Funny bc that’s the version I had in mind when I made the username lol

I couldn’t decide which to pick lol so these are the four Bing gave me

If you use browser extensions like Ghostery and AdNauseam it’ll click on blocked ads in the background, essentially giving Google fake info. After I started using extensions like that my survey questions have been all over the place, and I’ll answer them in a way that feels potentially accurate but is actually 100% false and irrelevant to me lol. So I get money, falsify their info, and block ads and trackers all at the same time, it’s perfect!

goddamn you 😂

I love that, Zabes has such cool girl energy lol

I’ll probably do that in the meantime, good idea!

Very interesting!

Not who you asked but I’m in the desert area of SoCal, it’s usually super dry (15-30% unless cloudy) and it’s been consistently over 100 for a few weeks now. One of the absolute best things about California is that it always cools off at night, down into to the low 60s most of the summer and 70s during the peak. It can be really hard to dress for sometimes, especially since the sun is so much hotter here than other states I’ve been to. 105 with a real feel higher than that during the day, maybe 62 with a breeze at night, that’s a huge temp variance lol. I appreciate it though, it could be like other places in the country and the world where it’s not getting below 80 at night.

The most humid places in Cali are also usually much cooler, due to being near the beach. But it kinda comes out in the wash depending on the day haha. Most of my knowledge is SoCal though, NorCal might be a lot different. California is massive, with tons of different climates, so it’s impossible to talk about it without being specific about locations.

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StartAllBack is good but I personally use and prefer Start11

Using Sync, which just released, you can filter instances you don’t wanna see. I did the same with lemmynsfw lol

I would love if there was a way to add multiple anonymous instances to quickly switch between! My main account is on lemmy.world but if there was a way to browse beehaw without an account I would appreciate it

I used Nova for years, but it felt increasingly outdated so I switched to Action Launcher. Then it too started to feel outdated after a few years so I switched to Smart Launcher, which I’ve been loving. I miss AL’s side drawer but SL has a lot to offer if you want something slick and simple, with custom widgets and layouts. I recommend you check it out!

I’m 100% down for efficient communities run like actual communities. If the land is commons and everyone can use it, instead of such a strong focus on personal property, that could become an incredible thing. Infrastructure could become much more human-forward, and homelessness would likely dissappear. Local gardens and food areas would also likely be a priority. So if that’s what decolonizing means, I can appreciate it.

I’m just saying that’s not what the word “decolonize” sounds like to people like me who don’t know what it fully means, and perhaps a better word should be used.

To me it sounds like moving people out that shouldn’t be there, or weren’t there when the colonizing happened. Where I live most people don’t own property anyways (I certainly don’t), so that would mean displacing poor people and mostly POC with very little money. I do think there should be reparations but “decolonizing” by transferring ownership is one thing, making people leave so they have full control of the land like they used to is another. I don’t have the answers but doing the same thing to innocent people that was done to innocent people in the past isn’t the right one, in my opinion. It just perpetuates the cycle.

I’m super fucking down for transferring ownership from landlords to people actually living on the land. But with how America has evolved, most of those people are not indigenous people.

Even looking up what the word means, it’s complicated and doesn’t give straightforward answers as to what it may mean to you and the person I initially asked.

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

Great! That’ll be awesome for the two people that bought it

I agree that all those things are good and should be something to work towards, but the word “decolonize” implies people leaving, perhaps by force. That’s just a surface level vibe though. I also don’t think those things will inherently fix the infrastructure problem in America - I think that’s firmly in the capitalism circle of issues. Yes there’s intersectionality, but until companies aren’t allowed as strong a hold on the public transportation sector, I don’t think much will change.

I thought this was an interesting video on the history of Amtrak, but I’m sure you can find the same information elsewhere. Until public transportation is really allowed to thrive nothing will change. https://youtu.be/von_IMi97-w

I think NJB’s take is pessimistic, but unfortunately also on the side of realism. Just like how guns have infiltrated American culture and there’s no good way to put the genie back in the bottle; we have to work with what we’ve got. It sucks for the people who can’t afford to move, but for those who can there are places without the issues America has grown up with. I think that’s all NJB is saying.

what does this mean? like how do you propose we just “decolonize” the united states?? do you mean decolonize it of cars??

quick someone make an ftm version

It would be adorable if it wasn’t dangerous :/ they use the founding fathers and constitution in the same way they use Jesus and the Bible - as a reason to hurt others and stop progress