I know it’s hard to imagine to hardened ideologues like yourself, but some people think right and left have good solutions and blind spots for certain problems. They engage with topics and discourse, investigate the scientific evidence, are capable of nuance and compromise, are able to calm their emotions, etc.
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World News@quokk.au•Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades
2·4 hours agoThe BBC simply cites this human rights report.
It includes names, photos, and the crimes the executed were charged with.
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Autism@lemmy.world•Anyone else got mental health diagnoses as well?
1·4 hours agoThat’s anxiety not OCD
Centrists being ignored again.
This polarization is the problem. It should be possible to talk about actual issues and possible solutions across political lines. Campism fucking sucks.
Hitchhiking and couch surfing is a thing.
Trump has already professed his admiration for the empire building warlord Mohammed (PBUH).
I recommend studying Crowley and Osho.
Jesus never asked for wars in his name though. It’s not part of his teachings.
Christianity changed a lot once it became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire.
However Christianity also brought a lot of positive social changes with the focus on forgiveness and helping the unfortunate for example.
It was spread by conquest, but also peaceful friendly missionaries. These missionaries often invented a writing system for the illiterate people they visited.
There are blond people in the Levant.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workstoMental Health@lemmy.world•I hate how every online comment on Lemmy is basically just like "the government is about to kill you anyways, please go be a martyr and do political violence"... 🧐English
5·5 hours agoLemmy is filled with mentally ill loners who cling to extreme political ideologies to give their lives meaning and purpose.
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World News@lemmy.world•Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable. If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.English
1·5 hours agoGermany has had several chancellors in office for 16 years.
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Steam Hardware•Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments
14·5 hours agoI don’t like fiddling with configuring a controller. On consoles it typically just works.
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pics@lemmy.world•An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.
31·3 days agoBy the US? Do you mean IS, Assad, and Hezbollah?
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Apple@lemmy.world•Porting Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
1·5 days agoSame as other parts XNU is published under APPLE PUBLIC SOURCE LICENSE, which is considered a free and open source license by the FSF.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•No More Spreadsheet APIs
1·7 days agoScripts and aliases make this easy to set up.
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Apple@lemmy.world•New Book Details Vision Pro's Troubled Launch in Apple Stores
2·7 days agoIf you want a VR headset just to watch movies, a Meta Quest 3 or Pico 4 is good enough. You can buy one each of your 7 person family for the price of an Apple Vision Pro. It will also run more fun video games.
The Vision Pro is too expensive for a toy, and not useful enough for a professional tool.
If you want a portable big screen, a mobile battery powered projector might be a better choice.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•No More Spreadsheet APIs
6·8 days agoWhat do you mean by natural? Do you want stateful APIs?
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Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•The Lemmy userbase isn't much better than that of Reddit.English
12·8 days agoAntisemitism exists across the political spectrum.





















That depends a lot on the country.
Increasing military capabilities is a good idea for ensuring peace in Europe.
Removing regulations that make building new housing expensive will lead to more construction, more supply, and lower rents. Price controls on rent have very limited effects and hinder new construction.
Trade and foreign investments is more effective in developing poor countries than foreign aid as charity spent on feel good programs.
Entrepreneurship rewards skilled creative and hard work. It’s a path towards freedom and success, that’s possible for more people.
Meritocracy is desirable.