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Gay Rights Ruling: Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage (www.nytimes.com)
 

Fucking Religious Reich and this bullshit court...throw it into the fire.

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Ron DeFeo Jr., of the Amityville Horror fame, is my wife’s cousin. What’s your fun family fact? (beehaw.org)
 

They lived nearby as kids, there on Long Island. Isn’t that wild?

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What search engine do you use? (beehaw.org)
 

Data on search engine market share is available, but I wonder what that looks like for Lemmy users in particular, who I would assume lean more technical than the average user, so probably use DuckDuckGo and alternates more than Google.

I use a mix of DuckDuckGo and Kagi. I'll also use ChatGPT, which can be good if you're careful to verify the answers it gives you as a check against hallucinations. It's useful for short, direct answers without ads or SEO bullshit.

This article on Ars (and if you're not a subscriber, you absolutely should be, as they are the best tech journalists out there) inspired the question: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/google-admits-reddit-protests-make-it-harder-to-find-helpful-search-results

Fucking Reddit. Enshittification ruins everything.

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Why is Kamala Harris disliked so much as VP? (www.axios.com)
 

She has some criticisms for her past as an attorney, but I’m not sure why she’s so disliked now. What has she done to engender such distaste from the public?

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Close up of a LED display [6960x4640] (beehaw.org)
 

Taken with a Canon EOS R7, 24mm, f/6.3

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Took a picture of a HomePod [6490x4518] (beehaw.org)
 

Taken with a Canon EOS R7, 31mm, f/6.3

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Lemmy_monkey: an old.reddit UI theme for Lemmy (github.com)
 

In case you find yourself missing the layout of old.reddit…

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DPReview Saved: Gear Patrol Acquires the Publication From Amazon (petapixel.com)
 

So glad to hear this. The loss of DPReview would’ve been huge.

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Aliens: Dark Descent review: decent, if desperate to sit with the cool console kids (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
 

Runs perfectly on my Steam Deck. And, at $40, it’s nearly half of what new AAA games are costing, a good buy for sure. Anyone playing this? I’m a sucker for the Alien franchise.

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Trump's Latest Excuse: Boxes Of Classified Documents Were Mixed With Golf Shirts (www.huffpost.com)
 

I’m not sure who the bigger clowns are here: Trump or the people who still support him

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In pictures: Robber flies win insect photo competition (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Holy smokes, the photography in here is incredible. Look at the one the 16-year-old kid won with!

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It’s like this, sometimes (beehaw.org)
 

You ever just feel “off” for a few days, low interest, low energy, lack of motivation, poor sleep, eating WAY too much, and have it take you a good 3 - 4 days before picking up on the obvious fact that depression has decided to move in again?

Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I simply hate how they act benevolent where the reality is the opposite; that their admins are legitimately overlords akin to a full-time power-abusing reddit moderator.

What do you mean by this? Do you have examples? Maybe you’re correct and I just haven’t seen it, but every example I’ve seen of them responding to something has been great.

Regarding your comment that I need to act with more grace, my apologies. You are correct, I should be less aggressive in my opinions and will self-censor henceforth to protect and maintain the humility of the discussions that occur here.

Don’t sweat it, brother. <3

Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Absolutely. It’s disappointing that this person read a post made by the Beehaw admins that was written with nuance and grace, and then decided to respond with vitriol. That’s exactly the kind of attitude that is so prolific on Reddit, and I am happy to leave it behind. Thank you for your reasoned reply.

OP, I encourage you in the future to choose grace.

Star Citizen costs exceed Cyberpunk 2077, GTA 5, and RDR2 combined in c/[email protected]
New Lemmy instance for garden: The Garden, a place where all are welcome to grow their roots in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thought the link was in the title, sorry.

https://thegarden.land

What are YOU self-hosting? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unifi controller is the only 'real' service I actually keep running. I have various VMs running on Proxmox that I mostly use for testing. Even though I have two physical servers with plenty of compute and memory available, backed by a large NAS and all of hanging off a UPS, I just don't feel comfortable in self-hosting things I deem critical.

Jacob Steinberg: Arsenal keen on signing Kai Havertz with Chelsea set to demand fee of £70m in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If Havertz was worth 70m, then Chelsea wouldn't be selling him.

David Ornstein: Arsenal have made proposal to sign Havertz. Pursuit ramped up in recent days; contact with CFC & 24yo. Bayern also keen. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He's really struggled at Chelsea, hasn't he? Why would we want him? Does anyone rate him?

Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Day 3 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well, give young people some credit, though. Mostly they're the ones that have been closing their subs and migrating here and working to develop FOSS software like Lemmy. I say this as someone in my late 30s.

A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this one has a lot of existential dread about death and the human condition. It's BLEAK. So if you're struggling with depression, strong avoid.

Get better, friend. I'm sorry you're having a tough time with things. FWIW, I struggle as well with the same thing.

Games that have stuck with you? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

TLOU was honestly so informative for me as a writer. Stunning games in every single way.

Games that have stuck with you? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Last of Us (both parts). Just started a new play through of Part I. It truly is a masterpiece in storytelling

A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Books in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blood Meridian.

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