pelespirit

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YSK that Stanford scientists recently examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram improved users' emotional well-being and happiness in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Please don't get your news from Facebook.

YSK that Stanford scientists recently examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram improved users' emotional well-being and happiness in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago

I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but could Meta actually bully/bribe Stanford to change the figures?

Asking questions about who's paying for the study isn't being a conspiracy theorist. Especially Meta, they're evil af. They seem to be cautious as well.

This project is part of the U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study (Gonz´alez- Bail´on et al. 2023; Guess et al. 2023a,b; Nyhan et al. 2023; Allcott et al. 2024), a partnership between Meta researchers and unpaid independent academics. Under the terms of the collab- oration, the independent academic authors had final authority over the pre-analysis plan, data analysis, and manuscript text, and Meta could not block any results from being published. More details of this partnership are in Appendices E and F. We have posted answers to frequently asked questions online at this website.

US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Somebody give him an enlarged version of this and tell him it's the Nobel Peace Price.

US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

All you get is a soccer peace prize.

It comes with an add on countdown timer. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

What's up with the New York Times? They've been having more anti-trump or anti-republican articles published in the last week than I've seen for a long time. Are the tides really turning? It's too late for me assholes, but it's good to see.

Israeli Ministers Wear Noose Pins to Symbolize Support for Killing Palestinians in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, and trump and his minions are nazis. You're saying what I'm saying, that the people in power are shitty.

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"They're bowling, I don't get it," says the 50s (sh.itjust.works)
 
Israeli Ministers Wear Noose Pins to Symbolize Support for Killing Palestinians in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surely Jews weren’t always like this, right?

Surely all Christians aren't pedophiles, right? /s

Israeli Ministers Wear Noose Pins to Symbolize Support for Killing Palestinians in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Dude, you're not helping. There are currently Israeli's in power that are shitty, just like when hitler was in power, Germany did. Every single country has shitty people in their past, and sometimes in the current time.

MTG accuses Trump of ‘directly fuelling’ death threats against her son by calling her traitor in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Conservatives are not hearing real news. If you take a gander at the reddit conservative sub-reddit, they are talking about Walz and Omar as if they did fraud because "it was on their watch." Also, Kelsey Grammer says trump is the greatest president, lol.

MTG breaks that bubble. I see now why they're trying so hard to attack her.

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I mean, if it was a dog, then I'd get it. (sh.itjust.works)
 
"We Felt Betrayed": Somali-American Who Supported Trump in 2024 Condemns President for Calling Their Community 'Garbage' in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

I think we need to understand the rational reasons immigrants that are entering as a minority into this country might adopt rightwing/conservative beliefs.

Your following paragraphs don't really explain what the rational reasoning is, just that it's required. What are they?

Peas plz in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Damn, don't get your fingers near their mouths.

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Awww, poor Snoops (sh.itjust.works)
 
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That's the funniest thing about this, the techbros think people will care to bring them to life in the future. (sh.itjust.works)
 
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"I kind of rule the skies" (sh.itjust.works)
 
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From 2012, but the comments are current (s3.crackedcdn.com)
 

Archive of trump tweet: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/r8fXN

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I don't know about illegal, more like hilarious (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Joe Rogan Subreddit Bans 'Political' Posts, Sends Fans Into Fits of Confusion (gizmodo.com)
 

It all started on Tuesday, when a moderator for r/JoeRogan wrote that “all political posts are now banned on r/JoeRogan.”

“Today we are making the decision to ban all political posts indefinitely,” the explanation read. “After careful consideration, internal discussion and tons of external feedback we have collectively decided that r/joerogan is not the place for politics anymore.”

That post was not received well. One contributor wrote, “Every reddit mod is a hall monitor dork, change my mind. Youre banning the topic he talks about the most. You guys are hypocrites and anti free speech. If you cant mod effectively then go paint your warhammer figurines and let someone else do it.”

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I wanted to find out what happened to epoxy hot dog guy. He opened it and it's gone (sh.itjust.works)
 

They deleted their account, so maybe they're here?

Last update: https://old.reddit.com/r/epoxyhotdog/comments/y3p3ix/2_year_update/

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Woman found zip-tied in woods staged her own political attack, DOJ says (www.newschannel5.com)
 

A New Jersey woman who was found bound with zip ties in the woods and marked with a derogatory phrase referencing President Donald Trump is now accused of staging the attack.

Natalie Greene, 26, is charged with conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and making false statements to federal law enforcement.

According to court documents, Greene and a co-conspirator called 911 late July 23 and claimed that three men had attacked them on a trail at the Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve. The co-conspirator told dispatchers the men referenced Greene by name and mentioned her job in politics. According to reports, Greene previously worked for a Republican congressman.

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Reddit calls out AI ‘Bank Robbers’ in new lawsuit against Perplexity (for stealing user's data that Reddit got for free) (www.newschannel5.com)
 

It's the second such lawsuit from Reddit since it sued another major AI company, Anthropic, in June.

But the lawsuit filed Wednesday is different in the way that it confronts not just an AI company but the lesser-known services the AI industry relies on to acquire online writings needed to train AI chatbots.

“Scrapers bypass technological protections to steal data, then sell it to clients hungry for training material. Reddit is a prime target because it’s one of the largest and most dynamic collections of human conversation ever created,” said Ben Lee, Reddit’s chief legal officer, in a statement Wednesday.

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US drug firm Merck says existing Trump tariffs will cost it $200m this year (www.theguardian.com)
 

Amazon and Meta each donated $1 million. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attended Trump’s inauguration and received prominent seats in the Capitol Rotunda, where Trump was sworn in after bad weather scuttled the traditionally outdoor event. Apple CEO Tim Cook gave $1 million, as well.

Computing companies Micron, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Microsoft also made six-figure donations, as did health care companies such as Hims, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Pfizer and Amgen. Live Nation donated $500,000, and two online gambling companies DraftKings and FanDuel each gave just under that.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/major-corporate-interests-megadonors-gave-239-million-fund-trumps-inau-rcna202074

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