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Americans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 Germany by myrmidex in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 66 points 1 week ago

"John Kennedy, murdered. Gandhi, murdered. Martin Luther King, murdered. Jesus, murdered. Reagan, wounded.” - Bill Hicks

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Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by myrmidex@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

Every Daily Show episode since Jon Stewart took over as host in 1999? Disappeared. The historic remains of The Colbert Report? Disappeared. Presumably, one hopes, those materials remain archived internally somewhere, but for the general masses, they’re kaput. Instead, the links redirect visitors to Paramount+, a streaming service whose offerings pale in comparison. (The service offers recent seasons of the Daily Show to paying subscribers, but only a fraction of the prior archive.)

Such digital demolitions are becoming routine. For fans and scholars of pop culture, 2024 may go down as the year the internet shrank. Despite the immense archiving capabilities of the internet, we’re living through an age of mass deletion, a moment when entertainment and media corporations see themselves not as custodians of valuable cultural history, once freely available, but as ruthless maximisers of profit. Those of us who believe in the historical value of accessing media from the past are paying the price.

‘Condemn the abusers’: Pope demands judgment for pedophile priests as Belgium tour ends by myrmidex in c/world@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 month ago

Fun fact, during the same trip he also mentioned that doctors assisting abortions are hired killers.

Peter Thiel is the conservative gay billionaire behind JD Vance's rise to power by myrmidex in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago

Decadence and opulence will still only be a private jet trip away.

Joe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground states by myrmidex in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 21 points 5 months ago

Funny how 8 years ago, people kept saying "don't worry about Trump, there are checks and balances in place". None of that talk this time around!

The world's oceans just broke on an important climate change record by myrmidex in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago

“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”

In The Guardian yesterday

‘I hope Ukraine will lose’: What MEPs told Russian propaganda channel by myrmidex in c/world@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago

A local extreme right MP had his ties to Chinese spies laid bare this year, did not even make a dent in the polls.

The elections will be brutal...

Download lossless quality music without paying corps. that stream it by myrmidex in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 10 points 9 months ago

I second this, very nice indeed!

I also use their Picard software to check the downloaded album, then it updates the metadata automatically and places them in the appropriate folder structure.

Anyone else experience the feelings that you are constantly dying? by myrmidex in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 10 months ago

By that rationale, wouldn't other people then also be dead, as you cannot experience their consciousness?

How do you even install a toilet in such a tight space? by myrmidex in c/badrealestate@feddit.uk

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 year ago

Looks like something out of Trainspotting

Exemployees of a company, what was your "fuck this shit I'm out moment"? by myrmidex in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 51 points 1 year ago

When the CEO let everybody work from home except for a female junior dev on my team. Not sure whether it was because she's female or an immigrant, but the two of us had other jobs within a month. Fuck these powertripping CEOs.

Joe Rogan Says It’s a ‘Fact’ That Jan. 6 Was a False Flag, Cites Ray Epps by myrmidex in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago

They even had the gall to put this piece of shit in my Recommended Podcasts feed. Back to SoulSeek it is for me!

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Chromecast alternatives? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by myrmidex@slrpnk.net to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

5 comments fedilink

I'm full on de-googling. I have set up ProtonMail as my main, a selfhosted NextCloud to store my calendar, drive and photos, I'm even erasing all my maps reviews by hand. The only thing I'm still unsure about: how should I replace my chromecast? Besides the amazon, apple or roku devices, which do you use? Which device do you recommend?

What book had the greatest impact on your life, and which part of it is the most memorable for you? by myrmidex in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 year ago

Plato's Republic.

I got really interested by its description in Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy. After reading the book, I realized how arbitrary the setup of current society is. Then I followed it up with More's Utopia and Marx' Das Kapital. A true Big Bang for my political views.

“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table