If you can influence others to do so, use the better app. My family, we use Briar.

I don’t think their goal is stability. It is elimination. And the same would be true if the situation reversed. So either that’s what eventually happens or a bigger power steps in and rules them like children.

One state, immediately in the state of civil war where one side has access to the most money and the best weapons? I gave up on this idea after seeing the effects of this current war. Either one side will eliminate the other or a bigger country will rule both of them as if they are children incapable of running their own lives. Is there a reasonable plan for peace other than these?

I’m pretty sure most of those people are dead.

What’s the solution to lasting peace? Restore rule to the Ottomans or British?

President Biden also took a lot of flack from Europe when he maintained trade in Russian uranium despite their putting rules into effect concerning Russian oil. There are a few things that both parties aren’t willing to give us regarding Russia.

It was about the weaponization of the algorithm whereby China could incite Americans to act against the nation in a time of crisis or war.

I remember the early days of Reddit when it really felt like a community project. Back then, they had the goodwill necessary that Redditors would have personally financed a chunk of the costs of running particular Subreddits. Not anymore. That goodwill is gone.

I have a little pull in my group of friends. I’ve got 11 kids and I make them use Briar (SMS is removed from the phones) and so their friends end-up getting Briar and then their friends’ parents have also gotten it. So we have a nice little circle of people using it.

The news media is just feeding his narcissistic needs. Want to know what would really piss him off? If we forgot he existed for a week or two.

Is it possible to skip account creation by installing while not connected to the internet?

I’d consider using them if I didn’t need to use a phone number to register. My friends and family stick with Briar as a result.

I also sort by top six hours but subs related to my profession or religious traditions both get too much outside noise from folks who view posts by ‘all’ and feel welcome to flood subs with comments contrary to the intent of the sub. Active moderation could help but there’s just not good moderation under most subs.

IMO, as much as I dislike Reddit, moderation is terrible here and there’s some niche subs that cannot exist here because of the lack of moderation.

Honestly, I think there’s a market for stuff that’s cheap enough that you feel comfortable throwing it out after using a couple of times. Seasonal items especially. Not good for the environment or overall public policy but the market exists nonetheless.

Family Dollar has a focus on low income households in the urban core. They haven’t been able to make a profit from that demographic since before they were bought. Dollar Tree plans to pivot to suburban customers who are not as price sensitive.

Q. "Who is my neighbor?

A. https://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=49&ch=10&l=29-#x

Genocide, no, but the level of crime there is incredible.

This smells like 1929.

I normally stick with Firefox but, when there’s the need, I use degoogled Chromium.