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finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto cats@lemmy.world•Anybody else have a cat that will just stare at them? What does he want from me?9·4 days agoIt’s probably lacking stimulation. It needs you to entertain it, preferably via bloodsport.
Is it because we brought Skrillex on stage with us?
Check out “Rare and Obscure Metal Archives” sometime, very nice
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess11·5 days agoIf life is too good to have a revolution when we vote blue into power then theres a good indication you’re being manipulated into accelerationist dogma.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto Fediverse@lemmy.world•[fluff post] If lemmy users are Lemmites, what would we like to call piefed users?English41·5 days agoI don’t really call them lemmites, haven’t seen anybody else do so either, I think Lemmings has such a cool ring to it, very cute animals that travel in groups.
As for Piefed users if it’s competing with something that cute then my vote is Piefolk.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess11·5 days agoYeah I better contact my representative and let them know to shut it down or risk losing midterms.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Visitors dropped for a 6th straight month in Las Vegas as head of tourism insists Sin City isn't dead91·6 days agoI knew visitors kept dropping but this is the first time I’ve heard Casinos are taking in more from gamblers. That sounds like the nail in the coffin right there, only people with lots of money are going to Vegas.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•UnitedHealthcare CEO's alleged killer Luigi Mangione inspiring others toward violence, prosecutors say01·6 days agoIt’s hardly his fault that anarchists made him their poster boy, tbh. He was still in lockup when they were using him to promote violence.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Pentagon is reinstalling portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee with slave1·6 days agoWell yes but actually no. There is this silly little thing called Article II Section 3:
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Meaning it is up to the president of the united states of America to see laws be faithfully executed or not, and in this case he chose not and gave the order to do this. This would be a huge fucking deal, and a blatant misinterpretation of the laws, if half the courts in the land weren’t pro-fascism and already agreed he could do this when he froze medicaid funding earlier this year.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Pentagon is reinstalling portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee with slave1·6 days agoGrant was almost perfect but he picked the worst possible cabinet until Trump.
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Theres a feature in the game “Dwarf Fortress” where one of the dwarves might Adopt an animal as their pet. Except for Cats. The cats adopt a dwarf.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•All birds are mocking birds because they are mocking us by walking in front of us when they can actually fly.1·6 months agoAll humans are actually mocking humans because they choose to stand or walk when they could be sprinting.
We’re not much better, tbh.
Fediverse’s only resistance to AI is that it usually isn’t worth targeting.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals CourtEnglish2·8 months agoThe word used is “Disrupt” which implies you cannot impede access to them even if you offer an alternative method.
Okay but there actually was a huge McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine conspiracy that turned out to be true. McDonalds sells the machines made by Taylor Company to the Franchise Owners, then mandates that only Taylor can fix the machines which are needlessly complicated to clean and maintain, and the machines being unreliable was a design flaw known internally the entire time. When a company named Kytch created tools to make fixing them fast and easy: Taylor sued. Then Taylor made their own tool by reverse engineering Kytch’s tool, so Kytch sued Taylor back for $900M USD.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals CourtEnglish15·8 months agoAh but technically it’s still illegal to disrupt emergency services and also leaves you liable to lawsuits.
But yeah, the FCC in particular can’t stop you from doing that.
finitebanjo@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•China hits Lockheed Martin and Raytheon with export ban after US arms sales to TaiwanEnglish16·8 months agoIt’s crazy to me that the Tankies don’t even believe Tibet is being oppressed. Like, they really don’t even know about it.
Some random images, some less relevant than others:
People who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The USA has been in a constant power struggle between monied interests and liberty since the founding days. The same party has been in control of China since before Mao was starving millions of people. A lot of european countries are literally still monarchies.
This is the normal.