Thats one relaxed pup

And so do the US, and especially Musk. So what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable obect?

Looks like you’ve got a good community going there. Not sure i have much to contribute, but we do have some crossover with the associated communities.

I’m not a big fan of those absolute firehoses though. It would be impossible to read as much as they post, and therefore they can’t have much invested or interest in the subjects which is bad for discussion and reminds me of the reasons for disliking AI slop.

I started posting by picking the communuty for the place i live and trying to post local and independent media and special interest groups articles about/in the context of that place.

Its benefits are,

• It creates activity on the fediverse that is unique, and the more interesting for it.
• You’ll be promoting the voices of those less often heard.
• You can also help local and independent media with readers and exposure. Its seen as more of an offline problem of media concentration, but i think theres online solutions for the surviving publications.

If you look through my history you’ll see my posts to c/Perth/WesternAustralia there are ebbs and flows in interest but the key point is when something happens, say a protest, or a pub banning some nazis the community is there ready for the users, active and established.

If you go to the sidebar of that community, and all the communities i moderate i have gathered in each a host of resources for people to refer to for articles and information in regards each of those communities. It also helps me to have easy access to those publishers as i look for something i find interesting.

So i don’t know what city or State you live in, but if theres a place based server, or a generalist server that hosts a community for it, i’d start posting there. If it looks abandoned maybe jump onto that servers c/meta and request to become the moderator. That’ll give you the ability to change things like the sidebar and participate in managing misbehaviour if/when users post things off topic/against the rules for the community.

See you in fediverse ;)

Edit: oh, also posting is a piece of active fun, instead of waiting passivley for something to entertain you. So its fun in a different way to scrolling feeds, or commenting.

Good thing about activitypub is the power of mods and admins is always checked by the ability of others to enter the scene and create competitor communities and servers.

Everybodies building rockets to get to the asteroids to mine them, but it’ll be Australian mining companies that do the mining.

Yeah, i think this is right. I know a few people i worked with in customer service who were wankers before, during and after.

Yeah but the Global Defence Initiative need to be ready with their superweapon for when Kane rises in power. Do you know he’ll be nuclear armed!

Ah, no your argument is definitely on the same page then, but at different ends of that page.

So your disagreement goes to degree of breaking and ability for remedy.

Their argument is, the degree of targetting and surveillance has surpassed normal constraints while the ability for a remedy within the normal constraints of the social contract is no longer possible.

To take your example if a murderer is arrested and tried then order is restored and with it the social contract begins to heal. If the murderer however isn’t arrested and tried, then continues to murder, then what alternative remedies are available to be resorted to.

Its a breaking of social contract argument.

Its bad when everyone does it, the point isn’t whether its a good thing to do or not. The social contract only works if people largely adhere to the conditions. The argument is that these people have broken their part, therefore are no longer entitled to the benefits of the bargain. It is a loss for society in general, and the action is a proposed remedy (as a social cost) aiming to restore the social contract.

Cool, stalagmites but different got it! 😂 I’ll look him up. I’ve heard the name, author and book, never given them a proper look though.

Ooh cool! Will check out. I just went to the first to return in search. Actually second link, i went to wikipedia first.

Oh yeah, i had that same thought about Trantor. The books Are really great so far, i picked up this 4 in 1 book from the local vinnies/thrift store. Only problem with reading them like this is, i can tell i’ll get confused between these four, and which
events occured in which book.

Downvoted, because i hate the mental image you gave me.

Do you think its these? McDonald’s and Loop join forces on reusable coffee cup pilot

Interesting concept, i hope its gone well.

Why do you say threadiverse, not fediverse? Have i missed some nomenclature change? Wouldn’t surprise me if I have, i’m usually buried down my own little holes around here.

In a suburb about half an hours drive from me theres a pink house, like an almost barbie-pink. Its eye-catching, i love it for them. I bet theres a real character in that household!

In Western Australia we’ve been rolling out FOGO bins (Food and Garden organics waste), last summer i didn’t tie off one of the bags properly and there were maggots everywhere, spilling out of the bin.

I guess this could happen with general waste bins as well, so i suppose i’ve changed my attitude on the wrapping up waste to go in your bin idea. The only way i see around it is more home composting.

When history looks back at this time, i think Biden’s largest failure, (in regards this matter), will have been breaking his promise to be a one term President. So many screw-ups happened off the back of that, his catastrophic debate; the funding making it difficult for any other nominee but Kamala Harris to run; the undemocratic way Kamala was elevated to the nominee position; the late in the day change itself.

I suppose it was his own self importance, but democracy is never about one person. Each person plays a part, it needs to be recognised and acted upon when that part has finished.