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Kickstarter for Pixelfed and Loops

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  • Is AAVE = "African American Vernacular English"? That's the only thing I can think that it would be.

    • We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury

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  • COVID makes you dumber, but what happens if you start out dumb?

    • Pete Hegseth's FBI background check doesn't include interviews with key women from his past

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  • I hope he stubs his toe real hard every day for the rest of his life.

    • Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

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  • I think they decided on an opt in feature.

    • Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

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  • I think Mastodon changed their mind about it due to user feedback, and "Quote Posts" is on the current Mastodon roadmap. Not sure when it will be added - maybe sometime in 2025?

    https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

    • What keeps me from closing up my Facebook account

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  • Yes, it relies on federation. I don't think the data will even be sent to instances unless someone follows you on that instance.

    • The best Cloud backup in 2025?

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  • Yes but can you run Doom on a dead badger

    • What is jury nullification and what does it mean for Luigi Mangione’s defense? | CNN

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  • lifetime membership to United Healthcare!

    So, the death penalty?

    • Will we (sentient beings) ever find out scientific reason for the existence of the universe?

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  • It's not random. It's chaos.

    • Trump is open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada; Trudeau responds

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  • By "resource rich" I assume you mean "One of the few habitable places on earth in 20 years."

    • What happened to your high school bully?

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  • Yeah. Rural Indiana. About 1985.

    • What happened to your high school bully?

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  • He died of cancer before he turned 30.

    Good riddance. He forced a dried raccoon dick into my mouth in the school library. Then called me "coon" for years.

    • First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

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  • Gotcha, thanks. I should have read that better.

    However, you might note that they skipped 2020-2021. Because the flu deaths for that season were insignificant.

    • First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

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  • Do "cases" equal "deaths"? I'm genuinely curious.

    • First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

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  • Well, not every year. Not 2020.

    Because of masking for COVID.

    • Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office

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  • Never with Republicans in power

    • What are your favorite pre-2000 computer games?

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  • Oh, yes. And you could make your own levels!

    • AI in reality

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  • Hey, about out to an interactive fiction dude/dudette!

    I programmed in TADS many years ago, but I want to learn and use inform, because I want a Z-code game like my timeless heroes at Infocom.

    • TIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollution

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  • Like that paint that they use on highways that needs to be reapplied every so often because it disappears

    Well, it doesn't just disappear. Microplastics. Highways are doubly bad for plastic waste.

    • YSK There’s someone running around Lemmy posting misinformation against Wikipedia

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  • I do think, however, that a company that's not drowning in money wouldn't be giving a bunch of generic research grants.

    To clarify, you don't think not-for-profits should fund grants for things that (by vote of the board) aligns with their mission?

    I'm trying to figure out your beef with them.