Tregetour

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't it ultimately achieve its aim with the creation of Lower Decks?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Honestly I hope it shuts down. This provider caters to racists, fascists, misogynists and the like.

Who gives a fuck? Corporate social media cater to idiots too, just more common varieties.

Why does it matter what Kanye tweets about if I enjoy his music? Why do the politics of my favorite FOSS program's maintainer matter, or what commentary they include in documentation, or the presence/lack of a flag in a social media handle? Why does it matter that a public demonstration I'm at has some fellow demonstraters whose lifestyles/politics I find abhorrent?

All you advertise to the world with this fearful mindset is that your behaviour will change on a dime given the slightest chance of bad optics. It's a rotten way to live life.

Governments and marketers absolutely love people who think like that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Of all Lemmy comms to post a sentiment like this one on lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My theory is Uncle Sam's fingerprints are on high east coast gas prices. Giving it away for nothing has to put pressure on Russia's LNG export income. The donkeys that head Origin, etc. are on board because they can gouge the home market as compensation, knowing (as part of the deal) that Canberra won't contemplate a reservation policy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

TNG 3x03 The Survivors. Trek works just as well when introspective personal drama gets priority over the science fiction.

One of these days I'll post my maiden TNG viewing notes...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

You need to formally complain to your bank, OP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You'll find that these professions have a vested interest in maintaining network effects, and as such will view Mast/Blue as threats to their networking infrastructure. They don't want to dilute the importance of the platform their patronage systems rely on (let alone destroy it) - in fact its centrality is why they leverage it to advance their careers. Artists I can see understanding platform agnosticism to some extent, but for the other two groups, it's simply not in their DNA. The gatekeeping is a feature for them.

'The medium is the message' as a Canadian theorist once said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lots of banned artist and album names that will return zero results, unless you do something like search for a song or two that's on the album you want and finding the data that way.

The only objectionable hurdles are the insurmountable ones

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