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@ CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

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Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

  • Antinatalism mod allegedly bombs fertility clinic

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  • We've got to do something about these mods, folks.

  • Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter

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  • I just bought two cartons of large white eggs for $6 a dozen, here in New Jersey. Half of them are for decorating (and then eating). The organic brown ones on the self above were $13 a dozen.

  • If you could move anywhere to minimize the impact on you of the worldwide rise of fascism...

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  • Most of the violence and oppression gets exported, so it's probably best to just sit tight here in the heart of the empire.

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    How do the likes of JD Vance and Drumpf rationalise no more DEI when they have wives who are DEI? It makes no sense.

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  • Vance himself was a DEI student at Yale. Hypocrisy doesn't matter.

  • Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k?

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  • How long until you retire? If you've still got another thirty to forty years of wage slavery ahead of you then don't worry about it. Just keep contributing and make sure to get all of your employer's match, if any.

  • REGENT Begins Sea Trials of First Passenger-Carrying Seaglider

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  • What are "end-of-life batteries" in this case? Is the plan to reuse used batteries that are no longer fit for automotive service?

  • Recent "vulnerability": Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances

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  • I didn't even consider that, but yes if votes can't be private then it's bad to pretend that they are. It looks like there's been some debate on the topic, but the decision was apparently to keep pretending.

  • Recent "vulnerability": Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances

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  • Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought the issue was with the follower approval feature. Apparently on Mastodon, users have the option to review all prospective followers. With this setting enabled, no one is supposed to be able to just follow your account with a click. You have to approve each one. Pixelfed wasn't honoring this setting. I think it's a bad feature that gives anyone who uses it a false sense of security.

  • [CLOSED] FediLore + Fedidrama @lemmy.ca
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Recent "vulnerability": Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances

    fokus.cool /2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html

  • Palestinian Oscar winner lynched by Israeli settlers and kidnapped by IDF

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  • The lynching narrative presupposes that the perpetrators are a mob of otherwise normal people driven to take justice into their own hands by extreme ignorance and prejudice that can eventually be overcome by education in tolerance. Is that how you feel about the Israeli settlers? The way I feel about them is that they are not normal yet severely ignorant people. They are invaders who know exactly what they are doing. There is no pretense of justice for them to take into their own hands. They cannot be taught to coexist with the Palestinians they are trying to ethnically cleanse from the West Bank. They need to be driven at gun point back to Long Island or at least Israel 1948. Calling it lynching minimizes the settlers' culpability.

  • Palestinian Oscar winner lynched by Israeli settlers and kidnapped by IDF

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  • You should consider how using the wrong words for things might be playing into the hands of Zionists. Maybe you are.

  • Palestinian Oscar winner lynched by Israeli settlers and kidnapped by IDF

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  • Part of what makes a lynching a lynching is subversion of the criminal justice process and yes that probably often involved cops joining the lynch mob. However, these Israeli settlers aren't subverting anything. They are not vigilantes. They are attacking and terrorizing Palestinians without any pretext of justice.

  • Palestinian Oscar winner lynched by Israeli settlers and kidnapped by IDF

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  • The problem is this case is that 'a lynching' implies that the mob is going against the authorities, which is absolutely not the case when it comes to settler violence. The Israeli soldiers are there to protect and facilitate the settlers in their attacks against Palestinians. Under no circumstances does the IDF deserve the benefit of the doubt and the article makes it clear that they are the ones who abducted Hamdan anyway.

  • German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'

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  • Means, motive, lack of scruples: it's all there.

    I wonder if proof of sabotage actually exists, but whoever has it is withholding it from the public for blackmail.

  • German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'

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  • China already gets a lot of (undeserved) bad press. An experiment breaching containment and causing a pandemic is bad for scientific research everywhere.

  • German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'

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  • Okay, sure, but to what end? It's not clear to me how accusations of an accidental release are bad for China. Is the purpose actually to cover up intentional sabotage by an anti-China entity? It's not clear to me either who it helps or hurts for the COVID-19 outbreak to have been a completely natural occurrence.

