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What can I do in other Linux distros that I can't do in Linux Mint Xfce? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I had trouble using Flatseal to adjust permissions for Flatpak applications in Linux Mint. But that was a few months ago and may have been fixed. Other than that I never really had trouble with stuff being broken or unavailable in Mint.

I guess if you use very new hardware you might prefer a newer kernel than the one Mint uses. Or if you want the latest versions of packages, a rolling distro might suit you better. Or you might prefer a different filesystem. But if none of this bothers you, there's no need to switch. Mint generally works well.

Michigan voters flock to the poles for final weekend of early voting in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

Poles? Can CBS really not spell that word?

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Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Twitch streams about “political and sensitive topics,” including “reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights,” now require a label in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

This is the use of "political" in which cis straight white men just of course get human rights, but everyone else's rights are a "political" matter. What's considered "not political" is a good guide to where privilege lies.

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Chemists just broke a 100-year-old rule and say it's time to rewrite the textbooks (phys.org)
U.S. Warns Iran It Can't 'Hold Israel Back' If New Attack Launched, Axios Reports. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Turns out that giving them tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons doesn't discourage them from using weapons.

That “little secret” between Trump and Johnson? Here’s what it could mean. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 39 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Yes, Biden's mindset still hasn't caught up with the present circumstances, and probably won't.

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That “little secret” between Trump and Johnson? Here’s what it could mean. (www.thenation.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32178924

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32178822

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21547846

A potential plan by Republican leaders to steal the 2024 presidential election. The plan involves delaying the certification of election results in key battleground states, potentially decreasing the overall number of electors appointed and allowing Donald Trump to win the presidency through a contingent election, whereby the House of Representatives, not the Electoral College, determines the president.

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That “little secret” between Trump and Johnson? Here’s what it could mean. (www.thenation.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32178822

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21547846

A potential plan by Republican leaders to steal the 2024 presidential election. The plan involves delaying the certification of election results in key battleground states, potentially decreasing the overall number of electors appointed and allowing Donald Trump to win the presidency through a contingent election, whereby the House of Representatives, not the Electoral College, determines the president.

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That “little secret” between Trump and Johnson? Here’s what it could mean. (www.thenation.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21547846

A potential plan by Republican leaders to steal the 2024 presidential election. The plan involves delaying the certification of election results in key battleground states, potentially decreasing the overall number of electors appointed and allowing Donald Trump to win the presidency through a contingent election, whereby the House of Representatives, not the Electoral College, determines the president.

Trump says vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. would be in charge of ‘women’s health’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Republicans are talking about banning all vaccines, which is obviously insane and murderous.

Trump says vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. would be in charge of ‘women’s health’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

What do you mean? He's a very healthy looking zombie.

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Republicans seem to be threatening to make all vaccines unavailable nationwide. Obviously, this would be extremely bad.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10841835/us-election-trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-health/

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Small government and freedom.

Idaho Public Health Department Barred From Giving COVID Vaccine— Experts say it's a first in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And if the Republicans win the election they're threatening to make vaccines (possibly all vaccines) unavailable nationwide. They're planning to withhold one of the greatest medical advances ever from the entire US population. This will plunge the country back into health conditions not seen for hundreds of years.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10841835/us-election-trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-health/

Playdate Season 2 drops in 2025, but firm release details, price, and games all still to be finalised in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (7 children)

$199 now. Still seems a bit overpriced.

Alberta seeks to block trans athletes from female competition but can't say how many will be impacted in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Also why do we always hear about trans women athletes and never about trans men?

That's a matter of the psychology of right-wing hate mongers, and how easy they find it to rile people up about a non-issue.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke walks off stage in response to Israel 'genocide' heckler (www.nbcnews.com)
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When Does Instagram Decide a Nipple Becomes Female? (www.404media.co)
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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981 (www.livescience.com)
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A community statement supporting the Open Source Definition (OSD) (osd.fyi)
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/11985139

Declaration

We, the undersigned members of the Open Source community, assert that Open Source is defined solely by the Open Source Definition (OSD) version 1.9.

Any amendments or new definitions shall only be recognized if declared by clear community consensus through a transparent process to be determined.

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Mahasen al-Khateeb – RIP (www.dailycartoonist.com)
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New Poll: Likely Voters Are Tired Of Anti-Trans Ads (www.erininthemorning.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17945663

Link to poll: https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/10/23/voters-prefer-candidates-who-are-supportive-of-transgender-rights-think-recent-political-ads-have-gotten-mean-spirited-and-out-of-hand

When voters are asked whether they are more inclined to support a candidate who backs transgender rights or one who opposes them, voters overwhelmingly choose the candidate in favor of transgender rights, by a margin of 21 points. This trend holds true among Independents, with a 19-point preference. Even 22% of Republicans indicate they are more likely to support a candidate who favors trans rights—a significantly higher percentage than the share of Democrats who would back a candidate opposing them.

Furthermore, voters showed frustration with the wave of anti-trans advertisements. When asked if they thought political attack ads against the transgender community have gotten mean spirited and out of hand, far more voters agree than disagree (+28 points). This finding holds true for independents (+23 points) as well, with even 31% of Republicans finding that there were too many political attack ads.

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Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn (www.theverge.com)
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