First I would support campaign finance reform and watch 90% of the problems be solved.

Then I would tackle the other 10% by making voting more accessible - especially in primaries. Make it so accessible that even young voters bother to do it. That way people will choose younger reps more often.

So no, I wouldn’t support putting a bandaid on one issue and ignoring the root causes.

My cat says he sees them, and he hates them.

Twice the shoulders, double the sharp pain

I’ve heard good things about Nomad Goods. I have some of their other accessories for iPhone and watch, and it’s the best quality stuff I’ve ever found. I can’t personally recommend the USB-C cables or wall adapters, but I plan to get some soon. I have a leather case, MagSafe mount stand, and a few watch bands. All are incredible, but pricey.

I do have some Anker cables and they’re perfectly fine. Much better than others I’ve tried, including Apple shit. Anker also makes some nice outlet extension/USB adapter combos that are super convenient.

If you want a fancy coiled cable, try Ventec edit: Ventev. It’s amazing for the car - keeps it off the floor.

CableMatters is my go-to when I need something I can’t find above, like a USB extension cable or high-speed HDMI. They don’t feel as premium and are a bit stiff, but they’re reliable, and they just seem to make every option you can think of.

I think we had Prime before streaming even started, so that was like a bonus.

But lately we hardly use it. The site is so janky and bloated with trash, I’d rather pay shipping and buy directly from a brand website or a normal retailer. Most have free shipping nowadays anyway.

I just bought an Apple USB wall adapter from Amazon because Best Buy was out of them. I spent like 20 minutes inspecting it and the package and watching videos about how to make sure it isn’t counterfeit. Buying a $20 thing shouldn’t be a stressful ordeal.

I recently switched from Voyager to Avelon. Voyager is great and I’m keeping it because it’s always been so reliable, but I just really like Avelon. It has a nice explore tab for finding new communities, and it’s SwiftUI, so it has that clean native iOS look to it. They’re very similar otherwise.

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At this rate, toothpaste will soon be sold in tiny single-use tubes.

I found a thing

This is not perfect… but:

I pack small bowls - small enough to entirely inhale till the embers go out, so that no smoke comes off the bowl after. Then crack open the outside door JUST enough to blow it all out the crack, then shut the door immediately. You’re basically kissing a tiny crack in the door, then shutting it. A fan won’t work - it’ll blow a bit of the smoke up and down and all over.

99% of the smoke goes into the lungs and out the door. The 1% still smells a bit though. If you cough, you fuck it up.

Then of course the weed itself smells - not much you can do about that. But it doesn’t seep into carpet/furniture as bad as smoke does.

Since you’re using a vape, try a cart (oil) instead and use the lowest temp you can stand. Do what you’re doing or try the window/door-crack method.

If you’re trying to hide it from others who live with you, you can’t. Just go find a spot outside and leave a hooded jacket and gloves there or in your trunk (but only if it’s legal and you can’t be harassed for smells.)

Only foolproof way is to buy edibles that are made elsewhere and keep them sealed. Febreze or dry shampoo can help a little with mild non-smoke smells after opening certain edibles.

I like how they made the logo look like it says “ADS” throughout.

Searching for any question +Reddit and finding multiple answers/discussions related to it that are usually reliable or at least lead to ideas for more research. Especially for finding products and reviews.

I still sometimes look at old.reddit search results even though I don’t have an account any more, but I think those answers will soon become obsolete. And eventually I think new questions will be flooded with low effort trash answers that would make Amazon reviews blush.

The FBI recommends using an ad blocker: https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221

We are all landed gentry on this blessed day.

It’s frustrating to see peoples’ imaginations run wild with AI. They’re not building “sentient” machines. There will never be machines that are sentient in anything other than appearance, and we’re notoriously easy to fool in that way.

My favorite way to describe AI that I’ve heard is “applied statistics.” It’s basically just processing huge amounts of data, very fast, simultaneously, and then presenting conclusions that are usually very likely.

Yes, it will be used to make weapons that are horrifically efficient, but likewise it will be used to make defenses that are equally efficient.

I think the good will ultimately outweigh the bad. Hopefully by a long shot.

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Try https://lemmyverse.net/communities

It has the sort/filter options I think you’re looking for, and it doesn’t limit info to your instance’s perspective. (It always shows all instances, even if your home instance hasn’t made a connection to one yet, and it shows total subscribers across all instances.)

Click the !URL for an instance to copy it, then paste it in your home instance search bar to go there and subscribe.

Another useful resource is c/trendingcommunities@feddit.nl - not helpful for searching, but handy to check daily after you’ve built your subscriptions and want to see suggestions for growing communities.

Regular search features are lacking a bit due to the nature of federated servers. Hopefully these features will be added someday. Till then, dedicated sites like lemmyverse seem to be the best option.

What the spiders don’t know is that I’m also allied with the house centipedes. And neither of them know about my treaty with the cats.

They’re separate and you should probably just join them all. There’s a ton of “gaming” communities, for example. There’s no reason for them to feel they’re competing, since people can just join them all and they can have their own separate rules. I think over time some will naturally become more popular and others will die off. Depends on the mods and how they manage it, really, plus other organic factors. But they are literally just different, unique communities. Consider the @instance to be an important part of the community name.

I imagine apps will eventually allow you to group communities under custom “topics” or something, so it seems cohesive from the users’ perspective. If you’re familiar with Apollo, you could create “Multi-Reddits” for a custom feed with any subs you put in each Multi-Reddit. It was super useful. I had one for gaming, one for news, one for cats. In this case where so many have the same name, it would be helpful to have a reminder label when you comment or post so you see exactly where you’re posting, and maybe a helpful link to the sidebar so you can double check the rules for that particular community. Maybe the Lemmy devs will even add an option for the communities to group together on their end somehow, someday, while still maintaining their decentralized independence.

The sky’s the limit for what may happen in the coming months/years, and improvements are happening fast. For now, enjoy the fact that there are many community options. I don’t see it as a problem, but a feature of decentralization.

You can always group them yourself, if you want, by creating a different account for each topic you’re interested in and only subscribing to a narrow number communities on that account. That way your home tab on one account would show all the gaming or cat pic communities you chose. Then switch back to your ”main” account for all the beans memes, etc.

Also, if you’re searching from your instance or in an app, you may not be seeing all the communities that exist if your instance hasn’t already connected to them. You also don’t see how many total users across all instances are subscribed - just the number of your local instance users that subscribed. So check out https://lemmyverse.net/communities for a better and more complete way to find and view communities and their stats - especially if you’re looking for the largest ones. Copy the full URL (starting with the !) and then paste it in your app’s search bar for a foolproof way to get to it.