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Illuminostro, in What can we do, as lemmy users, to fight fake news being pushed in the platform?

Ban any articles from Fox, WSJ, Daily Wire, Daily Caller, Breitbart, Newsmax, OAN, RT, Epoch Times…

JasSmith, (edited )

You forgot all the left wing ones. You’d also need to ban MSNBC, Vox, the Huffington Post, Buzz Feed, CNN, Vice, ABC, CBS, The Daily Beast, Salon, Newsweek, The New York Times, Slate, The Washington Post, Politico, NBC, The Atlantic, and dozens more.

Or is this not about misinformation, but rather information you like?

jaywalker,

If you think those are leftwing news sources then you probably need to educate yourself a bit more on political ideology.

Honytawk,

While true, as long as they spread propaganda they shouldn’t be allowed to be linked to.

No matter their political bias.

JasSmith,

I based it on this research. You can view their methodology here.

AnxiousOtter,

This chart does not rate accuracy or credibility.

JasSmith,

I was responding to their comment about political alignment:

If you think those are leftwing news sources then you probably need to educate yourself a bit more on political ideology.

The source has nothing to do with credibility.

jaywalker,

Their definition of the “left” section of their spectrum:

Sources with a Left AllSides Media Bias Rating™ display bias in ways that strongly align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas.

Even they recognize that liberal and progressive ideas are separate from leftwing ideas, but for some reason have chosen to lump them into a single group. Likely because there are very few leftwing media outlets and none of them have any real name recognition when compared to CNN, MSNBC, etc.

JasSmith,

You underscore an issue with the left-right paradigm. Not all conservatives are the same either, yet people feel quite comfortable putting Daily Wire and Breitbart into the same bucket.

Illuminostro,

It’s about the truth, and lies. Buh bye

Socsa,

The number of Pulitzers in this comment should be enough to make you realize how dumb it is.

intensely_human, in Is there such a thing as too much privacy?

What makes you think that the bad actions of bad actors are going to cause our society to no longer survive? Bad actors have always existed, and yet we survive.

I disagree with the implication that anything you mentioned represents an existential threat.

ElPussyKangaroo,

My bad… I didn’t mean to imply that society would just stop functioning exactly…

intensely_human,

What costs do you think there will be then, if the problem persists?

Lev_Astov, in Do you know of any obscure useful websites?
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If you need a bed or bedding, www.sleeplikethedead.com collects and distills online reviews from everywhere about it.

If you need earbuds, www.scarbir.com does similar.

TurboLag,

If you need earbuds, www.scarbir.com does similar.

This guy is gold! I’ve bought a few pairs of cheap headphones after reading his comparisons and reviews, and all have been spot on! He tests on both iPhone and Android, and he explains the differences in sound quality if very approachable and concise ways. When I need headphones again, his site is my no 1 stop.

NightAuthor,

Also for earbuds, Crinacle

TurboDiesel, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?
@TurboDiesel@lemmy.world avatar

A decent reusable steel water bottle. Doesn’t need to cost a lot, and really cuts down on dishes at home

AnonStoleMyPants,

Man I hate these. They make water warm up instantly (unless vacuum insulated) and I could just one a single glass the whole day, or multiple days.

theodewere,
@theodewere@kbin.social avatar

i use almost nothing but stainless steel drinking cups now

morriscox,

For cups (for cool liquids), I use aluminum since it cools my drink down quickly with just a small amount of ice.

jvrava9,
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I’ve been using my for about 8 years now, still holds up.

radix, (edited )
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How does it reduce dishes? Water bottles are one of the more annoying things to wash, in my experience, because my hands aren’t small enough to fit anymore.

Edit: Yes, I have a bottle brush. It’s just that it’s a bit of a hassle to soap it from dry and then have to dry it somewhere before storing it again. I wash everything else with a rough sponge normally.

Piecemakers3Dprints,
@Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world avatar

Use a bottle brush. 🤦🏼‍♂️

radix,
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It’s a pain to take a tool out (and wait for it to dry) just for one or two bottles.

Piecemakers3Dprints,
@Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world avatar

You’re not serious. 😬

It’s a brush. Shake it vigorously for 10-20 seconds and it’s dry enough. FFS. I hope you’re not serious.

TurboDiesel,
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I see you’ve never had a partner with ADHD! Going around collecting all the half-drank water glasses in our household used to be a full-time job.

radix,
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I have not! In fact, I’m usually the one carrying around water glasses because they’re less hassle to drink from and far easier to (visibly) clean than any other vessel is. I try to limit myself to two or three in the house though…

TurboDiesel,
@TurboDiesel@lemmy.world avatar

Unfortunately we’re both the problem, so there would just be glasses EVERYWHERE. Carrying one bottle around just made more sense

guyrocket,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

Get a metal one and put it in the dishwasher. Or get a bottle brush.

Also, occasionally filling it with white vinegar and letting it sit overnight can help clean deposits.

ETA: In general putting plastic in the dishwasher is not advised.

clumsyninza,

It’s not necessary to wash water bottles.

Piecemakers3Dprints,
@Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world avatar

That’s nasty.

