They played the long game. Until a few years ago, supporting Israel wasn't politically toxic.

I've had people cold DM me on LinkedIn for an internship. For all of them, it was pretty useless since it was obvious that I had nothing to do with the department they wanted an internship in.

That said, if someone was interested in an internship in my department, I probably would have chatted with them and set up an interview.

If they come, it will be a trickle. There isn't that much left for Reddit to do which would significantly harm the user base as a whole to force a migration. At best, one sub might get banned and come to Lemmy as a way to continue. Whether that community will be accepted by the current Lemmy federation is up in the air.

Regarding future growth, Lemmy isn't ready for it. The moderation and admin tools need work if the platform were to 10x, let alone see greater growth. I expect if that growth were to happen, federation would fracture further. You would also see some Reddit items come here as a way to moderate like becoming more dependent on a karma score and requiring more for signing up.

If the UK were to return, they would likely have to give up the pound.

The post office is the initial technology of the government for communication and low scale cargo connectivity. It acts as a conduit between a people and its government. It is often the first presence of sovereignty in any country since it shows that the settlement is connected to the rest of a country.

I still feel that software development isn't in freefall because of AI, but because large companies have hit the point where they aren't going to put resources into development unless it will immediately produce revenue.

What large software company is doing the development typical of the industry a decade ago?

Maybe not. After all, who is attending?

People used fear to get a means of control. The threat of measles went away and people trumped up a fear that your kid would become special needs as a way to gain and keep power.

I think the jokes highlight, not distract.

Or they'll just stick with what they got.

The mold has some interesting ideas about trans people.

Well, she could make another kid.