chat Chat Is there a fediverse option for movie/tv reviews and tracking? Like bookwyrm is for books?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Yes, that’s it! Looks like the two existing instances are both in Mandarin only, and federation hasn’t been fully implemented yet.

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  • chat Chat Is there a fediverse option for movie/tv reviews and tracking? Like bookwyrm is for books?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I believe NeoDB is the only one in the works currently. But unfortunately I’m unable to find much about it in English, as it’s being developed in Mandarin first.

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  • worldnews World News Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn’t Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Even worse, 65.3 percent of Americans live within this zone.

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  • reddit Reddit Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    It sounds like they’re going to be allowing anti-LGBT hate speech, which was formerly a ban-worthy offense on their platform. Reddit and most Lemmy instances have rules against this, so I imagine Squabblr is going to attract the same sort of people that like using Truth Social.

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  • 196 196 2023 Fiat Topolino Dolcevita rule
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I believe it’s an all-electric quadricycle, not a typical car. This is meant for people that live in urban environments with short daily commutes. I could see something like this being great for people who may not be physically able to ride a bicycle or navigate some less-accessible metro networks. It’s also significantly cheaper than most electric vehicles.

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  • privacy Privacy From Mental Outlaw video
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    John Jonik, the maker of this comic, maintains a website with high-quality images of many of his comics.

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  • degoogle DeGoogle Yourself Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 83%

    I personally like LibreWolf , a privacy-focused version of Firefox that has Ublock Origin installed by default and has unnecessary things like Mozilla Pocket removed.

    Another option is Ungoogled Chromium, which is just Google Chromium with Google web services removed.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Why are folks so anti-capitalist?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 85%

    When their expensive luxuries are actively harming the planet, I think their indulgences offer us plenty of justification to hate. Private jets emit the same amount of CO2 in two hours that an average car does in a year. This frivolous waste poisons our air and warms our fragile seas. I’m not envious of private jets or yachts; it would be unethical for me to use them no matter how much wealth I had.

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  • usa United States | News & Politics 'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 86%

    This is an incomplete view of the history of slavery. By the numbers, the vast majority of the people benefitting from chattel slavery were white. However, slave ownership reached similar per capita rates among some of the Native American tribes, and there were instances of slaves being owned by free people of color. Notably, there are a large number of black tribal members in the United States. The United States government signed a number of treaties with the tribes in the 1860s that required them to free their slaves and incorporate them as full tribal members.

    None of this is said to diminish the fact that the American system of slavery was a product of colonization by European countries. But it is rather reductive to claim that only white property owners benefitted from the atrocity that was chattel slavery.

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  • technology Technology Elon Musk has made Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's job even harder
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    She’s apparently a MAGA supporter, so I have no sympathy.

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  • technology Technology YouTube confirms 3-strike policy for blocking ads
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Doesn’t Peertube already do this?

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  • science Science Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I suspect (and seem to recall reading) that the exaggerated pronunciations and pitch changes of baby talk may help aid children in language acquisition. For some other social animals that heavily rely on vocalizations to communicate, like dolphins, perhaps they do so for a similar reason?

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    Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show apnews.com

    [Here](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fdolphin-mothers-baby-talk-calves-cc0c189aa1b8e1298155b1ea78c1002a) is a link to this AP News article with the ads and email address requests removed. [This](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300262120) is a link to the paper's abstract.

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    privacy Privacy Best VPNs
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I am a huge fan of Proton’s paid vpn. Easy to use, relatively cheap, covers loads of devices, and includes encrypted email. I used PIA for a few years, but quit because it wasn’t able to effectively get around geoblocks.

    I’ve also heard great things about Mullvad, but have no experience with them.

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  • 196 196 Grandmas Palatschinken Rule
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Instant memories of my grandmother. I should try making these sometime :)

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  • technology Technology Redditors, how do you like Lemmy?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 0%

    The great thing about Lemmy though is that a community you interact with or even moderate doesn't need to be on your instance. If you're a member of Beehaw, which doesn't allow community creation, you could start your Dune community on Lemmy.ml or another instance and moderate it with your Beehaw account.

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  • gamedeals Game Deals [Steam] Assassin's Creed Odyssey (-80%)
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    The Entire AC franchise is currently on sale on steam. If you've never played one, it's a perfect time to pick it up and try it!

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    Game Deals SirElliott 1 year ago 100%
    [Steam] Assassin's Creed Odyssey (-80%) store.steampowered.com
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    gaming Gaming Modern Pokemon games hold your hand too much.
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I’m still holding out hope for a similar Legends game set in Kanto/Johto. Arceus was so much more fun than Violet for me.

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  • memes Memes I love my community <3
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    /r/Fuckcars is one of my favorite subreddits. Do you know of any similar urbanist groups on Lemmy?

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  • gaming Gaming Suggestions for slightly older AAA games for Steam Deck?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Thank you! I’ll pick up Utopia and look into the other ones you mentioned.

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  • gaming Gaming Can anyone suggest me a game that includes travel and is preferably not open world? Details inside...
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    It’ll be a very different experience from Half Life, but I’d recommend Spiritfarer! There’s a sort of hunger mechanic, although it’s for the other characters that stay on your boat. Your ship is upgradable and you can place all sorts of structures on it. By the end of the game, it really feels like it’s uniquely yours.

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  • gaming Gaming Suggestions for slightly older AAA games for Steam Deck?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Would you say any of the DLCs are a must? I’ve been enjoying the base game and can’t decide which ones to pick up.

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  • gaming Gaming Suggestions for slightly older AAA games for Steam Deck?
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I had the same experience! I’ve started New Vegas many times over the years, but never got very far along. Playing it on the Steam Deck was fantastic.

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  • patientgamers Patient Gamers *Permanently Deleted*
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    I don’t think it’s necessary to play them in order. If you’re itching to play Octopath 2, go for it. The games are very similar, so if you play them one after another it would probably start to feel repetitive.

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  • chat Chat a more formal beehaw introduction thread
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  • SirElliott SirElliott 1 year ago 100%

    Howdy y'all! I'm a law student living in Washington, DC. I'm yet another reddit refugee, although I've been on Mastodon for awhile already. I'm excited to see the Fediverse further expand and reach more people. I love talking about video and board games. I love reading and philosophy, and am also becoming an avid Plex user. Glad to be here!

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