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“Socialist countries don’t innovate” Explain this

submitted 42 minutes ago • 10 comments

I am once again reminding you that Wikiwand exists. This aggregator / browser extension automagically makes wikipedia way more beautiful, functional, and customizable, while forwarding 30% of any subscription or one-off donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. www.wikiwand.com

submitted 33 minutes ago • 0 comments

When I shared this, I wasn't aware he was a transphobic culture warrior. I guess I'm out of touch, only occasionally coming across his usually relatively harmless ramblings. Omakub and its particular vision still feels worthwhile to share for beginners to Linux. But, fuck DHH, otherwise.

submitted 48 minutes ago • 0 comments

Wait, did y'all know that DHH made a #linux distro? omakub.org

submitted 2 hours ago • 3 comments

Incredible, as always

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

hyper key and vim all the things 🤓

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

This! I like all manner of politics that distribute power to the edge; that maximize democracy, especially at work; that enable freedom from as well as freedom to, while prioritizing the former; that diminish or even eliminate all the power that wealth affords; and that emphasizes humanity.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

dsheets.new from Fileverse Decentralized spreadsheets made for the global economy & open Internet

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Republicans keep trying to target nonprofits focused on immigrant rights.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

if an unidentified goon tries to kidnap you off the street in Georgia, it is completely legal for you to shoot them dead on the spot as self-defense this is unironically how it should be

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Some good news amongst all the chaos ♻️ #climate #renewables #solarpunk techcrunch.com/2025/06/16/f...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

They are manufacturing consent to coup a mayor

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

lmao

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID. The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

submitted 8 days ago • 63 comments

“US Regime Deploys Troops, Arrests Citizens, and Detains Opposition Amid Mass Pro-Democracy Protests” What if we wrote about events in Trump’s America in the way that Western media describe African and Middle Eastern countries? Brilliant stuff, from @premthakker.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 47 comments

If you need a government to pump your crypto bags then I'd argue that you understand nothing about crypto...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Any person in uniform wearing a mask and refusing to be properly and reliably identified should be assumed to be the same kind of murderer we’ve seen in Minnesota.

submitted 5 days ago • 75 comments

I love a good community note

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is an actual picture of a reporter interviewing an activist in 1968.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

This looks so much better than what we saw in the Keynote. And not just better, much different. Wish they followed their own guidance. For example they do stack glass elements, they do raise elements that are not for navigation, and they do not automatically make opaque the elements over text…

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Another world is possible if we fight for it.

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments