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This is a bit of an Ask Historians question....

As per title, what’s the best worst present I could buy for under 100 dollars?

Every day I am noticing more and posts by bots....

I’m thinking of going in to get my masters in climatology and I want to know everything from the mouths of those that do the work....

What is the best opening scene/ sequence of any movie? And why is it the animated Lion King?

I’m rather new to lemmy but I’m really enjoying it, which is the best instance to use ?

So I developed a chronic illness years ago. It makes working outside the house pretty much impossible for me. I ran my own business for a good while, but it’s struggling. I have all kinds of random skills and abilities, but I don’t really see how they fit together in the context of employed work, so for all intents and...

With the tentative success of the UPS Teamsters, the seemingly growing unionization of Starbucks locations, and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, is it…appropriate to have some optimism for the working/salaried classes in the US?

I was reading a book on social life of the upper-middle class and new rich of the American 1920s and realized so many things we now do proudly were considered socially taboo back then. This was especially the case for clothing, makeup, women in certain public spaces, etc. What do you think will be different in the 2120s? Or...

Feel free to post multiple suggestions for different genres. For example, atmospheric, sci-fi, adventure-like, etc.

I could make them, but I’m not too interested in all the moderation responsibilities, and I’ve tried searching via Lemmyverse and have been kinda surprised to not find much. Might be using the wrong terms?...

What’s the starting salary for fresh graduates in engineering?

I’ve been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy....

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I’m already walking toward that pig slide that went viral, what other shenanigans should I experience in this town?...

I rather not install applications on my phone when there is a web application. Do people use Lenny’s website on their phone? What’s your experience if you do?

when I try to view “show context” of messages in my inbox in a new tab, the page fails to load (ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE)....

Sports are a massive phenomena, to say the least, and esports definitely seems to want to try to become similar, but so far…I think it may be fair to say it’s struggling at that, outside of maybe some specific games and countries (…Is StarCraft still a thing in South Korea?)....

I inherited my grandfather’s WWII compass, and had it sitting around for a long time on a shelf. I recently got a Geiger counter, and find that it’s radioactive. Around 10 microsieverts/hr. Apparently they used radium paint to make them glow in the dark. I can’t just throw it away, but I don’t want it potentially causing...

Say I wanted to post a tiktok, but rehost it somewhere else since many don’t have the app or don’t like the experience or whatever. What’s the preferred site(s) these days for sharing short form video?

I have to do it for work and I’ve got no idea, there seem to be so many scammy looking sites

I just noticed how disgustingly sticky mine is. #blech

I don’t know if this is true, but I’ve heard Visa and other card compabies can sometimes be expensive and difficult to small businesses. Is there something else one could use that’s not cash that would be better?