The Metropolitan Police has designated Whitehall, Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square for a far-right demonstration led by Tommy Robinson on May 16, while refusing the Palestine Coalition its requested route for a Nakba commemoration planned for the same day.

Sounds like a Minecraft Mod waiting to happen.

Lechecraft allows you to milk all mammal mobs, turn milk into three different preparations, and assemble those milk products in any way you want. The goal? To leche like no one has ever leched before!

Compatible with all good automation mods!

This is gonna sound really terrible, but… I generally don’t recognize people by name so much… maybe something dyslexia related? I think there are a couple of rare exceptions, like the user with two letters and then four numbers in their name.

I recognize lots of avatars, as I scroll around, but I don’t generally register the names or even descriptions of the images, just kind of like… my brain just remembers purplish-blob shape, red glowy circle, monochromatic goblet.

Oh, and dancing banana, and blue name furry. I actually remember his, it’s Kolanki I think

All of you users with no avatar, go get one so I remember you all please! It’s an accessability aid in a way :p

Flying Squid was an auto-block for me, as soon as I made my account. He always used to ban me because he couldn’t win arguments with me in the comments.

Edit to spill the tea:

Hello Lemmy.world admin team, I am writing to complain about the conduct of the moderator FlyingSquid.

On two occasions I have had negative interactions with FlyingSquid on the /world community, both times he has used, or threatened to use, his moderator powers against me, because of his personal disagreements with me.

I am happy to refer you to both conversations:

link 1

In this conversation, we had a long conversation about laws and politics. Personally, I feel he acted in bad faith on several occasions throughout our conversation, in my opinion, he was trying to bait me into getting upset so he could righteously ban me.

And your silly prediction is wrong. I am not going to ban you for this despite the incivility rule violation. I am just going to stop talking to you.

But you have just earned yourself the eye of a moderator who will not tolerate your rule-breaking with anyone else. Including if I see any in your recent history.

More recently, we had a conversation today:

link 2

Again, in this conversation, he was, in my opinion, highly rude, dismissive and arguing in bad faith. He even admitted as much. I said I wasn’t interested in talking with him, he continued to push me for an answer, and then said:

You didn’t let me down, because I knew you didn’t actually have an answer

I completely understand that sometimes people get heated or struggle to deal with arguments where they care about the topic, so I am totally willing to look past that. However, I am not willing to look past his abuse of power.

What a bullshit cop-out. I have asked you multiple times what the next step is and you’re now claiming I’m not interested?

That’s two lies you’ve told about me now. That is coming close to trolling. This is seemingly a pattern for FlyingSquid - goading people he disagrees with into becoming frustrated with his bad-faith arguments, then accusing them of “trolling” when the people he experiences push-back, and using that as an excuse to ban someone he disagrees with.

I was writing a response to his post pointing out that he was arguing in bad faith when I accidentally submitted it half-way through, when he suspended me for “trolling”.

I do not believe that he has the disposition to be a moderator if he gets so upset at a polite discussion that he feels compelled to use moderator powers to silence dissent. I go out of my way to be as polite, kind and compassionate as possible and to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I do not believe we should allow those in a position of trust or power to use that to settle their personal disputes. I know there has been some issues with that recently regarding the vegan community so I am hopeful that you will do the right thing and either remove his moderator powers or at the very least let him know that his abuse of powers is not tolerated.

I would prefer not to make a community spectacle out of this, hence the email.

Thanks and all the best,

Hahah! I’m actually gay, so I’d just be thrilled to meet them and wonder why they’re choosing to get their freak on in my apartment, of all places.

I do have sex because my husband isn’t asexual, but yeah, I basically don’t think about sex, when I see sexual content my usual first reaction is kinda like “ew”. It’s not super revolting or anything, doesn’t really bother me much, but it’s like… idk, imagine if everyone was really into like, sharing pictures of shits they took and people really enjoyed toilet humor and sharing bathroom stories. It’s a bit like that.

Yeah, just to clarify, I’m not shaming anyone, I’m very used to ignoring sexual content, but it feels like every other shitpost these days is like “sex. hehe” and it wasn’t like this before, I was just wondering if someone else had noticed that trend

Okay I gotta say, as an asexual guy, what the fuck is happening with all of these boomer-tier memes on Lemmy these days? Y’all are so fucking horny and think it’s the funniest shit ever lmao

I am of the radical opinion that medicine shouldn’t be gatekept and that people should be free to self-medicate however they choose, so that sounds fine to me.

