Sir_Kevin

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 minutes ago (1 children)

This is absolutely correct. And these businesses are typically paying employees to manage these social accounts so there is financial risk with choosing one that's not going to result in revenue. Why market on a platform with no audience or backing?

I'm not saying I like it, but that is indeed now things work.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone replied to this message, proving that the world hasn't yet ended!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean to say there's only a few mega corporations controlling all of capitalism? Who would have thunk!? /s

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago

The same Unilever known for abusing caged dogs while testing products on them?

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

I primarily use Lemmy. It's the only place to really find intelligent conversation. I hop over to reddit on occasion for topics that just aren't here yet. But almost every comment thread is either full of bots or those with little reading comprehension.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I feel like Threads was dead on arrival. I never hear about it anymore since it's launch. Never tried it though so I can't really say first hand how active it is.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This world is worse than hell.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Good luck finding me 😎

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

Because we're independent AF. We don't need looking after. We're hardened by years of raw neglect 😅

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Naa we did that already, they exist, buy them.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Exactly what I was going to comment. Why did it take this fucking long to see this?

Fortunately I gave up on society and built my own solar array years ago. If you're depending on anyone but yourself to survive in this hellscape you're going to be fucked.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

That's great and all but we're going to be needing food and air conditioning.

 

Months after a trove of personal data it had collected was stolen, US data broker National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy. In its filing the company admits that the number of people impacted by the data theft is much higher than previously reported.

Earlier this year personal data belonging to “hundreds of millions” of people was stolen from US data broker National Public Data. The company admitted to the scope of the theft in a bankruptcy filing. Several outlets are reporting on the story.

National Public Data indicated that the stolen data included names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers and social security numbers. National Public Data’s parent company Jerico Pictures admits that there are “hundreds of millions of potentially impacted individuals.” According to the news site TechCrunch, security experts estimate the number of stolen Social Security numbers to be around 270 million.

Of all the information stolen, the Social Security numbers are considered especially sensitive, because they can be used as proof of identity – meaning criminals could potentially use the information to commit identity theft.

 

Anyone else having problems with the UI in landscape? Pressing the hamburger menu crashes the app entirely. Other elements sometimes acts like the Back button. Yet everything works perfectly in portrait.

 

He's enjoying dat RV life

 

As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2326 women and 3760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old.

 

As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2326 women and 3760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old.

 

As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2326 women and 3760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old.

 

Lubbock County, Texas, joins a group of other rural Texas counties that have voted to ban women from using their roads to seek abortions.

This comes after six cities and counties in Texas have passed abortion-related bans, out of nine that have considered them. However, this ordinance makes Lubbock the biggest jurisdiction yet to pass restrictions on abortion-related transportation.

During Monday's meeting, the Lubbock County Commissioners Court passed an ordinance banning abortion, abortion-inducing drugs and travel for abortion in the unincorporated areas of Lubbock County, declaring Lubbock County a "Sanctuary County for the Unborn."

The ordinance is part of a continued strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade as the ordinances are meant to bolster Texas' existing abortion ban, which allows private citizens to sue anyone who provides or "aids or abets" an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

The ordinance, which was introduced to the court last Wednesday, was passed by a vote of 3-0 with commissioners Terence Kovar, Jason Corley and Jordan Rackler, all Republicans, voting to pass the legislation while County Judge Curtis Parrish, Republican, and Commissioner Gilbert Flores, Democrat, abstained from the vote.

 

Mew!

 

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon river have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote jungle villages, while high water temperatures are suspected of killing more than 100 endangered river dolphins.

The port in Manaus, the region’s most populous city located where the Negro river meets the Amazon river, recorded a water level of 13.59 meters on Monday, according to its website. That’s the lowest level since records began in 1902, passing a previous all-time low set in 2010.

Some areas of the Amazon have seen the lowest rain levels from July to September since 1980, according to the Brazilian government disaster alert center Cemaden.

 
 

These are the same mosquitos that pass lyme and other diseases. They're all over the world where there are tropical climates. This is relevant because climate change is making more areas suitable for these insects to live and breed. As those areas expand, the human population is going to have to change infrastructure to compensate. Any surface where water can stand for a length of time is a breeding ground for mosquitos. Many parts of the world don't have safeguards like screens over windows and such to prevent insects from entering homes.

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