I'm not looking for everyone's speculations as to why. I'm curious if there's anyone with firm knowledge about their motivations, either because they know someone who does it or because they do it themselves.


What is your take on romantic love? How do you experience it?

This question might be too abstract. But it seems like people look for different aspects in romantic relationships. There are the ones that are drawn to opposite traits, ones seeking excitement, ones that wish for a stable anchor in their life, etc. And most of this happens subconsciously – or it does not. Maybe you have a different approach to love. Tell me about it.


Anyone know what front end nba.space uses? (solved)

Random find - I did not know [nba.space](https://nba.space/) was a thing, or what FE it is using.


Moral dilemma about cassette tapes [solved thank you!!]

Update: Thank you guys on this, want 100% sure what to do, but overall clear communication of conditions is probably the best way to go.

For the different medias we’ll have a “shit to mint condition” or STM for short: for Vinyls, CDs and of course Cassettes. For those medias that are under like a 3/5 we use restorative methods like normal cleaning and deoxidation. If we do end up in a situation where we need to restore a cassette beyond our capabilities it’ll be marked 1/5 to 2/5 and sold cheaper with reference to a cassette restoration service or a guide on restoring them themselves, which may include info to replace tapes if they so wish. anything way past recovery / not worth recovery can be used as up-cycle arts for local artists or in house (basically just us messing about haha)

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Ok, so we’re planning on opening a music+Alternative store in the near future and one of the medias were wanting to stock are cassettes especially since they're becoming more popular. However to anyone who knows about cassette tapes, they are extremely susceptible to yk. *dying*

While our stock atm is small, we already got one that is completely fucked on one side of the tape (muffled to no audio in one ear on both A and B sides) effectively the cassette is not good for sale. We’ve looked over some posts and some say to replace the tape and re-record the album, however they're all personal collectors, not sale. While the tape is dead, it’s not authentic or original if it’s *repaired* or well, realistically tape being replaced. If it was our personal collection no worries! But this is marked for sale. Maybe if it’s marked as “repaired” or something? Idk how other music stores handle this.

So long story short, would it be ethical to replace the tape and re-record the album and keep or for sale (and also marking it as repaired)? Or take the L and keep for our personal collection? We’re leaning on the latter, but if were over thinking things lmk thx


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