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LGBTQ conservatives say they feel misled by DeSantis
  • Same thing happens in the Jewish community. My father is a Republican and believes that Republicans support Jews because "they support Israel." He doesn't see that the only reasons that Republicans support Israel are because:

    1. The evangelicals want Israel to exist and be run by Jews so it can be attacked and Jesus can return.

    And

    1. So the right has a place to say Jews really belong (not in America).

    They'll "support Israel" all day and night while actively pushing for a Christian Theocracy in America where Jews are (at best) second class citizens.

  • Could Ben and Jerry’s go down like Bud light, or is their ice cream too darn delicious?
  • It was the worst possible response. Had they stuck to their guns, the right would have remained angry, but the left would have been fine. By ditching Mulvaney over the "outrage," the left became upset and the right wasn't mollified.

  • Could Ben and Jerry’s go down like Bud light, or is their ice cream too darn delicious?
  • Back in 2016, I got to taste a new flavor from Ben & Jerry's called "Feel the Bern" which showed their support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Anyone who gets surprised that Ben & Jerry's is political hasn't been paying attention.

    Then again, some people became shocked that Rage Against The Machine was political leading to a commenter asking "what machine did you think they were raging against?"

  • What if Everyone Knew Who You Really Were on the Internet
  • I was the victim of a cyberstalker about a decade ago. This person was convinced that I was really someone else that she had a beef with. Her reasoning? We both like taking photos. (Apparently, I'm the only one posting photos online. All those pictures you see online? That's all me. No wonder I have no free time!)

    I couldn't argue with her to let her know that she was mistaken because she had it on "very good authority" that I was lying about who I was. Namely, "God told her." And I'm not exaggerating here. She literally thought that God talked to her and told her stuff like who was committing crimes.

    Oh and I was guilty of those crimes according to "God." I won't name those crimes because they're heinous, but suffice it to say she thought I was doing unspeakable things to kids. She was threatening to call my employer, the police, and everyone who knew me to tell them about what I was doing.

    Luckily for me, all she had to go on was "TechyDad." I blogged at the time, but didn't post my exact whereabouts or my real name. The guy that she thought I was wasn't as lucky. She contacted his employer (a school in New Zealand) and everyone with the same last name as him that was on Facebook and near him. All to tell them what he did to kids. (Again, her source was "God." He didn't really do anything and he had to have quite a few awkward conversations to clear things up.)

    I finally got rid of the stalker by grabbing her IP address (from one of her comments) and modifying my htaccess file to report 404 Page Not Found for only that IP. She crowed on Twitter about how she singlehandedly took me down and then moved on. (I and her other targets would report her to Twitter, but she'd constantly have dozens of other handles ready and waiting and would switch to them the second her main one was banned.)

    To my knowledge, she's still out there stalking people.

    Now, how would this have been different had she had my real name? Well, with a little work she would have been able to look up my location. (My name's pretty common, but she'd find me eventually.) Then, she'd locate my employer, my address, and other information. She could send me packages or mail harassing me. She could contact my local police to swat me or just to report my "crimes." She could contact my employer to report me and try to get me fired.

    Now, I eventually did tie my real name to "TechyDad." I wrote a book and didn't want to publish under "TechyDad" so I used my two name. That being said, it was my choice. I definitely wouldn't want it to be required for me to use my real name everywhere.

  • What's the best Android/iPhone app for Lemmy?
  • I heard about Boost coming to Lemmy also. I don't have any information about development progress, but I'll definitely be trying it out once it launches.

    Boost is still working for Reddit because Reddit realized that turning off their API access was harder than they thought. It will take them a few weeks to do this. Once they do, Boost for Reddit will be dead.

    I'm still using it to look into a few subreddits every so often. (Ones that I haven't found Lemmy replacements for.) When it dies, my time spent on Reddit - already very reduced from the pre-API crisis levels - will drop even more.

  • Twitter's new CEO told staffers they need to use 'hand-to-hand combat' to convince advertisers to come back, report says
  • The only reason that he seemed like a "Genius CEO" with SpaceX and Tesla was because those companies had layers of management dedicated to protecting the company from Musk.

