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Welcome to Lemmy.fan!

This instance succeeds on one simple mantra: Be kind, and do unto others as you have done to yourself. Consider for a moment that we're ALL on the the same rapidly-spinning, mostly-watery orb, hurtling through space at fantastic speeds, and trading metal and paper for our livelihoods. The unknown will always dwarf the known. Learning never ends. We may be experts in something, but no one person is an expert in all things.

Given that, here our are very simple

Rules

Facts based in reality and science are not debatable.

Opinions are great, just be ready to back yours up with a solid foundation of factual information and/or research.

No NSFW communities are allowed to be created on this instance.

Community creation is encouraged so long as it is actively moderated.

Donations are not being accepted or expected. This rule may change IF the instance grows beyond current capacity. Please enjoy an ad-free, donation-free social media experience.

Lastly, negative behaviors such as trolling, harassment, stalking, brigading, and other offensive behaviors as judged by the instance admin(s) will not be tolerated. Immediate and permanent bans are issued for spammers, trollers, vote brigaders, stalkers, harassers, and those of similar ilk. All decisions will be made by the instance admin(s). Those decisions are final and incontestable.

That's the end of the boring but necessary stuff.

Alternate UIs

Want a reddit-like experience? Check out https://old.lemmy.fan/ (mlmym)

Alexandrite is a gorgeous, highly-customizable Lemmy frontend. https://a.lemmy.fan/ (Alexandrite)

Photon UI offers a sleek and responsive Lemmy experience. https://photon.lemmy.fan/ (Photon)

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submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 
Alt text:  
A simple infographic with cute white text on a pale pink background which reads:  
How to Level at Veganism  
Lvl 1* - No animal products in diet or clothing  
Lvl 2 - Talks kindly to plants before harvesting  
Lvl 3 - Politely negotiates w/ insects to relocate  
Lvl 4 - Avoids making noise to disturb animals  
Lvl 5 - Avoids breathing out CO2 near animals
Lvl 6 - Does not step on animal shadows  
Lvl 7 - Travels exclusively by stilts  
Lvl 8 - Never eats anything blown on by wind  
Lvl 9 - Only eats what has never been observed   
Lvl 10 - Refuses to consume anything that may have existed in the past or future  
*Honorable mention; not true veganism
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I really wish that I was born early so I've could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?

I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.

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Curious what others think about this very crafty doomsday prepper elite acting like a savior.

Don’t Take Your Eyes Off the Puppet Master: The Quiet Rise of Peter Thiel and the Elite Apocalypse

While the world argues over elections, tweets, and headlines, something far more calculated is unfolding—a silent transfer of power, wealth, and control into the hands of those not just preparing for collapse, but engineering what comes after it. And at the center of this convergence is Peter Thiel, a man whose influence is quieter than Musk’s, colder than Bezos’, and far more complete.

This is not paranoia. It’s pattern recognition.

Thiel, unlike the performative tech moguls who chase press coverage, has spent years building infrastructure—not just digital or political, but philosophical. He’s invested in companies that see everything (Palantir), rewrite human biology (Unity Biotechnology), and bypass nation-state sovereignty (New Zealand citizenships, offshore capital). But what sets him apart isn’t just what he builds—it’s what he believes.

Thiel has openly declared that democracy is unsustainable. He’s warned that humanity needs an external threat—real or not—to justify global unification. He has invoked alien contact, apocalyptic prophecies, and “angels or demons” arriving through faster-than-light travel. These aren’t sci-fi musings—they’re ideological setups, framing collapse as a necessity for rebirth. He does not seek to stop the fall. He seeks to survive it—and rule the aftermath.

The elites around him follow suit. Musk wants to escape to Mars. Bezos builds orbital infrastructure. Sam Altman bankrolls global AI while buying farmland and prepping bunkers. These aren’t exit strategies—they’re replacement blueprints. While the public is pacified with progress, the architects are quietly exiting the system they corrupted—but only after positioning themselves to control what’s rebuilt.

You are not invited.

These men do not believe in democracy, freedom, or shared humanity. They believe in continuity for the few, engineered transcendence for themselves, and compliance for everyone else. When collapse hits—and it will, whether through economic implosion, AI catastrophe, false-flag alien threat, or civil unrest—they will emerge not as survivors, but as saviors, already having the “solution” the world begs for.

And Thiel? He will not arrive shouting. He will appear composed, philosophical, maybe even hesitant. But behind the soft tone is a man who’s already mapped the next system—one that no longer includes you as a participant, but as a managed variable.

This is not a conspiracy theory. It’s an observable architecture.

Watch the puppet show if you want—but don’t take your eyes off the puppet master.

Because while you sleep through the noise, he’s designing your cage—with your silence as the blueprint.

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Summary

Social media influencers are fuelling a rise in misogyny and sexism in the UK's classrooms, according to teachers.

More than 5,800 teachers were polled... and nearly three in five (59%) said they believe social media use has contributed to a deterioration in pupils' behaviour.

