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@Zedstrian@kbin.social (2023) @Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com (2023–26) @Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz (2026–)

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  • Reposting Reddit content in bulk to Lemmy (versus individual users reposting their own guides or informational posts) does nothing to organically build communities here, instead leaving a bunch of empty posts that make their communities look dead. It’s a chicken and egg problem, of course, but simply copying Reddit content wholesale isn’t the answer.

    Edit: Just want to clarify that I’m not doing any downvotes here, and see the logic in that having the best of the best Reddit content here could help convince some people to look at otherwise dead communities. The problem is that relying on such content encourages Lemmy users to be consumers of content rather than producers in their own right, and therefore think that maximizing opportunities for Lemmy users to contribute in their own right is for the best.








  • The current military buildup isn’t a response to China or inherently supportive of U.S. foreign policy goals, it’s a reaction to Russian aggression. The current U.S. administration is glad to let fascism spread, and thus is doing nothing to stop Russia, but that just means Europe needs to continue supporting the defense of Ukraine, demonstrating the independence of its own foreign policy in the process.

    This isn’t the Cold War, and foreign relations don’t have to be purely about siding with either the U.S. or China; the EU can and should stand on its own as a superpower in its own right. The U.S. is being weaponized for fascism under Trump, but that doesn’t solve the problem of China being an undemocratic nation conducting ethnic cleansing against its non-Han citizens and actively interfering in the sovereignty of Taiwan. A push towards green energy serves to boost China’s soft power, but it doesn’t fix those problems, nor account for the massive amounts of fossil fuels still being consumed to power the Chinese economy (including 25% of global coal consumption).









  • House Bill 2103 would close a loophole in the state that could let white nationalist groups establish communities under the guise of a private club or member-only organization by blocking such groups from restricting membership by race, color, and national origin to deny equal access to housing, employment, and public accommodations. The bill also expands anti-discrimination protections for employment, housing, and public accommodations to a person’s sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.

    Race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression; how anyone could justify housing discrimination on the basis of who other people are is asinine, and no legislator should be standing in the way of it.

    It passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives because the Democrats are in the majority there, but the Republicans have a 27-23 state senate majority, so it won’t go to the Democratic governor’s desk for signing unless Republicans vote in favor of it.


  • That’s what the bill is about

    Just as no one should be denied housing on the basis of race, no one should be denied housing on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression either. Conservatives are trying to enforce their worldview on society while raising their children to be just as bigoted as they are by depriving them from diverse learning opportunities.

    Pennsylvania has a Republican problem that will likely allow such discrimination to continue, but the bill itself is essential; hopefully it gets submitted again once the Republicans lose their Pennsylvania Senate majority.