SatyrSack,
radix,
@radix@lemm.ee avatar

Reusable steel water bottles should absolutely be washed.

lightnsfw,

I haven’t washed my Yeti cup in like a year and I’m not dead.

Death_Equity,

Look at patient zero over here, just being all flippant to health hazards.

bob_wiley,
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  • clumsyninza,

    It would only smell if you stick your mouth to the bottle ( the bacteria from your mouth will transfer to the bottle ). But if you drink it the other way, you don’t need to wash it ever.

    clumsyninza,

    I mean it’s just storing water. You do have to wash it if you store other liquid beverages like coffee or juice. But if you use it just for water, I don’t see why it would contain any bacteria or scum or whatever.

    radix,
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    It does (eventually) because it’s a dark wet environment you’re constantly polluting with your mouth germs.

    Death_Equity,

    Hit up the Goodwill or similar, you can find stainless bottles for dollars.

    EarthShipTechIntern,

    Local DI (deseret industries-a Mormon goodwill equivalent) has them for $1.50. Pick your lid, thermo flask, size, straw or naw. Get 6 for $9. Or buy 1-2 a bunch of times. My only transportation is cycling (other than busses/trains). Hydration is essential for proper functioning on all of these.

    Death_Equity,

    Water is life homie.

    intensely_human, in Is it actually possible to change your personality

    Yes you can change personality drastically.

    Generally speaking, anything described as a “spiritual practice” will tend to alter people’s personality to the degree they put effort into it.

    It’s not normal for personality to change much. People’s personality changes under relatively rare conditions: trauma, enlightenment, extreme conditioning.

    Another commenter mentioned psychedelic drugs and those are definitely catalysts for personality change.

    The things that have changed my personality the most are:

    • abuse
    • violence while homeless
    • ayahuasca ceremonies
    • getting the 10-series from a rolfer

    By “personality” here I’m talking about emotional patterns, which become the foundation for all sorts of beliefs, tastes, tendencies, social roles.

    By emotional patterns I mean the overall averages of joy, sadness, fear, openness, guilt, etc, both over time and also in their typical daily cycles.

    kandoh, in Is it actually possible to change your personality

    My family hurt my feelings, so I went from class clown to silent observer. I intended to only modify my behavior around them, but it started to spill into other areas of my life. Now I’m a very quiet person.

    guyrocket, in Is there such a thing as too much privacy?
    @guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

    Decreasing privacy does little to stop bad actors. That is an odd and false correlation.

    zxqwas, in Is there such a thing as too much privacy?

    I want to be secure from bad actors myself. Currently there is no technology that would safely let government break encryption without letting bad actors use the same backdoor to empty your bank account. Sure they would not be given the key but there is a huge incentive for them to try to find it.

    Also how would you make sure a bad actor don’t make their own app with unbroken encryption and running a system without client side scanning? Again there is huge incentive to do this and the information how is publicly available.

    So in the end bad actors get their private conversation while law abiding citizens don’t.

    danileonis, in Is it actually possible to change your personality
    @danileonis@lemmy.ml avatar

    Not properly.

    Many theories suggest people have their main personality but it’s possible to mimic other ones in certain scenario.

    If you want to go deeper search for Jung’s cognitive functions, also MBTI is good as an initial approach on the theme ( also mbti@lemmy.ml ).

    APassenger,

    Myers Briggs is thoroughly debunked.

    danileonis,
    @danileonis@lemmy.ml avatar

    It’s the most accessible theory, nothing more.

    APassenger,

    Accessible debunked ideas are not a useful baseline.

    Flat earth is more accessible, too.

    danileonis,
    @danileonis@lemmy.ml avatar

    Flat earth isn’t based on Jung. Do you studied cognitive functions? MBTI is still based on that, like Socionics.

    nomecks, in What are some easy ways that you can improve energy efficiency and be more eco-friendly in your rental apartment?

    Eat in-season, locally produced food.

    RvTV95XBeo,

    Eat more plants, transportation is <10% of the food supply chain. For beef it’s <0.5%. ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

    Nothing wrong with in season / local produce, but the bigger impact (by orders of magnitude) is switching off meat

    commie, (edited )

    buying plants or meat, local or transported doesn’t have an impact: it’s all in the production.

    RvTV95XBeo,

    And the production of meat is ~5-10x worse than almost all plant food sources.

    commie,

    by what metric, and using what methodology?

    RvTV95XBeo,

    Literally linked a whole article showing the emissions breakdown of meat vs plant production.

    commie,

    can you explain the methodology?

    papertowels,

    It’s looks like a meta analysis of other papers - are you questioning methodologies because you were unable to find them in referenced papers?

    commie,

    i was asking because i can explain the methodology, and it is dubious.

    if you total all the inputs that go into a product (the water, the carbon emissions, the land use, etc), then you can see what it would cost to produce it if you made no other products. but that’s not actually the environment in which meat dairy and eggs are produced.