  • When buying tools, how important is color for you?

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  • [extremely space orc voice] Gotta be red to build faster.

  • What podcast(s) do you recommend?

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  • My response from the last time I saw this question:

    • Trillbilly Worker's Party - Kentucky-centric Marxist jokers hanging out. They always know how to put a smile on my face, even if they're talking about bleak stuff.
    • Fun City - Well produced live role playing of Shadowrun. The game is a few years in and I am just invested.
    • ALAB - Lawyers talking shit. They're funny and I like learning about interesting cases. One of the characters they covered actually sued them and settled for an interview on the show.
    • Desert Oracle Radio - Joshua Tree-centric paranormal stuff. Good for an old X-Files head like me.

  • German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'

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  • I don't have any bookmarked, but I did a quick search and found this one from 2023, which looks at the available data and circumstances to argue that the lab leak hypothesis is stronger than the wet market one. I'm not aware of any evidence that has been published that definitively proves or disproves either.

    People seem to have a stronger aversion to the lab leak hypothesis, which I don't understand. To me it seems like the simplest, most benign explanation. However, it does open up the possibility of sabotage. Maybe that's the issue.

  • German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'

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  • That seems like a reasonable challenge to the lab leak hypothesis, but I have to defer to my wife on it. She has a relevant background in microbiology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology and says that something about the structure of the viruses suggests convincingly that at least one of the COVID variants was of man-made origin. She's also been working in labs for almost twenty years and has seen too many accidents and near-misses. As a lay person, that explanation makes enough sense to me to find the lab leak hypothesis plausible. Also, I'm not going to disagree with a well-published scientist who is also my wife.

  • science @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    NIH Cuts Hit Young Scientists the Hardest

    timmermanreport.com /2025/03/david-baker-on-what-it-means-to-cut-science/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    NIH Cuts Hit Young Scientists the Hardest

    timmermanreport.com /2025/03/david-baker-on-what-it-means-to-cut-science/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Thermal runaway prevents rescue of 3 victims in crash, authorities say

    www.nbcbayarea.com /news/local/east-bay/tesla-cybertruck-prevented-rescue-piedmont-crash-victims/3806229/
  • Electric Cars @lemmy.ca
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Thermal runaway prevents rescue of 3 victims in crash, authorities say

    www.nbcbayarea.com /news/local/east-bay/tesla-cybertruck-prevented-rescue-piedmont-crash-victims/3806229/
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

  • News @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why

    www.roadandtrack.com /news/a63857202/tesla-cybertruck-losing-body-panels-reports/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why

    www.roadandtrack.com /news/a63857202/tesla-cybertruck-losing-body-panels-reports/
  • Electric Cars @lemmy.ca
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why

    www.roadandtrack.com /news/a63857202/tesla-cybertruck-losing-body-panels-reports/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers

    futurism.com /tesla-installing-anti-theft-supercharger
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

    krebsonsecurity.com /2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-graduated-from-the-com/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    China urges citizens to trade in 'old lithium e-bikes' for newer lead acid electric bikes

    electrek.co /2025/01/29/china-urges-citizens-to-trade-in-old-lithium-e-bikes-for-newer-lead-acid-electric-bikes/
  • Fediverse vs Disinformation @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    What's the deal with Moms Across America?

    pixelfed.crimedad.work /i/web/post/790043604998729316
  • Fediverse vs Disinformation @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    What's the deal with Moms Across America?

  • Solarpunk technology @slrpnk.net
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders

    www.yahoo.com /news/vistras-battery-storage-facility-goes-142306463.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders

    www.yahoo.com /news/vistras-battery-storage-facility-goes-142306463.html
  • Palestine @lemmy.ml
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    NJ attorney says pro-Palestinian politics led to denial of gun permit

    www.northjersey.com /story/news/2024/12/20/nj-attorney-pro-palestinian-politics-gun-permit-denial/77076589007/
  • Palestine @lemmy.ml
    CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

    Ms. Rachel says stop the genocide.

    www.tiktok.com /t/ZTYERkTmm/