Yeah, it’s generally better in here in that respect. Transphobia is massively downvoted and commonly banned as well.

There are quite a few trans communities here, too, if you belong to the group and seek a friendly environment.

This made me realize that, throughout basically all of Viking history, Islam was already a thing. Curious.

Wait, there’s more!

Pedophilia is a sexual/romantic interest in prepubescent children. Most pedophiles never engage sexually with a child, and a good share of child molesters are not pedophiles and are just looking for easy victims.

So on top of potentially shitting on LGBT community, this also concerns people born with a shitty sexual interest that know full well kids should never be abused.

And the rates of pedophilia seem to be higher among child sexual abuse survivors, so they get death threats on top of their trauma. Not great.

Allah is known in Christianity as God the Father, part of Trinity. Being an Abrahamic religion, Islam simply expands on Christianity, while describing much the same characters.

Except Muslims do not recognize the Trinity as a thing; God the Holy Spirit is to them Archangel Gabriel, and Jesus (Isa) is a prophet, not a Son of God.

Good. Seriously, I hope such actions will be met with complaints and lawsuits everywhere.

Sexual life is a very sensitive and intimate subject, and it’s bad enough that she even had policemen invade it by opening the box (though this in particular is obviously a necessary part of police operations), let alone make a laughing matter out of it.

In general, though, I hope we will be able to eventually get more open about such things, so that it would be seen as a regular set of household items, even if it’s hidden from plain sight.

Tankies are among the most active contributors not only to content, but also to the platforms themselves.

Lemmy, the very platform you’re currently on, is made by one.

I’d rather see less left infighting - that will suffice.

Welcome!

What the other commenter said, look for these instances, especially TILvids

Other than these, some specific recommendations:

• Gardiner Bryant ([email protected]) - tech YouTuber dipping toes into PeerTube

• Oh The Urbanity! ([email protected]) - urbanism and sustainable development

• ASMR of the Fediverse ([email protected]) - self-explanatory, ASMR videos specifically produced and released on the Fediverse. Exclusive high-quality content!

• Making Waves/Roots and Calluses ([email protected] & [email protected]) - personal/professional blogs of a marine biologist Kate Hildenbrand, both very worth a watch

• Veronica Explains ([email protected]) - a very cute and non-typical Linux channel from a veteran tech enthusiast

• Films ([email protected]) - old but gold public domain films

• Historical Shorts ([email protected]) - some more tapes from the past

Having spent about 2 years on Lemmy, I made the commitment to ditch YouTube in favor of PeerTube.

At first, it may look like there’s mostly garbage and then some privacy enthusiasts, but that’s only because recommendations and search are not very powerful compared to other platforms.

PeerTube is home to troves upon troves of high-quality original content on various topics, you just have to look for it. And for your YouTube-exclusive needs, there are instances that mirror popular channels.

Give it a spin!

Thanks, will pay closer attention to that.

Care to share examples of such misuse or alternative research?

Here’s an example research: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216

Full text link (courtesy of sci-hub): https://sci-hub.ru/https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaq0216

Move to renewable energy. We have the necessary capacity, just keep installing renewable sources and phasing out the rest. Keep nuclear plants operational as long as they’re safe, too, but don’t waste too much resources building new ones.

Keep on moving electric storage from lithium ion to pumped hydro/sodium ion/other technologies depending on scale. Leave lithium ion for portable electronics and specialized cases only.

Develop better public transit networks, ideally make it free like in some cities. Also, make bicycle lanes mandatory for new neighborhoods, and convert old roads to have bicycle lanes whenever possible. With that, you won’t need to ban cars as they’ll grow less relevant (although you can increase tax on car sales to raise money and further disincentivise car ownership).

Also, develop high-speed rail whenever it makes sense, as an organic and much more ecological replacement for planes. Make sure they are modular enough to scale for demand, to avoid dragging extra.

Plant more trees and algae to help scrub the extra CO2. Intensify marine plastic collection efforts to assist the natural growth of marine ecosystems.

Ban petroleum-based plastics whenever possible. For most applications, there are more friendly biologically produced options; they are fairly cheap, too, it’s just that regular plastic is even cheaper.

Extend reduce-reuse-recycle. Make more places serve into your own tare, make use (on a personal level) of what you normally throw away, and for what you do throw away, make sure it gets into recycling. Get creative! For example, did you know some used plastic bottles can be turned into a 3D printer filament? You can go wherever from there!

Reduce beef production/import and consumption. For what you do consume, make sure it comes from milk breeds, because otherwise you don’t share the ecological footprint with the dairy, which skyrockets the footprint of a steak. In any case, beef is the single most terrible food source in terms of ecological footprint, being several times worse than pork, poultry and dozens to hundreds times worse than plant foods.

Oh, and the AI centers currently in construction by tech giants are becoming one extra major point of concern. We should review which of these are actually necessary, because this thing doesn’t seem to stop scaling up, with some planned centers consuming as much energy as a major city.

Sucking dick is then always hetero, because it goes in on the other side, so kinda reversed too?

I’d want to say “8 billion people”, but right now 3000 billionaires lead on.

After all, they maintain their position by masterfully playing people off each other and setting things up to be on top. They have all the resources to extend their influence.

If 8 billion people could turn billionaires voices off for anything larger than a day, then yeah, 8 billion all the way, and 3000 will run out FAST.

But the latter know this, and will never let this happen. We should.

Keep it in mind: every time you take a shit, you’re essentially reverse dildoing your ass. Very homo.

60-year-old man who had a “history of studying nutrition in college” decided to try a health experiment: He would eliminate all chlorine from his diet

Oh well, it started before ChatGPT even had a chance to make it worse.

Everything I do is wrong

Changing workplace, if possible

Nothing really matters

Meaningful activities outside work

I’m sure you heard it already, but both are complicated, which is why people often stick with what they hate. But both are so important and true you need to find ways to achieve it.

For me, I found meditation to be the easiest point of entry into shaking my life up. It takes 10 minutes a day, requires near-zero willpower to execute (unlike, say, exercises, which are otherwise great), it helps me ground, relax and find out what I really think of stuff when I’m not pressured by a concrete wall of stress.

After that, YMMV. I found out I can safely gear down and live a better life with less load for a while, even if it means less income (not that I was rich to begin with, but one thing even worse than poverty is living at work you hate). I’ve found inspiration in nature, long walks, and finding small things that matter. I also found it in people and joined some local activism. And from there, I looked for ways to get back to higher income without compromising my integrity.

I still struggle with exercises and sometimes healthy diet, but I fuck off myself and do what I can, and know I do my best. Now I wake up with purpose and get to bed without regret. It’s not sunshine and rainbows, but way better than it was before.

Oh, and I restored my previous income, but with less pain and misery, doing what I like. I’m sure I could again pick a better paying career and earn twice as much as I do now, but screw it, it’s not worth it.

Yes.

During prolonged and extensive stresses, a brain temporarily loses some of the ability to pay attention and remember.

When the stressful part is over, your memory will restore. I would not advise to strongarm through it, though - find a way to unload yourself and find better rest before your body forces you to by introducing stress-induced health issues you’ll have to address.

Been there, lost a lot of health to it, don’t recommend.

Also, agree with others saying you need to sleep well. Sleep is essential at sorting your memories and preparing you for the day. During the periods of stress and processing a lot of data it is more essential than ever.

Just…do both, and keep some parts of your life separate. Have a public face, talk to regular folks etc, and then have your hidden community of privacy enthusiasts that you manage accordingly.