[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 23 points 6 months ago

With some ways of looking at things, the world as a whole is getting better, rather than worse.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190111-seven-reasons-why-the-world-is-improving

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-goalkeepers-report-poverty/671415/

I'm pretty sure long covid and climate chaos will put a stop to that soon enough but we'll see. For now, some stuff is getting worse and some stuff is getting better.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The IPCC report must be agreed upon by representatives from every country. Including Saudi Arabia, and USA. So you can imagine how "conservative" it is compared to reality. Anything slightly uncomfortable gets negotiated down to the point where the oil-producing countries are fine with it.

The 195 member countries of the IPCC sign off on different parts of the report. The summaries for policymakers are “approved,” meaning that “the material has been subject to detailed, line-by-line discussion” between the member countries and the authors. The synthesis reports are “adopted,” which implies “a section-by-section discussion.” And the full report, which this year runs nearly 4,000 pages long, is “accepted,” which means both parties agree that “the technical summary and chapters of the underlying report present a comprehensive, objective, and balanced view of the subject matter.”

https://qz.com/2044703/how-governments-of-the-world-have-responded-to-the-ipcc-report

If people find the IPCC reports alarming as they are, imagine how alarming the draft from the scientists is before the Saudis, Russians and Americans get out the black markers.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 20 points 7 months ago

Have you checked your C:\windows\temp folder lately?

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 17 points 8 months ago

I can confirm that the 1984 Threads movie is pretty traumatizing. Not in a horror movie kind of way, in a "this is realistically what would happen in and after a nuclear war, which is the end of everything in the worst way you can imagine" kinda way.

It's on youtube.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 16 points 8 months ago

They are synced. There is an insane data volume, yes. It is hell.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 20 points 9 months ago

Life IS the purpose. If you're alive, you're already fulfilling your purpose whether you are aware of it or not.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 22 points 9 months ago

This isn't a censorship issue. This is a choice about whether to publicise and promote pedophiles or not. No website has a right to be included in join-lemmy listings.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They're authoritarian leftists, who support Putin. They have more in common with fascists than most people do.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 21 points 9 months ago

How long has it been there? Months?

The lemmy.ml devs were ok with Nazi instances being on join-lemmy "because people can just choose to join a different instance if they want" (or words to that effect) so it'll be interesting to see how far they take that line of reasoning.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 14 points 9 months ago

By all means, put some effort in. Please.

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The issues you raised about those sites were fixed within two hours.

https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed

[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 16 points 11 months ago

How is it that we've been using microwaves with plastic containers inside them for decades and yet no one has checked this before?

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