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top ten loopholes in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

What?

Study reveals "widespread, bipartisan aversion" to neighbors owning AR-15 rifles in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm fine with it as long as they're properly trained and respect it.

New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Everything before that states the funds allocated by the act can't be used to fly or display a flag other than a government flag.

A public employee couldn't spend embassy or facility money on a non-government flag, but I haven't read anything about them spending their own money and still flying the flag.

What do you miss from the old internet? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

The creativity people were willing to share. Forums, DIY guides, blogs, neat yet crappy animations on Youtube. It's all kind of still there, but it's hard to find with how the internet is today.

It was full of passionate people who made things because they enjoyed it. Now, it's either how-to sites written by bots/keyboard monkeys, or you're fast-tracked to the #1 video. You have to really go looking for the human now.

XXX in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Sounds like easy lawsuit money if you start recording it

New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (18 children)

Clickbait. The actual resolution prohibits the use of the funds being allocated from the new budget to be used on anything other than government related flags. This is just funding for flags, there's no outright ban on pride flags.

Resolution Sauce (pg. 1000)

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United States Department of State-

Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Say what you will, but at the end of Trump's presidency Pence grew a spine and told him to fuck off.

Trump was hanging onto the idea that Pence would magically solve his problem by denying the certification. Of course, Trump's cult went to the capitol to try and hang him. I hope he endorses the other candidates, or Biden when it comes to it. It'd be a massive middle finger to the entire cult.

TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have this image of astronauts in their suits standing in line at an airport now.

Indian Government to block ProtonMail after bomb threats were sent using a ProtonMail account in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

India is slowly becoming their neighbor everyday

Diablo 4's new mount costs more than the actual game in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And I'm sure several whales have already bought it

Joe Biden criticises snack makers for ‘shrinkflation rip-off’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did he say anything about actually doing something about it? Some-sort of shrinkflation law or something?

Algorithm [elder cactus] in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've been using ReVanced for awhile now, but LibreTube sounds pretty good to get off the algorithms wild ride