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@ Catoblepas @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • If I could hold down a button to clean my shower you bet your ass I would.

    The lack of a sparkle and a ding when you finish cleaning something is a major mark against real life cleaning, as well.

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  • EY! I’m WALKIN’ ova here!

  • Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?

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  • The fact that in some instances the legal system does work according to the invocation of a magic phrase makes it so much harder to deal with the delusions of sovcits. The right to remain silent should be just that. You don’t have to say “I’m invoking my right to free speech” every time before opening your mouth for it to count.

  • Most American headline

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  • US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza

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  • TIL two people can’t do the same thing.

  • US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza

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  • Oh, did this start January 20th? That’s probably news to Gazans.

  • Mediocre pasta dishes

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  • I omit the olives and use a 1:1 onion:pepper ratio, but it’s basically like this one

    This recipe probably has a fine amount of veg as written, I just always think it needs more than it does and I don’t measure shit when I’m making sauce 👍

  • Mediocre pasta dishes

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  • Thank you for the Pride well wishes to me specifically ☺️ My mediocre pasta dish is spaghetti with too many vegetables in the sauce

  • Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄

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  • This is just for the English speaker learning Spanish Duolingo course, which I’m told is one of the best ones, so it may not apply to other courses. But IMO it was easier to pick up the majority of the beginner vocabulary in Duolingo (they’ve got the drill aspect of language learning down pat) and then spread out to other sources. I especially needed outside help with grammar because (at least when I was doing the early parts) Duolingo didn’t explain grammar very much, so there was a bit of ramming my head against a brick wall.

    How long an article takes me to read depends on how many colloquial phrases it has that Duolingo hasn’t introduced me to, if uncommon words or jargon are used, etc. The dictionary app I use is pretty good and includes slang, so when I do run into unknowns it only takes a few seconds to look it up. But overall I’d say I read maybe 1/2 to 2/3 the speed I read English, depending on all the above factors. It does fatigue me a lot faster than reading English, but I think that’s a normal thing for second languages you’re still learning.

    Edit: oh oops I misunderstood your last question, it took me maybe a year to start on news articles and maybe another 6 months to get comfortable with them. Totally YMMV depending on how much and how seriously you study, this wasn’t anything like full time study for me.

  • King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument

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  • By the time you’re old enough to ask “why,” they’ve subjected you to enough propaganda to ensure it doesn’t even occur to you to do so.

  • Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄

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  • I learned probably 90% of my Spanish through Duolingo. My reading is good enough that I can usually follow along with Spanish news articles and Spanish spoken at a moderate pace. (So almost none of it, haha) I have hearing comprehension problems with English as well though, so that’s not Duolingo’s fault.

    I’m definitely not fluent, but it’s not like I wouldn’t know what to do if someone handed me a form in Spanish, either.

    Overall it’s just the repetition that matters. I don’t think I would know any less Spanish if I’d spent 20-30 minutes every day for the past 2+ years using a different app to learn.

  • Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄

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  • Mango Languages is available for free through many libraries and has an app.

  • King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument

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  • This is what every news article about an assault or murder of a queer person used to be like in the 00s and earlier. Then after the local queer community spends ages protesting (if there was one, and who knows how many murders flew under the radar this way) maybe someone eventually gets a slap on the wrist charge.

    Maybe they’ll update these stories soon, but it’s not a great sign when they’re not even discussing the husband’s account. (The other stories, not the one you linked)

  • King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument

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  • According to his husband’s posts on social media, these neighbors had subjected them to homophobic harassment and threats to burn down their home before now. And when they returned to find the skull of their dog out in plain view and started to cry, the neighbor came and killed Jonathan. His husband said he blocked the shot and saved his life.

    What do you fucking do about a community like that? These people don’t exist in isolation. It’s scary as fuck and a heartbreaking way to start pride month.

  • Homeland Security cops invade NY congressman’s office, handcuff aide

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  • I’m sorry to report that a lot of American conservatives are like that IRL as well, and it’s not new. After public opinion turned on Nixon, conservative talk radio as a genre was formed to make sure that never happens again. Social media has only made it worse, if anything.

    The online conservatives are just more likely to be obsessed with niche political stars and topics, but for the most part they’re drawing from the same well when it comes to talking points.

  • Welcome to pride month...

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  • I’m not gonna read anything else you say 🥳

  • Welcome to pride month...

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  • For anyone feeling targeted by this meme, here are some ways to help:

    • Donate to trans focused charities, like Advocates for Trans Equality or the Transgender Law Center
    • Support individual trans people. Surgery is expensive even with insurance due to time needed off work.
    • Please god just listen when a trans person says you’ve done something transphobic. The vast, vast majority of trans people don’t speak up about every little thing because we are drowning in transphobia. Generally if someone has said something it’s because it genuinely bothered them, even if it wasn’t ’that bad’ it may be intimately linked for them to past trauma; roughly 40% of trans people meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis, compared to less than 5% of the general population.

  • Elon Musk ‘took so much ketamine campaigning it damaged his bladder’

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  • Dude must smell like the inside of a vet’s office.

  • PBS removes drag & trans content after GOP complains about it turning kids queer

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  • The Atlantic article indicates PBS executives were involved with the decision and removed it from PBS.org, which an affiliate station presumably couldn’t do.

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    Pride rule

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    Bargain bin rule

  • Traditional Art @lemmy.world
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    We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident - Jeffrey Gibson

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    Aesthetic rule

  • Transmasc @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    @dieworkwear (men’s fashion expert) on fashion, trans men, and masculinity

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  • Sweet Graffiti and other acts of wholesome vandalism @slrpnk.net
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    Bus stop buddy

  • People Twitter @sh.itjust.works
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    Traditional dating

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    Dwarf Fortress ASCII graphics only rule

  • People Twitter @sh.itjust.works
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    Touching grass while not touching grass

  • News @lemmy.world
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    Man burns 100 Beachwood Public Library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education: report

    www.cleveland19.com /2025/05/12/man-burns-100-beachwood-public-library-books-jewish-african-american-lgbtq-education-report/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition

    www.npr.org /2025/05/12/g-s1-65988/episcopal-church-white-afrikaners-ends-partnership-u-s-government
  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    An embroidered blanket with the Enterprise by Marie Watt, detail photos in post

  • Traditional Art @lemmy.world
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    The Right People / Those Other People - Edward Ruscha, 2011

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    Mindless rule

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    Probrulematic

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    bulbasaur rules

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
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    Ante 8, here I come

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    Average blahaj user(ule)

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    me after completing a simple task I've put off for a month rule

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    fair and balanced rule