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Probably posted lots before but it’s the first chapter of “Ministry for the Future”, which describes the tipping point. It’s uncomfortable reading. https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-the-future/
Why are men running women’s sports?
“handrails were deliberately left off to allow the defender to push the attacker off the stairs all together. Also violating all modern building codes, stair treads were sometimes constructed of varying heights to deliberately cause attackers to stumble and fall as they ran up them.”
Lemmy’s new user retention rate is considerably better than Threads.
I like Lemmy and Mastodon. No ads or manipulative algorithms. Somewhat social and usually polite. Turns out that when you don’t automate the incitement of anger and invective in clever ways that people can actually be pretty civil. Whoda thunk?
recently bought 2 of the beelink mini PCs - they seem pretty solid so far - they are quite a bit more expensive than the pi but I think they offer pretty good bang for the buck for a small form factor server.
War! What is it good for? It’s good for business! – Billy Bragg (“North Sea Bubble”)
