🌱The Vegan Userbase on Lemmy Has Reached 110 Users!🌱
The vegan community is growing on the lemmyverse now at 110 registered users that makes a MAU of 69 (0.15%) of the 44.9k Lemmy userbase.
If we apply the 90-9-1 rule with rounding factored in, we would have 55 lurkers, 5 small contributors and 1 contributor.
Lemmy.vg has 39 users, 7 communities, 533 posts, 376 comments and 18 6mo active users. Started on 24-05-09.
Vegantheoryclub.org has 71 users, 13 communities, 1200 posts, 2500 comments and 51 6mo active users. Started on 24-04-10.
!vegan@lemmy.vg has 106 posts, 110 comments, 83 subscribers and 671 6mo visitiors.
!vegan@vegantheoryclub.org has 388 posts, 1300 comments, 310 subscribers and 2500 6mo visitors.
Here are the signup pages if you’re interested: Lemmy.vg and Vegantheoryclub.org both are anarchist.
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Israeli universities face unprecedented global boycott over Gaza genocide
Israeli universities and academics have faced an unprecedented global boycott since the occupation state launched its devastating war on the besieged Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of at least 43,600 Palestinians, the vast majority women and children, Israel’s Channel 12 reported yesterday.
Citing data from the Association of Israeli University Heads, the channel said more than 300 cases of academic boycott of Israeli universities and academics have been recorded since 7 October 2023.
According to the data, Belgium recorded the highest number of boycotts, reaching more than 40, followed by the United States with more than 35, Britain with more than 20 and the Netherlands with more than 15. Meanwhile, Italy recorded more than ten cases of boycotts, following an initiative launched by the Union of Academics there.
Report: Israeli universities face unprecedented global boycott over Gaza genocide
Israeli universities and academics have faced an unprecedented global boycott since the occupation state launched its devastating war on the besieged Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of at...Middle East Monitor
Unlocking the Future of User Management - Fedora Magazine
Unlocking the Future of User Management - Fedora Magazine
As Fedora continues to lead the way in Linux innovation, the integration of systemd-homed marks a significant step toward modernizing user management.richiedaze (Fedora Project)
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‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/22369893
By James North
November 10, 2024
‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism
The New York Times buried the fact that racist Israeli soccer fans instigated attacks in Amsterdam, and instead pushed a false narrative that the violence was driven by antisemitism.James North (Mondoweiss)
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This kind of behavior is harmful to the legitimacy of journalism itself and entirely self defeating at pushing an agenda.
When journalism is mistrusted, misinformation is boosted. When people find out information is misrepresented, they will seek out other sources and be less likely to believe information even when it is legitimate.
We all lost today and the significance of this loss has not dawned on the news agencies. I really hope they don't come crying again about how journalism is dying because people don't care for buying newspapers anymore.
I really hope at some point we go back to the apolitical, strict facts representation and unbiased coverage of events. That's what journalism is supposed to be. Not this tailored version of events reporting that we often get.
Journalism has always been this way under capitalism. Journalists lied about Iraq. They lied about the Black Panther Party. They lied about Vietnam. The term "Yellow Journalism" came about in the 1890s to describe the inflammatory newspapers of the era.
The Edward R. Murrows and Walter Cronkites are the exception, not the rule, under capitalist news reporting because the entire industry relies on selling what sells, instead of broadcasting what informs.
Netanyahu claims his office is target of ‘organised witch hunt’
Netanyahu claims his office is target of ‘organised witch hunt’
Israeli PM says mounting scandals are designed to harm country’s leadership in middle of warJames Shotter (Financial Times)
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The 9/11 trial could force the CIA to disclose its Guantánamo Bay secrets
The 9/11 trial could force the CIA to disclose its Guantánamo Bay secrets
An obscure records request, an ACLU lawsuit, and the 9/11 trial could finally shed light on what the CIA was doing at Guantánamo’s mysterious Camp 7, writes Josh MarcusJosh Marcus (The Independent)
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GE-Proton9-20 Released
Hotfix:
- Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups)
- DXVK updated with
dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = Truefor Diablo IV (github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/comm…) to resolve the grey screen issue on systems with AMD iGPU + dGPU.
Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
Excerpt: "Jelle Zijlstra, who is Jewish and works as a community organizer in Amsterdam, made a post that went viral on Instagram stating that “multiple truths can exist at the same time.” It highlighted both the assaults on Israelis and footage of the fans shouting “F— Palestine” the night before.
“There was definitely antisemitism involved in some of the events that took place,” Zijlstra said in an interview. “Were Jews attacked in the streets? Yes, but those Jews were also violent hooligans.”"
By Arno Rosenfeld
November 8, 2024
Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
Members of the small Jewish community in Amsterdam confronted the city’s deputy mayor Friday morning, demanding answers for its failure to prevent violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans the night before that international Jewish organizations and lea…The Forward
PSA: Remember to also check hidden directories you don't even know about for waste of space
There's even an open issue about this, for over a year, referenced multiple times.
I guess I have another point on my agenda.
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This brings me much joy. For those who aren’t down the IRL streaming rabbit hole, this guy is a villain. Everybody hates him. We’ve all been waiting for a country to give him what he deserves.
The article failed to mention that the only streaming platform that will host him is YouTube! Google acts like they are the classy one of the bunch, but they have literal criminals broadcasting their activity on there. Look no further than Mr. Based.
TSMC "Forbidden" To Manufacture 2nm Chips Outside Taiwan; Raising Questions On The Future of TSMC-US Ambitions
TSMC “Forbidden” To Manufacture 2nm Chips Outside Taiwan; Raising Questions On The Future of…
Taiwan has forbidden TSMC to manufacture 2nm chips in foreign lands, as the nation needs to protect its exclusive technologies.Muhammad Zuhair (Wccftech)
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Ah, there it is. America is angling to make Taiwan irrelevant by stealing chip tech. Feels like I've been taking crazy pills as nobody anywhere else talks about this. Taiwan would do well to protect themselves from imperialists. There's nobody looking out for them except themselves.
Everyone (meaning western discourse) is all giddy as if America is saving Taiwan. Soon as they taken chip making tech, Taiwan becomes irrelevant to America.
"Hello, Mr Biden? Hello, Mr Trump? It's Taiwan"
"Tai-who? *click*"
iOS 18.1 boosts security with inactivity reboot feature
iPhones on iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot and lock down after being idle for a while
A hidden feature in iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot a locked iPhone when it is asleep but hasn't been unlocked for a while, presumably as a security measure.Charles Martin (AppleInsider)
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Features like this exist for putting the phone back at rest when there hasn't been a successful unlocking for X hours -- GrapheneOS, an Android OS, has a similar feature. The objective is to limit the window of time an attacker has to try to exploit anything the phone may have in operation during a not-at-rest state (when the user is still 'logged in' to the phone, certain background services / features may be available to exploit).
Rebooting automatically, especially if the phone not has not been successfully unlocked recently, may place the phone in a less exploitable state, as those services / features might not be available without logging in first.
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We already know that Israeli cyber company has spyware called pegasus, that can 0-click attacks to ios and Android. It is one time hack, and it is removed on boot. They sell it as service. This is why cyber security centers recommend boot once a day.
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They had spyware, anyway. We don’t know that it still works.
As of March 2023, Pegasus operators were able to remotely install the spyware on iOS versions through 16.0.3 using a zero-click exploit.
The current version of iOS is 18.1.0.
Varyk
in reply to Home • • •is there any information on the User-Base by nationality?
some of us were wondering on another thread since there are so many communities in different languages, but I can't find any way to tell the ballpark nationality percentages of the users here.
Home
in reply to Varyk • • •I don’t think there is as these instances haven’t done surveys on nationality as of yet.
I have seen English, French, Swedish, Portuguese, German and Vietnamese vegan communities though.
Varyk
in reply to Home • • •FrostyTrichs
in reply to Home • • •There are definitely more vegans on lemmy but given they are frequently targeted with harassment and trolling I doubt all of them are willing to expose themselves to such behavior.
I'm happy lemmy is flexible enough to offer spaces for all of us, assholes be damned. Thanks for offering places for people to feel comfortable!
cabbage
in reply to FrostyTrichs • • •Thanks for not fucking up the planet any faster than you have to, and for being a better person than I am.
