I feel like this is going to become a problem with federation in the future. A Mastodon instance is hosting content outside of its control that may or may not comply with its internal policies or local law. Is that instance protected legally? Likely not.

It would likely be treated the same way as auto forwarding an email would be treated.

Smaller community size. It is a lot easier to moderate a small community instead of a large one.

It is also the reason why Reddit moderators fought the API ban. Reddit moderators had developed their own tech stack to help them moderate the very large subs. Lemmy isn’t at the size where those tools are needed.

For some like Gates, they probably want to keep the list private since they are on it; I feel like this was a big reason for his divorce.

For others, it is likely centered around the idea that Trump will let them do whatever they want as monopolies. It will shoot themselves in the foot as other countries dump US tech, but they will be able to keep their domains within the USA.

Wikipedia was relatively early in labeling the Gaza genocide.

Also, as others have said, you can clone Wikipedia right now and set up your own structure to edit it. The problem is that most clones end up like Conversatopeda, which generally tends to add a lot of bias to the articles.

The NBA developed a 3d printed basketball. Does material science count?

There is also the cost.

The American program to go to the Moon cost several percentage points of American GDP over several years to get there. The USA could have physically had a moon base up there, but it would have been wildly expensive.

It depends on the country. Some countries, like South Korea and Brazil, absolutely have more attractive people who have access to they level of plastic surgery and have specific form they are trying to match. We are also only seeing plastic surgery getting better to a point where people don’t look like they’ve had plastic surgery.

I would also argue that generic engineering is going to be used differently. Various skin disorders, including acne, could be treated at the genetic level. You could also potentially change fat storage and muscle growth, making people thinner and more muscular; a byproduct of which would make them attractive.

Then, think of the children. Parents can design their children to be more physically fit even among their own genes. There’s been a meme going around of Henry Cavill and his brothers, using Squidwards as a way to comment on the variation in attractiveness. Imagine a future where parents could choose all their kids to be the attractive versions.

A lot of people are going to be hotter.

I’d continue to work. I want to do more in my retirement than just stay at home.

My Worst Enemy - Lit

Man, who is probably an alcoholic, wakes up the next day from a bender to find his girlfriend has left him.

Ghettomusick - Outcast

It is a really sharp critique of the rap industry at the time.

Living La Vida Loca and Macerena are both pretty dark.

I’ll Fly Away also fits that.

It isn’t hypocritical, but I’d question why I would invest in something that I would want to lose value from a moral standpoint.

Kids are probably going to make fun of the foot part. Teenage girls are going to ask my sons if the size matches other parts.

I pay money to cross a large river.

There isn’t a guarantee that federation protects against enshitification. Email has effectively been captured by a few providers.

Kind of. The Department of War was the Army only. The Department of Navy was its own department and operated based on a different set of military demands, which was a major reason why the Marines exist.

It wasn’t until after World War II when the USA recognized the difficulty in having two separate departments for the military made combined operations hard to implement. You also had the Army maintaining a larger peacetime size and a third branch, the Air Force, being created to optimize for a new theater of war.

Funny. I thought the Navy beat the Army more in the Army-Navy game.

No. The war is unpopular, but Zelenskyy is still popular.

I think it is clear that the Ukrainian people would accept a negotiated settlement including the loss of territory, but I don’t see total capitulation as politically acceptable. The big sticking point appears to be who guarantees Ukrainian independence after the war.