volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
Musk's a troll, so he does things to get attention/reactions.
This got him attention and reactions :)
Success! And the more we talk about it, the more of a success it was.
@davidpnice I occasionally sleep.
But yep, this is a criminal president. He's a felon that was elected president.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live I mean I don't know what they're doing, nor do I really care honestly, they can make whatever picture they want and I can make whatever picture I want, but at the end of the day you can download the program and use it however you want.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live again, that's a cute picture, I'm sure someone enjoyed some retro time with Ms paint to make it, but you are welcome to download the code yourself and debunk it.
These kinds of posts are bizarre. Describing a government structure that was specifically set up to avoid giving anyone that sort of power as giving somebody that sort of power is just...
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary explanation at this point.
This is just nutty.
@AkaSci Link?
I tried to check his feed on X and I couldn't find this post, so I'm wondering if it's real or if it is disinformation about disinformation.
@Tooden it did not
@BeAware@social.beaware.live The code is publicly available on a git repository so you can run it yourself regardless of what some thread is saying.
Don't believe it? Well, try it!
@BeAware@social.beaware.live Well that's not true.
BlueSky is a whole platform, and you can host your own relay if you want, and your content doesn't even have to go through a relay at all. That's just not how the system is set up.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live Well that's not true.
BlueSky is a whole platform, and you can host your own relay if you want, and your content doesn't even have to go through a relay at all. That's just not how the system is set up.
For one thing, there is the issue of moving to non-mastodon instances on this platform.
For another thing, a lot of people complain about not having a lot of their stuff moved, weather through buggy instances or one instance not cooperating in the migration or whatever other reason.
Fair enough. So many people think that's actually a good idea that it's hard to tell who's joking.
@theguardian_us_news that headline is inaccurate.
The order specifically allows federal spending on grants and loans.
@juergen_hubert yeah, I think you're getting this exactly backwards.
#Mastodon/#ActivityPub makes it way too hard to move instances. It's unfortunately a core problem with this platform, but we shouldn't pretend it's not.
Other platforms like #BlueSky make it much easier, but #Fediverse is behind on this one.
We need to recognize that as a rough edge, a legit reason users might choose another platform.
@zombywoof I'd describe it as promises he's either broken or in the process of breaking.
The [false] claim that he kept his promises in his first term was such a huge part of his campaign, and the left decided to play into the lie instead of countering it to deflate him as the loser he is.
So here we are.
Just based on the headline on the paywall, sounds like they're planning on inflating their way out of tariffs?
Their undermining their own economy isn't exactly sticking it to Trump. It just means they'll leave the US more competitive without Trump even having to do anything.
Y'all are spinning some nutty conspiracy theories here, and the problem is that buying into this nonsense serves to disempower voters who might otherwise work to fix things.
Why should I bother voting for a better official if you're telling me it's all a big bribery scheme anyway?
@Drip_Drip it's the job of the SCOTUS to consider such cases.
And it's already pretty common in the US for public dollars to directly fund religious schools, so it's not that this could lead to that. That already happens.
This is more about the opposite, the extent to which states can discriminate AGAINST religious schools by denying them funding they'd otherwise be entitled to.
So this is more about allowing public dollars to be withheld from them.
@Thad court rulings regarding private gun ownership were made on the basis of such passed law...
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
