The Metropolitan Police has designated Whitehall, Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square for a far-right demonstration led by Tommy Robinson on May 16, while refusing the Palestine Coalition its requested route for a Nakba commemoration planned for the same day.

Sounds like a Minecraft Mod waiting to happen.

Lechecraft allows you to milk all mammal mobs, turn milk into three different preparations, and assemble those milk products in any way you want. The goal? To leche like no one has ever leched before!

Compatible with all good automation mods!

This is gonna sound really terrible, but… I generally don’t recognize people by name so much… maybe something dyslexia related? I think there are a couple of rare exceptions, like the user with two letters and then four numbers in their name.

I recognize lots of avatars, as I scroll around, but I don’t generally register the names or even descriptions of the images, just kind of like… my brain just remembers purplish-blob shape, red glowy circle, monochromatic goblet.

Oh, and dancing banana, and blue name furry. I actually remember his, it’s Kolanki I think

All of you users with no avatar, go get one so I remember you all please! It’s an accessability aid in a way :p

Flying Squid was an auto-block for me, as soon as I made my account. He always used to ban me because he couldn’t win arguments with me in the comments.

Edit to spill the tea:

Hello Lemmy.world admin team, I am writing to complain about the conduct of the moderator FlyingSquid.

On two occasions I have had negative interactions with FlyingSquid on the /world community, both times he has used, or threatened to use, his moderator powers against me, because of his personal disagreements with me.

I am happy to refer you to both conversations:

link 1

In this conversation, we had a long conversation about laws and politics. Personally, I feel he acted in bad faith on several occasions throughout our conversation, in my opinion, he was trying to bait me into getting upset so he could righteously ban me.

And your silly prediction is wrong. I am not going to ban you for this despite the incivility rule violation. I am just going to stop talking to you.

But you have just earned yourself the eye of a moderator who will not tolerate your rule-breaking with anyone else. Including if I see any in your recent history.

More recently, we had a conversation today:

link 2

Again, in this conversation, he was, in my opinion, highly rude, dismissive and arguing in bad faith. He even admitted as much. I said I wasn’t interested in talking with him, he continued to push me for an answer, and then said:

You didn’t let me down, because I knew you didn’t actually have an answer

I completely understand that sometimes people get heated or struggle to deal with arguments where they care about the topic, so I am totally willing to look past that. However, I am not willing to look past his abuse of power.

What a bullshit cop-out. I have asked you multiple times what the next step is and you’re now claiming I’m not interested?

That’s two lies you’ve told about me now. That is coming close to trolling. This is seemingly a pattern for FlyingSquid - goading people he disagrees with into becoming frustrated with his bad-faith arguments, then accusing them of “trolling” when the people he experiences push-back, and using that as an excuse to ban someone he disagrees with.

I was writing a response to his post pointing out that he was arguing in bad faith when I accidentally submitted it half-way through, when he suspended me for “trolling”.

I do not believe that he has the disposition to be a moderator if he gets so upset at a polite discussion that he feels compelled to use moderator powers to silence dissent. I go out of my way to be as polite, kind and compassionate as possible and to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I do not believe we should allow those in a position of trust or power to use that to settle their personal disputes. I know there has been some issues with that recently regarding the vegan community so I am hopeful that you will do the right thing and either remove his moderator powers or at the very least let him know that his abuse of powers is not tolerated.

I would prefer not to make a community spectacle out of this, hence the email.

Thanks and all the best,

This is why we have trade protectionism - tariffs, “made in X” laws, etc. - to ensure capitalists can continue to generate maximized profits, rather than having to compete with Chinese-made cars.

The oft-quoted argument is “well, we need to protect jobs” - well, tax the rich and subsidize it then, if those jobs are so important. Why should the working class pay the cost of protecting jobs (ensuring ongoing production for the benefit of the ruling class) in industries where capitalists continue to maximize profit?

Again, ignoring the question.

I literally just said that this image is a zionist psy-op and you came in here accusing me of being anti-semitic. In my experience, someone calling you anti-semitic the moment you criticize Israel or zionism, is 99% of the time, a zionist.

Have I ever defended anyone saying “Kill all zionists?” No. I literally said the exact opposite of kill all zionists. I don’t believe ANYONE on db0 unironically believes that all zionists should be murdered. I think a certain user just had an edgy username, and that user stepped down from the admin team and changed their name.

There is literally ZERO issue here. It’s complete bullshit pearl-clutching, and it’s coming from people who are defending the settler colonial fascist zionist ethnostate known as Israel, which is currently conducting genocide and ethnic cleansing campaigns. Zionists are responsible for the deaths of upwards of 60,000 innocent civillians in Gaza AT LEAST. Many of them INTENTIONALLY TARGETED. They’ve blown up schools, places of worship, hospitals. Entire cities, completely levelled. And you’re mad that someone had an edgy username, probably venting their anger at such a disgustingly genocidal regime?

Now, once again: do you believe Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza, killing over 60,000 people including many innocent civillians, and also is now ethnically cleansing Lebanon?

I can imagine that you feel some kind of way about it - but you’re intentionally avoiding telling us how you feel, and just vagueposting, letting us infer and project what we want.

On the other hand, my positions are clear, consistent, backed with quotes going back weeks and months, clearly disproving all of your wild accusations. An apology would be appreciated. I don’t enjoy being compared to a neo-nazi.

I notice that you continue avoiding the term “genocide”. Do you deny that it is a genocide?

