Cover the windows from the outside (not inside) to stop sunlight raising the temperature through the glass. I use tinfoil.

That would be so good if they had a competent author.

USA are searching people’s phones for signs of criticism of government policy. They are detaining and deporting people (even citizens). China is not the sole bogeyman you think it is.

If we feel good about it, we’re primed to continue the dark pattern. The first step is acknowledging the problem. If you remove the first step, subsequent steps can’t happen.

I get where you’re coming from. I see land acknowledgements used in colonies like NZ, Canada and USA yet treaties remain broken. I think (IMO) the answer is “all the things” rather than some. But we’re not even shuffling the deck yet as a population so making first steps accessible is important in my own experience. Too much in one go and peoples eyes glaze over.

Good question. The first step with any endeavour is mindset. So when people ask “where do we go from here?” my first thought is that we should stop the glorification of exploitation. Stop wearing brand logos. Stop showing our new devices to people with enthusiasm. Stop celebrating the “winners” of capitalism.

I don’t think we should despair - that doesn’t scale well. But we should (IMO) buy these things with a sense of regret or realism. We should normalise the discourse. I want us to be as up to date on this as people who follow sports.

Otherwise, not only will we never think of ways to fix this, but we won’t even recognise the solution when it’s in front of us.

We need to become conscious and informed of the dilemma of people who look different to us and consider them our brethren. That does wonders for the exploitative appetites we’ve developed.

I find it difficult to respect the way we exist in society. Most of us in the west enjoy what we have because someone elsewhere is being exploited. The general pride and vanity we have is unjustified and we should be using that power for good instead. We are focused on the right wrong things.

You could say that this opinion isn’t unpopular, but just try bringing it up in conversation. Many don’t want to know.

I tend to not reply because that will just draw more attention to them. I will post a separate top level comment rebutting their statements without referring to them.

I never knew what it was because I’m a bit desensitised to new apps / app names.

Edit: using https://phtn.app/ has made Lemmy extremely pleasant to use too. I haven’t had a better experience on any platform.

I know people, who should know better, that don’t know who to believe. This is when faced with both a verifiable source with a track record of accuracy, and an obviously cunning lone wolf with no substance to their argument.

For every genuine source, there is a dishonest one churning out disinformation faster than the genuine sources can because quality takes longer.

Thanks. That’s kind of you and I appreciate it. I was being humorous but I did start to wonder if would make a comically gruesome feature for a funeral.

We decided not to get a pet taxidermied in the past for the same reason you mentioned.

Thanks again for being so decent.

I like that one, thanks. I could probably enlist an apprentice serial killer to help with that. Although I’m not sure how I’ll issue him with his certificate.

I could die with those glasses that have the nose and moustache attached. Nobody world recognise me.

I do have a Roomba.

Never thought of that. We segregate our waste here so there is a bin for compostables.

Are your thinking in the bath tub or more like a human sized glass jar?

I’m doing my post-life worrying in advance.

Wow. That’s the best idea I’ve ever heard. I wish I thought of that sooner, thank you!

I do. Great idea! That’s actually better than the email because it will account for places I’ve deleted the emails for. Thanks!

“I’m from Toronto but proud to be from somewhere I’ve scarcely been!”

One of the problems with the way federation currently works is if I block US politics on one instance, I still get it en masse from other instances.

Before activity pub, all that duplication of threads would’ve been handled by moderators merging them together. Actually, it wouldn’t even have been so necessary since userscan see the existing thread and just post underneath that.

When blocking a community, we really need a check box to allow us to block the same community on all instances.