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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or - OR, right, everyone can turn off location and WiFi on their phones.

  Right now. But maybe not forever and so regulation to make sure that we canor even better, regs against this tracking. Because it shouldn’t be necessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not mentioned because only things rich people care about are mentioned on our rich people news programs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheating alleged after men’s world conker champion found with steel chestnut | Sport⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s been waiting longer than ash to win but he became team rocket to do it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No bank account or work permit: Thousands of Palestinians living in Israel are in limbo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Apartheid

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain why the US bail system is not insane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well it’s not insane because the laws in the us are made to be chains for the poor and spiderwebs for the rich. This is on purpose.

  The lies we tell ourselves to cope, and the “justifications” the powerful use to keep those laws in place are what’s insane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you do a squat right after putting on your thong or string so it sits correctly between your buttocks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shhh i love them they taught me what whale tale was

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That hurts a little⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …Hmm this guy must be wrong

  Checks

  FF7 1997/ Halo: CE 2001

  Fuck me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had it sitting in my library, maybe it’s finally time to play it. Which is the better voice actor to pick, dude or chick?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Busting out a variation of the quote you think goes here:

  The United States effectively has a one-party system, the business party, with two factions, Republicans and Democrats.

  -Noam Chomsky

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I investigated millions of tweets from the Kremlin’s ‘troll factory’ and discovered classic propaganda techniques reimagined for the social media age.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, you explained it well enough this layman kinda gets it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I investigated millions of tweets from the Kremlin’s ‘troll factory’ and discovered classic propaganda techniques reimagined for the social media age.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its 3 right? Why can’t ai guess that one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You'll have to use pto time to drown, but make sure it's approved first⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dunno bout “not hiding” I just read 6 Bloomberg articles that said everything’s going great and it must be my gosh darn feelings actin up again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You'll have to use pto time to drown, but make sure it's approved first⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That employers can dictate whether we take live saving action depending on how many pennies it’ll cost them.

  If nothing else we must internalize this fact. i think many are still operating under the impression that their employers value their lives. We must understand viscerally that our lives do not, to them, at all. I think the rest takes care of itself once we get over that hump

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My Gramps was a conductor and his death benny’s paid for the last decade of grammas care so i was attracted by that. The pay was great and the healthcare and retirement are better then most.

  The job was really, really tough though, in ways it’s tough to summarize. Not just cuz of the availability, but the way the the job worked. Worst job ever by a loooong way, and I’ve been a waiter, a telemarketer and a retail worker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The IBEW that represents inside wiremen like myself are covered by a different contract than those electricians who work with the SMART union and BLET on the railroad. I don’t think they are subject to the same availability requirements (which were the main crux) as the transport guys but i know as much as you do on that topic.

  I can tell you i quit the railroad myself after 2 years of suffering, primarily over those very availability requirements. The amount of sick time the RR workers ended up getting (in my opinion) is a bandaid on a gushing wound.

  I wouldn’t work under those requirements for thrice the pay they get.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol at desperate. These journalist enablers need to go down with the crappy business practices they protect

  Tong Diep Anh, marketing director at Viec 3 Mien, a recruitment company for Apple manufacturers, told Rest of World. “In the past, when demand for work was high, workers had to pay money to get a job. Now that the job market is saturated, workers have a choice

  Emphases mine.

  Hung, the TikTok recruiter for Luxshare, said he has spoken to more than 100 prospective applicants. In the end, he said, workers care most about pay and the work environment: “Now workers have too much choice. Many join the companies, many leave, too. They jump between Luxshare, Foxconn, and other companies"

  Again, i see no recruiters talking about nor does the article mention a lack of able-bodied workers in the population, just quotes like these crying how is unfair they have to compete on wages and benefits.

  Get fucked. PAY ME

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  (un)official solidarity from the IBEW ✊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they finally? That’s the one i was thinking of so maybe after all.

  Oh well hahaha not my prob no mo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Few enough people use it i doubt they’ll do that. The og reddit api (is that the term?) that came before old.reddit still works too (can’t remember what it is off the top)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just lost The Game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Never know, you could have undiagnosed adhd which when untreated for a lifetime manifests as anxiety and depression. Like me. Or it could be something different.

  It might take you a bit to find it but that’s normal. Those friends of mine warned me it often takes time to find the right mix so you’re not unusual… Just prepare in advance to keep sloggin’ until something hits. It will, but it will take more time than you’d like. I wish i had a better sales pitch.

  Finally don’t consider your genes or brain broken, that’s just our brain doin’ the same ol’ self-hate as usual but with extra stolen labcoat to slip or defenses

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to get all serious n shit but as a fellow sufferer i hope you’re getting your anxiety treated. I didnt listen to my friends when they told me it progressively gets worse and kept gutting it out until i was non-functioning and had to.

  None of my biz just hope you’re taking care of yourself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  God, that’s awful. Is it connected to the Internet or are they internal ads? I suppose you’ve already looked into a piratefix firmware update or something? I have a big roku tv that i keep away from my wifi lest ads sneak into my experience too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh the constan dream ad reruns

  trying to get back in a nightmare to avoid seeing puppymonkeybaby again

  Cannabis will be sold as a way to escape the constant dreamvertising.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard from another lemmy user that his new Xbox required him to click an ad to finish booting up. So with a grain of salt MS’ console of even worse. PC gaming gonna be the only viable one soon. Thank God steamdeck and valve Linux collab are now a thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if you were part of the memers who got Morbius re-released but if so hats off because back then my in-laws were so excited to show me this movie they discovered on Netflix.

  Just so well done

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not sorry.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To ruin the joke i learned recently that oil comes exclusively from dead marine life 🤓

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank God this means i can stop wondering if i should the 3 pixels from the fucking bike in that one corner square or wondering if i should count the scooter as a motorcycle fuck i am so tired of that shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Risky Buisness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🤣

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This was posted on Lemmy a month or so back so i’m betting these are baby steps in that direction.