    the most illustrative example is cotton. cotton is not a food. it is grown for textiles. it wrecks the soil and it is THIRSTY. after you harvest the cotton and separate the fiber from the stalk and seed, you have seed left over. way more seed than you need to replant. cottonseed can be and is pressed for oil, but it takes much less processing to mix it into cattle fodder. why should the water used to grow cotton count against the water inputs for beef and milk? it’s actually a conservation of resources. these industries are all interconnected, and trying to just put a singular value on every product in the absence of the context of its production is not actually useful in determining what would be ecologically responsible.

    commie,

    if that’s true (i’m dubious) then you should be finding an effective way to curb production.

    intensely_human,

    Which brings us back to reducing consumption of meat

    commie,

    buying beans is not an effective way to reduce meat production

    RvTV95XBeo,

    Got suggestions for effective ways (that are affordable and available today) of reducing meat production?

    commie,

    do you own bolt cutters?

    commie,

    by what metric?

    toaster,

    To be fair, meat requires tens of thousands of pounds of plants used as feed over the lifetime of the animal (in this case, a cow), which also requires transporting the feed, pumping water to the crops for feed and for the animals to drink, etc. Unfortunately, there simply isn’t enough land on earth for all animals to be free range.

    commie,

    a lot of what we give to animals as feed is parts of plants we can’t or won’t eat,like silage. if we grow and use the part of the plant we want,and we can reclaim some more of the resources through animals,that’s good.

    toaster,

    As anybody who has spent time working on a farm can attest, whole corn and soybean are some of the primary cattle feed. The majority of all soybean grown in North America is used as cattle feed and corn is a large market segment. The reality is that meat production uses far more land than plant-based alternatives, even adjusted for caloric output. You don’t need to believe me as this is a well researched topic and you can find reputable sources for yourself.

    commie,

    whole corn and soybean are some of the primary cattle feed. The majority of all soybean grown in North America is used as cattle feed and corn is a large market segment.

    can you cite any sources for that?

    commie,

    meat production uses far more land than plant-based alternatives

    making food is a good use of land.

    commie,

    most cows mostly eat grass for most of their lives. whole corn is fed as a treat to entice them to eat the rest of the silage it’s sprinkled on (in my experience).

    toaster,

    No. Most cows do not because most cows are not free range.

    commie,

    instead of platitudes, maybe you could provide some facts about cattle diets. maybe a link from the USDA or FAO.

    commie,

    https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/Global-soy-production-to-end-use.png

    looks to me like cattle get very little of the global soy crop, and most of what is fed to livestock is, as i said, the parts of the plant left over after we’ve taken what we want for ourselves.

    toaster,

    You just shared an infographic which showed that animal feed accounts for 76% of global soy production vs only 20% for direct human food. The point we were discussing was that eating meat is a less efficient use of land which appears to be supported by what you shared.

    Judging by the other comments and profile, it’s clear that you’re not trying to have a discussion in good faith and may be a troll. I’m not going to engage further.

    commie,

    that graphic shows that the feed that is given to animals is almost entirely the industrial waste from oil production. it’s called “soy meal” or “soy cake”

    commie,

    Judging by the other comments and profile, it’s clear that you’re not trying to have a discussion in good faith and may be a troll

    this is poisoning the well and name-calling. what i said is true, whether you want to engage with it or not.

    Illecors, in Is there such a thing as too much privacy?

    People have used the following to scam, lie, commit fraud, etc

    • physical money
    • digital money
    • cryptocurrency
    • whatsapp
    • facebook
    • twitter
    • email
    • sms
    • phonecalls
    • etc

    I don’t think it’s the privacy bit that makes people do shit things.

    burchalka,

    Don’t forget physical interaction - all the con artists of the past…

    voidavoid,

    So what I’m hearing is we should abandon language

    mrbubblesort,
    @mrbubblesort@kbin.social avatar

    No no, we all need to be 100% fully sequestered in solitary confinement. Only then will we finally be safe! Which means ironically that there really is no such thing as too much privacy!

    ElPussyKangaroo,

    True that. Bad’s gonna bad.

    between2boobies, in Is there such a thing as too much privacy?
    @between2boobies@lemmynsfw.com avatar

    Your own thoughts are private. Is that too much?

    variants,
    zxqwas, in What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it?

    2015 Toyota RAV4. Reliable and does everything I need a car for. Cheap-ish too.

    I live in the very north Scandinavia. I go hunting and need a 4wd for that. 25% of my mileage is long drives in Arctic winter conditions. Electric cars that manage this drive were 2-3 times as expensive and I’d have to drive 2-3 times as far every year even when electricity is free to motivate the expense.

    bouh, in Is it actually possible to change your personality

    You can and you do change as you age.

    First, you learn new things and you live new experiences. This changes your personality, for better or for worse.

    Second, your personality is rooted in your ideals and beliefs, and you can purposefully change those.

    Your personality can be described as the way you act and react, and both of those are learned. You may even say programmed. You can change the way you react to some situations, or the way you act in some situations. It takes a bit of practice.

    Now that can sound easy, but it requires you to be very open-minded and honest about yourself, because you think with your beliefs already, so changing them may not be that easy. You need to litteraly think differently than you usually do. It’s a lot of introspection.

    Mango, in What can we do, as lemmy users, to fight fake news being pushed in the platform?

    We gotta develop a culture of verification of facts!

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