oldbill

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy itself is going through growing pains too

Yes, I understand that people like myself fleeing from an increasingly commercialized and censored Reddit are causing problems here, hence my patience.

Do you use any mobile clients or alternative front ends for Lemmy

I've got Jerboa on my mobile, but I find it very confusing to use so I hardly ever do, anyhow I am not a 'mobile friendly' person, I own one but it spends most of its life sitting on my desk switched off. Try not to be too shocked, it's bad for your blood pressure!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How am I liking lemmy? Well, the server I chose has been down far longer than it has been up since I joined, so that is not exactly a good start, but I am patient, I'll wait and hope for a better performance in the near future. Interesting little tool you linked to on github, pity it is no longer compatible, it might have been useful given the server problems here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I'm fairly new to lemmy so excuse me if I am telling you what you already know, but I have found out that at times when you can't get onto feddit.ch due to the 'server error' fault, it is still possible to view and post to it from another instance. Create an account on another instance, then subscribe to whatever feddit.ch community you are following and usually it works. For example 2 hours ago when I posted the reply below I couldn't login here at all whereas now I can (though I don't know how long for). Maybe this suggests there is some configuration fault with the feddit.ch server that is randomly denying access from the wider internet whilst still allowing it from other lemmy servers, who knows?

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Server Error (feddit.ch)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

"Server Error" for about a week now, does anybody know what is happening? Is the site under attack?

 

"All we hear is Radio Soros"

 
 

Go France, Go Belgium - Save Our Society

 
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Sergey Lavrov (sputnikglobe.com)
 

Possibly the greatest politician of modern times. Although I admit it is not a very high bar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The expression on the child's face is priceless!

 

I wish a happy and peaceful new year to one and all, especially those subject to the proxy violence of my own government. They do not speak for me or any swamp_refugees, they speak only for the forces of evil, power and money. Take heart, their time is nearly over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Congratulations you are the first person to comment on swamp_refugees, have a medal (and you didn't even have to get up early to earn it) 🥇

 

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The cause of the silence is easy to tell,
The lighting is off, the heating as well.

The wind has not blown now for multiple days,
The sun has not blessed us with its warming rays.
The ice in the windows has already formed,
The people are bedded to keep themselves warmed.

Across the land from Thurso to Thanet disciples are valiantly saving the planet,
Least that's what they're led to believe.
But with poor education and misinformation,
The blob will always deceive.

It began when a star was seen in the north,
A different one this time with no virgin birth.
St Greta of Sweden was born to deliver,
A message of fear to make us all shiver.

She spoke to world leaders of her new religion,
And urged them on to make the decision.
Stop carbon now and you will be heroes,
As long as you strive to reach your net zeros.

The leaders thought hard and decided to act,
For fear is a weapon and that is a fact.
If we can manipulate this kind of fear,
It will keep us in power for many a year.

So the self harm took hold in gradual stages,
To carry us back to the late middle ages.
With windmills and solar we struggle for power,
With the rich getting richer with each passing hour.

The battery cars and the air pump heaters,
Will soon get rid of our old useless eaters.
They might just burn or they might well freeze,
But either way its a wonderful wheeze.

We'll save a fortune on pensions and care,
And replace our old folk with young from elsewhere.
The immigration must never stop,
Its essential for helping our wage bills to drop.

Our own young will languish in digital prisons,
And may well be happy there.
So the world will exist for corrupt politicians,
And WEF billionaires.

The plot of the scam is not at all hidden,
Yet few seem to comprehend.
The sheep will do as the sheep are bidden,
And follow unto their end.

      ------------------

But soft what light from yonder window breaks?
Is it the east and Juliette at the cill?
Your pointing west you romantic freak,
And the figure you see is OldBill!

Yes, 'tis me in my 12 minute city,
('cause 15 refuses to scan).
Wielding my quill for my yuletide ditty,
Reaching out to my fellow man.

With shivering hands and a candle for light,
It really isn't so easy to write.
So I just say, for now, forget all the fear,
Have a cracking Christmas and a belting new year.

 

"UK communications regulator Ofcom has published lengthy guidance on policing certain elements of people’s online behavior, following the introduction of Britain’s divisive Online Safety Act legislation last month."

"Some platforms, including WhatsApp, Signal and iMessage, have threatened to withdraw from the UK if they are compelled by the Online Safety Act to compromise the security encryption of their services."

"Proton, which bills itself as a “private email service,” said that it would be willing to take the UK government to court to protect its users’ rights to privacy. “The internet as we know it faces a very real threat,” Proton CEO Andy Yen said, according to the BBC last month."

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