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Philadelphia paper warns Fetterman to take Senate job seriously – ‘or step away’ in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ye'olde worm-brain is another example

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Microsoft bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails and fires the employee who protested Microsoft during event. in c/Technology@programming.dev

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You've got it backwards. For most of history it was the other way around. We got to see a brief tantalizing glimpse of it in the 'oughties and naughties, and then the people who's lifestyle depends on an exploitable workforce got scared and decided that was enough freedom for the peons

Looking for suggestions of female fronted / all women heavy music in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Nobody in here gonna mention Scene Queen?

Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 month ago (20 children)

"But most significantly, Microsoft has made Recall a feature you must opt in to using rather than opt out of using, and it's possible to remove it completely."

Important bit

What's a myth/misconception you heard about the world that's went away as you got older? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's an axiom I don't know the provenance of:

"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into"

It's not about the truth to them it's about making the scary unknown go away so they can get on with their lives. Nevermind the fact that their ignorance is causing their own demise and that of everyone else....

It takes an emotional shock, most of the time, to break that kind of deathgrip on a false reality

The Most Impactful Things You Can Do for the Climate Aren’t What You’ve Been Told in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Same for dogs and cats, but that's a hard sell