The irony of you trying to be contrarian is that Tacoma is still derived from the native name. Good luck finding a coloniser name for our city.

Thank you! The telephoto lens (and camera in general) is like, 90% of why I bought this phone.

Says the one that imported so much Longbottom Leaf that the Southfarthing all but ran out.

Ty for the kind words. Maybe you'll like this one better. :)

See also: Tacoma Aroma

Unfortunately (fortunately??) the city quit being smelly long before I moved here. My roommate who has lived here since the 90s remembers it though!

You mean I have to bring up the on-screen keyboard and type out the name of an app instead of just scrolling & tapping an icon with 1-2 simple motions?

It just means you have the option to do both. Kvaesitsio has the app drawer one would expect, and a persistent search bar.

Please note that Tsar Nicholas II was a horrid authoritarian ruler with a lot of fucking blood on his hands. We're talking to the tune of millions.

The Podcast Behind the Bastards did an excellent, four part series, on good ol' Nicky the Second. Great listen.

But this is what many authoritarians look like. Ordinary people, with ordinary fascinations and family.

A lot of people like to cut him some slack, like "oh but he loved his family and was a great family man!" It reminds me of people who say Hitler was a great public speaker and artist or whatever. 🙄

People have left Lemmy because it is to political and is constantly far left. This meme is not helping.

Gonna dredge up an old one here:

And nothing of value was lost.

People can be concerned about more than one thing.

Do No Harm bills itself as a group of doctors who are concerned about ideology influencing the medical profession.

And yet they're doing exactly that?? Conservatives really are either some of the least self-aware people on the planet, or conservativism is a giant fucking sham, and I think I know which one it is.

Gemini is having a go at it.

Friendly reminder that it's all arbitrary and made up anyway.