    If Musk marched into Tesla and decided that all Tesla cars should have eyeball shaped headlights, managers would tell him what a genius idea that was and that they'd get right on it. Then, they'd distract him with something else while the idea went in the trash can.

    Twitter has no such management layer so every Elon Epiphany becomes Twitter policy no matter how bad or destructive it is. SpaceX and Tesla were successes despite Musk and Musk gained his "genius" reputation because those companies were able to filter out his idiocy.

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  • I was assuming that the reason was that Twitter fired all their system administrators so the services are basically held together with bubble gum and string. If too many people use the services, it'll crash so they need to limit usage.

    They can't admit that the rate limits are due to unmaintained servers, though, so they trotted out the "people are scraping Twitter" excuse.

    Come to think of it, didn't Reddit use something like that as an excuse for the huge API pricing? Are they coordinating on how to ruin their services? If so, they're doing a great job!

  • What gut feelings you struggle with?
  • The last one is Imposter Syndrome. I struggle with it too. Despite having worked in web development for 25+ years, I'm constantly finding myself thinking that I don't know anything and any day now everyone else will realize it. It's a constant battle to remind myself that I'm actually talented and knowledgeable and not just a huge fraud.

  • Sad news about the bunny

    You might have seen this post of mine a few days ago. Now, I don't know if this is the same bunny or not, but after moving my car, I noticed that the bunny was laying down on the grass near my car. At first, I thought this was odd but likely just "bun resting time." Then, I noticed that flies were going all over it and it was in obvious distress.

    There was a big gash in its side and fur all around the area. Something had attacked it near there. I called animal control and tried to keep the flies away to keep it as comfortable as possible. Sadly, the bunny died while I was on the phone.

    I feel bad that I couldn't save the bunny, but I doubt that there was anything that could have been done. At best, had animal control arrived, they would have likely euthanized him.

    RIP Bunny!

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    What would you consider your political ideology to be?
  • Republicans seem to want to turn back the clock to the 1950's and in one aspect I agree with them. The top tax rate back then was 90%. That should be returned for anyone making over $10 million.

    Unlike Republicans, though, I think people should be free to be who they are - whether they're LGBTQ or straight/cisgender, black or white, Christian or Jewish or atheist, or any other group I didn't list. (I didn't list all groups only because I don't want this comment to be novel length.) Basically, as long as your actions affect only yourself and consenting adults, I'm fine with them.

    I'm also fine with parents having some control over what their kids do. I'm a parent myself and know that as a parent you need to make judgement calls as to what's best for your child. I wouldn't want someone else questioning my parenting based on their beliefs. However, there are limits. If your child is LGBTQ and you try to force them to be straight/cisgender, you aren't acting in your child's best interests. If your 10 year old child is raped and their life is in danger, but you refuse to allow them to have an abortion because your religion doesn't allow it, then you're harming your child.

    Also, a person's "parental rights" shouldn't mean that they get to decide that certain books are banned from everyone reading them. My son actually just finished reading a book because it had been banned and we laughed over how innocuous the "ban triggering passage" was compared to some stuff in the Bible.

    Basically, I think I'd call myself a Pragmatic Progressive. I advocate for progressive causes, but I also realize that society can often be slower to adapt than we like. While we would love to be able to pass X and have it be widely adopted immediately, there's often a series of slow moving battles to get X passed and another slow march to get wide acceptance. We can't simply throw in the political towel at the first setback. Neither can we pass up 10% of our goal being within our grasp because we're holding out for 100%. We need to get whatever advancements we can while continually pushing for more.

  • Which microscale car looks best?

    I'm building a small microscale LEGO city for my T-Rex Costume Fan minifigure to rampage through. Which do you think is the better car (in red at the forefront) for him to terrorize?

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    Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant
    www.independent.co.uk Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant

    In a characteristically rambling post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said that the indictment ‘hoax’ was the fault of misfits – and mutants

    Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant

    In a characteristically rambling post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said that the indictment ‘hoax’ was the fault of misfits – and mutants

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