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- Comment on Anyone know of any active alternative communities? eg goth, tattoo, punk etc. 2 weeks ago:
I don’t want to have to deal with the mod stuff, exactly like OP said. I’m just here to promote owls, conservation, and wildlife rehab. I do have a great mod that lets me do pretty much anything I want and will do stickies and banner changes and such for me, and I just keep giving good content.
- Comment on My Lemmy instance where 80% of the most generic posts are deleted 4 weeks ago:
I do look to have made it to your feed now! It deleted my 3 posts that were photos with short blurbs and kept my news article that is mostly text.
We rarely get the meme type posts, but if your setup is looking at anything like text:photo ratio, that could be doing it.
I have most meme communities block myself, so I understand how overtaking they can be to a feed. 😁
I’m interested in what you’re doing because I am interested in news and politics, but it would be nice to get rid of most of the garbage US news and the dupe posts, and let a better variety of news come in. I’ve gone to keyword blocking, but while I have “Trump” blocked, I’d still like to see things from other countries about their responses to his actions., for example.
- Comment on My Lemmy instance where 80% of the most generic posts are deleted 4 weeks ago:
I was curious what would happen to the ratio of political posts, specifically Trump/Elon, to other communities, but it feels >= the amount as All on lemmy.world.
None of my superb owls look to have made it through, but I didn’t see them removed in the mod log. We’re a pretty large community, so I’d have thought some would have gotten through. I don’t recall if I saw stuff from any of the animal comms.
- Comment on Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz 2 months ago:
Gotcha. I’m used to gold people being a little sketchy. My response is 50/50 money making vs stability, though for the same reasons. I felt it would take something cataclysmic to dethrone the US as the prime market force as a whole in my lifetime, and, well, it seems I may have been right, but I really didn’t want to be. If we’re due for stagflation or inflation, I need to ramp up my savings and growth, so it’s got me looking if now is the time to spread out to ex-US investments. I’m no stock bro, I just got to look out for the future happiness and medical expenses for me and my wife. 😐
- Comment on Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz 2 months ago:
YTD for Google and Tesla is down, but Meta is up, so it’s looking too early to see how the current goes with the new oligarchs.
For the big picture, while the US is still killing the rest of the world broadly on returns, the YTD is another story.
Gold doesn’t interest me for my needs, but US vs non-US is going to be worth keeping an eye on. I’ve been 100% US so far and have not regretted it, but this intentional sabotage of trade has me questioning having all my eggs in one basket now that certain people are punching holes in that basket.
- Comment on What is your favorite app for Lemmy? Include Platform 2 months ago:
I seriously worry about coming off creepy or insincere, or else I would shower you with praise more constantly! Your app has made my experience here so much better, and I’m grateful for the things you’ve added to it, sometimes I’m sure, just for me.
You’ve always been really friendly and helpful and lightning fast fixing any issues, and you obviously put a lot of time and work into developing and maintaining the app, and you don’t ask for money or have ads or anything.
None of the other apps are bad or anything, but I still think yours offers the most and the best for me, and how I don’t see Summit near the top of every best Lemmy app posts is crazy to me.
- Comment on Onboarding experience needs to be simpler for mass adoption 2 months ago:
Fair enough reasons. If you’re doing custom ublock filters and such, you’re likely able to tweak a lot to how you want it without any outside help from an app.
I see in you rother comment to someone you haven’t tried Voyager in a year. I haven’t tried that one recently, but I will say even over the last 6-8 months, so many of these apps have really matured from where they were a year or so ago. Very significantly so IMO. I think Summit is really the sleeper champ of the apps for my use case, and the dev is super helpful and responsive.
To each their own though. I love we have such great variety in UI here. At this point, there should be a couple viable options for near anyone.
- Comment on What is your favorite app for Lemmy? Include Platform 2 months ago:
I’ve tried almost every Android app for Lemmy, and holy heck, do I love Summit the most. It does everything I need it to and more. It looks great. It’s responsive. And the dev is amazing. They respond to bugs, issues, and feature requests lightning fast. No ads. Not FOSS, which is the only thing I’ve seen anyone gripe about.
Been using it almost exclusively for a year or so now, and I can’t praise it enough.
- Comment on Onboarding experience needs to be simpler for mass adoption 2 months ago:
What is wrong with apps? I get a lot of great features from the one I use that I don’t get with the web client.
- multi-communities
- user tagging
- drafts
- keyword blocking
- themes
- customizeable ui
- etc
- Comment on Peace Love Unity Respect 3 months ago:
That’s a really great owl!
I looked through your other projects quickly, and you make a lot of interesting and unique things. I’ll have to keep an eye out for more if you’re stuff.
- Comment on What do you consider the saddest anime? 3 months ago:
Other than Grave of the Fireflies, some others I never see mentioned are Saikano and In This Corner of the World.
- Comment on "SPY x FAMILY" Season 3 Announces October 2025 Release with New Illustration 3 months ago:
There is some good stuff coming up. There is a hostage standoff, Loid’s tragic backstory, and I thought the recent backstory of the school’s teachers was very touching.
I enjoy the family stuff as much as the spy/assassin parts and I liked the movie as it had a good amount of both.
If you want something similar but more action focused, Sakamoto Days anime is starting next month. Perhaps check that out then.
