They don’t like algorithms. They want you to select which content you see.

That’s all I’ve got. Mastodon is a better, more open tech. And it’s pretty easy to get set up, relatively. It’s insane that companies haven’t jumped on it.

You don’t even have to quit Twitter. You can just post to more than one place and give people the option.

How much does the setup cost? assuming I’m already self hosting and have some disk space.

VPN and a seed box?

The House is still being counted. It’s very close, but not over yet.

He doesn’t have the House yet.

Just be grateful if you’re not in one of the first groups. I spoke up as loudly as I could.

I’ll wait 72 hours before settling with it, in case any shenanigans were involved. I expect it’s legitimate, but I want that window open if it’s needed.

He did change his tune after he became Secretary of Energy.

Also, May 15, 2023 — Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry would not support former President Donald Trump in his reelection campaign when asked on Sunday,

Also one of the three departments Rick Perry (R-Texas) couldn’t remember that he wanted to eliminate.

Generally you’d want to post this to !support, but I happened to see it here.

Done. Note that you may have issues moderating a cross server instance. It might be worth adding a lemmy.world alt as a moderator.

I was the generation we were hopeful for. All we’ve done is stall. We got Obama elected… and that’s about it.

We need a plan that’s better than “wait it out”. That one tends to fail.

And who will they blame? Probably others.

We’ve expected that for over a generation. It’s more than just the boomers doing this. If you’re waiting for Gen X, you’re going to have to wait for Millennials too, because we thought the same thing.

It wasn’t boomers that were influenced by r/the_donald and 4chan.

I’d also like to see specialist instances. There could absolutely be a separate instance that has major sports, for example. Or even just the NFL. Kind of like the benefits of old forums, but with the benefits of federation and Reddit.

More geographic based instances would also be great.

Otherwise I’m not into more instances just for defederation’s sake. Email works just fine having most users in a few major hosts. Lemmy can be similar. It’s the option to leave that is important.

I had the same conversation today with a family member about abortion.

“Okay. You’ve known a lot of women in your life. Who is getting an abortion at nine months?”

Followed later by "If someone is getting an ‘abortion’ at nine months, it’s because someone is dying. Either the mother is dying or the baby has encephalitis and is going to die painfully. Nobody is going through mine months of pregnancy only to then get an abortion.

I also dropped the idea that these laws are allowing rapists to choose the mother of their children. Not all states have exceptions, and often the ones that do require a conviction of rape. Do you know how difficult a conviction of rape is? First, it’s a difficult crime to prove. Second, pleading down to sexual assault means it’s no longer rape. You know who I primarily want making that decision? The girl can ultimately decide what happened and what she wants to do about it no police involved.

This discussion is all about whether you want cops showing up to arrest doctors and recently pregnant women who may or may not have wanted to be pregnant.

I haven’t played it on mobile, but it does seem made for it. And everything is turn based with absolutely no timers.

I avoided the game after hearing the addiction rumors. A friend bought it as a steam gift.

It didn’t get me as good as Slay the Spire did, but it’s pretty good.

But if you go back 20 years, you also get the now, just later.

Sound like something you did with replacing files. KeePass is dead simple, and that’s why it’s great.

Perfect. Thank you!