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What are your thoughts around the death of Larry Henderson and Ryan Hinton, and the actions of Rondney Hinton Jr.?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/us/ohio-rodney-hinton-jr-arrest-hnk I don't know if the article is impartial. I just thought people might need some context.
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Tim Cruise has something besides luck, you have to admit that by now. He landed that thing because he WANTED to land that thing.

TC, he’s just like you and me. He puts his pants on one leg at a time.

But after his pants are on he makes hit movies.











I have no idea. Something called “Milo”?

It’s just nice to be able to put something on that’s innocent and childlike. There isn’t much like that around.

It’s gentle.




Could you break down the groups you’re talking about? What is zionism and what makes it problematic?


I was curious about the practice and culture of people I’m not familiar with.



Would have if they were more aware. Go look at the top posts. Look at the bottom posts.

Get back to me.


Perhaps there’s an IQ cutoff you’d favor as well? Perhaps a psychological exam? Surely the mentality handicapped shouldn’t vote, right?

You speak to me of empathy?



What's the best way of dealing with Maga hatred, white power, genocide denial and other things you see a Lemmy user espousing?
If I ignore/block them, it allows them to continue unchallenged. I hate getting into it with them, since they are a baseline idiot. I guess that's it. I saw a person with a 6 month account spouting garbage, was gonna block but thought perhaps that wasn't morally responsible. Wondering what the options were.
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I've seen a few guillotine posts of late, and it got me thinking. While it's a highly efficient means of execution, isn't it technically challenging?
What angle must the blade be? Is it good to have a high attack angle, or one that's nearly flat? How heavy should the apparatus holding the blade be? How far should it travel? Is keen sharpening important, or does the weight do most of the work? What kind of latch/release do you use? Lastly, morbid extra credit, did they ever execute someone with their face up, so they could see the blade coming? EDIT FOR CLARITY: Way more complex than an axe or a noose.
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Does anyone know why the Trump administration want's thousands, maybe millions of people to default on their student loans?
If you are currently needing help OF ANY KIND on your student loans it just isn't available. You have no option but to default. This is an intentional situation created by the current administration. WHY? What purpose does this serve? What possible use could it be to ANYONE, conservative, liberal, communist, or fascist to have people in this situation? Could someone please explain what is happening? I know I'll get a lot of "They just like hurting people" or "They're just bastards" and that sort of thing, but surely, they must care about their "legacy?" Burning down the country isn't what anyone should look for on a resume. What the hell is going on? What's the end game? UGH. Just found this... Palingenetic ultranationalism Palingenetic ultranationalism is a definition of "true fascism" proposed by political theorist Roger Griffin. The phrase was first coined by Griffin in his 1991 book The Nature of Fascism. A key element is the belief that fascism can be defined by what Griffin posits in his book to be the true core myth of fascism, namely that of the need for a social revolution to occur first before a "national rebirth", palingenesis, could then take place. Griffin argues that the unique synthesis of palingenesis, populism and ultranationalism differentiates fascism from para-fascism and other authoritarian, nationalist ideologies. He asserts that this is the "fascist minimum" without which, according to his definition, there can be no "true fascism". Griffin himself describes fascism as a political philosophy built on the "perverse mythic logic" of destruction, which the fascist believes will then be followed by some form of political rebirth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palingenetic_ultranationalism
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What's an Executive Order? Where is it spelled out what the do and how they're regulated? Can they be vetoed by another arm of government?
Sounds like some made-up bullshit to me. Let's throw a flag on this motherfucker and stop the game for a review. EDIT: Even if it's a thing, how can it have the **_superpower_** of closing entire government agencies, opening new ones that supersede national security laws, and nationalizing a voting system that resides in the states?
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I've got hand tremors, and I'm looking for a large tablet that's cheap and reliable. Mostly reading comics, books, browsing, watching videos, and some social like Lemmy. I don't like Apple stuff.
Any suggestions? I didn't mind older/used stuff, or off brand, smaller or foreign stuff. I don't know if Linux does tablets but I'd be open to that as well. Battery life isn't really an issue. I'm not going to be using it that way, it's just for ease of access at home
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What is something you've done that you believe very few other people have done? Only one caveat: it can't be cool or jealousy-provoking.
I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis". Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
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Is there a service that gives you a web address that serves as a IP address for your home laptop or computer? I seem to remember something like that being mentioned on some previous post.
I'm having some difficulty accessing my overseerr and calibre servers from outside the local network. I'm running NordVPN and I can access them when I don't have the VPN on, but I run it all the time, so under that condition I can't access my libraries remotely. Edit: duh. I'm on Linux Mint 22.1
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Which of the things that Trump has "done" by Presidential order are unconstitutional for him to do? I'm assuming all of them.
I think the Constitution has to be the highest law in the land, the place we turn when all else breaks down. I know it's old, but it's what we have to fight back with, and we shouldn't concede any ground without a fight.
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Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.
Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please. I'm really excited to see what Lemmy has.
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It seems like if what you're showing is what you understand they find appealing and fun, then surely that's what should be in the game. You give them that. But instead, you give them something else that is unrelated to what they've seen on the ad? A gem matching candy crush clone they've seen a thousand times? How is that model working? How is that holding up as a marketing technique???
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What the hell...???
I mean, what the hell, really?
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