ProdigalFrog

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Having a home printer allows for easy printing of shipping labels, zines, letters, etc.

As for books, it can be useful for rarer books that a library may not have access to, though that is a bit more rare of a need.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I've had an operational printer in the household since around the year 2000, and I cannot fathom not having access to one. I would be a virtual headless chicken running around wailing about gutenburg or something.

Switching from Ink to Laser printers was a game changer as far as maintenance and costs (you can pick up a reconditioned laser printer from the early 2000's from a company that specializes in refurbing them and rock it for decades).

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Tiananmen square.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

“the 11th and 12th decks are specifically used to transport hydrogen and natural gas-fueled new energy vehicles.” The green LNG-fuel-powered vessel will be used to service European markets via the Cape of Good Hope route, as well as the China-Brazil route, “and other strategic pathways,” the manufacturer wrote.

Disappointing. From the headline, I thought the container ship itself was electric, like with an Iron Air Oxide battery as described in this article.

As it is, the article is basically just saying "Hey, this EV company got their own fossil fuel powered transport ship. And there's some fossil fuel cars on a couple decks too! Cool huh?"

Also @Sunshine@lemmy.ca

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Their military is in shambles. Satellite photos show their armored vehicle stockpiles are virtually empty, to the point where they're sending some troops on suicide runs using ATV's, golf carts, and motorcycles because they don't have enough APC's to spare.

They are in no shape to invade anyone besides ukraine.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

After checking just now, it appears that it does! :D

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

Lemmy.world is already the largest instance, recommending it to more people seems like it'd just speedrun burnout like what happened to lemm.ee, not to mention centralization around .world goes against the philosophy of the fediverse.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a good point. On a similar note, Programming.dev had pretty severe database breakage that took quite some time to fix, but thankfully both instances seem to be healthy and working well nowadays. :)

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

For lemm.ee users who will be migrating to new instances: You can export your subscriptions and blocks to import them to your new instance! You can export that info in your profile settings panel, and import it from the same page on your new instance.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

General instances:

Sopuli.xyz is a great medium sized general purpose instance. Good admins that update to the latest Lemmy release consistently.

Lemmy.cafe could be another option if you'd prefer a smaller general purpose instance (to help spread the load and prevent the burnout that lemm.ee experienced) that's also run by a solid admin.

Themed instances:

Retrolemmy.com - a cool place for retro tech/game enthusiasts

Literature.cafe - For book lovers and readers!

lemmy.dbzer0.com - fantastic instance for Anarchists and those who like to go Yarr! 🏴‍☠️

Programming.dev - For techies interested in programming and linux

Mander.xyz - Focused on Science and Nature

Lemmy.zip - PC Gaming and Tech focused

You can find more over at Lemmyverse.net

Piefed:

If you're willing to try an entirely new way to interact with Lemmy and the threadiverse, consider giving Piefed.social a try, a completely independent project from Lemmy. It's still a little behind in some ways, but also has a bunch of features that lemmy doesn't. If you're a community mod looking to migrate, Piefed apparently makes it particularly easy!


Also @1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

And Pirates Gold on the Sega Genesis is a good option for any emulation handhelds, basically a pixel art version of the remake.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I misunderstood what you were after, since I consider neo-nazi's to be neo-fascists. If you wanted examples of people resisting fascist or tyrannical governments only, there's not many examples of that happening in the US specifically since those movements would be almost immediately and harshly quashed. I don't know if you'd consider the Battle of Athens to count since it was only against a corrupt local town government. And the Battle of Blair Mountain, I assume, doesn't really count either.

For larger scale conflicts, we'd have to go abroad and often farther back in history, which may disqualify it from what you're looking for.

Examples:

 

This is an instructional film about women's self-defense from 1977. It presents simple, easily performed self-defense tactics for women. Based on the book, Common sense self-defense by Mary Conroy. Featuring game show host Gene Rayburn of Match Game.

 
 

Noticed this in my distro's repo today (fedora) and figured I'd bring some attention to it. Asesprite is the premier pixel art tool, so it's awesome to see someone keeping the FOSS version alive!

Also available on flathub.

There's also a great book from NoStarchPress made for Asesprite, and assumes absolutely no previous artistic knowledge!

 

As always, another absolute banger from Rollie.

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