Sundial

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 26 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

2/3 Americans support enforcing a ceasefire. 80% of Democrats support this. She wouldn't lose nearly the amount of votes people claim she would if she were to take a stance. She would just lose out on the lobbying money from AIPAC and other pro Israel lobbyists.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 93 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (25 children)

Majority of the people who are saying this are Arab-Americans. They know how bad Trump will be, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of Biden back in 2020. Unfortunately, after a year of witnessing their entire ethnicity being written off as an acceptable casualty in the name of international diplomacy and foreign lobbying, they've become numb and just stopped caring. There have been repeated instsnces of Democrats actually silencing them from speaking up as well. They've adopted a scorched earth mentality and are deciding to send a giant "fuck you" to Harris and the entire Democratic party.

And the Democrats are also allowing Israel to do whatever they want. There's not much of a difference between the two on this topic.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

My engagement. We were in a long distance relationship until then (and for a while after)and after the engagement party we went to get hot chocolates and were finally able to be together. It was amazing.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck off fascist.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 41 points 3 weeks ago

Misleading headline. It should read as "Israel kills UN worker it claimed was Hamas but did not provide any evidence, as usual."

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely, you can't put a cost on happiness.

Sorry to disappoint OP :).

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

frightful_hobgoblin gave a pretty good rough overview of the bigger instances.

Some instances are more geared towards a certain "culture". Once you browse enough of Lemmy you tend to get a feel for it. For instance, I chose my instance because a lot of the communities are centered around hobbies and interests so it's more lighthearted, and the admins seem to be very focused on providing a positive experience as well as ensuring federation is done right. You'll just need to keep this culture of an instance in mind when browsing communities on different instances. The level of moderation can vary significantly between them.

I haven't tried it myself but my understanding is you can move your account to a different instance should you choose to in the future. So keep that in mind if you feel like at one point you don't like your instance.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Researchers found that remote work could decrease transportation emissions by more than 60 per cent on average for federal employees, while increasing their household emissions by less than 10 per cent.

An incredibly obvious conclusion, but at least we have numbers now.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Comment removed, thereby proving my point.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fair. Have a good night as well.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd be inclined to agree with you and give her, and the Democrats, the benefit of the doubt if this was an isolated incident. It's not, there's a pattern here, and this was just the most recent one.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

These are questions only the Democratic party can answer, and the fact that they didn't answer them in their statement is very telling. It's very clear they do not want any Arab party members to speak up and are actively silencing them.

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