If you agree that Israel is responsible for ethnic cleansing, why are you here calling out anarchists for principled anti-zionism? Is protecting Israel from criticism more important to you than advocating against genocide and ethnic cleansing? Do you want the alt-right leading the fight against zionism? Do you think that’s a good idea?

If you are so concerned with acts of murder against innocent people, you’d be anti-zionist, too. And yet, here you are, fighting against someone who is a principled anti-zionist, who consistently argues against anti-semitism.

I notice you dodged my question.

Again, anyone looking through my comments can confirm that I advocate against the death penalty, even for Zionist Nazis, and I have never urged for the death or murder of any zionists (except maybe for IDF soldiers to be killed by resistance forces in combat situations):

De-nazification obviously shouldn’t be death - except perhaps for people like Bibi himself, and other leaders - but truth and reconciliation campaigns, cult deprogramming, re-education initiatives, and laws against zionists holding positions of power in the new nation formed.

I will ask again: do you believe Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza, killing over 60,000 people including many innocent civillians, and also is now ethnically cleansing Lebanon?

Anyone looking through my comments can see that I am absolutely no anti-semite:

you should make a distinction between Jews and zionists/the state of Israel, remember that not all Jews are zionists, there are many anti-zionist Jews who oppose Israel and their genocide.

I don’t know how serious you’re being, but please remember that there are plenty of Jewish people who are also anti-Zionist and anti-Israel, don’t let some bad, loud voices persuade you otherwise <3

I suspect you, on the other hand, may be a zionist.

Do you believe Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza, killing over 60,000 people including many innocent civillians, and also is now ethnically cleansing Lebanon?

I don’t think this is real, I had a look around and I can’t find anything like it. Even if it is real, making some shit up like this is classic nazi behavior.

I feel like it is extremely likely that this is a pro-zionist, far-right psyop.

Zionists are basically fascists. For those of you who remember, the internet in the early 2010s had lots of crypto-fascists, who would pretend not to be fascist, and communicate through dog whistles. They would always act with “civility”, and when they were called out as fascist, they’d be like “woah woah woah, that’s some dangerous rhetoric there, bud. not everyone you disagree with is a fascist”

Zionists are operating using the exact same playbook. Do not fall for their bullshit.

Can’t believe they’re not letting us move the satellite around, smh

How did the satellite take this picture? We should send another satellite to take a picture of how the first satellite took this picture to confirm the validity of the image.

Edit: my dumb sleep deprived ass tried to rotate the earth on that satellite website 🤦‍♂️

We had some very large UPSes at work that would be able to keep a server up for hours, but they’re also so heavy it would probably cause the floor in my living room to collapse :p

Yeah, I was thinking a UPS wouldn’t hold a load up long enough to do electrical work, but I guess it depends on the nature of what needs to be done

I’m guessing OP probably doesn’t have a petrol/diesel generator handy :p

Yeah I wasn’t sure if you meant for the workers, the platforms or the consumers, haha. But, yeah, tips are the only thing that makes it viable for drivers, I think any delivery without a tip is at best break-even, but they need to accept any delivery they’re offered to keep their ratings up high and so on. Cyclists can probably make more too, at the cost of higher risks of getting hit by a car…

There’s a reason why these jobs are so popular with people who might not be able to find other jobs for various reasons.

My mistake, you’re absolutely right – I neglected to ensure the runway was clear before scheduling that landing. Please accept my apologies for causing those deaths. I’m really glad to be working with you, it’s reassuring that you’ll always keep me honest. You’re not just an assistant traffic controller – you’re a friend.

Hahah! I’m actually gay, so I’d just be thrilled to meet them and wonder why they’re choosing to get their freak on in my apartment, of all places.

I do have sex because my husband isn’t asexual, but yeah, I basically don’t think about sex, when I see sexual content my usual first reaction is kinda like “ew”. It’s not super revolting or anything, doesn’t really bother me much, but it’s like… idk, imagine if everyone was really into like, sharing pictures of shits they took and people really enjoyed toilet humor and sharing bathroom stories. It’s a bit like that.

The only way these platforms hold together is through VC funding and tipping. They’ll all inevitably enshittify more and more, get bought out and eventually absorbed by some megacorp that just wants data to train AI on or some shit. Many such cases.

I completely understand your frustration, and I am completely on your side that we need to dismantle capitalism.

The thing is, though, if we use mass violence to abolish the ruling class in the way you advocate, will not work at all.

I’m not saying that the movement to abolish capitalism must be completely pacifistic and disavow all violence - on the contrary, we need to be willing and able to defend ourselves against the violence of the ruling class.

Remember, the ruling class has almost all of the advantages, so we need to use the one thing we have: our numerical advantage. That means we need to build an inclusive, people-powered movement of the working class, based on solidarity.

A violent movement will deeply alienate and push away vast swathes of the population. Humans are innately repulsed and disgusted by acts of violence and brutality - especially for acts of killing innocent people, and even children, as you’re advocating here.

The only way that such a movement can hold together for any time is with pure anger, rage, and hatred. That is not the soil that a healthy, non-violent society can grow out of.

I would argue that in many ways the society we have today is because of how violent and brutal our past has been. If we want to get rid of exploitation and violence, we need to make the radical choice to break the cycle, and turn away from violence, except as a very last resort.

I’d be happy to explain my theory of change and share ideas for how we can end capitalism in a non-violent way - and no, I don’t mean just by voting every few years or whatever. Happy to chat. I really hope you’ll hear me out.

Much love, and solidarity forever.