I think it is simply because people are afraid and are doing their best at coping. This results in seeking validation and support. It has been a lot worse since Trump got into office.

He is forcing everyone to pay attention all the time. One insane action after another. One goal post after another. Many things are relevant to the communities in some way. Many feel the need to fight back within their community.

Interesting, thanks for sharing

Upvoted.

I have a counterpoint to those claiming that paid are better. By using a privacy oriented search engine, then they don’t know exactly who you are. In theory just your IP. Maybe fingerprinting.

When paying they know exactly who you are. You have to trust them.

So in one case you can protect yourself, in the other you have to trust them.

Also, Kagi also uses the Russian index Yandex 😑

Oh, I must have explained wrong.

Yes, everywhere is legally required to accept it still. But the usage is really low, and there has been talks of removing the requirements of accepting cash.

I would think a lot of countries are tackling a lot of emergency scenarios at the moment.

Increasing defence, digital sovereignty, robust power grid, basically just preparing for bad shit

Cash will change to a digital form or disappear, I don’t agree with the people claiming it wont’t.

Scandinavia is so close already, recieving cash is considered bothersome. No one uses it for anything anymore. Well… Besides drugs.

Both electricity and the internet is critical infrastructure. Any downtime of either is really serious. It is however not rocket science to solve the biggest issues in regards to payments. As long as people can show their identity we can agree on tiny loans for stuff. Or just having the government bail out all verified purchases after the fact.

100$ per person isn’t that much money. Any bigger purchases can be handled with invoices.

So I am more worried about heating in the winter and access to water and sanitation.

It was probably the best case scenario. This happening outside of winter or a war was pretty lucky.

Now they get to learn and improve.

I don’t think PeerTube will take a significant market share or become a lot more popular until it gets some sort of monetization scheme in place. Maybe if bandwidth for 1080p is basically free in 10-20 years.

Just a friendly headsup about Odysee. You are probably aware already and are selecting content carefully based on this, but Odysee hosts a lot of content that is considered disinformation, hate speech, far-right etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysee -> Moderation.

Consider using Grayjay, you can combine creators from various sources to one app. Including YouTube, Peertube, Dailymotion, Odysee and lots of others.

I subscribe to some people on PeerTube and Dailymotion (only news orgs) alongside my Youtube subs, so that I am not only relying on YouTube

Thanks, I’ll check it out! 😄

I ended up looking for editorials and chronicles from media sources I believe to be serious and factual.

I added then in my RSS reader.

Thanks for clearing up the facts around this. I updated my comment above.

This seems like an attempt to undermine NATO. The only time article 5 has been used was after 9/11.

By saying Europe had a choice and should have resisted, he lays the foundation for the US to not follow through on their NATO commitments.

Edit: The commenter below is right, the article 5 was used for Afghanistan, not Iraq. My whole argument is thus invalid

I love the reaction. “It seems like you are having a lovely weekend here in Malmö” 😂 Happy for him, but understand the embarrassment as well.

I would not have recognized that sound before I heard it now.

Its one of many contradictory ways I live my life. I am well aware of many of them, and change them gradually to align myself more with my beliefs. I find that I manage OK, but sometimes wish I was better.

I’ll probably become ovo lacto flexitarian in the future. That was what I managed to be for the longest. And it has 80% of the same effect or more. The rule was that I never bought meat or made food with meat. When I was served meat at family or friends, I would just eat it then. It reduced all the social friction, and made it so much easier. I lasted for a year or two.

Pure vegan is unrealistic short term for me. Maybe I’ll try in the future, or flexitarian vegan instead of ovo lacto flexitarian. Not sure.

I am unfortunately not. It was more meant as a way to say that for instance criminals (yes, even the worst ones) have value. That they deserve to live and have a decent life, no matter what.

That immigrants and asylum seekers should be treated with respect and given the help they need.

But also that animals have value. The way a lot of animals are treated is in no way acceptable.

I have tried being a vegetarian in the past, but have failed every time.

Sorry to disappoint. I wish I was better.

I believe all life have value, no matter what.

I believe in justice and equality.

I believe in the rule if law.

I believe in democracy.

I believe in the freedom of speech.

I believe in religious freedom.

I believe no one should go hungry.

I believe no one should freeze.

I believe no one should die from preventable diseases.

I believe everyone has a right to education.

I believe everyone has a right to healthcare.

I believe everyone has a right to participate in society and the internet.

I believe everyone should contribute if they can, because that is fair.

I believe people should be able to retire.

I believe most people are good, and want to do good.

I believe in cooperation, and working towards a common goal.

I believe that all people should have a minimum set of rights, that are non-negotiable.

I trust my neighbours, my family and strangers.

Based on these values I could be placed anywhere from center-right to far-left in Europe.

In the US I am a filthy commie

The issue with this is signal-to-noise ratio. If everything is equally valuable speech, then it becomes a bad platform for discussion.

The solution is for the individuals that want to share their right wing views to do so from an instance that are not consided problematic. I live in Norway, we are considered one of the most democratic countries in the world, and we do not allow hate speech.

A lot of the speech from right wing Americans would easily be considered unlawful here. With good reason.

There is nothing stopping someone with right wing views from registering and sharing their opinions on most Lemmy instances. Except if they want to act as bigots. They are free to talk about pretty much any traditional right wing topic. They can talk about immigration, how the money will trickle down anytime now, and most topics.

Right wing people are welcome at Lemmy. They are just not allowed to spread hate and be explicit bigots. The ones who leave or don’t join are not censored, they are just whiny and complain when people are sick of their shit.

Rocket surgeon?

This also seems nice. I’ll probably test this one as well. I like the lock after x amount of time feature. The pictures have max 15 minutes, so that might be too little, but maybe it’ll work

Great app, just installed it. The default amount of movement is perfect. Now it’s really easy to prevent being physically forced to unlock, and theft