Olives @olives@qoto.org

Relays aside, the simplest approach here would be to have some sort of alt.

Mastodon appears to have lost around 40 thousand users (although, it's unclear whether this is from people leaving Mastodon, or just moving to a different fediverse implementation).

The drop is so sudden, that I'm gonna go with a migration of some sort.

Since someone seems to be offended, to be clear, I don't have a particular opinion on this.

Also, if they're doing mindfulness, I'm going to say they're doing mindfulness. I don't think it's helpful to create an aura of mystique over therapeutic practices.

https://reason.com/2023/08/31/what-rescheduling-marijuana-would-and-wouldnt-do/

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most restrictive category, to Schedule III, where it would join medications such as Tylenol with codeine, buprenorphine, and anabolic steroids."

"But if cannabis is eventually moved to Schedule III, that change would signal a new understanding of the drug's risks and benefits. It also would facilitate cannabis research, and it would have important tax implications for state-licensed marijuana businesses. At the same time, it would leave federal marijuana prohibition essentially untouched."

I see the newest thing a scientist is doing to try to get people to stop using real child porn is to get them to do mindfulness exercises.

I think with nudges, they can be kind of annoying and feel like a bit of a nag for users. When I spoke to one, they likened it to a nanny.

https://coralproject.net/blog/the-real-name-fallacy/ Interesting article, what do you think?

One of the things which I like about Overlord over Mushoku Tensei is that the guy actually had a job (the other guy basically just played video games and stuff) prior to being reincarnated (even if he is a bit dumb and the story goes on about that a bit too much).

In fairness, him being a bit dumb is probably one of the biggest drivers of the plot which probably makes it more interesting.

More blue skinned aliens on my feed, lol.

Lol, someone going on about how someone complaining about "lolis" makes them want to do it even more.

That kind of sounds like psychological reactance. A known phenomena.

Wasn't Overlord originally some novel some random guy was posting onto the Internet?

Well hey, it's cool that he could get a publishing contract, if that is the case. #anime