mem_somerville_kbin
Scientist. Lacemaker.
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Technology@lemmy.ml•What is your internet service plan?
2·3 years agoVerizon 5G, $35/month for the 300 mbps / 20 up plan (my needs are not huge, this does the TV streaming and the zoom meetings just fine).
Somerville MA. Was previously paying 3x that for crappy Astound service at half the speed.
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Reddit Migration@kbin.social•New kbin user guide (preparation for impending wave of reddit migrants in July)
6·3 years agoTIL that the moderation logs are public. That was kind of surprise to look through.
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News@kbin.social•White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding
6·3 years agoHuge, if true. I think a lot of people in rural areas need to be exposed to something besides Christian radio…
And it really could benefit people who have jobs that can be WFH now–people could live in these dying towns with real incomes, money to spend, and kids in the school systems.
I hope they get it right.
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Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It? [Gift article] | Comments are open at NYT. It needs some from this community.
3·3 years agothank you–I have no idea how to add emojis here, but I’d give you the applause one if I could…
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Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It? [Gift article] | Comments are open at NYT. It needs some from this community.
4·3 years agoThis is why I encouraging comments… I managed to drop kbin into mine :)
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Politics@kbin.social•Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans
4·3 years agoYeah. I don’t know that part would be active shaming like an elective abortion would ignite some biddies. But some people feeling personal failure at not being able to carry. They shouldn’t–it’s not a personal failure, but I’ve seen some people feel some of that.
mem_somerville_kbin@kbin.socialtoReddit@lemmy.ml•r/DebateReligion is requiring all posts to be in Latin
1·3 years agoNolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum*
*yes, I know: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5937294/trivia/
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Politics@kbin.social•Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans
8·3 years agoI can understand that some people don’t want to discuss private health matters. And those folks who have been trying to conceive but have trouble–talking about the yet-another-miscarriage has to be incredibly wrenching and hard.
But those stories are crucial to hear right now, I’m afraid. I think the mainstream Republican isn’t even aware that this went on.
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News@kbin.social•Reddit is in danger of a death spiral
0·3 years agoAgree–I’m seeing a lot of what I called ‘quiet quitting’ lately. The regulars are posting a lot less, or not at all. I’m not ready to burn-it-all-down, because I want to be able to lure people over later when this is a bit more mature. But it already feels different there.
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Politics@kbin.social•Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans
19·3 years agoNice.
I think in the past (and I’m old enough to remember), both abortion and miscarriage carried a self-imposed shame/shunning silencing.
But now, people are not ashamed to talk about it. And those stories are surfacing, even in people’s own circles. When someone hears a story of a wanted pregnancy that goes wrong, and the young mother’s case of near-death sepsis as well as the damage to carrying future pregnancies–people will catch on.
These dogs have caught the car they were chasing. I wish it didn’t include the collateral damage to young families, but here we are. I hope people get to the ballot box with these stories in their heads. We should make sure of it…
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News@kbin.social•Reddit is in danger of a death spiral
0·3 years agoReddit is becoming an unusable garbage site.
'Tis.
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Science@kbin.social•Women in the History of Science | Free book download
1·3 years agoFeel free to share the love of history and science! I have no idea how to cross post properly yet. No credit required, just take it.
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Politics@kbin.social•Georgia poll workers targeted by Trump are cleared of false election fraud claims
15·3 years agoI hope they hire Jean Carroll’s lawyer. I’d kick in to a go-fund-me for helping them to do that.
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Chat@beehaw.org•PSA: Image posts and blind accessibility.
1·3 years agoI put alt text in my kbin uploads, but then I couldn’t find it later.
I would also like to be able to preview my image as I’m writing the description. I have to keep looking back at my stored one to try to do it well, and I’m failing.
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Moving to: m/AskMbin!@kbin.social•What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
7·3 years agoTop equipment: A Christina roller pillow. I can’t even find one to show you, they are rare white whales…
Top reference book: Lace, A History.
It’s a very weird hobby, with a lot of second-hand sales among the practitioners once you get in, because there’s no large-scale production of equipment for the most part.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators
21·3 years agoThis point struck me too:
Reddit is under no obligation to make its API free. But, it seems, the company has overreached in enforcing the new policy. If its target is the largest AI firms, then it should focus on curbing their parasitic proclivities and not going after beloved and useful software its users and moderators depend on.
This is my feeling. I understand that it could cost something. But the eye-watering rates for the small fish and the speed of the extortion is the issue.












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