That’s totally fair. I guess I have a hard time imaging anyone caring about downvotes so I assumed it had to be something like what I described.

Yeah but the fediverse is still so small that I would miss a lot of content.

My current set up is to watch for .ml posters/comms and avoid commenting. For other, less immediately obvious folks, I’ll tag them with a pukey emoji after an unpleasant interaction and generally avoid engaging.

The thing that set up has really brought home is that while there are many folks I find aggressively ignorant, they may still post fun stuff in more neutral, non politics subs. Really eye opening how much I can vehemently disagree with someone in one context and have them be perfectly fine and even funny in another.

For sure. But it’s just tiring to get notifications for hours of someone yelling about shit libs or something.

I get that but there’s also a certain “ugh” when a bunch of .ml folks find a post and want to yell at you about it.

Admittedly, we are now significantly less likely to be dismembered by much larger fish.

Sorry, do you think nuclear weapons are smashed into every nook and cranny?

1944: Japan says world should have pause on nuclear weapons.

Like, yes, but at this point, your country opting in or out doesn’t change the destination, only who gets there.

Donald trump playing fast and loose with the truth?!? Well I never!

It’s our problem plagued philosophy!

I stopped paying attention after George said it was all good in front of that Mission Accomplished banner. I assume the parades for the liberators were amazing though.

They sure that’s not just .ml leaking into BlueSky?

Looks like Cox Media forgot to slip a trump some cash.

For context, Alberta is our Texas. It and a few other prairie provinces are fairly conservative, though the cities tend to be more Canadian progressive. That contradiction sets up dumb fights like these. And as someone in the article pointed out, these dumb culture war fights are a handy distraction from all sorts of wild scandal etc.

Donald is the best thing to happen to China in decades, this is 0 percent surprising. It’s also why tik tok amplified Palestine hard before the election and then it tailed off pretty quickly.

No.

It’s good to understand why people, even those with whom we disagree, are making the decisions they are making.

I’m sure you would rather those who disagree with you seek to understand why you make the choices you do etc.

“Sure, you made one of the best films of all time but what have you done lately?!?”

But yes. Subsequent films of his were nominated for the Palme d’Or as well as a pair of Cesar awards. As an actor he’s also been nominated for a variety of roles.

La Haine is a critically regarded masterpiece and usually lands in best movies of all time lists. Easily one of the best French movies ever.

It’s really worth a watch.

That read was great for the soul.

Makes sense, I was wondering why a few things got zero responses. (Some absolutely fair, totally deserved but not all!)

Lots of countries want to pivot closer to the EU as a hedge against a mercurial America or authoritarian China…

I’m definitely a fan of closer ties though I’d be a little wary about fully joining an organization where decisions can be held up by a recalcitrant Orban or Le Pen.