You make a good point, but the problem remains the same. We still need some of us to be willing to clean up the shit to preserve the truth.

I’m not sure I understand how your last sentiment relates. 🙃

You’re blaming humanity for being the way that it simply is. The lesson is that people don’t have the time or attention to fact check, and frankly I think we should have known that. We got complacent. So, now those of us who get it have to step in and make better competing systems.

If facts are going to win, it seems they need to win stealthily, really like they always have. Science and engineering took over the world with probably less than 1% of people really having any idea how anything actually works. Objective morality in terms of universal human rights and behavioral science can be integrated into a better regulated social media, for example. It just has to be more appealing somehow and easier to access. It also has to be sexy and come with some status, and other benefits.

I have no idea what that looks like, but thst is the mission progressives now must contend with. We have to win back people’s attention and convince them ours is the better way for them.

Sound like something out of a TV drama. Imagine saying this to their faces haha. Imagine someone said that of you? It’s just an awesome thought. ;) 😉

Ben Shapiro is a hypocritical piece of shit. Sorry that might not be relevant.

Dude wants to help Musk become president.

What about the 100 or so lawsuits? Will they be making the next election count even more relia… oh you don’t know what I’m talking about? Oh…

Coffee?

I guess it’s not the Ciabatta I know. Light on the inside, crispy on the outside.

The light crispy stuff though. It’s still common in NZ. Love it.

When did Ciabatta buns go out of vogue?

There is still shit to block when you’re paying for premium, so yeah.

I used Boost when it was for Reddit, and never looked back. It’s got everything I could need so yeah. All that for Lemmy is amazing.

Fair. I paid the small one-off fee to disable ads and yeah, that’s that. :)

Tell your friends about the Boost app. It makes things so much easier.

Haha, wouldn’t surprise me. Although now that ks to the supreme court the president is now infallible and above the law, so I’d be expecting Trump to have many successors waiting to stab him in the back for the chance at becoming king.

My understanding is they could work around the law if they really wanted to, but that puts the campaign at some additional risk. Kamala will probably be the candidate in the end because of this. And she’s great. Ezra Klein really helped me change my mind about her. I’d rather Taylor Swift, but I don’t think she’ll try until 2028 lol.

What do you recommend?

I want something that I can set up and forget about, that costs a few bucks a month or less, and integrates between all my devices. Security is a given, so let’s assume spyware or not, the data is safe unless I fuck up.

Fair. I’m not knocking that choice if it’s for you. But it isn’t for most people, especially those who are not at all tech savvy.

I work in IT, and almost nobody who opted to use external hard drives for backup is ever up to date with their backups.

We’ve come a long way since 2009.

Nobody has any good explanation for why though.