LesserAbe

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, the list isn't very useful if 70 million people are on it.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not saying they didn't know it was American. But what would be the advantage of Israel attacking a U.S. ship in that context?

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been reading "Fighters in the Shadows" by Robert Gildea, it's about the resistance in France during World War 2. It's funny how big the tent can be when you're fighting fascism. They had people from all across the political spectrum, urban and rural, French plus countless other nationalities, and they were pursuing a really wide spectrum of activities.

If you read Stancil's feed these days he's really doing the work, plus publicizing the issue. I don't think it makes sense to prioritize social media grudges at the moment.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get it's referencing loss. But is the text referencing something specific? The URL says "Dave Tim actually said this" but I don't know who that is, or in what context

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What are you trying to accomplish here? Is your message to any Americans of conscience "no, you can't beat fascists"? Don't be a dick and don't be defeatist

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I didn't do shit because I wasn't alive then. And clearly they're not gone, because here they are. But you may note that slavery is illegal now. Not enough but not nothing. If you want to doom keep it to yourself.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Better if it shows a Confederate soldier?

We will beat them again. It's just a question of how much suffering until then, and how much we actually root out the ideology.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a good one

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

For what it's worth, the office of the sheriff in Philadelphia is only responsible for courts, transporting prisoners and things like that. Bilal is not in charge of cops on the street.

Here's an article from Committee of Seventy, which is a good government organization I trust, primarily about the history of problems with the sheriff's office in Philadelphia, but also mentioning the role of the sheriff. https://seventy.org/sheriffsoffice

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah the classic headbutt fight

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, fuck Facebook. But also lets not share misleading images alongside what is a true and horrible injustice.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

If it's really easy then why isn't it the case?

 

Particularly this part: "* I don't do shit that's my decision

  • Not doing shit is like my religion
  • Look to the east five times a day
  • And if I'm doing shit then I put it away"

Crudbump - I Don't Do Shit

 

In the little western media I've seen covering Sudan, the general impression I get is that the RSF is worse in terms of human rights abuses, but that initially the army and RSF initiated a coup together.

Is it just two power hungry factions falling out, or are there deeper ideological differences? For example I came across a reddit comment saying RSF are atheist ultra-nationalists, which may be true or false, but I haven't come across much info characterizing the two sides motivations at all. I'm interested to know more, I don't feel like the coverage I've seen has been in depth.

 

I'm interested in ways that people document, prioritize and execute items they need to do. What have you found useful?


For me: I don't particularly care about other Outlook functionality, but flagging emails and managing them in the sidebar has helped me a lot. I have it set to display only items due today, and then sorted into categories like "now," "soon," "pending." If I don't expect to get to an item today I change the due date to tomorrow or next week. Items don't have to be based on an email either, you can just type into the sidebar text field.

When I get emails I either immediately reply, flag it for later action, or ignore, and then I drop all emails into one giant folder. If I need to find something I do it all by search.

I've tried other systems like gmail's to do list, but it feels like way more friction to accomplish the same things, especially wanting to only view tasks due today, and categorizing tasks.

Likewise I've tried to-do-list apps, but not being able to instantly convert an email into a task, and not having documentation easily at hand when I go to perform the task makes them feel more burdensome.

 

Recently replaced the headlight bulbs for my car and saw the box indicated you shouldn't put them in the garbage because they contain mercury. I know that some retailers like home depot have a program to recycle florescent bulbs, but my understanding is that's specifically for residential bulbs (like the kind you might get at home depot). AutoZone will take back some parts but don't appear to have a program for bulbs. What's the easiest, responsible way to dispose of these?

 
 
 

In the US most students recite "the pledge of allegiance" every morning before school, which is kind of crazy. If you were in charge, what if anything would you replace it with?

 

I just saw a discussion among corporate event planners where one person was upset that event organizers don't give proper consideration to scheduling over top of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

I can appreciate the annoyance, when I was still a practicing Christian I would never think to schedule a work thing over Easter or Christmas. We should treat others with consideration, and should be mindful of what others view as important days. But I also don't know what each religion considers to be major, non negotiable holidays. Do you?

Another question, does it matter where the event is? (for example, in the US should less consideration be given to holidays of religions that have fewer adherents?)

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