America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum -- out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus -- out of ONE, many.
They figured out that egalitarian secular Democracy wasn't meeting their racist ends, and couldn't ever be forced to through the power of argument, so instead of changing what they want, they're out to destroy the entire construct
English singer Robert Palmer releases the single, "Simply Irresistible", which will peak at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It would also win a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at next year's ceremony. In the UK, the record was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single, even though it had only risen...
Before the internet you would have to go to a library to read a book you didn't want to purchase. Libraries are still a thing. You can still go there to borrow a book, read it, and return it, so that others can read it.
The only difference here is the magnitude of access, where publishers weren't very concerned with at the local library level for token public good, but are very much now alarmed with, in that the internet can distribute content to everyone all the time, content they were very much hoping to continue to monetize.
It's information gatekeeping, but no one is going to tell the publishing industry they might as well fold up shop and stop publishing because they can't make any money at it any longer.
curiously, i can see images in both the lemmy.world and lemm.ee post links you included in your comment (as well as the image from the og mastodon post). the originals must have been posted from kbin or mbin instances since i'm using fedia.io which is an mbin instance
I'm fairly certain, with no proof to back this up I am willing to spend the time gathering, that we aren't reading enough into the origins of the european cryptids, tho
Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
I bought the device (s), I use it to turn on/off my lights, ask it the time and date every now and then, everything it prompts me for is annoying as fuck. I'm not paying a monthly fee for a device that I purchased to do simple tasks that were included when I bought it.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS News on Monday that the agreement with Ukraine to fire into Russia extends wherever Russian forces are attempting to invade.
no, but seriously, the harder and more effectively ukraine strikes russia with western made weapons the closer putin will get to saying "fuck it" and attacking a nato signatory, and then, it's a party
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
seeing as how ethnicity and geographic origin of the american slaves were purposefully destroyed and lost, to cut them off from their history by design, their created culture will need to suffice
well, no, the reason is commercial, chicken is one of the cheapest and easiest proteins to raise in the smallest amount of space, which works out better for those of lesser means. everybody loves fried chicken, sure, but it's not the reason it's always been a stereotypical hallmark of the American Black population
all a show, elon bought twitter at the behest and with the investment of the saudis to kill it because they were getting too much heat for kashoggi. the fascist virtue signaling is all just a bonus for him, because he's a racist child.
I got my S10 in my pocket, works perfectly, removable expandable 500 GB storage, headphone jack (that's a fact), and has saved me thousands in buying a new phone, and that number just keeps going up every year
I see all these paltry nonsense "improvements" hahahahaha. Lipstick on a pig that's pretty enough already.
If Japan wasn't so inherently racist to foreigners, it would be a target rich environment for people looking to invest in the culture, the country and starting a family
well, sure they can, in a snap of a finger, give 18 to 30 year old married Japanese free houses, free advanced education, and free childcare, this would get fixed in a matter of 20 years
I've been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn't specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal breaker...
There's a lot of "play" in tasks accomplished when working in an office, not so much when companies have spy software gauging every minute one spend on their corporate owned pc's remotely, some find even less freedom when under that type of 9 hr scrutiny day in day out
Why is there no hair? It's completely surrounded by hair. The entire rest of the head (except parts of the actual face) is covered by hair. Other animals have hair.
I got all my sisters with me ( fedia.io )
Centipedes aren't bugs, they're arthropods ( beehaw.org )
Homemade clubhouse sandwich with apple fries ( lemmy.world )
Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues ( www.reuters.com )
Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim.
EU charges Microsoft with 'abusive' bundling of Teams and Office, breaching antitrust rules ( www.cnbc.com )
Song of the Day: Hot for Teacher by Van Halen ( youtu.be )
i got it bad, so bad
fin ( fedia.io )
Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?
America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum -- out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus -- out of ONE, many.
Your mom gets a new boyfriend ( lemmy.world )
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 06/22/1988 ( youtu.be )
English singer Robert Palmer releases the single, "Simply Irresistible", which will peak at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It would also win a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at next year's ceremony. In the UK, the record was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single, even though it had only risen...
NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data ( arstechnica.com )
“We are letting the data drive our decision."
Nobel Prize to Be Awarded to Forum User From 9 Years Ago With Same Niche Problem ( hard-drive.net )
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/14056585
Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win ( arstechnica.com )
What's the reason for the empty comments, lately?
In the last few weeks, I frequently see some empty comments. It's just the username and no text beneath....
Key Democrats allow US sale of F-15 jets to Israel in $18 billion deal ( www.cnn.com )
Just in case you thought maybe the Dems had finally seen the light after Rafah. Nope! How about even more bombs for Israel?
Wouldn't it be funny if there ended up being a plastic-based life form and they wondered how they came to be...
...and they COULD NOT think of a natural process that could produce plastics in the environment in the amounts required to produce life?...
Almost all of the American ones I've heard of are terrifying. ( lemmy.world )
Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )
Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
US signals that it has expanded policy to allow Ukraine to counterstrike into Russia ( ca.news.yahoo.com )
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS News on Monday that the agreement with Ukraine to fire into Russia extends wherever Russian forces are attempting to invade.
Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? ( old.lemmy.world )
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges ( futurism.com )
No new posts on Fedia all day? Federation broken? ( fedia.io )
Hi, it appears that federation is down on Fedia. I haven't seen any new posts all day. Anyone else seeing the same thing?
c'mon man ( fedia.io )
Seeing more than he should... ( lemmy.world )
Android 15 might finally stop treating slow 7.5W chargers as fast ( www.androidauthority.com )
TL;DR...
Majority of Japanese support government-run dating apps ( www.asahi.com )
Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2 ( www.macrumors.com )
How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?
I've been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn't specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal breaker...
How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Work ( hbr.org )
See, Apple? Even cars can do it :)
The whole concept of a forehead (hairless forehead) is strange.
Why is there no hair? It's completely surrounded by hair. The entire rest of the head (except parts of the actual face) is covered by hair. Other animals have hair.
What the heck is a god dang cloud?