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  • US-specific news community

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  • Subscribed, I'd like a USA news community that tries to somewhat eschew politics. Yeah, politics seeps into everything, but seeking out news that doesn't lean into it is valuable given how easy it is to find political news elsewhere on Lemmy.

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    How tankies struggle with abstract reasoning

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  • The trick is that they haven't read it either, tankies just copy/paste stuff with titles that sound nice

  • "I'm not sure why I'd want to do that, but science marches on!"

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  • I'd recognize those chins anywhere! This is from Jungle Comics #004. Fletcher Hanks has a very distinctive style, now that I've read his stuff due to this community, I can spot it a mile away.

  • Ordering coffee in the USA triggers me

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  • I mostly care about how much caffeine I get, which I understand to be the same regardless of how much ice there is. Generally, small or medium is 2 shots of espresso, and a large is 3 shots.

  • Loops @lemmy.world
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    Loops has a Discord now

    mastodon.social /@dansup/113835599896292148
  • Loops @lemmy.world
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    Loops server backend has been open sourced

    github.com /joinloops/loops-server

  • Idea: having a political-free instance for new joiners

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  • discuss.online would be a good candidate, but you'd want to get buy-in from @jgrim@discuss.online as well

  • This crossword editor's view of the political spectrum

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  • Correct!

  • This crossword editor's view of the political spectrum

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  • "farleft" is a fine crossword answer. Equating "far left" with "extremely liberal" is pretty silly IMO though. A much better hint would've been "Political faction advocating for radical social change" or something like that

  • This crossword editor's view of the political spectrum

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  • The clue is "Involuntarily made noise while laughing, perhaps", so sure

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    This crossword editor's view of the political spectrum

  • Checking in

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  • Landmark study affirms fluoride’s link to lowered IQ, adds to debate

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  • Some discussion over here:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42624062

    Notably, someone links to this critique:

    https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/controversial-fluoride-analysis-published-after-years-of-failed-reviews/

    The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is a meta-analysis, a type of study that combines data from many different studies—in this case, mostly low-quality studies—to come up with new results. None of the data included in the analysis is from the US, and the fluoride levels examined are at least double the level recommended for municipal water in the US. In some places in the world, fluoride is naturally present in water, such as parts of China, and can reach concentrations several-fold higher than fluoridated water in the US.

    The authors of the analysis are researchers at the National Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. For context, this is the same federal research program that published a dubious analysis in 2016 suggesting that cell phones cause cancer in rats. The study underwent a suspicious peer-review process and contained questionable methods and statistics.

  • Ultimate Shitposting

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  • Thanks, I hate it. Wanted to reflexively downvote 👌

  • Please create a non-secure password.

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  • One can hope 🤞

  • !lemmy_integrations@lemmy.dbzer0.com for news about tools and applications relying on the lemmy API

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  • Good timing, I was just wondering about the API and posted a question over there 👍

  • Protip: God is the wrong person to ask for investment advice.

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  • read that wrong and put my life savings into dogecoin, now what?

  • 20 active communities which are not politics, news, memes or tech

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  • Good call, edited to add a warning

  • Please create a non-secure password.

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  • Somebody isn't sanitizing their inputs properly. Like putting a bandaid on a heart attack

  • 20 active communities which are not politics, news, memes or tech

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  • Loops @lemmy.world
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    Loops has a new logo

  • Have you practiced your "war face" recently?

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  • New social experiment

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  • NOT_PORN_NO_PEEKING/

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    Veronica seeks advice on receiving

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    NO GIRLS ALLOWED 😠

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    This weather app is busted, it just keeps showing lions

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    He's not one for foreplay

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    A dumbass is born

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    🎶 Let it snu, let it snu, let it snu 🎵

  • Oglaf @midwest.social
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    Kingshaped

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    Merry Christmas 🎅

  • Oglaf @midwest.social
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    Yule Log (2024-12-22)

  • Fun Loops ▶️ @midwest.social
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    Featured

    For embedded loops, try out Tesseract

  • Loops @lemmy.world
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    Tesseract now supports embedding Loops

  • Oglaf @midwest.social
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    Wolf!

  • Loops @lemmy.world
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    Loops for Android build 11 is now available

    mastodon.social /@pixelfed/113670721743460248