Same.

Also, for the zoomers who might not get your reference to the mighty KLF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5oHL3zBDg

Yeah I dunno why the downvotes tbh

South east Asia via land bridges during ice ages is the current dominant theory I believe. Indonesia wouldn’t be accurate, more like Papua New Guinea - but both of those countries are far newer than when the original Aboriginal’s descendants crossed. Genetically they’re closest to PNG AFAIK.

As an aside, Dingoes (genetically distinct from dogs, Canus familiaris) came over much more recently, also believed to be during a land bridge during an ice age ~3,500 years ago from south east Asia - specifically PNG also. They’re most closely related to New Guinean Singing Dogs and share the same taxonomic rank under ‘Canus lupus dingo’.

That’s fine for drama and written TV. But nah, reality TV ruined the world.

The Real World and Cribs on MTV led to Big Brother and Survivor - which as well as popularizing the format and leading to endless trash, led to The Apprentice, which revived Donald Trump’s image and brand and convinced millions of really dumb people that he’d make a good president.

In the good parallel timelines, the execs that suggested reality TV were laughed at and it never came up again. MTV still plays great music videos all day, the History channel actually talks about history, and barely anyone outside of the US knows the name ‘Kardashian’ or ‘Donald Trump’.

I disagree, the League of Nations was set up after WW1 with the specific aim of preventing another world war, their stated mission was to “maintain world peace”.

The League of Nations was absorbed into the United Nations, disbanding entirely in 1946, and the primary United Nations stated mission is again to “maintain world peace”.

So its specifically been created as a reaction to World War 2, and its forebear in reaction to WW2 - its goal has always been to maintain peace and prevent wars.

Its entirely fair for presidents/world leaders to call it out as increasingly ineffective in that goal, especially considering one of its founding ‘four powers’ (Russia, who maintains the membership powers of former USSR) is in the midst of a two year war of aggression with a neighbouring country. And two of the other founding powers (US and China) are frequently provoking war by attacking their neighbours. Their core mission is in shambles.

Yeah, I blocked em because it was too annoying trying to parse their posts - and the comments weren’t very contributory anyway

Remember that scene in Inglorious Basterds where they lock the cinema full of Nazi officers and set it on fire?

Cool scene, just thought I’d bring it up.

Our stuff is a reflection of our desires, decisions and personality. Its normal to want to share it socially. Its totally fine if you don’t want to also.

Yeah I remember when I finished university in Australia and they asked us to pledge allegiance to the ruling party in a loyalty oath before anyone could graduate.

Wait… no i don’t because that never happened, and this is an obvious false equivalence between the west and China.

Yes, but meat demands are also deforesting huge swathes of land all over the world. Then, instead of forest that are carbon-negative you get pastoral lands and cattle that are carbon-positive.

Brazil’s deforestation is the world’s most extreme. It is at a point now (due to deforestation and livestock) where the Amazon rainforest is no longer a carbon sink and now emits more greenhouse gasea than it absorbs.

Same with tourists defacing and stealing bones from the Paris catacombs.

When we visited several years back they had to have guides trailing in the dark watching everyone to ensure tourists didn’t smash or steal or carve their initials into the old bones. We saw quite a bit of (what looked like) recent damage and defacing.

People who feel the need to vandalise stuff just for fun need significant consequences. I think reciprocity would work well. Carved your name on something? This is going to hurt. Kicked and broke a femur? Oh dear.

Thanks, I copied it from Wikipedia but I must have copied it from the wrong context as I copied in two parts.

I don’t see what NS split by a lightning bolt would refer to other than National Socialist - eg literally claiming affiliation/support to the Nazi party.

It is possible its something else and just incredibly bad fortune and an incredibly ignorant person who wouldn’t get that connection is wearing it - but given the context that it’s ICE… I’m leaning to it being a nazi dog whistle to other like-minded ICE officers.

National Socialist more likely. Literally referring to the Nationalsozialismus Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) - the Nazis.

Second Syncthing, it is very fast, reliable, and flexible.

I used it coming from FileSync and Dropbox, and I had to change the way I thought about my shared folders to architect a good system for me. Eg: each root shared folder should serve a particular function that determines which devices it should be shared to (does this share need to be accessible in your phone? Laptop? PC? NAS?).

FYI you can set up untrusted peer sync to have your files all synching to another device (SFF device at your friend or relatives house, or a cloud server). That eliminates the concern of your house burning down, while keeping all of your Syncthing data secure and not worrying about it being stolen or accessed. If your house burns down you can connect back to the untrusted peer sync, put in your passphrase, and your data will all return.

https://t-shaped.nl/untrustedpeerencryption

Ah yes, “Charlie Kirk won’t be remembered as a hero” by some random dude with 5 followers - barred from entry to the US, is the same as “When do we deploy troops to Australia? When do we invade Australia and free an oppressed people who are suffering under a totalitarian regime?” along with hundreds of anti-Jewish, holocaust denial comments and whitewashing of (literally) Hitler - barred from entry to Australia.

The idea that you would cut off a part of your kids genitalia just so they could ‘fit in’ culturally is kinda blown away by the fact that it is now less common to be circumcised than being natural, even in the USA. By the time your kid is old enough to care, it will be a complete non-issue, and they can always get one as an adult if they want. Don’t take that agency away.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/117464

The idea that it has a population-level health benefit is completely debunked. It is medically advisable in only a tiny fraction of kids (sub 1%). The fact that %60 of the US population is circumcised is all thanks to religious hooey from puritans who don’t want children to masturbate, and think chopping a sensitive part of their genitals off to make it harder to enjoy is the best way to go - thanks to education and a wider exposure to the rest of the world via the Internet, US parents are finally realising this which is why it’s in decline.

When I see I have a message/reply in my Lemmy inbox, then open the inbox and see nothing - there is such a relaxing feeling pressing “mark all as read”, knowing I just avoided an annoying interaction from some idiot I’ve blocked in the past.

You don’t have time for washing your hands - but do you have time for a staph infection or gastro?

Maybe you should get some biology education. Here’s a start from real scientists who have studied this exact topic.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-you-really-need-to-wash-your-hands-after-using-the-toilet

ITT: a bunch of actually my penis is super clean grots who seem to think they only ever use the urinal directly after showering their dick.

Wash your hands after using the bathroom, always. You are not as smart or as clean as you think you are.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-you-really-need-to-wash-your-hands-after-using-the-toilet