2020 was… truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn’t get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision...
The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses....
Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit Monday against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike over pay and working conditions in the country’s fifth-largest school district, which includes Las Vegas....
Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday....
Since my favorite reddit app came to Lemmy I’m really keen on getting more people into the fediverse to pump up the volume of content around here. Are there any initiatives that we can assist to get folks onboard?...
Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive,...
Spencer said in no uncertain terms that Microsoft could exit the gaming business if this projection became reality. Microsoft needs the light green and blue segments (PC and cloud) to get much larger and much faster by fiscal year 2027, or it could opt out of the business altogether....
I was wondering, with all the different Lemmy clients and frontends, what/which out of these do people actually use? To answer this, I made a poll if anyone wants to fill it out, and I tried to put every client I could find.
Yesterday (19/08/2023) everything worked fine. Today (20/08/2023) I can no longer login to Twitch using Firefox. I restarted browser and cleared cache. No change....
The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.
I’m a software developer, and I’m currently noodling around with the idea of a small suite of software to help me moderate a couple communities. Right now, the features I’m thinking of are:...
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard...
I don’t mind what the servers admins need to do. But please don’t take quotes out of context.
“With the cumulative updates Users may show/hide avatars, show/hide scores, show/hide NSFW content, show/hide read posts, show/hide notifications for new posts, block users, block communities, report direct messages, mods can distinguish a comment to sticky it to the top of a post. Users may set their feed in their account settings to determine if the default feed is local (hexbear.net only), subscribed (user subscribed communities only), or all (all posts on unblocked communities on federated instances).
Hello users of Hexbear in the next couple of weeks (exact date will most likely be somewhere around the 5th of August) we will be taking the site down for approximately three hours to update to lemmy 0.18.3 and begin federation., as we prepare for federation we wanted to create a primer for etiquette when engaging in the fediverse.
Please read and respect the rules of the community instance in which you are posting/commenting. Please try to keep the dirtbag lib-dunking to hexbear itself. Do not follow the Chapo Rules of Posting, instead try to engage utilizing informed rhetoric with sources to dismantle western propaganda. Posting the western atrocity propaganda and pig poop balls is hilarious but will pretty quickly get you banned and if enough of us do it defederated. Realize that you are a representative of the hexbear instance when you post on other instances.
Know that your posts, comments, and DMs involving communities/users of other instances are stored on those instances databases, while delete requests are sent there is no guarantee they will be honored, especially if a different platform is involved (mastodon, etc).
In addition, a reminder that you may set your feed or search to local/subscribed/all and block users/communities to have a greater control over what content you have. Local is Hexbear only, subscribed is communities from hexbear and federated instances that you have specifically subscribed to, and All is hexbear + all federated instances. There will be a pinned post in the !hexbear community where you can nominate instances for our allow-list or block-list.
In closing, I want to remind everyone that the moderation policy of Hexbear communities will not change and will be strictly applied to any users from a federated instance. While we are not responsible for moderation policy of remote communities our admins do see reports you make of posts/comments on federated instances, and we are able to remove them, while not actually deleting the post/comment it does hide it so Hexbear users cannot see/interact with it.”
I was on the edge buying the thing and told myself that if I use it 50 hours it’s a reasonable purchase. Now I’m sporting closer to 200h within one year I could not be happier....
This seems like a very normal thing with all social media. Now if the server isn’t banning and removing the content within a reasonable amount of time then we have major issues.
Seems like if you talk about Mastodon but not Twitter or Facebook in the same post it makes it feel like one is greater than the others. This article seems half banked to get clicks.
UPDATED: Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia tweeted Friday that StreetsLA would be fining Universal Studios $250 for trimming trees without a city permit. He also said that “outdated l…
insane infrastructure needed
Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election?
2020 was… truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn’t get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision...
Flagship gaming website loses its video team as star of ‘Zero Punctuation’ resigns (www.news.com.au)
The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier. (english.elpais.com)
Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson arrested at Hong Kong airport over gun in bag (www.nbcnews.com)
A Washington state senator was arrested at the airport in Hong Kong and charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, his office said....
Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored 'Don't Say Gay' sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud (apnews.com)
The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses....