One teacher said she'd had 10-year-old boys "refuse to speak to [her]...because [she is] a woman". Another said "the Andrew Tate phenomena had a huge impact on how [pupils] interacted with females and males they did not see as 'masculine'".

"There is an urgent need for concerted action... to safeguard all children and young people from the dangerous influence of far-right populists and extremists."

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Here's a diagram showing all the Canadian tax software options, almost everything is made by a Canadian company except two of the most commonly used.

Please stop using turboTax and H&R Block, you'll likely save quite a bit of money by switching to one of the Canadian owned options too. (H&R Block charges $49.98 for a typical couple, Studio Tax charges $17.50 for up to 10 returns). GenuTax is completely free to use.

Links to each of the Canadian options are available on ShopCanadianStuff.ca

The graphic is originally from ShopCanadianStuff.ca/blog

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I mean, say, you want a really nice camera, or a drone, or maybe a gaming laptop, and since those things are made in China, they are too expensive to buy right now in the US, since tariffs are over 100%. So you just go to Canada, buy the thing, unpack it from the packaging, and pretend like its just personal items. Just like a smartphone.

AFIAK, border agents usually don't ask if you bought your phone in the US or from outside, they shouldn't ask about other personal electronics, right?

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DISCLAIMER: this is not my content that was removed, I just came across it in the modlog and found it to be absurd. If it’s not allowed, I totally understand.

Reason removed was because it’s unrelated.

Unrelated…..

The guy was illegally deported without due process. And yet for some reason, suggesting so is somehow “unrelated” to a meme that is trying to say that because he is affiliated (no charges were ever filed against him for gang-related activity) with a gang, he is by default, guilty.

What’s ironic, is that the entire point of the meme is that the bullshit about him being in MS-13 is unrelated to the fact that people want accountability for this administration illegally deporting a man without due process.

This mod has definitely chosen the correct name.

And even taken into consideration that the instance is essentially a troll haven for wayward 4Chan refugees, they should still have to adhere to the rules of common sense.

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I was born with feet in the 1st percentile of the population and they stayed that way even despite getting taller. Now every shoe shopping experience is awkward af.

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Healthy open source communities don’t just form around code, but also around shared values and a vision for how their work can improve the world. The true measure of the success of open source is its impact— how the technologies we develop are leveraged to bring about positive social, cultural, and political change.

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So I’ve tried Mastodon, Pixelfed and didn’t like them. Mastodon is nice if you wanna ”tweet”, but that’s not for me. Pixelfed was dead.

I quit Meta because of tech bro fascism, and hated Twitter even before it was X because, let’s face it - nobody has ever changed their opinion on anything because of a Twitter conversation (I know I’m exaggerating, to get my point across). I was in Reddit for a few weeks, and the conversations there seem mostly friendly and constructive, but I decided I don’t want to have anything to do with social media corporations. Besides, I noticed I could scroll endlessly. And that’s not good for me.

Lemmy seems nice. There are still some topics I’m interested in that don’t have active communities, and I’m still learning on how to have my feed from multiple instances. But still, this is the way to go for me.

Against algorithms, against fascism, for free internet. Thanks for coming to my boring Ted talk and have a nice day.

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submitted 15 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

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Transcript:

Shermy, holding a baseball bat, stands talking to Charlie Brown, who is wearing a baseball mitt. The former says,"You can't be on the team until you get a shirt with a sponsor's name on it" Charlie Brown replies,"Rats"

Charlie Brown walks along, kicking his mitt. He wonders,"Who'd ever want to sponsor me?!" "Rats!"

He stops, looks at the reader, and says,"Unless..." "Why not?"

He runs along, mitt in hand, and wearing a shirt that reads,'Violet's Mud Pies'. He shouts,"O.K., start the game!!"

Original comic:

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Like, from inside China to the outside, but a bilateral solution would be fine with me, too.

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I have an offgrid solar system and have been wanting to do improve on lighting situation for a while. Got tired of dealing with rechargeable led lanterns burning out and 5v usb bulbs providing just enough.. So, I Made my own offgrid lighting fixture with replaceable led a26 bulbs. I started with a cheap single bulb hanging fixture, cut off the ac outlet end, wired on a 12v car plug, and screwed in a 1-to-3 a26 bulb adapter to get multiple bulbs parallel on the same fixture.

It plugs into my 12v solar system through a car cigarette port plug. I would like to get it on a dimmer at some point but this is sooo nice already. One of the few things I missed was the luxury of good home lighting. It took awhile to figure out a solution that worked.

I was thinking instead of a dimmer switch, maybe power it with a manually adjustable usbc-pd cord. The bulbs are 12-24v. I'm not sure if adjusting the voltage would make it brighter like how I'm expecting though? Is it 6w no matter if 12 or 24v? Might be a fun experiment. Theoretically it's currently consuming 18w to give me afequite home lighting which is about the same as a laptop on at idle. Very nice!

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