This is just like the Star Wars hotel.

A movie theater is a location that would be familiar as a hangout destination for kids and teens, and therefore works as a third space for the writers to get the cast to interact outside of a school setting without the need to explain why Drake & Josh’s rival/crush/whatever are at their house or whatever. The restaurant/bar area is there to facilitate those interactions which wouldn’t really happen while watching a movie.

In my opinion, random acts of violence ultimately don’t accomplish much. For true, lasting change, we need to build a real movement, rather than just shooting the people most to blame for our problems. Bastards are easily replaced, and often the replacement bastard is worse than the original. We need to kill the system itself.

In my opinion, random acts of violence ultimately don’t accomplish much. For true, lasting change, we need to build a real movement, rather than just shooting the people most to blame for our problems. Bastards are easily replaced, and often the replacement bastard is worse than the original. We need to kill the system itself.

I wonder what the Chinese equivalent of a Karen is…

there’s no reason for a non muslim fish to either literally not be halal nor abide by muslim dress code

This is peak content. May the light of Allah shine upon Dory and guide her to the truth, inshallah.

I’m not sure what you mean - if the international community embargoed and censured Israel in accordance with international law and withheld arms and support, the Israeli regime would collapse, very quickly - at which point the international community could step in and ensure that Palestine doesn’t become a failed state, and handle a peaceful transition and ensure a thorough and comprehensive denazification program with proper trials for those who committed crimes, and a period of truth and reconciliation. I also believe that nations who have supported Israel’s genocide of Gaza - such as the UK, Italy, Germany, the United States, et al. should also pay significant compensation to the Palestinian people.

Those in power don’t want to give us any of this. They should be removed from power, by any means necessary.

Germany was dissolved post-WWII, and reformed later. It’s also not a great example IMO, denazification in Germany was half-hearted and quickly abandoned, leaving many nazis in positions of power.

Zionism actually predates the Holocaust by decades, though of course the aftermath of the Holocaust absolutely brought it to reality.

I understand the idealistic vision of Zionism, but the reality was obviously very different. Israel started existence by displacing people who were already living in a place. Colonial settlers pushing people out of their homes, violently, massacring them, poisoning wells and more - an act of ethnic cleansing known as the Nakba.

I agree with you - conflating Jewish people with the state of Israel (or Zionism) is anti-semitic, although with that said, an overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews support the state and the genocide.

With that said, I’ve got a very minor bit of pushback

There are plenty of jews who hate what Israel is doing and what it has become.

What it has become kind of implies some recent change from a historical version of Israel which wasn’t genocidal. There were some very early idealistic views of Zionism in the early 1940s, but it has pretty much always been a fascistic ethnostate. Most people just haven’t been aware until recently.

Israel must be dissolved. They will soon pivot to “oh, but we can just change the government! This particular government was evil, but we can replace them with the good guys and go back to supporting Israel”, do not let them trick you. This is a genocidal, fascistic ethnostate from the top down. The entire purpose of the project of Zionism has been one of ethnic cleansing from the very start. Israel has got to go, forever, to be a historical footnote for school kids to learn about and say “never again”.

I notice none of your links reference attacks against peacekeeper forces, which Israel does - all the time.

Hezbollah was founded by orphans whose parents were killed by the IDF in Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. Hezbollah protects the people of Lebanon from genocide and ethnic cleansing. I will not argue that they haven’t committed terrible crimes, I recognize that orphan children organizing a resistance effort against a nuclear power supported by the United States is likely to do things I disagree with, but as a harm reductionist, I would support Hezbollah over Israel. It isn’t even close. Israel is a thousand times worse than Hezbollah.

Even Christians living in Lebanon have spoken favorably about Hezbollah, because Hezbollah protects the Lebanese people - regardless of faith or ethnicity - against the terrible crimes of Israel:

“How can we as Christians in this area not be with Hezbollah? They protect our churches,” Rifaat Nasrallah, a 60-year-old quarryman from the village, told the Telegraph.

Israel is now conducting an ethnic cleansing campaign of Southern Lebanon and Hezbollah are bravely fighting those disgusting Zionist fascists and putting them down like the monsters they are.

If you want to see an end to Hezbollah and their crimes, look no further than the dissolution of the criminal, genocidal state of Israel.