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MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•World's Largest Psych Association Passes Policy Supporting Trans Youth Care By Massive Margin13·1 year agoHyperlinks are a liberal psy-op. I’ll only click regular links.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Videos@lemmy.world•Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale [3:03]3·1 year agoThat was absolutely beautiful.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•Yahoo lays off the leaders of EngadgetEnglish5·1 year agoI used to enjoy the old Joystiq site. Followed them to Engadget. Hell, I used the Joystiq url redirect bookmark until it stopped working. Might as well just delete the bookmark now, no sense it watching it slide further into irrelevancy.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit's licensing deal means Google's AI can soon be trained on the best humanity has to offer — completely unhinged postsEnglish81·1 year agoThat’s what she said.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases5·1 year agoVideodrome
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. I remember watching it as a teenager in the 90s and having no freaking clue what was going on.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated123·1 year agoI hate that people in charge were never able to properly communicate this subtle difference.
It was communicated just fine. I got that info. You got that info. It was out there. But the signal to noise ratio was unreal. People seem to prefer soundbites and false dichotomies over accurate, nuanced information. Sprinkle in a metric shitton of wedge issue misinformation delivered via sledgehammer and you get what we got:
VACCINE BAD!
VACCINE GOOD!
GRANDPA HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL DIE!
VACCINE STILL GOOD!
I HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL GET SICK AND BOSS MAKE ME STAY HOME AND NO GET MONEY! VACCINE BAD!
VACCINE… BAD?
DOCTOR LIED! SCIENCE BAD!
Well actually…
YOU STUPID, VACCINE BAD!
VACCINE BAD!
COVID OVER, NO NEED VACCINE!
HOORAY!
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TiL the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anywayEnglish281·1 year agoSciShow did a piece (partially) about this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEFQH5UXHQ
And Veritasium did a deeper dive a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA
The whole situation is thoroughly fucked up, but hey, as long as people are making money amirite? 😑
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat PumpEnglish10·1 year agoGetting a heat pump has been on my want-to-do list for years. But even though my furnace is aging, it still works so it’s been hard to justify while there were other issues going on. Accelerating adoption is only going to make the process easier when the time comes.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?542·1 year agoLive with underlying existential dread for decades. Watch as “doing what you love” becomes “hating what you used to love because you’re forced to do it so that there’s enough numbers in the computer to prove that you’re worthy of continued existence.” Contemplate the pointlessness of it all on a daily basis. Be reminded that your feelings are invalid because “other people have it worse” every time the topic comes up. Nod listlessly as “successful” people tout their own hard work while ignoring any factor luck and privilege played, then tune out when they shift into the dissonant duet of “I succeeded because I am exceptional” and “anyone can do the same if they just work harder.”
Wake up the next morning and realize there’s roughly 30 more years of this, barring a massive coronary or aneurism or something.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials10·1 year agoUsername checks out.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Leaving the bidet on "feminine" mode is the female equivalent of leaving the toilet seat up.15·1 year agoI don’t like it, but watching the flush can save a whole lot of pain. Clogs suck.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Voyager@lemmy.world•I am on iOS. Sometime Voyager is fine to switch in and out of for multitasking. However other times, (like right now) it reloads my feed every time I switch apps.English5·1 year agoI’ve noticed that other apps reload more frequently when Voyager is open, as well.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.websiteto Games@lemmy.world•Games that force you to make hard choicesEnglish6·1 year agoNipple tassels.
Agreed. And in gif/video heavy communities, it really bogs things down.
I grew up constantly surrounded by the latter and knew when I smelled the former that the adults were about to act like idiots. I think I’d rather lose my sense of smell than have to endure either consistently.