Wow, I’ve never been more terrified of “CNC machines”…

I don’t think it’s fair to say that the shooter actually changed his mind.

Though, he was a pain in the neck which made him lean left for the rest of his life.

A bee-craft carrier?

My god…

Username checks out.

It may have been a mod or cheat or something, but I remember playing Marathon on my Mac in the late 90’s and having a “Bob Launcher”.

It was basically a rocket launcher that fired NPC’s named “Bob”.

Bro…

I’m sure Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks can be run—super bigly—by those 18 remaining “patriots”…

In space, no one can hear you scam.

I wonder if it would be possible to extend the capabilities of the software to triangulate the location of a a Stingray or other false tower with a few more of those devices working in concert in the same area.

It may sound alarmist, but it is fair.

Trump represents the US on the world stage, and arguably, the President has more direct power in influencing international policy than domestic policy.

In some ways, the American people’s democratic election of Trump is a more devastating trespass against foreign nations than it is against their own nation.

Apple’s transparency reports are interesting to look at, though I think the last update was June 2024.

Here’s the latest update for the US.

14 pregnant nurses and one glistening “Fertility Doctor” who just roams around the halls in an open bathrobe chugging orange juice straight out of the container.

Nah, it would never happen.

We would end up with comprehensive gun control reform before we ran out of our precious billionaires.

One can make useful items out of wood.

Guillotines, for example…

While the communities you view may differ from my own experience, I would say that political and news themed communities have had an uptick in aggression.

My sense is that it is less about the overall population on Lemmy, but more about the polarization of news and political topics in our society. If there were truly a force actively trying to promote a culture war to prevent a class war, I’d say they are doing an effective job.

Outside of news/politics communities, postings, and (directly or indirectly) related comments (or commenters), I have not experienced an increase in outright negativity and rudeness.

Just like in any written dialogue, I think some expressions of humor can be written or received poorly, lending to a received sense of rudeness—and those moments sometimes serve as reinforcement of actual offensive aggression observed elsewhere, you dick /s.

Jokes aside, I do appreciate you drawing attention to it, as a reminder for each of us to do our part to express ourselves more clearly—allowing for discussion, disagreement, sarcasm, and humor while maintaining respect and civility.

And, of course, continue to block users and communities you find objectionable; though, I would challenge anyone to ask themselves if they are blocking to avoid offensive content, or are they blocking to avoid content which does not align with their views. Silencing different points of view, ultimately, only expedites the original problem.

In only the most playful and harmless spirit of sarcasm, it kinda reads like, “you are immortal if you make choices which do not kill you”.

And as an extension, “if you choose to survive long enough, that will eventually kill you, as well”.

It sounds like a complicated way of describing an instinctively non-suicidal existence.

Don’t you dare give consumers what they want.

Same symptoms here:

Voyager 2.24.3

iPhone 15 Pro Max

iOS 18.3.1

Had to use another client to post this.

I need AI summaries a lot less than I would prefer a smart mail filter to actually remove all the spam email and texts.