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Io Sapsai 🌱

@ IoSapsai @lemm.ee

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  • Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled

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  • Exactly the reason I got a second hand iPhone coming from Android. All my androids would suddenly get a stroke after three years at best. My old boss would hold a funeral for his 10 year old iPhone which worked great but shattered after a bad drop.

  • What isn't illegal but should be?

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  • It’s generally legal and heavily subsidised. See also animal agriculture.

  • Ok бuddy

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  • You get used to it. You just write the sound, sh, j, ya(often weitten as q), ch, yu. ь we barely use unless when you write what you would spell as ë in Russian, we don’t use that letter at all! We use a lot of ъ (sounds like uuhh). It’s usually spelled as y or a.

    It’s usually more annoying to switch keyboards all the time, but typing in Latin script feels wrong and I feel like it changes my “written voice”.

  • Ok бuddy

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  • Country standards from the typewriter era. In Bulgaria we have a different layout from the Russian one, using the same Cyrillic letters (stuff like э and ы that we don’t use) but most people use the “phonetic” keyboard which is the one you describe. Also in casual conversations a lot of people don’t even bother to use Cyrillic and go with latin instead even if it’s not official or standardised in any way.

  • Chernobyl

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  • Kiyv oblast is not Russian last time I checked. The bears, wolves and workers might have a bone to pick with you though.

  • Buying in bulk

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  • My cat is so food motivated he eats absolutely everything. Obviously has a preference for wet food with gravy so I buy a bunch of different flavours in bulk but he's happy to eat the same thing every day. He also loves olives, bread (wholemeal more than white, sourdough has an advantage too. Local bakery bread is where things are really at. Supermarket bread is a mixed bag, he usually ignores it because it's crap), seeds, nuts, potato chips, lentils, hummus, yogurt, and grass.

  • Greece legalizes same-sex marriage

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  • Don't get me wrong, Bucharest and Sofia are rather LGBT friendly as long as you know where you're safe. (I've only visited both for a couple of days on a number of occasions). I can't speak about other cities but the Orthodox Church is really strong in Romania. Bulgaria on the other hand has soccer extremists/fascists who are particularly dangerous and tend to mob on their targets so it's hard to even find the culprits by the authorities... Not that they even bother unless it's a murder.

    In fact I had a mob of Bulgarian hooligans in Bucharest of all places yelling "Look dude Rapunzel!" pointing at me (I present masculine but have rather long hair). I felt realy threatened and uncomfortable but I realised they didn't know I spoke their language and I was in a crowded place so it all passed.

  • Greece legalizes same-sex marriage

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  • Bulgaria is an example. The LGBTQ+ community is discussed only during the annual pride parade. Sofia is rather liberal but the rest of the country is highly conservative. The people in power are likely in favour of marriage equality (or most don't care that much so they just vote with the flow) but it's a political suicide given the opinion of the most active voters. If you decided to run a country-wide poll, most people would be against gay marriage. The general attitude is "I don't mind gay people as long as they're not in my face". Except many have stronger opinions than that. Especially men.

    Speaking of men, the Balkan macho culture created a fear of gay people (literal homophobia). On a regular basis I hear men speaking about being afraid of being raped by gay men in certain situations (think massage rooms, men's locker rooms, bars).

    Football hooligan extremists are especially dangerous because they go on witch hunts for marginalized groups and would attack (and sometimes murder) anyone who looks gay, Turkish, ir has a darker skin colour just for sport. There are still partly unresolved murders of LGBT youth commited a decade ago.

    In fact I'm surprised about Greece, they must be the first ortbodox christian country to legalize same sex marriage and they're very religious compared to us.

  • I've recently turned 20. What highly specific advice you, lemmy users, would offer me?

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  • Also meal prep for work. Healthier and saves money (5% of my net income per month in my case)

  • I've recently turned 20. What highly specific advice you, lemmy users, would offer me?

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  • As an eastern European nearing their 30s in a situation much less extreme than yours - do not fall for "patriotism". I do not mean the "go and fight for your people" type. That takes guts and mentality I do not possess.

