Avid Amoeba
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I’ve been trying Mastodon for as long as Lemmy but it’s not nearly as good due to the “who to follow” problem and the lack of ability to sort a topic by amount of interaction. E.g. can sub to say #Canada but within that, there’s no good way to surface highly faved or replied-to posts. The upcoming Starter Packs should help a lot because you’d be able to follow bunch people who tend to discuss some topic, which means you’d get the more active posts in your feed by means of those people intercting with it. It doesn’t replace the need for sorting algos but it addresses the problem partially. Perhaps it would be good enough. Circles (same concept) worked wonders in Google+.
We’re here.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.ml•Trump says Hamas security forces deploying in Gaza with his 'approval'5·1 day agoCould this be a trap?
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.ml•Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions4·2 days agoODT was right there… but it wouldn’t have fulfilled the theatrical purpose. 😄
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Vladimir Putin is fearful the return of his convict army could destabilise Russian society, sources sayEnglish2·2 days agoHudson and Den Boer trace the rise in offspring sex selection in China and India that has resulted in a “surplus” of young men. They argue that such surpluses of men increase the potential for internal and external violence, while diminishing the prospects for democracy. This phenomenon could destabilize the two countries, the region, and beyond.
This was written in 2002. Seems like the pretictive power of the theory isn’t too strong.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.ml•Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT | (Global = Western)7·3 days agoPoland had been the Pentagon’s sole authorized supplier of TNT. But it has been sending much of what it makes across its border to Ukraine, which is using all that it produces for its own military purposes.
That’s crazy. I wonder how long would the MIC be able to sustain a hot war if the EU and PRC stops exporting production to the US.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•NDP tables bill to repeal section 107 of labour code16·5 days agoYes baby. Ask for this to support the budget!
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Young people are struggling to find work. Older people saying ‘try harder’ isn’t helping26·5 days agoOld people: best I can do is preserve the character of the neighbourhood.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Selfhosted@lemmy.world•I am attempting to get into Selfhosting after a shockingly frightening experience, but I am very lost.English2·6 days agoI think the very first step to building resiliency is to sign up for Proton’s cloud services. That will give you access to mail, both from Gmail via forwarding and a new inbox with a separate address. You’d also get a password manager and cloud storage. From there you can start self-hosting alternatives. Probably start with Immich as Google Photos is a big deal and it takes a ton of storage. Proton is a Swiss non-profit so the probability for enshitification is not nearly as high as with Google.
As soon as you have redundant storage, do a Google Takeout and download a full archive of your stuff. This feature may not be there for long given the current corporate climate.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Marwan Barghouti secretly removed from prisoner list by Israel, source saysEnglish3·6 days agoIf Israel doesn’t care about killing the Israeli hostages, then the hostages do not serve as any leverage for Hamas. But they are used as an important piece for the machine manufacturing consent for the genocide. So that changes the calculus on keeping them hostage I think. I think you’re right that Israel would gladly kill 'em. So releasing them could throw a significant wrench into the machine I think. Discontent in Europe is growing and Israel can be significantly harmed economically should the EU take action. Doesn’t that make some sense?
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents4·6 days agoIf we can’t independently control our borders and internal economic and other policies, without being able to democratically influence the decisions affecting us, made in Washington, then we’re defacto territory. I’m not saying we’re there, but rather saying that we don’t have to be formally annexed to function as a territory.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Marwan Barghouti secretly removed from prisoner list by Israel, source saysEnglish3·6 days agoFor a moment I thought this time Bibi might be changing direction to play the peacemaker and hostage-returner. I wondee if Hamas would try to outflank him by releasing the hostages anyway so they can then use Israel’s uncooperation against them. That would significantly increase the pressure on Israel externally and internally by killing a main piece of the victim narrative.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying ColombiansEnglish20·6 days agoThey spoke Spanish.
in case of anger
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Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism is on the rise in Canada12·7 days agoIt’s in my social circle. It’s terrible. People under the influence of hasbara with connections to Israel say some really depraved shit. If you say something against it, you’re a deluded useful idiot, a victim of arab propaganda, or an antisemite at worst.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification PhotosEnglish17·7 days agoTo the surprise of no one here. This is the first thing I think of when a system wants me to upload an ID.
Okay this really belongs here.
It’s not about our quibbling, we know what’s up. We could use this vid as a great piece of propaganda to educate others if it showed the same month.
Would be even more impactful then if it’s the same month.
At this point, by writing letters to our MPs, expressing clearly what we want to see happen and what we don’t. For example that we want to see Section 107 gone and Canada Post funded. Slightly further into the future, by following the NDP leadership election and voting in it so we can get a stronger alternative during the next federal election, one that will support Canada Post’s workers.