It’s a budgeting app, it looks like. So this community is for people to find alternatives.

https://www.rawstory.com/washington-post-lays-off-ukraine-reporter/

“I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I’m devastated,” reporter Lizzie Johnson wrote on X.

Remember to build something of some value to society in your lifetime so someday a billionaire will take and destroy it like a toddler with a toy.

There are notable exceptions to the ban, however, for high-performance membranes used in filtration or separation processes, and textiles deemed “necessary for essential use” or national sovereignty.

and

The first draft law also included a ban on non-stick saucepans, but this has been removed following reports of “intense lobbying” from French manufacturer Tefal.

I’m not familiar with bluesky feeds. Can someone explain in more detail the purpose of this community? It’s just curiosity, so don’t feel obligated.

Interesting! Thanks for telling me about it.

It does say it accounts for inflation, but Poland is the only country on the list that went from low income up to high.

Reminds me of the valerie plame thing. Republicans love talking about covert operations to score cheap political gains.

Call it Phil’s Bucket of [deleted] and make clear you’ll get rid of any posts for any reason, and then only allow discussions you think are interesting?

So, like, “let’s continue this conversation outside” as a community concept?

Genocidal tactics.

On Sunday, MK Gilad Kariv of left-wing The Democrats party wrote on Facebook that the planned zone would be “not ‘a city’ and not ‘humanitarian,’” and that the plan was untenable “from a security perspective,” but also “from an ethical and moral perspective.”

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/55940 If this is about the law in this article, it specifically does not decriminalize the distribution of child pornography.

Israel has stated that if Iran doesn’t stop defending itself, Tehran will burn. Is that what they meant? Iran’s nuclear-armed allies need to offer a nuclear umbrella to ensure this stays a fair fight. If they do, Israel’s reign of terror is over. If they don’t, this world is about to get fucking terrifying.

ah, shit

I kind of figured it was something like subscriber and data loss, but my immediate mental image when someone says that bit is like, way more dramatic than that because of its regular use in action movies.

could just be a sign i’ve watched too many movies, though.

I’m all for promoting alternatives but as a mild critique i’ll say not knowing you or what you dislike about lemmy specifically, the “no matter the cost” part of the bio reads kinda creepy.

I am genuinely and truly curious what antipornography people think is an appropriate punishment for the creation of written erotica. What is your opinion (if that is your perspective and I am not putting that opinion on you)? The read I got is most likely incorrect, then. What is correct?

Is the treatment described in the article non-punative, or is the source flawed?

I thought you said that psychologists should direct people to be healthier, not that society should decide what is allowed and not allowed. Coming from a perspective where I am a woman attracted to other woman, I am not interested in what society doesn’t like. My personal interest is in harm and the reduction of it, and science backed means of doing so.

Every government is untrustworthy and should be treated like a dangerous tool that can help or harm, depending on how the flawed humans who wield it choose to do so.

Could you share with me China’s science on the dangers of erotica? The science of it is deeply interesting to me, more so than any government position, or the erotica itself. I’m never going to think prison or fines or psychological torture are the correct responses to describing an act millions of people perform every day, but if there is evidence of harm, I’m interested in reading it. If I need to agonize over machine translations, I’m willing to give it a shot.

So you disagree with prison sentences for erotica writers, unless recommended by a psychologist?

What do you think is an appropriate punishment? My inclination is “nothing,” since writing about sex is the same as writing about any other normal everyday thing people do, but I’m always curious what would be appropriate to people who see things differently. Fewer years? A fine? Community service? I am genuinely curious.

What punishment should librarians in the US get for distributing written sex? They get a paycheck for this work. How much should Chuck Tingle have to pay, or how much time should he serve?

and it’s worth life in prison?