confluence

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[–] confluence@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The cellular-bananular phone changed my life. I still sing it to this day

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Modern astrophysics exists because a house fell on a teenage orphan.

Who as a result got adopted by a prince.

He got access to a royal lab for glassmaking.

Then he tried fixing color aberration in his microscope lenses.

Then he noticed the rainbow had holes in it. Huh.

Then he died. Glassmaking and tuberculosis are fast friends.

Then Bunsen invented his burner, which made spectra that matched the rainbow holes. Huh.

Now we know what stars and planetary atmospheres are made of!

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Especially with Project 2025 (day one after the election of the next GOP candidate). The executive branch will no longer be controllable by the other two branches. Also, Schedule F will allow all "policy-related" government workers to be rescheduled as fireable employees, allowing the Prez to install loyalists throughout the entire government. It's definitely time to freak the fuck out.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

And for trying to pull the group along, as futile as it may be.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I respect it. We need more of this.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

all of them

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Redesign the spine for vertical use. Don't put the eating and breathing tubes on either side of the same flap.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly, AI trained on successful governance and social satisfaction would be a better president than what we have now. Then again, so would my cat.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

humor is subjective

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Fucking hilarious

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some birb names have recently been changed, but it was more about reversing racial stereotypes. The tits and bananaquits got to stay

 

We really shouldn't take this Meta thing lightly.

They could offer the slickest interface and keep people locked to their friends. That interface can use protocols that make it difficult/impossible for non-Threads instances to play ball (ooh this cool new feature is only available through the Threads app; Oh, mybasement.world.ml.xyz can't read that content). There are many ways to Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish, we've seen Meta do it before (e.g. XMPP), and I'm sure we haven't even thought of some ways Threads could EEE.

I think defederation from Meta's instances is probably our only option to protect what we have.

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