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gedaliyah

@ gedaliyah @lemmy.world

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  • This is a user, not a community. They are downvoting across communities, including stalking people across communities to downvote all of their posts and comments, following communities just to downvote every post and comment, etc.

    They downvote over 99% of the posts they see. Why seek out content you don't like? It's mildly infuriating. To me at least.

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  • How you have voted for others

  • New York teachers stunned to learn some students can’t read time on old clocks after phone ban comes into play

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  • When I was a kid, we had whole educational units on this. Like with a special demonstration clock and worksheets and everything.

    How are kids supposed to learn if schools don't teach them?

  • Check mate, atheists.

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  • I've shared several peer reviewed papers that show the opposite.

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    More than 20 states are increasing their minimum wages, with Washington becoming the first to exceed $17 an hour

    san.com /cc/states-ring-in-2026-with-laws-on-climate-ai-dui-wages-immigration-and-more/

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  • People claim money actually exists, too. It's not an inherent property of human existence. It's just an organizing principle that helps us coordinate resources.

    It would be stupid if the main argument we had about money was whether on not it "exists." By "stupid" I mean that it is counterproductive to the goals of bettering humanity. We don't get anywhere with that discussion. Instead, we talk about how we should use use money as a tool to better organize our society. We talk about equity and advancement and poverty.

    It's the same with religion. It's been well studied that religion offers social benefits:

    Association between spirituality/religiousness and quality of life 2021

    Assessing the Faith-Based Response to Homelessness in America

    63.2% food pantries are identified as being faith-based food pantries

    With this being Lemmy, I don't have to highlight the negative consequences of religion.

    The point is that we should be advancing beyond the kindergarten level discussion about what's real and what's make-believe. Intelligent people should instead be engaging on how we can ensure religious beliefs are fostering social trust, or how to recognize and combat religious extremism.

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  • On other people's stuff

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  • Thanks. Fixed.

    Mastodon reminds me when I do that, but I should remember on Lemmy too.

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  • Personally, I agree (we would never do this in a large community for the record). But yes, there are people who think that they can "kill" a small community with downvotes because they don't like the topic.

    The sad thing is, it's true. In a community where most posts have under 5 or so votes, one person coming in and systematically downvoting every post will keep people from seeing it who may be interested. If someone doesn't like a topic, they can block the community, but when they take steps to prevent others from seeing it, that's toxic. It's bad for the health of the platform.

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  • Nothing against downvoting in general, but some people are extremely toxic about it. I don't get the point.

    Please don't do a witch hunt - it was censored for a reason. Sorry I didn't do it thoroughly enough.

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  • Oh weird

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  • You have to select "user" and enter the format exactly as shown. There are some servers that don't work though. Yours should.

  • Check mate, atheists.

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  • Why make an ideological argument against ideologies?

    Science also led to eugenics and atom bombs. Religion also builds food pantries, wells, and hospitals. It is not about the tool but how we choose to use it.

  • Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision

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  • Turns out the world is ending, just not ours. But lots of others.

  • Pizza is a tomato pie.

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  • Now that's a shower thought! I love it.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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  • What a stupid premise to begin with. God is at least as real as money, love, or America.

    All of these are useful ideas to describe things that cannot be "proven" with objective evidence, but still have a meaningful impact on the reality of our lives.

    Arguing about the objective existence of God is a red herring. I wish we spent as much time talking about the very well studied social benefits and harms of religion. Then we could start talking about meaningful reforms.

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    Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision

    www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2025/12/251231203753.htm

  • Pizza is a tomato pie.

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  • True, I'm just looking at it linguistically. We've had a thing called "pizza" in continuous use since 997 according to Wikipedia (I was unable to locate the source cited, but I don't think it's a contentious issue, so Wikipedia is probably correct).

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    Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

    www.pbs.org /newshour/health/health-subsidies-expire-launching-millions-of-americans-into-2026-with-steep-insurance-hikes
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    Trump enacted dozens of Project 2025 goals. Here's what's left

    www.axios.com /2026/01/01/trump-project-2025-remaining-goals
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    Federal employees file complaint against Trump administration's ban on gender-affirming care

    www.pbs.org /newshour/politics/federal-employees-file-complaint-against-trump-administrations-ban-on-gender-affirming-care
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    At least 3 reported killed during widening protests in Iran sparked by ailing economy

    www.pbs.org /newshour/world/at-least-3-reported-killed-during-widening-protests-in-iran-sparked-by-ailing-economy

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  • Weird thought - pizza dates to 997 CE, that's over 500 years before tomatoes were introduced in Italy. Most of the existence of pizza has been without tomato.

  • who was the aggressor in cold war?

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  • Two powers wanted to build a politically favorable buffer zone, but it was the same buffer zone.

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    We knew then

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    Belief

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    ‘You didn’t listen’: Marana data center vote met with outrage

    www.tucsonspotlight.org /you-didnt-listen-marana-data-center-vote-met-with-outrage/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Is there a secure video chat that does not require a phone number?

  • Android @lemmy.world
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    review

    You can talk to anyone in any language? RTranslator & SherpaTTS make a great match

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    Wasilla man who was facing [CSAM] criminal charges sole occupant in house fire, authorities say

    www.alaskasnewssource.com /2025/12/17/wasilla-man-who-was-facing-criminal-charges-sole-occupant-house-fire-authorities-say/
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    How many possible humans are there?

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    Protesters storm offices of leading Bangladesh dailies after a 2024 uprising activist dies

    apnews.com /article/bangladesh-hasina-yunus-politics-violence-e97700ed1c8adbdf06c16ad734ea4b11
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    Three Killed in Stabbing Attack in Taiwan

    www.nytimes.com /2025/12/19/world/asia/stabbing-taipei-taiwan.html
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    ‘We got ‘em.’ The major break in the Brown University shooting that led police to the suspect

    www.pbs.org /newshour/nation/we-got-em-the-major-break-in-the-brown-university-shooting-that-led-police-to-the-suspect
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    2 strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific, U.S. military says

    www.pbs.org /newshour/world/2-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-kill-5-in-eastern-pacific-u-s-military-says
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    Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot

    www.wbur.org /news/2025/12/16/harvard-medical-school-morgue-cedric-lodge-sentencing
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    French Doctor Sentenced to Life for Fatally Poisoning 12 People

    www.nytimes.com /2025/12/18/world/europe/france-anesthesiologist-fatal-poisoning.html