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  • TIL: Suicide Rate in the United States Just Hit Highest Point in 75 Years

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  • Weak and wriggling, just how capitalists want them.

  • What is a good Documentary/movie that would break conservative without demonizing them on a personal level?

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  • Related: Marjoe, is a 1970s Oscar winner for best documentary about a child preacher, Baptist preaching, the money involved in the preaching/god industry, and to a degree clearly exposed the raw core of manipulation inherent. It's a documentary so doesn't come straight out and say it, so it could be interpreted differently perhaps by a strong religious conservative. It's a fantastic exposé.

    Honestly some of the Michael moore movies; Roger and me might hit different for some of those folks now that they're suffering the continued effects of wealth concentration that is so flagrantly and unashamedly happening. Sicko will probaby hit many folks across the aisle as the issue is universal. Bowling for Columbine might be interesting depending on if they are a gun nut.

    The atomic cafe is in my top 5 movies of any genre. It's not just about arms proliferation, it pulls together a ton of cultural pieces and shows how naive, propagandized, and horrible a nascent fascist nation began post WWII.

  • TIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.

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  • TBH, and after reading some of the comments it seems to line up with this how Op post is "duh", and low effort and thinking about it more makes me wonder if this is botception and that's why it's all ringing weird bells and bothering me? The post feels like a vague dissemination of generic information (read bot/LLM) linking a wikipedia article that reads like someone non-human smashed it together (read bot/LLM). I'll leave what I started as a response before I arrived at this post. _-------------------------

    I think this is the worst Wikipedia I've ever read and as a 30(?) year user that has maybe never time to criticize a wikipedia page (blatant bias or trolling aren't worth the effort), it's saying something.

    It doesn't list obvious things like sports or any other activity from bingo halls, board games that would probably be some of the most common activities in the world.

    Their concept of the phrase seems almost like an opinion that isn't really applied at anytjing more than an adolescent knowledge of a subject without any source material.

    The one part of their writeup I (subjectively) had heard (alcohol being described as an social lubricant) was described as "negatively viewed" though that seems like a limited claim/opinion. Which feels weird and information without any synthesis.

  • Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032

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  • We'll just end the program and people will no longer have to contribute! Honestly the number of fuckwits who would be excited about this is the sad part. Then they'll cry the leopards are their face when they are being forced into amazon labor camps at 83. Stupid people can't keep nice things. They never understood their value and didn't have to sacrifice for them. So the lesson will have to be learned again.

  • Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

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  • Not really the merger of corporate and state power in fascism buT what I noticed was the similarity in times with the fundamental decision between authoritarian rule and democracy and the crossroads Rome was taking going the other direction and how the US seems to be retreating from.

  • GOP Lawmaker Asks God To Cleanse Government of Non-Believers at Christian Nationalist Event

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  • Thank you for the link, great to see that interview.

  • Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

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  • I'm watching Gladiator tonight for the first time in 20 years. It's hardly new but so painful to watch again through the lens of the current state of America. It went from ominous historical warning 25 years ago of power, weakness and how men act in opportune moments to a primer on current affairs.

  • Border czar Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE officers, but they "have to protect themselves"

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  • And why do they have to protect themselves? Is it because they are knowingly throwing the legal rights and process out the window and committing vigilante, racist, perverse genocidal philosophies out that are against the law?

    If you have to wear a mask to hide from the public to "enforce laws", you are always a bad actor. Not that they care.

  • Wish he was still around

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  • He is still around. He lit, carried and shared the light of kindness, humanity, patience, understanding with many millions of people. The fact you posted this shows what he embodied is still here and, just like Obiwan commented, some are even more powerful after they have passed.

  • Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

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  • Don't be a bitch, use another service.

  • The City of Calgary 🇨🇦 published this

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  • Fuck a pledge, it's the law! We have statue that makes driving while phoning illegal...what we would need is actual enforcement!

  • Anyone else about ready to give up on the internet?

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  • The library of Alexandria, burns again.

