We checked of empirically already: nothing happens.

I dislike this idea. How can we select one of all the excellent Lemmy cats?!

In general, I agree. To win a lottery, you need two things: buying a ticket, and win a lottery. A ticket comes first tho.

I think you might need to solve a riddle…

Just checked Molly, still requires phone number to register. Isn’t it an alternative app for Signal?

Hello Val! I think I’m infatuated. 😍

Thank.you for the correction! I’ll fix it in my comment too.

I listened to podcasts on Antennapod for years. It’s open source and free, but there are many other podcast platforms. Used Pocket Cast before too, very good, licensed under MPL 2.0. Those services don’t have Spotify exclusive, but have all others.

Edit: corrected mistake about Pocket Cast.

I use Qobuz now, and they are great, with human-curated playlists and suggestions. So far, I love it.

I don’t live in Russia anymore, but none of my acquaintances there care about this kind of exhibitions. At least my bubble knows it’s propaganda and corruption, and would avoid these kind of events. I’m sure many others would visit and feel so veeeeery offended at how terribly Russians are treated in the world…

There was, but it was all stomped in the very beginning.

Awwww, so goofy!

I switched to Qobuz recently and started to actual discover new music again after years on Spotify.

I can only applaud people who do that in the US: the cost of education is outrageous.

Here in Germany people prolong their education by years, since it’s almost free, you can work part-time, and there’s no need to rush.

If the US system won’t be robbing young people of hundreds thousands dollars, they wouldn’t feel compelled to try and hack the system.

I won’t use Max under any circumstances and won’t recommend it to my family. Testing out SimpleX for now.

I hate everything that’s being done. A large part of my family lives there, and just getting them on a call is now not an easy task.

(I mean, I hate Putin and his government for many other things too. Restricted Internet perhaps is the least of their crimes, but this least is getting longer and longer and longer…)

I’d argue USSR was fascist in its nature, and I judge by Eco’s definition.

It was nationalistic, and it was totalitarian. Hence, the debated term “red fascism”. Of course, ideology was different on paper, but the state often operated on fascist principles. (As multinational state built on suppression and discrimination).

That being said, USA is not a fascist state, despite the past and present movements.

USSR survived for 70+ years (and russia is back to square 1 for a at least 2 decades now). North Korea almost 80 and counting.

So I really don’t know… A European country has many checks and balances that other countries don’t have.

As for the USA, what’s the ultimate check for the most powerful country in the world if their own systems don’t work anymore?

Finally, good news since Mamdani!

I’m so happy for Hungary and for the EU! Hungarians, u rock!!! :))

And young generation in rich countries also becomes poorer, as a few privileged become even richer.