I've almost given up meat. I don't see myself ever giving up cheese. But I appreciate you guys and what you're (not) doing.
FrostyTrichs
in reply to cabbage • • •Agree with this however I'm not vegan and don't want to take underserved credit for the effort it takes to make it a permanent change.
I'm heading down the path but still have a ways to go to the destination.
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cabbage
in reply to FrostyTrichs • • •FrostyTrichs
in reply to cabbage • • •My path to veganism has more to do with refusing to be poisoned by the corporate clowns that don't care they're killing us all with listeria and microplastics in EVERYTHING and a supply chain that I refuse to depend on.
It shouldn't be unreasonable to buy and consume healthy vegetables from a normal store but it gets harder every day. My means of survival will not be affected by recalls and cross contamination, corporate greed, or animal slavery.
IMO- Our survival will depend on our ability to take back control from companies that would sell us our doom with a shiny ribbon wrapped around it. Self-sustainable veganism is my bet for our future and I'm doing everything I can to bring it to reality as quickly as I can.
commie
in reply to cabbage • • •set a date
kwomp2
in reply to cabbage • • •This statement (about everyone single personal effort) only becomes meaningful when you take into consideration why people don't. If you do, you will encounter the dialectics of structure and "personal choice" and how complicated history is and how it is not at all about "everybody make a small change in their life".
The liberal feverdream of individual solutions for structural problems is bound to end up in "I buy good groceries".
And, eventhough veganism is a good thing to do, this is why I'm personally so annoyed by vegan communities.
I dont know if reducing your personal sin count or whatever is a substitute for radical critique and political action, or an add-on, so I didn't downvote. But maybe it explains some of it.
Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to kwomp2 • • •How are the corporations and governments going to change if one person doesn’t commit the first action of doing better and inspiring others to do the same. As people buy animal products in grocery stores and people vote in carnist political parties.
That’s a strawman because if you were paying attention you would notice that vegans are doing street outreach, disruptive protests and factory farm liberation to save the animal victims from immense suffering. They’re not simply buying “good groceries”
Universal suffrage, abolition and gay marriage didn’t just suddenly came out of thin air because corporations and governments decided to become nicer no it was it was the unsurmountable pressure by the people protesting for better treatment for all.
commie
in reply to Sunshine (she/her) • • •didn't you already try that
commie
in reply to Sunshine (she/her) • • •of course not. it was people advocating for their recognition as fully human
kwomp2
in reply to Sunshine (she/her) • • •"Strawman" - and then you just go with "vegans"... so all? Most? Some? Or maybe just the tiniest percentage? I think you understand for wich ones my argument applies and how "strawman" doesn't, cause numbers. You know, if you pay attention..
Ok lets cut the rhetorics, I was trying to be sincere.
I think you might wanna pay some more of that attention (omg sry I stop now) to "dialectic". This does explicitly not mean you can turn the thing around and solely look at the other side.
So of course no change ever happens if all those one persons don't do anything. But they will only change history if they change the underlying structures. To do so, they have to overcome their individualistic constriction and reach collective agency.
You gotta organize. The market won't do, since it is THE form of organization that makes everyone a single player. Both, in their acting and in their consciousness.
Fisch
in reply to cabbage • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to Fisch • • •The main reason for not eating cheese is that it's gross! Just think for a second what it is. Think harder. Gross. Admittedly pizza is kind of tasty - IF you can stop yourself imagining what it's made of.
Unlike meat, even the best fake cheese is not very realistic IME. But if someone else enjoys it, all the better.
cabbage
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to cabbage • • •Of course I don't, although in my case it is. The deeper point is that if people were to reflect more closely on the origin of their food, this would certainly be a win for veganism. After all, plants are seen as many things but "gross" is not usually one of them.
Disappointed you had to jump straight into censorious mode and tell others literally to shut up.
cabbage
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •I'm not telling you to shut up. But I am telling you that you're probably not convincing as many people as you'd wish by telling them that their culture and way of life is "gross".
Also, some of the best plant based food is totally gross. Fermentation is life.
