Been thinking of making a post like this for some time, apologies if some of this is not completely relevant: this community seems more like it’s about Reddit the platform/product than Reddit the social “thing”, but I’m sure a lot of people have similar experiences to mine. Maybe on some instances more than others....
for me Reddit was the one big online platform where the average visible user didn’t seem to be very misinformed about Palestine (at least not by default), and it was frankly very sad to see where it got in the past few months.
This was a really big one for me, it was the clearest indicator that something had fundamentally changed on that site.
A Times visual analysis found that munition debris filmed at the scene was remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.
I’m wondering if Hasbara got decent amount of control of Reddit. They are on reddit, for sure, but I’m wondering how big their operation is. To me some of the comments and upvotes feel unnatural. Not like the reddit I remember at all and its making me think something fucky is going on.
I was on Reddit yesterday, the apologists there are fucking sickening. I swear Reddit was not like that before, years ago everybody on Reddit was well aware of what Israel was.
Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country....
I accidentally brought pork empanadas into the US on my carry on. I didnt want to keep them, they were kinda gross and was looking to toss them, they still made me wait in line somewhere and I missed my flight.
am I 16 years too late for this (lemmy.sdf.org)
The billionaires rallying behind Trump after his conviction (www.bbc.com)
Ultra-wealthy Republican donors are rallying behind former US President Donald Trump following his historic trial and criminal conviction....
Companies Targeted For Pride Support Last Year Go Quiet On Social Media In 2024 (www.forbes.com)
Ant smell (mander.xyz)
It's been around a year since a lot of us quit Reddit, myself included. I'm happy with Lemmy, but I still feel a bit lost online since leaving the old site. Discussion?
Been thinking of making a post like this for some time, apologies if some of this is not completely relevant: this community seems more like it’s about Reddit the platform/product than Reddit the social “thing”, but I’m sure a lot of people have similar experiences to mine. Maybe on some instances more than others....
Israel sharpens its tone to Spain: "The Inquisition is over. Those who harm us, we will harm them" (www.elnacional.cat)
Reader's Block (lemmy.world)
Shit... (sh.itjust.works)
Teenager Danuta Siedzikówna, medic of the Polish resistance, executed by the postwar Communist government in 1946
He came with receipts (mander.xyz)
Part 2: mander.xyz/post/13598410
Structure is a double-edged sword (lemmy.world)
Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)
Israel Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens in Rafah [Robin Stein, Christiaan Triebert, and Haley Willis | May 29, 2024 | NY Times] (www.nytimes.com)
A Times visual analysis found that munition debris filmed at the scene was remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.
“What happens if a Russian fighter jet is shot down by a Western weapon in Russian airspace?” answered by Chair of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (www.reddit.com)
mod post: We're having some technical difficulties
Temporarily turning on ‘mod post only’ until the kbin spam is sorted out. Hopefully this will put their posts on hold for now....
thank you google maps, very bikeable trail (lemmy.world)
Finished my first crocheted cardigan! (mander.xyz)
Took me some time and struggled with choosing the right colors at first, but I’m super happy with how it turned out!...
The reason it is so hard to change (midwest.social)
Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box (www.abc.net.au)
Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country....