ProdigalFrog
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- Comment on Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments 23 hours ago:
At least here we have Fediseer to vet instances, and the ability to vet each sign-ups.
I think eventually when we’re more targeted, we’ll have to circle the wagons so to speak, and only limit communications to more carefully moderated instances that root out the bots.
- Comment on Resistance from the tech sector 23 hours ago:
Solid post from Drew, agree with everything there.
He mentions doing your best to join in your local communities with like minded folk. Here’s a good guide on how and where those folk might be to join up with.
And if you follow his advice to unionize, I highly recommend the IWW). They’ll help you form a grassroots union that’s directly controlled by you and your coworkers. And they’ll help you no matter what kind of job you have! Beefing it up is one of the best things we can do to resist.
- Comment on Disappointing Sequels 3 | Game Sack 3 days ago:
Unfortunately Dave had to leave the show a few years ago to spend more time with his family, but Joe has been doing a pretty awesome job on his own. :)
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- Comment on How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars 1 week ago:
I’ll grant you that make language is potentially a dogwhistle, but on their blog, they post about Earth day and Sustainability, which is currently vilified by MAGA.
If I had to guess, their marketing team is trying to play both sides.
Without more clear evidence of their politics, I’ll probably continue to recommend them if they get people to stick with saving water, as ultimately that’s the opposite of what Trump’s policies are trying to do.
- Comment on How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars 1 week ago:
As someone who dislikes traditional low flow heads that tend to icepick you with little streams, I highly recommend high sierra showerheads. I don’t know how they pull it off, but it absolutely blasts you with water while still being low flow. Like I prefer it to any other shower head I’ve tried, low flow or not.
They make one with an adjustable valve that let’s you dial in the perfect amount of flow too.
- Comment on Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities 1 week ago:
In addition to protests:
- Joining and organizing within your local community to create connections with others is incredibly powerful, and will lay the groundwork for effective resistance.
- We can effect things drastically with a general strike. This would massively impact their income streams, and can bring a fascist government to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
- Join the IWW and attempt to unionize your workplace, so that the general strike is even more effective (plus you’ll get better pay and benefits!)
If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Join up with allies while we still can easily!
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 1 week ago:
I’ve had a similar experience with other alternatives like Soy curls, which I got to taste good a couple times but strangely could never replicate, and ended up just tasting like adding cereal to me. And Beyond beef, which has an off flavor from the pea protein base.
Quorn seemed to have no off flavor to me or my family, it seemed totally neutral, and they couldn’t tell the difference in tacos, chili, stuffed peppers, etc. I was surprised it wasn’t more popular based on how long its been around.
Maybe there’s a genetic component that’s influencing our flavor perception of it? like how saccharine can taste terrible to people due to genetic differences, limiting its use in soda or candy.
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 1 week ago:
Collective action on a wide scale far outpaces what Elon could do, and it’s not as though he would increase his personal consumption to counteract what thousands of others do.
We need to keep in mind the overall picture, and not let other people continuing harmful practices to stop us from trying to reduce ours. Otherwise nothing would ever get better.
“I’m not going to drive less or use a bicycle because the rich use jets.”
“I’m not going to install balcony solar because the rich waste energy with factories and mansions.”
“I’m not going to consume less because the rich consume more than me.”
These mindsets stifle positive change that can genuinely make a difference, especially when we are so short on time.
Also, there are now extremely good plant based red meat alternatives like qlQuorn, Impossible, or on a budget, Seitan. All of which that allow us to continue to use our meat based favorite recipes without contributing to climate change (and lower bowel cancer risks :D), letting us give elon the finger without sacrificing anything.
- Comment on Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill 1 week ago:
Doomerism isn’t going to get us anywhere. the US might be driving off a cliff, but the rest of the world is still strongly in favor of renewables.
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- Comment on Wasteland - ADG Episode 341 2 weeks ago:
There isn’t for me. Does it go away if you click the CC button at the bottom right?
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- New Report - Rooftop Solar PV is THE biggest climate mitigation technology | Just Have A Thinkwww.youtube.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to energy@slrpnk.net | 3 comments
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- Comment on Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others? 2 weeks ago:
Dreamweb.
90’s cyberpunk point’n’click with a dark mature story and a rocking soundtrack.
- Comment on Americans Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose 2 weeks ago:
There are a plethora of affordable options that are cheaper than a console or a nintendo switch nowadays.
Hi-points aren’t fancy, but they’re reliable and cheap, you can pick up a 9mm pistol for around $200 or less.
Farther up you’ve got PSA, where you could pick up a Dagger (glock clone) for $300 and an AR-15 for $399.
- Comment on Adobe Creative Curse 2 weeks ago:
Premiere --> Davinci Resolve (Openshot or Kdenlive for FOSS)
Illustrator --> Affinity (Inkscape for FOSS)
Photoshop --> Affinity Photo (GIMP w/ PhotoGIMP & Resynthasizer for FOSS)
Whatever Adobe has for painting --> Krita (FOSS)
- Comment on Mailfence email 3 weeks ago:
The biggest advantage of private email is that it stops the email provider itself from data mining some of your most sensitive info, as Gmail and other free emails most certainly do. Basically it’s protection from surveillance capitalism, but you rightfully can’t consider it a secure way to send messages or info to other, non-encrypted users.
- Comment on Mailfence email 3 weeks ago:
Posteo is only 12€ a year, so a bit cheaper. Doesn’t support custom domains though.
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- Comment on 'OLED and LCD will die out’: A microLED expert explains how the superior TV tech will finally become affordable 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like that’ll generate an untold amount of ewaste.
- Comment on Wine, Urine, Paperclips: America's Secret Weapons of WWII - A fun bit of history on Sabotage and its effectiveness against Fascist Regimes [18:12] 3 weeks ago:
Legend. Cheers for sharing! :D
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- Comment on What is the best political movie? And what is the best apolitical movie? 4 weeks ago:
3 Days of The Condor is the best political movie, IMHO.
Best Apolitical? Picking one of my favorites, Where Eagles Dare.
Both are watchable for free on Archive.org :D
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