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Test GIF (i.imgur.com)
Test GIF
Lemmy active users down, comments steady and posts up
So since the mass-exodus from Reddit we can see that the total amount of active users has gone down rather heavily: i.imgur.com/MeQok2F.png...
Making rope part 1 (i.imgur.com)
i.imgur.com/K5aFG4j.mp4
The precision is impressive (imgur.com)
It was all a lie (imgur.com)
Joint statement from Germany, France, UK, Italy and USA on support of Israel (i.imgur.com)
Yes, This Is Israel’s 9/11 (theintercept.com)
Both the U.S. and Israel were stunned to experience the ultraviolence they mete out to others....
Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking (apnews.com)
Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit Monday against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike over pay and working conditions in the country’s fifth-largest school district, which includes Las Vegas....
initial rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Image Description: Top Text - Don’t Fuck With Initial D Fans Bottom Text - Only Like 2 Of Us Actually Finished The Show....
Hawaii's 'overtourism' becomes growing debate as West Maui reopens for visitors (abcnews.go.com)
West Maui began reopening Sunday to visitors just two months after a wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina....
California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom (apnews.com)
Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday....
How can we boost Lemmy membership?
Since my favorite reddit app came to Lemmy I’m really keen on getting more people into the fediverse to pump up the volume of content around here. Are there any initiatives that we can assist to get folks onboard?...
"Burger King In 400 Years" by Liam Pannier (cdna.artstation.com)
Source: Burger King In 400 Years (by Liam Pannier - ArtStation)...
‘Ranting, rambling, and paranoid’: Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam (lawandcrime.com)
Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive,...
Books (medal.tv)
Microsoft May Exit Gaming Business If Game Pass Subscribers off Console Don't Increase Enough by 2027 (wccftech.com)
Spencer said in no uncertain terms that Microsoft could exit the gaming business if this projection became reality. Microsoft needs the light green and blue segments (PC and cloud) to get much larger and much faster by fiscal year 2027, or it could opt out of the business altogether....
What Lemmy Client(s) Do You Use? (strawpoll.com)
I was wondering, with all the different Lemmy clients and frontends, what/which out of these do people actually use? To answer this, I made a poll if anyone wants to fill it out, and I tried to put every client I could find.
Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Rating down at 77% (store.steampowered.com)
I must say it is not the best RPG out there, but I feel like it would have earned more. I personally have a lot of fun playing....
The details (imgur.com)
The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) (buttondown.email)
Charlie Jane Anders discusses KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act)....
Twitch no longer supports Firefox ??? (lemmy.world)
Yesterday (19/08/2023) everything worked fine. Today (20/08/2023) I can no longer login to Twitch using Firefox. I restarted browser and cleared cache. No change....
iPhone 14 Pro users complain of major drops in battery health and capacity after less than a year (9to5mac.com)
Red Cross ends blood-donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men (www.cnbc.com)
The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.
Hey, Lemmy community mods, what would a useful moderation suite look like?
I’m a software developer, and I’m currently noodling around with the idea of a small suite of software to help me moderate a couple communities. Right now, the features I’m thinking of are:...
Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime (www.propublica.org)
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard...
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
Lemmy.world Hexbear Statement
Update:...
How much do you use your deck? Was it a good purchase?
I was on the edge buying the thing and told myself that if I use it 50 hours it’s a reasonable purchase. Now I’m sporting closer to 200h within one year I could not be happier....
Update: Pushing back against the wave of bot accounts on Lemmy (sh.itjust.works)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/1823812...
[News, Call for Action] The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
cross-posted from: monyet.cc/post/153506...
NEW MODERATORS WANTED
Hello everyone! This community was abandoned by its only moderator, and so we’re here to find amazing new moderators!...
Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem (www.theverge.com)
Not a good look for Mastodon - what can be done to automate the removal of CSAM?
Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast (arstechnica.com)
NBCUniversal to Be Fined $250 After Strike Tree-Trimming Controversy (variety.com)
UPDATED: Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia tweeted Friday that StreetsLA would be fining Universal Studios $250 for trimming trees without a city permit. He also said that “outdated l…
Would like to take over Lemmy.world/c/antiwork
Just made antiwork_...