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@ misk @lemm.ee

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  • Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

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  • That sounds massively illegal.

    Holding elections and referendum together is kinda illegal but who's going to stop them.

    I hope you have a good supreme court.

    EU is suing us because supreme court doesn't meet criteria for being independent and impartial. Constitutional court is even worse.

    But even then, people could still vote against the proposed referendum

    The questions are "have you stopped beating your wife yet?" themed and any participation legitimizes this circus unfortunately.

  • Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

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  • Yeah, 50% quorum required.

    Parliamentary elections turnout will easily exceed 50% so it'll be a huge cluster fuck to boycott referendum because people will likely be handed both ballots by default. It's illegal to take ballot away or destroy it. Invalid votes are counted toward quorum. So far it looks like we'll have to specifically refuse and have this on the record.

  • Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

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  • Right now all of the proposed questions are so bonkers that many people will get parliamentary elections ballot and ignore referendum. EU accession referendum is the only referendum ever that met quorum in Poland so putting that question on a ballot could potentially mobilize people.

    PiS won't do it because their long term plan is to sow enough distrust to EU that they would have to "begrudgingly" leave the EU in a couple of years. They don't need a referendum for that either - previous government (led by PO) passed a law so that only a parliamentary majority is required for that IIRC.

  • Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

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  • Also worth pointing out: referendum campaign has less strict spending limits compared to parliamentary elections so this is one more way (on top of utilizing state media and state owned enterprises) that PiS can outspend competition in upcoming elections which are held on the same day.

  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

    www.euronews.com /2023/08/13/polish-government-plans-referendum-on-rejecting-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • Don't get me wrong, I fully understand that a fascist is not the same thing as a communist. But they're equally despicable.

    Fascism is inherently anti-democratic, communism isn't. I know communism is a shorthand for stalinism, maoism and other totalitarian ideologies that use socialist facade (similar to national socialism) but it's worth to make an effort not to discredit the whole idea.

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • People half-joke that coming to Fediverse is easy, all you need to do is select a provider like you do with e-mail.

    In case of Lemmy this omits the part where you have to block dozens of communities because they shill for genocidal regimes and you can't block them and their users wholesale using instances. You also have to be on a lookout for trolls that coordinate on those instances and use alts from other instances. If you aren't careful enough your experience might be akin to a conspiracy Facebook group but obviously it's users fault.

    Mastodon doesn't have this issue despite using same Activity Pub framework.

    Kbin doesn't have it.

    It's Lemmy developers and instances that somehow ended up with staggering amount of tankie trolls, to the extent that exceeds even alt-right trolls on Reddit.

    Telling people to start their own instances is acknowledging that the issue is so widespread that there are no instances with sane policies.

  • Know your genocide apologists

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  • They're A-D masquerading because it has some plausible deniability.

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • My criticism of that idea is also documented there.

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • But defederating Threads was fine lol.

    We need to stop recommending Lemm.ee to newcomers, it's hostile to normal folks.

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • It's the dishonesty that makes me despise those guys the most. How could you dislike them when they're so civil in their shilling for genocidal regimes, eh?

  • Space @beehaw.org
    misk @lemm.ee

    Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm

    newsroom.ucla.edu /releases/planetary-defense-nasa-dart-mission-asteroid

  • We need to have a serious talk about this instance being federated with Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and tankies in general

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  • Modern day tankies are indistinguishable from fascists since they shill for fascist shitholes like Russia and China. I don't care about intent, everyone can lie about it. You can't lie about outcomes.

  • Why do most religious conservatives support capitalist ideology?

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  • If you're at the extreme bottom there's little chance to move upwards in capitalism but it's comforting to have some undesirables who have it even worse than you.

  • Why do most religious conservatives support capitalist ideology?

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  • Religion is not the goal of conservatives, it's a tool to preserve hierarchy in the society. Capitalism is another tool that achieves that.

    The people that aren't wealthy but are conservative benefit from hierarchy enforced by religion. It ensures that they're not on the bottom of society - that place is intended for various minorities.

  • Is it possible to group communities like a multi-subreddit kind of thing?

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  • This client looks interesting but community groups seem to be very WIP at the moment. Posts in those groups are sorted by community (some arbitrary amount is pulled), then requested order (new, hot etc) and it takes ages to load so it's probably not very threaded. Regardless, this looks promising and I'll keep my eye on it - thanks!

  • wiadomosci @szmer.info
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    Lekarze podali datę protestu. "Jesteśmy przerażeni obelgami ze strony resortu zdrowia"

    www.tokfm.pl /Tokfm/7,103085,30055756,lekarze-podali-date-protestu-jestesmy-przerazeni-obelgami.html

  • My GF Macbook Pro has reached end of life support

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  • Look into OpenCore Legacy Patcher. I updated my GFs 2012 Air to Ventura and it's running okay. A bit clunky around MacOS updates since you have to specifically run patcher again to get graphics acceleration again but otherwise fine. It's definitely worth it for security updates.

    https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

  • worldnews @sh.itjust.works
    misk @lemm.ee

    Ecowas orders deployment of force to restore constitutional order in Niger

    www.euronews.com /2023/08/10/ecowas-orders-deployment-of-force-to-restore-constitutional-order-in-niger
  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    Italy suspends ‘golden visas’ for Russians and Belarusians more than a year after EU recommendation

    www.euronews.com /travel/2023/08/10/italy-suspends-golden-visas-for-russians-and-belarusians-more-than-a-year-after-eu-recomme
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    Germany arrests military officer suspected of spying for Russia

    www.reuters.com /world/europe/suspected-spy-russia-arrested-germany-prosecutors-2023-08-09/
  • wiadomosci @szmer.info
    misk @lemm.ee

