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The one time Reagan was right in c/[email protected]
Finally deleted my reddit account after the AI news. What communities do you recommend on lemmy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

lemmyverse.net is also a great tool to find communities and instances

A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

R.I.P. T-Rex

If you want to cry tears of pain and rage, listen to Dajah’s statement (one of the survivors) at the trial of the shooter. It’s…heavy, you’ve been warned.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ru3-v666nY0

Nazi supporters march through downtown Nashville in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's The Rocketeer

E: oops, I replied from my inbox without seeing that this was already answered

Nazi supporters march through downtown Nashville in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 71 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

This is a common trope in these topics. And I gotta say, to be perfectly honest, that I hate it.

Leftists/anti-fascists also rely on having face coverings to protect themselves from state repression, and doxxing from nazis, despite being right in their beliefs.

I get where you're coming from with the sentiment, I do. But rather than taking issue with the masks themselves, I'd recommend taking action (or at least encouraging it) and physically removing their masks so they can be properly doxxed themselves and face the consequences of their violent and hateful beliefs.

Edit: Case in point, here's a link to a video of the Proud Boys fighting with another, smaller, local neo Nazi group where they start to de-mask each other, towards the end of the video. They know that being exposed to the public is detrimental to their livelihoods, but will still do it to each other whenever there's a conflict.

Take note of that, and act accordingly.

Nazi supporters march through downtown Nashville in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 129 points 7 months ago (5 children)

These farmworkers created America’s strongest workplace heat rules in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

My state, mentioned also in the article, enacted some really great protection laws for workers dealing with heat. It took an unprecedented, record-breaking heat dome for it to happen. But at least it happened.

Nazi supporters march through downtown Nashville in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

~~I could be wrong, but this appears to be~~ Blood Tribe, they've been pretty active in Florida recently

Edit: missed the part of the article where they mention their shirts confirming this

Cannabis Store Summerside, Edmonton in c/[email protected]
Cannabis Store Summerside, Edmonton in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Boooooooo

Post your ads on IG or something. Not here.

  • signed, a cannabis farmer
Moms for Liberty Completely Collapses in Former Strongholds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'd like to be optimistic over this... But with Chaya Raichik having been recently appointed to the Oklahoma schools Library Advisory Committee, that optimism is hard to keep.

Moms for Liberty might be imploding, but there certainly isn't any shortage of other people or groups willing to keep up the far-right's anti-LGBT crusade...

Chief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigation in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks. Apparently I've been saying that phrase wrong my whole life...

I'm going to leave the comment as-is tho for the unintentional pun it created.

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Feeling the pressure of a big task? (slrpnk.net)
 
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Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video) (youtube.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/2162404

Two years before R.E.M. proclaimed "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," Talking Heads shared the sentiment on their single "Road To Nowhere," a deceptively upbeat pop-rock tune about facing a dire future with optimism. "I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom," Talking Heads singer David Byrne recalled in the liner notes of Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads. "At our deaths and at the apocalypse… (always looming, folks). I think it succeeded..."

Song Lyrics:

[Intro]
Well, we know where we're goin'
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowin'
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

[Verse 1]
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know
We're on a road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

[Verse 2]
We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there, take you there

[Chorus]
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

[Bridge]
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
And you could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
You could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right

[Chorus]
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

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[OC] My current vantage point (slrpnk.net)
 
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"I'll give you something to cry about" (slrpnk.net)
 
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It's grocery shopping day. Wish me luck! (slrpnk.net)
 
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When ADHD meets Existential Dread (slrpnk.net)
 
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What is everyone's favorite Android app for Lemmy? (slrpnk.net)
 

Apologies if this has already been asked, I'm very new here and still learning everything.

I am (was...) an RIF user on reddit. I just found Jerboa For Lemmy today and so far it feels somewhat intuitive coming from RIF. It seems like a decent app so far in the handful of hours I've been toying with it. But I would love to hear what others are currently using for Android.

Thanks!

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