World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says by laverabe in c/world@quokk.au
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

That's a bold claim, not that I necessarily disagree with it. Are there groups of well respected historians that would agree that it has begun? I could only find a few here and there that think it has started.

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The election that will take place at the DNC to replace the chair will decide the policy direction of the Democratic party. Let your voice be heard! (www.politico.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22077561

“I’m not interested in anyone who is moving further away from the center,” said Cindy Bass, a Pennsylvania committee member from Philadelphia. “The center is where we have to be.”

They're not going to change a thing unless people make them.

Find your local state delegate and personally tell them how you feel a centrist is only going to guarantee another Republican victory. They are listed here: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Committee

Bernie Sanders is working behind the scenes to get a progressive in there but he can't do it alone.

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Community for political discussion (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
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rules discussion (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
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I've seen a few complaints over the past few weeks about there being a lot of psuedoscience, and there has been a fair amount of reports.

I figured it would be a good idea to update the rules on the sidebar to clearly lay out what is and isn't allowed.

I think a tagging system might help to keep down on the spam and elevate real scientific sources. These are just a draft and more rules could be added in the future if they are needed.

Current draft (work in progress, add suggestions in comments):

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

Submission Rules:

  1. All posts must be flagged with an appropriate tag and must be scientific in nature. All posts not following these guidelines will be removed.
  2. All posts must be peer reviewed and published in a reputable journal, unless flagged as news or discussion. No pseudoscience.
  3. No self-promotion, blogspam, videos, or memes. See list of unapproved sources below.

Comment Rules:

  1. Civility to other users, be kind.
  2. See rule #1.
  3. Please stay on the original topic in the post. New topics should be referred to a new post/discussion thread.
  4. See rule #1 again. Personal attacks, trolling, or aggression to other users will result in a ban.
  5. Report incivility, trolling, or otherwise bad actors. We are human so we only see what is reported.

Flag Options

  1. [Peer reviewed]
  2. [News]
  3. [Discussion]

List of potential predatory journals & publishers (do not post from these sources)

List of unapproved sources:

  • Psypost
  • Sciencealert
  • (any other popsci site that uses titles generally regarded as clickbait)

Original draft:

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

Submission Rules:

  1. All posts must be flagged with an appropriate tag and must be scientific in nature. All posts not following these guidelines will be removed.
  2. All posts must be peer reviewed and published in a reputable journal, unless flagged as news or discussion. No pseudoscience.
  3. No self-promotion, blogspam, videos, or memes.

Comment Rules:

  1. Civility to other users, be kind.
  2. See rule #1.
  3. Please stay on the original topic in the post. New topics should be referred to a new post/discussion thread.
  4. See rule #1 again. Personal attacks, trolling, or aggression to other users will result in a ban.
  5. Report incivility, trolling, or otherwise bad actors. We are human so we only see what is reported.

Flag Options

  1. [Peer reviewed]
  2. [News]
  3. [Discussion]

List of potential predatory journals & publishers (do not post from these sources)

I'm not on 24/7 but I'll try to update these when I get a chance.

Americans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 Germany by laverabe in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We need a solution to this, because honestly the US just lost its democracy.

It's 1933.

Any ideas on ways out of this?

Community for further discussion: !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

Temporary rule added: no US politics by laverabe in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago

!politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

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GO VOTE!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
8 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21667475

If you can, turn off your phone or computer and go vote!!! If you already voted, tell someone else to vote!!!

Less than 10 hours from now will decide if the US veers toward democracy or fascism.

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North Carolina live updates: Death toll rises again with new Henderson report, up to 97 [in NC, 200 total] | Helene becomes fourth deadliest hurricane to hit US since 1950 (www.citizen-times.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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PSA: vote early if you can! | State by state hours and dates for in person early voting (www.ncsl.org)
submitted 1 month ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
18 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20431027

You never know if you might come down with the flu or have a family emergency on Nov5. Don't take the chance if you can avoid it and vote in person early!

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Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130 (apnews.com)
submitted 2 months ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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public policy discussion on car dependence (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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https://lemmy.world/post/19930980

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Political discussion and commentary - self posts and opinions welcome! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
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Rules are still evolving, but right now I'm just aiming for a community for civil discourse ...if such a thing is possible in politics. !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

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/c/politicaldiscussion is open to any political commentary, ideas, or random thoughts you may have related to politics. (self-posts are allowed) (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
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what is your favorite community on Lemmy? (not .world exclusive) (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Spirit of St. Louis (First solo non-stop transatlantic flight, 1927) (static.thisdayinaviation.com)
submitted 7 months ago by laverabe@lemmy.world to c/cranetrainexcavators@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink

Custom built high-wing monoplane (1927)

The Spirit of St. Louis (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis

Its 2024 now where is he? by laverabe in c/religiouscringe@midwest.social
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 55 points 8 months ago

that is one seriously durable sticker

Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers by laverabe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 79 points 8 months ago

very deceptive title from the source author. OP please insert [, the privacy partner, Onerep's ] in place of "its" to make it clear Mozilla didn't do anything wrong here.

Mozilla could do something wrong, but I entirely read this as Mozilla's CEO had ties to data brokers and ditched Mozilla's privacy partner because of that.

Anyone else banned from world news for criticizing China? by laverabe in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

thanks for the heads up. I just unjoined all lemmy.ml communities, and blocked the instance. That sort of censorship is not a good thing.

Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price by laverabe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 54 points 9 months ago

💎💎💎🚀🚀🚀 ~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~~...~ lol, couldn't resist

Happy 10 million! According to FediDB, we have hit 10 million users across the Fediverse! by laverabe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago

Lemmy is only 4% of the fediverse by user %. Most of the fediverse is Mastodon.

WITH OUR POWERS COMBINED by laverabe in c/dankmemes@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ThanksImCured

Keep in mind that social security is set to run out in 10 years time. by laverabe in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is not going to "run out". That is republican talking point and propaganda. God damn that myth is believed by everyone.

The concepts of solvency, sustainability, and budget impact are common in discussions of Social Security, but are not well understood. Currently, the Social Security Board of Trustees projects program cost to rise by 2035 so that taxes will be enough to pay for only 75 percent of scheduled benefits. ^1

75% of benefits will still be paid in even the worse case scenario. The fear mongering is not necessary.

How to fix the internet by laverabe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I didn't realize it was paywalled or ad infested because of addons that I use to block all that stuff. Archive bypass: link

Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science by laverabe in c/politics@lemmy.world
[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Isn't killing your constituents a bad long term political strategy?

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