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Powderhorn , 14 days ago to Chat in Unsure where to post but does anyone else think beehaw is s little too closed off?

I've done the same and feel the same way. I'm still active on Reddit because I want to be an active part of helping people who have questions. I don't feel the larger Lemmy community wants that so much as to complain about things. I certainly have things to complain about in life, but I don't feel it's healthy for me to engage with spaces that are going to cause more issues than they resolve.

Powderhorn , 14 days ago to Chat in Unsure where to post but does anyone else think beehaw is s little too closed off?

And you would be ... 🤣

I do kid. I enjoy that we have the options to dive into the deep end elsewhere or just hang out in a space where bullshit is quickly quashed. I'm here for discussion and to be active in ensuring this is a place I never find myself regretting joining.

Is it what everyone wants? Of course not, but that was never the intent of Beehaw to my knowledge. I'm glad you're happy here and hope you continue to feel that way. And, you know what? Fuck anyone who tells you not to be happy with what you have. This is not Beehaw- or Lemmy-specific, this is life. Never let anyone else bring you down for what you're comfortable with.

Powderhorn , 15 days ago to World News in Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program

Has there ever been a left-wing austerity programme? This is anti-labour bullshit every fucking time.

Powderhorn OP , 15 days ago to Science in Flawed, scandalous trials tank FDA expert support for MDMA therapy

A bit late to the party, but the FDA panel is a recommendation body, not the FDA itself. FDA can overrule this, but as I said, that's a fraught choice.

Powderhorn , 26 days ago to Technology in Instagram is training AI on your data. It’s nearly impossible to opt out

Talk about begging the question. Block all Meta domains at the router level, and ... uh ... don't have an account.

Powderhorn OP , 28 days ago to Chat in Any other burners here? I'm just home from my first, and thinking I'll leave the empathetic expletives for the body.

They do give the best cuddles, though raver bois are a close second!

Powderhorn , 28 days ago to World News in Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza

Bold statement of American values, Nikki. Surely, this will improve international respect for the U.S.

Powderhorn , 28 days ago to World News in Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza

Dehumanization is a central pillar of several playbooks. None ends well.

Powderhorn , 28 days ago to Politics in Donald Trump suffers triple polling blow in 48 hours after guilty verdict

I'm glad the feds dropped this case and New York picked it up for the simple reason that a pardon could only come from the New York governor. It's not in the president's power to pardon state convictions, which may be important going forward.

Powderhorn , 28 days ago to Politics in Donald Trump suffers triple polling blow in 48 hours after guilty verdict

YouGov and Morning Consult's polls are outside the realm of "useful" in terms of political reporting.

Thing about court cases is it doesn't matter what the public thinks about a jury decision. That's what elections are for; here, the determinations of exactly 12 people are all that counts.

Here's the one useful graf in the entire story:

A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between Thursday and Friday found that 5 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of independents said they are much less likely to vote for Trump because of the jury's ruling. Meanwhile, 30 percent of Republicans and 13 percent of independents said the verdict made them much more likely to vote for Trump. However, the majority of Republicans (55 percent), independents (58 percent), and Democrats (58 percent) said the verdict didn't change their minds on whether or not to vote for the former president.

Given the narrow outcomes in swing states in 2020, that 5% drop in GOP support is much larger than it sounds. Like, more than 11,000 votes that will need to be "found."

That said, national polls are functionally useless for presidential elections on account of the Electoral College. All registered Republicans in California could abandon Trump without moving the needle on the election outcome; how that 5% is distributed among states and territories is the news, but with this sort of sample size, further breakdowns would have minimal or zero confidence.

Powderhorn OP , 29 days ago to Chat in "To be mad at the right person, for the right reason, at the right time, with a proper response, isn't possible."

Appreciate the sourcing. As with so many things, the original is better.

Powderhorn OP , 29 days ago to Chat in "To be mad at the right person, for the right reason, at the right time, with a proper response, isn't possible."

Colour me confused. I was inviting conversation about it because I found it interesting and felt conflicted about whether I agreed.

Powderhorn , 1 month ago to Politics in Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

Rules for thee but not for me.

Powderhorn OP , 1 month ago to Chat in Any other burners here? I'm just home from my first, and thinking I'll leave the empathetic expletives for the body.

This is such an amazingly beautiful offer that I'm not sure how to respond. Thank you for bringing the burn spirit into the real world ... I'm still working on integrating my experience and know I won't ever be the same person I was last week, but it's such a massive shift that I want to take my time to understand who I now am and the extent to which some of my mental struggles will be different.

And thank you for the kind words about my writing. It means so much to me that what I enjoy doing can bring others joy.

Powderhorn OP , 1 month ago to Chat in Any other burners here? I'm just home from my first, and thinking I'll leave the empathetic expletives for the body.

I'm not entirely mobile yet ... watch this space. What do tickets run for that?