QuentinCallaghan
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QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Did PewDiePie Just Crack the Code for How to Present Libre Software?English262·10 天前Wait until he discovers the Fediverse…
Richard Stallman style!
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto memes@lemmy.world•Does anyone else use this way of taking notes?English2·12 天前Nope, I have been using Notesnook for nearly three years for notes.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in IdahoEnglish26·12 天前This reminds me of a straight pride event titled “Hetero Pride” that was organized in Finland way back in 2013. One of the organizers was a deputy regional councillor and Finns Party member. He claimed how society and the media over-emphasized homosexuality, calling it “homozation”. He also claimed how it was hard to defend the traditional family model without being labelled homophobic and racist.
The event was held near the Parliament House in Helsinki. There were whole a lot more counter-protesters and some came to the event mainly because it was more like “popcorn pride”. One of the speakers at the event literally said in his speech how “we don’t have anything against homosexuals, but…” and another said something about how “the Bible states that marriage is only between a man and a woman”. One speaker was later asked about “what privileges do gays have these days”, and he just replied “I have to be honest, I can’t say anything about that”.
“The tiger can’t change its stripes.” The organizer mentioned later posed in a picture with five other men who made a Nazi salute – one of them was Seppo Lehto, an infamous Neo-Nazi. He also made a Nazi salute himself in another picture, this time wearing a Hitler mask. When called out, he said “I’m not in that picture. I wasn’t there. I don’t know where these kinds of clips came from.” He later admitted being in the picture, claiming how he hadn’t made a Nazi salute: “It’s just a normal salute with the left hand. The official Nazi salute is with the right hand at a 45 degree angle.”
The explanation wasn’t enough for the Finns Party, and as a consequence he was fired from the party’s regional council because of homophobia. Later he also resigned from the party.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Thieves steal €30,000 in bull semen from farm in northern GermanyEnglish10·18 天前Why there are no movies about sperm bank robberies?
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto memes@lemmy.world•Ha ha the year is only half over surely it will improve11·23 天前2020 never ended. There is no “normalcy” to return to.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Fediverse@lemmy.world•lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this monthEnglish32·1 个月前Dang it! Lemm.ee was formed in summer 2023 alongside the other instances that became the Lemmyverse’s biggest, sad to see it go. Thank you for everything!
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What episode/season/movie do you consider as the ending in an otherwise long running franchise, and Why?English21·1 个月前Toy Story 3.
EDIT: And to elaborate, the movie showed a conclusion to a longer narrative thread of Andy growing up and his toys needing a new home. There was a satisfying ending.
I don’t remember that concept being talked about in the book.
That QAnon book is really great, I read it a few months ago. The book gives more variety to how QAnon thought destroys families in how the backgrounds are different and not all families have a happy ending where the QAnon-infected family member suddenly becomes a totally normal and grounded person. It also gives good insight on how cults like QAnon attract people who have gotten themselves into a personal crisis and who may get rattled by other significant events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
I just read ‘‘The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism’’ by David Golumbia. The book analyzes really well the ideological roots and assumptions that are baked in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. It also debunks many of the arguments crypto-enthusiasts make. Even though I have invested in various cryptocurrencies, I find the crypto community icky because of its general right-wing libertarian sentiment. I don’t view crypto as money, more like gambling with a volatile asset.
What else? Got a new SSD for my laptop server and restored my backups into it. A little bit of tinkering and now I am again syncing my files with Nextcloud.
Nope.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s DayEnglish5·2 个月前That Carlin clip has been circulated in various alternative medicine quackery communities for a long time, I doubt RFK Jr. has any media literacy. The similar notion has somewhat entered in mainstream discourse with the concept of “immunity debt”.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s DayEnglish14·2 个月前I think RFK thinks that swimming in contaminated water somehow helps build immunity.
This motivated me to donate 3 € per month. Not a big one but I am doing my part! I could also make a post at !meta@sopuli.xyz about the subject.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Linux@lemmy.ml•I installed Linux (so should you) video by PewDiePieEnglish152·2 个月前He was inconsiderate when he made edgy jokes, tried to test if those two Fiver guys really would put up a sign saying “gas the Jews” and once said the N-word in a livestream – controversy ensued for obvious reasons and he since apologized for his actions. I haven’t been really following him in the last few years but after those controversies he left any Nazi jokes out, I think he learned his lessons. He has since settled down with a family and it has been pleasant following his life, especially now that he has gotten into Linux.
But don’t tell anything like that to the average Internet leftist! Even if PewDiePie apologized and left edgy jokes out, changed and moved on, in their eyes he is eternally a Nazi or Nazi-enabler who can never redeem himself! No matter how many years have passed, no matter how many apologies, any time PewDiePie gets mentioned in a post or is the main topic, this happens.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is there a non-offensive alternative name for "super straight" sexuality?English131·2 个月前How about just “straight”?
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•LA’s newest gambling event — live Sperm RacingEnglish2·3 个月前Sperm racer came immediately into my mind.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzto News@lemmy.world•White House changes COVID.gov web page to page supporting lab leak theoryEnglish394·3 个月前The same people who claim that COVID is a lab-leaked bio-weapon are at the same time against vaccines, masks and other means of defending against it.
The plan? Enshittification.