Stu, because the singer of my favourite band is called Stu! Full name: Stu McCatzie
(my gf chose it, to my surprise, and I gladly said yes haha)
yeah! instagram becoming a photo sharing platform again, finally!
we all know they're not...
It would be if you'd compare their program to that of the other left parties here
With a program that's more leftist than the actual left party, yes
no, we have another party for that in Belgium (Vooruit). Groen has a leftist program
wrong, I support the green party (multi-party system, you should try it)
I am very very very left wing, BUT I can get really annoyed with a lot of those "on my side" advocating for the most idealist of all idealism, as if it's a contest. Feels like a competition of "who's the bestest and mostest leftist of all". You scare people away and - not justifying it - but I get why some people get upset with "the left" because of this...
Slift, they are an amazing experience live! Three guys from France with a live sound that's just massive. You'd never think it's just the three of them. Amazing show, lots of energy and the visuals make it a perfect experience. Mind blowing!
as in a phrase from a video game:
"Hey you, you're finally awake"
Far East Movement were visionaries!
depending on your skills and what you're looking for quite okay tbh
And there are still people defending Trump, saying he's a good president etc? It's only a matter of time before he's frolicking with Putin on a battlefield.
counter-counter-argument: how long before this isn't possible in the US anymore?
I get that! And it's not really about creating enemies. More of a digital utopia where we see what's the better option
Jack Dorsey being one of the founders certainly has something to do with that, from a UX and UI point of view. Other than that, I don't think is accidental. Also could be some marketing in place and certain "influencers" - of all sorts - pushing the platform online
We should shame people that promote BlueSky more
Especially when they promote and use it out of "moral motivation" to "fight against twitter/big tech". You're still using a platform owned by one company. They're not really decentralized. There's nothing stopping them to go down the same path twitter did. They're funded by some questionable investors... Or, to quote something I recently read: "BlueSky is decentralized in the same way Total Energies is a green company."
Fight big tech, yes, but know which platforms to use. And to counter all "but Mastodon etc. are boring": the more people making the shift to the fediverse, the less boring it gets.
Edit to add: "shame" might be a heavy choice of words, but I don't know another term haha (English not a first language and all that)
Observing American politics feels really strange at the moment
As an outsider (I live in Belgium) it feels very weird and dystopian to see everything happening in American politics with Trump and Musk.
On one side, it's very interesting and almost entertaining; on the other side, it's scary. I can't imagine what it must be like to live in the USA.
Americans, how do you cope? What's your take on the situation?