  • US | Arizona state judge strikes down state abortion restrictions

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  • That movie hits so different as an adult through Wonka's eyes.

  • Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully

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  • After law professors attempt to unionize, university management hires union-busting law firm, BLG, to stop it. A sign of corporatization of a public institution.

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  • A sign? Lol, the signs were when boards hired MBAs for the last 40 years to run "non-profit" universities and colleges and suddenly it was all about growth, new buildings, rising tuition, and the loss of faculty power--you know the ones who provide the value in the institution?

  • Elon Musk is digging a car tunnel under Nashville, Tennessee to reduce traffic jams. Local officials are worried.

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  • As a state, it's not worse than Alabama or Mississippi.

    Isn't that about as bad as it can get?

  • YSK that every single thing Donald Trump is doing was predicted in this article published right before the election

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  • NYT endorsed Iraq invasion even though there was no evidence of WMDs and the rest of the world was against it. Surprise, no WMDs were found.

    Interestingly, some companies did steal billions upon billions of dollars and we blew the national debt up. Strange that outcome ..

  • Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

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  • "The exact technical mechanism remains under investigation, though the compromise occured at the hosting provider level rather than through vulnerabilities in Notepad++ code itself. Traffic from certain targeted users was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests."

    Fuckall they could really have done about it other than changing host providers, which they mentioned they already have as a result.

  • Removed

    Portland Mayor Wilson: ‘We have to be the biggest bike mode city in the nation’

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  • I hope this is in tandem with a state-level change to the "department of highway and oil interests development" sometimes referred to as the Dept of Transportation.

    Trimets funding and a safer and better world for bikers are mutually dependent, adding a protected bike lane here and there is nice for the brochure but doesn't change the underlying power and funding mechanisms for development which are largely owned and controlled by car-centric real estate developers which destroy safety absent enforcement and penalties severe enough to change behaviors.

  • Progressive Politics @lemmy.world
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    The truth behind the UK's so-called 'millionaire exodus'--a false claim repeated in the US and elsewhere

    www.bigissue.com /news/social-justice/millionaire-exodus-myth-debunked/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Do your clothes fit (USA)

  • Portland @lemmy.ml
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    ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ returns to ABC, but blocked in Portland: Sinclair/Nextstar suppression alternatives available

    www.oregonlive.com /tv/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-set-for-return-to-abc-but-dont-expect-to-see-it-in-portland.html
  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Global housing crisis urban fix: modular apartment buildings in 3 months at affordable rates.

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/attainable-homes-modular-1.7600079
  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    99% effective HIV prevention treatment (2 shots annually) approved by FDA.

    newatlas.com /infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    JD Vance attacks tech companies for hiring cheap foreign workers while laying off Americans.

    m.economictimes.com /news/international/us/jd-vance-torches-microsoft-for-axing-us-jobs-while-doubling-down-on-h-1b-visas/articleshow/122923190.cms
  • Portland @lemmy.ml
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    Intel axes another 2,400 jobs in Oregon announced Friday.

    www.tomshardware.com /pc-components/cpus/intel-axes-thousands-of-technicians-and-engineers-in-sweeping-u-s-layoffs-cutting-4-000-positions-in-the-u-s-2-392-in-oregon
  • Boost for Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Feature request; muting post criteria

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Disabling wi-fi on Samsung home appliances (specifically dishwasher)

    www.costco.com /samsung-46-dba-top-control-smart-dishwasher-with-autorelease-and-stormwash.product.4000233780.html
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
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    Firefox Android, Brave search engine keeps enabling AI search and settings after I disable

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; some states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!

  • Malicious Compliance @lemmy.world
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    Man gets boat painted on fence meant to hide boat.

    www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/man-gets-realistic-picture-boat-painted-fence-designed-hide-rcna151928
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    (US) Where do you buy a decent quality dresser?

  • Fuck Subscriptions @lemmy.world
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    The Daily Show: Price+ Streaming Subscription

    nitter.net /thedailyshow/status/1720411104684220528
  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    "Hosts" indeed, at least pick one...