    I mean the "doing X is unpatriotic" type. Usually comes from "patriotic" formations who follow a certain narrative and work for the interests of other countries. Look for buzzwords like traditional values, us vs them, targeting a group of people as a whole, claiming to get back "what is ours" (territory lost centuries ago, not currently occupied land). Big social media presence coupled with self-produced "reports" and "news articles" (bonus points if they have their own mass media channels) are also a giveaway.

    Thank you but I won't let your aggressor, through puppet parties, dictate what about my attitude and views is patriotic and what isn't.

  • This AI generated Article For Soy Free Meat Alternatives

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  • Lately when I'm looking for tutorials, my search results are overwhelmingly weird question and answer style "articles", akin to chatgpt prompts, some of which are barely related to what I'm looking for. I'm having a hard time looking for articles written by a human. In fact oftentimes I question whether or not the article is written by a machine or a person who sucks at writing.

  • What popular vegan foods are you not a big fan of?

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  • Within 200m I had falafel from two different places. One tasted like woodshavings and paper towels (I kinda suspect a paper towel really did get in there, it's usually just wood shavings), the other one was Lebanese, and it was the tastiest, most amazing falafel I've had in my life. Homemade is great, supermarket is ok when I want a quick wrap but kinda meh.

  • If you make nut milk at home in a blender, get a French press to filter it out!

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  • I got two stainless steel ones and I love them to bits.

    A bit off topic but my blender died. Can I make plant milks with a stick blender-powered chopper? It's not within my budget to replace it right now.

  • TIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwards

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  • And what exactly makes humans superior? In a couple of hundred years we did what millenial cataclysms couldn't do. The human superiority will be in the fossil record as a microscopic toxic line. If anything we're the worst species that has ever emerged on this planet.

    Snakes in many cultures are seen as the embodiment of wisdom. They also stabilize rodent populations for example and are hunted by raptors. If snakes disappear tomorrow, there goes your human superiority. See also Mao's war on sparrows and the millions starved after showing their superiority over the tiny birds.

    I understand no argument would change your mind on the matters, especially on the Fediverse, but I really hope you read about this from different angles.

  • Spain politicians bicker as plastic 'nurdle' spill swamps beaches

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  • Great article to start the day. Thanks for sharing.

  • TIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwards

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  • This person has clearly never interacted with a bird before. These dinosaurs are clearly capable of thinking, feeling, and voicing their opinions. Of course, the same applies to farm mammals. Just because we're... More resourceful doesn't mean we have to subjugate everything that's "inferior" to us. That sounds like 'ye olde "they don't need equal rights because they're just savages".

  • TIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwards

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  • Regardless, we don't have workers from our own country willing to work in places like this. Instead we get people from Uzbekistan who spend all their life savings for a better life here only to quit on day 1 and try to go back home after witnessing the horrors of poultry farming.

    Banned practices or not, factory farming, resulting from the demand to eat meat daily, is simply cruel, unsustainable, and oftentimes sadistic (to the animals AND workers)

  • The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked

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  • I wonder, is there some kind of a database to know if a music artist has fascist views or is affiliated with such groups?

  • What song are you listening to right now?

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  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
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    My phone is slow and I think it's by Google's design. Is there anything I can do about it?

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    As a recovering video game addict, what is the best way to avoid 'the jitters' when exposed something that reminds you of gaming?

  • cross stitch and embroidery @sh.itjust.works
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    WIP Wednesday is here. Show off your progress!

  • cross stitch and embroidery @sh.itjust.works
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    WIP Wednesday is here. How much did you progress throughout the week?

  • Jerboa @lemmy.ml
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    Bug?

    Catbox.moe albums give an error when clicked in jerboa.

  • cross stitch and embroidery @sh.itjust.works
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    WIP Wednesday! How has your progress been during the past week?

  • cross stitch and embroidery @sh.itjust.works
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    How many projects do you work on at the same time?

  • cross stitch and embroidery @sh.itjust.works
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    WIP

    The frame of the Greenhouse of Oddities SAL is complete. I might be behind but I'm proud! Biggest project I've worked on so far.