    Polski astronauta Sławosz Uznański ma polecieć w kosmos z misją na ISS

    www.rp.pl /kosmos/art38924311-polski-astronauta-slawosz-uznanski-ma-poleciec-w-kosmos-z-misja-na-iss
  • wiadomosci @szmer.info
    misk @lemm.ee

    „GW”: Przemysław Czarnek wiedział, kto na uczelniach zaszczepił się przeciw COVID-19

    edukacja.rp.pl /uczelnie-wyzsze/art38918121-gw-przemyslaw-czarnek-wiedzial-kto-na-uczelniach-zaszczepil-sie-przeciw-covid-19
  • Games @sh.itjust.works
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    Mortal Kombat 1 | Official Banished trailer

  • TikTok’s algorithm will be optional in Europe

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  • TikTok is absolutely scummy in how they nag you for access rights to phone features / data but I don't think there's a way to do this without adding third "Popular" tab next to Following and For You.

    If they had this as a setting then it'd have to stay this way. Industry standard is to withhold such setting and constantly default to algorithmic page in the attempt to trap you there or make you tired of switching feed constantly.

  • Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution

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  • I prefaced this with disclaimer that's a personal experience. It's probably hard to measure because people aren't that eager to self report tax avoidance.

    It is government's interest though. Hence extensive AML regulations for example.

  • TikTok’s algorithm will be optional in Europe

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  • Yeah, their algo is fun most of the time but it's easy to fall into a bubble and detach from reality. It's also quite transparent how often you're subjected to annoying A/B testing. I'm glad this is happening because it gives users ability to see general view and get more control over their experience.

  • Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution

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  • Building complex systems involving humans is hard because humans are flawed. The best thing we've come up so far are systems involving extensive checks and balances to prevent thing happening too rapidly and without necessary oversight and even then it's a tricky part to balance.

    For the record, I'm not for entirely cashless society but organisations that are cash heavy have proven to be source of many headaches. There is a balance to be found on thresholds and barring some types of businesses from using cash and where digital money transfer is required. Banks and other money transfer entities will have to deal with scenarios where malicious parties will try to obfuscate their intent outside of those thresholds.

  • worldnews @sh.itjust.works
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    ECOWAS leaders agree plan for military action after Niger coup as deadline approaches

    www.euronews.com /2023/08/05/ecowas-leaders-agree-plan-for-military-action-after-niger-coup-as-deadline-approaches
  • worldnews @sh.itjust.works
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    Pakistan: Imran Khan sentenced to 3 years for corruption

    www.dw.com /en/former-pakistani-prime-minister-imran-khan-found-guilty-of-corruption-and-sentenced-to-3-years/a-66413601

  • Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution

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  • This is all technically true but cash is not the answer.

    Right now there are so many easily accessible ways for governments to spy on people (cell phone geolocation, call metadata monitoring) that I'm not sure that for the purposes you think of you aren't screwed already anyway. From this perspective fight for cash use becomes a bit theoretical.

    The only people that I know of personally that are strongly for cash are either people that frequently skirt around taxes ("minor" stuff like car repair shops) and unfortunately conspiracy nuts. Genuine privacy oriented people exist but realistically the majority will be there for selfish reasons.

    The societal cost of tax evasion, money laundering and financing organisations that legally require transparency (political orgs, NGOs etc) are massive and immediate.

    What we really need is strong oversight of institutions, government transparency, rule of law and healthy democracy. Those are the things you want to enshrine in your constitution.

  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    TikTok’s algorithm will be optional in Europe

    www.theverge.com /2023/8/4/23819878/tiktok-fyp-algorithm-eu-dsa-personalization-data-tracking
  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution

    apnews.com /article/austria-cash-constitution-proposal-e63078b1682b375a84d0132857374e43
  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    Baltic countries strike deal to disconnect from Russian power grid earlier than expected

    www.euronews.com /my-europe/2023/08/03/baltic-countries-strike-deal-to-disconnect-from-russian-power-grid-earlier-than-expected
  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    EU beer production back to pre-pandemic levels: Eurostat

    www.dw.com /en/eu-beer-production-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels-eurostat/a-66432373
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    Giorgia Meloni: Italian PM sues Placebo frontman for defamation

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/world-europe-66374034
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime

    torrentfreak.com /putin-outlaws-anonymity-user-id-verification-for-online-services-vpn-bypass-advice-a-crime-230801/
  • Europe @feddit.de
    misk @lemm.ee

    Italian competition authority forces Google to improve Google Takeout

    en.agcm.it /en/media/press-releases/2023/7/A552
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    UNESCO threatens to 'blacklist' Venice if Italy doesn't start to look after historical sites

    www.euronews.com /travel/2023/08/01/unesco-threatens-to-blacklist-venice-if-italy-doesnt-start-to-look-after-historical-sites
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    Wacken Open Air 2023 deluged by rain

    www.dw.com /en/wacken-open-air-2023-deluged-by-rain/a-66366139