There is an entire trans community Lemmy instance in case you were unaware. Not saying it makes transphobia here okay or anything, just might be helpful to know.

I can’t believe I just got my CLP and no part of my study material told me or warned me about this term.

I assume the proportions of people who spoof their OS is slanted towards Linux

Or unless you have a weird roll holder that is super prone to overfeeding.

Yeah yeah, I’m sure it has gotten easier but I last used Linux well before Proton and I have an NVIDIA card and I remember all too well how that worked back in the day. Long story short it’s too much trouble until I actually have to change something anyways.

Oh yeah, also I have an HDR gsync display and good grief I can’t wait for those to be fully supported cross platform.

Yuuup, never switching to Windows 11 Windows 10 till something doesn’t work, them back to Linux

I do love our opossums but they are technically an invasive species in a lot of their current range. But they coexist so well with people that it’s hard to mind.

Raccoons are a national treasure and should be recognized as such.

There are 100% branded butt plugs out there.

“or something”… You hid it didn’t you lol

Have you ever noticed when you look into a telescope that it takes a little bit to position yourself right to see what you’re looking at? And it seems like you used to be able to do it a lot faster? That’s not age, that’s actually lag time added to cover decompressing the data.

Yeah, they absolutely can…

MSF and Heifer International I think are two of the more unimpeachable charities afaik

I feel like I’ve also heard nothing but good things about Habitat for Humanity

Planned Parenthood imo is a great cause as well. Or IPPF internationally.

These are partially listed as strong examples because they are considered very good charities that help people but also because of the aid multiplication effect of them. Charities that provide stop gap aid are important but not at the expense of aid that provides knock on effects. Ie. More homes and shelter and more sustainable living leads to less poverty down the road, less crime, less broken homes etc… Helping the sick and injured removes need for intensive long term care by family and hopefully produces a new productive person who can help their community. Heifer International helps establish agricultural infrastructure that the locals own and operate themselves, not just feeding people. And perhaps most critically of all, Planned Parenthood gives women the right to take care of their bodies and make choices on it. A woman who grows up healthy and has choices gets more educated and doesn’t make unplanned children that nobody is ready to care for properly. This has incredibly positive affects not just on the women’s lives but on society down the road. Simple birth control/sexual health access produces incredible ripple effects in society, better educated women, better educated children, less poverty, lower crime.

MSF and Heifer International I think are two of the more unimpeachable charities afaik

I feel like I’ve also heard nothing but good things about Habitat for Humanity

Planned Parenthood imo is a great cause as well. Or IPPF internationally.

The landfill thanks you.

Ah yes, the nostalgic leftist scifi show that defined generations is popular amongst the left leaning members of the nostalgia generation.

It’s funny/sad the stark contrast between the ones where you can’t really tell why they’re defederated from just the name vs the ones where it’s extremely obvious (and how little in-between there is)

Maybe not your fantasy. But maybe someone elses fantasy world.

I don’t know where people like you get their ideas about medieval times, but even if you confine your view to a fairly narrow part of history and the world you’re still wrong… Disability was a huge part of life as one would imagine of a relatively violent and hard world with little medical technology. Blindness, deafness, muteness, lameness, mental illness and physical deformity were all facts of life then as they are today even if the causes and treatments were not as understood. Varying degrees and types of what would now be called disabilities were very common among the peasantry and less common but much better cared for among the wealthy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_the_Middle_Ages

Heck, the Hapsburgs inbred themselves to extinction over several hundred years along with a host of physical deformities.

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1050-1485/disability-in-the-community/

While of course there is a storied history of monasteries sheltering the sick and disabled and of leper colonies, most people with disabilities in medieval Europe lived within the community, working where they could and being supported and cared for by their community and families where they couldn’t. Begging obviously was where some ended up but was not the default.

A common way that I don’t see mentioned here is that it is common to take out a loan using your home as collateral, something like a major business loan not panning out or a mismanaged personal loan can absolutely end up letting the bank seize your house to pay off the loan.