- Comment on Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account. 5 months ago:
A few apps have multi-community support where you can group whatever you want, how you want, in one stream. I’m using Summit, but I feel a few other of the bigger apps support it now. I group the AskLemmys, tv/movie communities and different art communities into groups so I can view by category.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 43] 5 months ago:
I really enjoyed season 2. I was looking forward to the arc that’s the second half since it came out in the manga.
If you like the show in general, you should enjoy the movie just as much.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 43] 5 months ago:
Watched Spy X Family: Code White the other night, and was very pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t expecting much, and went in mostly blind other than knowing it wasn’t based on manga content.
Animation looked great, and for a plotline that centered around the family going out for dessert, it turned out to be a very compelling story. It fit in perfectly with the regular anime/manga, and you could watch it wherever you’re at in the series without being lost or it feeling out of place. All 3 MCs got a good amount of story time as well, and a lot of side characters had appearances, so it’s not just an Anya story or Loid, etc.
If you haven’t seen it, but enjoy the show, give it a watch. It was a lot of fun!
- Comment on Ranma 1/2 (2024) • Ranma1/2 (2024) - Episode 2 discussion 6 months ago:
I liked them playing a bit with the animation styles in some of the reaction shots. The show feels old and new at the same time, which I’m enjoying.
- Comment on Uzumaki - Episode 3 discussion 6 months ago:
The animation seemed somewhat improved from last week. I still feel this should have gotten 2 or 3 more episodes, as none of the tension has much time to build before we see the climatic moments.
I’ve been reading Ito’s other works, and I feel a lot is predictable in many of the tales, not necessarily that you always know what’s going to happen and certainly not what it will look like, but more a 1) meet nice character(s), 2) meet the obvious creeper, 3) nice characters discuss the creeper and say nah, they can’t be as creepy as they seem, 4) your anxiety rises as you wait for the reveal, 5) Lovecraftian horror is revealed, 6) the end.
Step 4 is the one that sucks you in, even if it’s formulaic. It gets you invested in what’s going to happen. Without that time for the creepiness to bloom, it just feels like you’re working through the checklist.
I feel there’s some old comment about the CSI type shows where it’s always suspect number 3. You get introduced to some possible people, but if they always went to the first guy and they’re all oh yeah, this is the killer, the end, what’s the point? That’s what this adaptation has felt like to me.
I love a lot of Ito’s ideas, and the art style is great for his stories, but I feel most of the narrative is just there to string the creepy drawings together. I’m cool with that. But with the anime, you’re just on to the next scene before you get time to get creeped by what you just saw.
- Comment on Uzumaki - Episode 2 discussion 6 months ago:
This was pretty rough. I was already iffy on the first episode, and this episode felt even more rushed and disjointed. It jumps around so much I feel there’s no building that sense of dread.
- Comment on US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years 6 months ago:
Thank you, this is some of what makes me uncertain as someone outside, I have no idea as to which parties are actually receiving new benefits since most sources lump everyone together. It makes it very difficult to tell what has or hasn’t been accomplished and both sides can spin it to what they wish and most will never know the truth.
I do remember reading about the work conditions and just the logistical issues of having the job, and it did sound rather nightmarish and I had no clue why anyone would do it if they had any other choice. Props to those who do it, I’m certain it’s a crucial job, but it is not something I’m cut out for!
- Comment on US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years 6 months ago:
You can correct me if I’m mistaken, but even though the strike was shut down, that was not the end of the admin’s efforts on the PTO issues. It took a few months, but they now have a much better deal than what they started off with.
From the IBEW:
“We know that many of our members weren’t happy with our original agreement,” Russo said, “but through it all, we had faith that our friends in the White House and Congress would keep up the pressure on our railroad employers to get us the sick day benefits we deserve. Until we negotiated these new individual agreements with these carriers, an IBEW member who called out sick was not compensated.”
That pressure, plus the IBEW’s ongoing efforts, is paying off at last. The IBEW and BNSF Railway reached an agreement April 20 to grant members four short-notice, paid sick days, with the ability to also convert up to three personal days to sick days. The union reached similar understandings with CSX and Union Pacific on March 22, and with Norfolk Southern on March 10. Unused sick time at the end of a year can be paid out or rolled into a worker’s 401(k) retirement account.
Under the Railway Labor Act, national railroad labor agreements don’t expire. Instead, the parties enter a “status quo” position: Workers remain on the job with no changes to their pay and benefits until a replacement contract is approved. The current national pact was first reached last summer by negotiators from the railroad unions, the railroads, the Labor Department and the White House.
Since then [the blocking of the December strike], several other railroad-related unions have also seen success in negotiating for similar sick-day benefits. These 12 unions represent more than 105,000 railroad workers.
“Biden deserves a lot of the credit for achieving this goal for us,” Russo said. “He and his team continued to work behind the scenes to get all of rail labor a fair agreement for paid sick leave.”
Russo said talks are continuing toward reaching a sick-days agreements with Canadian Pacific and Kansas City, recently designated a Class I rail carrier by the Surface Transportation Board.
I saw in the other comments that @the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works is IBEW, so maybe they can confirm.
I still see this story popping up, but though it is true Biden blocked the strike, that things were handled satisfactorily a few months afterward.
- Comment on US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years 6 months ago:
What the union asking for sounds fair, given the circumstances.
I feel it’s more important to support the workers in this case, as it usually seems to be. They’ll be impacted by their own actions as much as the rest of us, so I’m willing to deal with some modest disruption potentially if it ends up with them getting fair treatment.
