[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 74 points 2 months ago

It's good to see so many people now recognize scientology for the dangerous and manipulative cult it is and hope this starts to extend to the others like Falun Gong who are objectively worse in many regards but their propaganda tools like Epoch Times and their show Shen Yun are bizarrely popular in the US and much of Europe with hardly anyone ever commenting on the torture, rape, murder, and all the typical evil cult stuff they do.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 58 points 2 months ago

One of my biggest fears is being murdered and the true crime podcasts all go into deep dives calling me a loser and talking everything out of context to make me a good victim for their show.

There was one I saw about a girl murdered by some weird boy she knew and they'd gone deep into everything she was doing in the weeks leading upto it, how her diary showed she had a crush on someone but then they went into details about how that guy didn't like her... it didn't even add anything to motive or means, it was just an aside about the vixtim being unpopular.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 months ago

And isn't this the one people keep posting the dramatic headline without mentioning the damage only lasted until sunrise?

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 56 points 4 months ago

It's to try and combat generational wealth, maybe 100% with it going towards funding UBI would be better

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 months ago

I love this app so much, also if you really get into it go to the open street map website and draw buildings, roads, etc to add missing places or update changes.

I cleared my whole walkable area of questions then added all the houses and it populates new questions about house number, shop name, etc which I then went and filled out while walking round. In the zone around me the open source map is now by far the best free to access map, Google house numbers are completely random and no where has upto data shops.

There's also a lot of cool projects devoted to mapping under-served areas, especially in regions where aid workers need information or natural disasters have changed landscapes. You draw in roads, towns, farms, etc based on areal imagery.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 44 points 4 months ago

We need good citizen protections, an extension of the laws used when providing aid that shield from liability, similar rules should exist to protect people who improve their local area.

It's bad enough the council won't do anything about the problems but evil they punish others for trying.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 39 points 5 months ago

I want to be at the meeting a year from now where they realize only two people have ever signed up 'Yay we fixed porn!'

Buy who am I kidding they brought VPN shares before this was introduced

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 38 points 5 months ago

At least you can tell where something happens by place names, I get headlines '12 shot in Manchester gun fight' or 'Birmingham man kills 8 in roadrage incident' and there's just no way of telling it's America... OK, well those examples are obvious but the point stands.

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Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.

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Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 50 points 7 months ago

On work experience the guy sent me to get a long weight and I was like to myself 'fine ill go look for something that doesn't exist and have my lunch too. If you want a long wait..' I go back and he gets off his ladder exasperated, goes to the van and gets a long string plumb line.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 56 points 8 months ago

I don't understand, do you think this is funny because she's pretty and you therefore assume she's dumb?

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 50 points 8 months ago

Open source printers

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 79 points 9 months ago

6 in 10 Americans believe any old nonsense as long as you present it with confidence.

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