catloaf

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Does Iran have operational nukes? They'd probably respond in kind. If not, they'd probably launch basically everything they have at Israel.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And leading with "hate is not going to get you anywhere" and following it with more blame instead of action.

Find your local mutual aid group. Volunteer. Protest. Get involved.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 8 hours ago

Used to be, if a plane got hijacked, the passengers were compliant and waited for it to be over. United 93 changed that forever.

For a little more context, it was because the hijackers were holding it hostage until some demand was met, or they were flying it to Cuba or wherever, and then the plane and passengers would be released. On 9/11, they turned the planes into missiles with innocent passengers aboard, and they were all expected to die. When the passengers realized this, they took action.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

No idea, you're the one that bought it. I did the same thing for a few years and never bought a plex pass.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago

It should be, but obviously not.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

What we should be asking is why “selling a product” is no longer a business model.

Because they're not selling a product, they're selling an ongoing service. They run the relay servers, and those cost money every month.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 39 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Iran has a right to defend itself, right?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's often attributed to Yogi Berra, but it's older than that: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

Now that's art.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 14 hours ago

Sometimes I forget. It would also be useful if I'm not in the kitchen and want to start it without having to go there and back to what I was doing while waiting for it to heat, if it's something like a frozen pizza that doesn't take much prep time.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 18 points 14 hours ago

That's a big red flag. Good news would say something like "we're happy to announce a team of community ownership".

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

Given the casual nature of the target audience, I doubt it's a major concern for most owners. For enthusiasts, yes absolutely, but if you went around to random Switch owners, I doubt they'd even know what you're talking about. Most of my friends haven't had significant issues.

 

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/1712268

Harvard Medical School canceled a planned Jan. 21 lecture on wartime healthcare and a subsequent panel with patients from Gaza receiving care in Boston in response to objections that students would hear from Gazans impacted by the war and not also Israelis.

Course instructors and students were notified Tuesday morning that the events — scheduled for that evening — would not be held.


Students had organized the moderated discussion with patients and their families as a follow-up to Levy’s lecture, which was not focused specifically on Gaza.


Jones said that Arabic-speaking Medical School students who had served as interpreters for patients from Gaza in Boston asked course staff to arrange the session with Levy and patients’ families.

“Students often find that the presence of a patient who is interviewed and discusses their experiences is often far more engaging, powerful, and moving than hearing a professor carry on about the pathophysiology of disease,” Jones said.

The optional session was part of the course’s original spring semester curriculum and was approved by HMS administrators, according to Jones.

 

As if we didn't already know. I didn't know being against businesses using slave labor counted as bigotry, though.

Context: https://lemmy.ml/comment/16281740

 
 

Unanimously.

 

Link to post: https://lemmy.world/post/19274834

If you tap that link in Boost it'll probably crash, so don't do it unless you're okay with that.

I'm guessing the problem is that the post URL is a magnet link.

Edit: oh yeah, to work around, you'll have to open it in a browser and hide it.

 

I got banned earlier today with the message "rule 1", no other information about why, or which comment broke the rule. As far as I can tell it was this one, which just says "We want the bot gone. That’s it. It’s really that simple."

So I checked the modlog for other bans, and @aniki@lemmings.world was banned today as well, also just for "rule 1", probably either for the comment saying "a stupid bot writing useless bullshit" or "This is what you call "Not listening to criticism."", neither of which are an attack on any person.

(Also earlier today @MindTraveller@lemmy.ca was banned with the message "fuck off", which I'm pretty sure is not a reason to ban someone from a major community, but doesn't appear to be related to the MBFC bot.)

One more today, @stormesp@lemm.ee was banned, again just "rule 1", last comment being this one, again not an attack on any person.

So what's the deal here? I couldn't find any rules for mods on lemmy.world with a brief poke around, but are we letting mods run major communities like little fiefdoms, banning people for criticism?

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