post title is misleading. it won't make criticizing Israel illegal, but it will be legally considered hate

the ones I build. I have to admit the Switch is really fun, but at the end of the day it's just another DRM machine. I'd rather have a rig sitting somewhere that I built to my exact specifications, that I can connect to from wherever, and that will run whatever I want

on the other hand, there could be an enemy of my enemy situation, because everyone in the Middle East hates Israel (and for good reason too: not only is Israel run by genocidal fucks, but they stole everyone's land). it's not impossible that Jordan, Egypt, and neighboring countries would gang up on Israel.

don't forget the part after "open crypto app" where you find out your favorite coin crashed overnight and you now have 29 cents

I'm not gonna speculate on what you're buying, but I'm afraid you're gonna get involved with shady people no matter what if you're using cryptocurrency. the entire industry is in the midst of a cascade failure thanks to Three Arrows Capital going toes up, and con artists and thieves are cashing in. cryptocurrency exchanges are using their own customers' money for not-so-good purposes, stablecoins are rapidly losing their pegs, and it seems like a bridge gets cracked every other day. my advice? if you don't want to deal with shadiness, you really shouldn't use cryptocurrency at all.

there's a GNOME extension called Bedtime Mode that adds a quick setting to turn the screen grayscale: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4012/gnome-bedtime/

non-spoilery version: what do you do when you crawl out of your shelter? die, die again!

conspiracy theories i agree with, but religion? organized religion, definitely. joining a religion with a hierarchy signals that you want someone else to give you all the answers, which is very much a mark of poor education. but religious beliefs are not an automatic marker of poor education, as long as they're sincerely held, don't supersede science, and are frequently revisited and revised based on personal experience and knowledge. even basic, broad frameworks like animism or some parts of Buddhism can help you make sense of the world when science can't help you

let's see...even if her stories were made up and she was "praising herself" as you claim, you blocked immediately, without any sort of grace period, because what she said does not align with your own little worldview.

and then you have the gall to muddy the waters by baselessly accusing her of doing the same thing you did. you can't even own up to your mistakes. such hypocrisy.

Some folks think that defederation is a bad thing. OK.

Here's a little experiment you can try at home.

1. Stop using GMail, Hey, or whatever email service you're currently using.
2. Set up your own mail server (there's instructions on the internet).
3. When the instructions say to use a Remote Black List just ignore them.
4. When the instructions say to validate domains, ignore those too.
5. When the instructions say to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC just let those slide.
6. Try to send / receive email
7. Also try to read your inbox. For added benefit turn on all notifications for received mail.

Voila. Now you have an unfettered email experience.

And this, class, is why defederation is useful.

Please send your comments to the overworked TA in the back of the room.

— Craig Maloney

yeah, many instances ban all of Lemmygrad because it's essentially a troll farm

isn't Yogthos on Lemmygrad?