JubilantJaguar
in reply to cabbage • • •Hard to deny that in most cases. But not all, because people's minds work differently. Personally I rind risible the idea that somebody is attacking my "culture and way of life" when they question my diet. Am I really so rare in my individualism and openness to new ideas?
Because here's the thing: I personally have stopped eating certain foods simply after thinking about what they are. Cheese is literally the congealed secretions of the mammalian reproductive apparatus. Pretty yucky when you think about it like that, right? No rational arguments or statistics required. That's a pretty cheap conversion to veganism. Yes, I know that most people will not be open to this kind of novelty thinking. But presumably some will, especially if it can be done with humor.
True. I've always found mushrooms a bit icky too, but I soldier on and eat them anyway because they're so healthy.
cabbage
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •I mean, I totally believe people who would find the act of milking a cow to be disgusting have no business drinking milk from the supermarket. We need to reflect on where food comes from, and if that changes people's habits that's probably a good thing.
In part, I think legislation should play a role here. When buying milk you should be able to know what kind of conditions the cows lived under and what they were fed. I don't think there's anything disgusting about cow milk as such. Induatrial farming, on the other hand...
JubilantJaguar
in reply to cabbage • • •To pursue my point, something is definitely happening on the disgust front. A few decades ago, it was normal in the West to eat offal. Now plenty of Westerners are grossed out when they find bits of bone in their chicken broth at an Asian restaurant. For meat to be widely palatable these days, it has be only the best cuts, if possible in a sealed packet with no indication that it comes from an animal. Part of the explanation is surely a subconscious awareness of the horrors of factory farming. But I think something more fundamental's going on. Something about disconnection from nature, ironically.
Absolutely agree that legislation must bring transparency to factory farming.
GBU_28
in reply to cabbage • • •Tywèle [she|her]
in reply to cabbage • • •Never say never. I thought the same for some time.
Carighan Maconar
in reply to cabbage • • •girsaysdoom
in reply to FrostyTrichs • • •FrostyTrichs
in reply to girsaysdoom • • •blue_berry
in reply to girsaysdoom • • •As if. People disagreeing with you is not harassement. I guess almost no one want you to stop not eating meat.
Amen to that
YarrMatey
in reply to blue_berry • • •Vegans on Lemmy do get harassed, they get childish carnists coming to their threads telling vegans they are going to eat even more meat to piss them off or get called all sorts of things to provoke them into engaging in a bad faith "debate." I remember someone saying vegans are overemotional and are unable to comprehend the great logic of eating meat. They are trolls and they need to fuck off from vegan communities.
In my personal life, I've had a lot of push back from my family and SO about switching to veganism. My family has tried obnoxiously to get me to eat meat, they don't prepare my meals but felt they needed to "get these ideas out of [my] head." And my SO makes my meals and has said it would be "easier" if I just ate what they ate especially since they find my food "gross" and "sad." When I first went vegan my SO told me my veganism wouldn't be a problem for them as long as I didn't make it a problem. Shit is depressing. I pay for all groceries btw in case you were wondering about our arrangement. Sorry for ranting, it just sucks and has taken its toll.
foggenbooty
in reply to YarrMatey • • •That's crazy, I don't know how you do it. When my SO and I got back together after I had gone vegan she tried it for me and has stuck with it ever since. I can't imagine having to fight against my SO or watch them eat meat every day.
Sorry, I know you're not commenting for relationship advice. I'm sure there is a world where two people could have different beliefs on this and still coexist, but yours sounds... hostile. I'd really ask yourself if they're worth it.
Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to YarrMatey • • •The same meat eaters who say “respect my choices and stop judging me” while they childishly go out of their way to say “your vegan food looks sad”
Them taking my money and buying animal products would be my last straw, I would not let them buy groceries with my hard earned money ever again and would be seriously reconsidering my relationship.
JaggedRobotPubes
in reply to girsaysdoom • • •Could be unrelated, but there was some fiasco a bit ago where some vegans on Lemmy were calling for withholding necessary nutrition to pets, and they got a ton of shit for it. There's been a kind of "fuck that place" vibe ever since.
Hopefully people can eat a little less meat and it loses its subsidies. That would be great.
Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to JaggedRobotPubes • • •That is misrepresenting the situation as synthetic taurine, B12 and vitamin A can be provided in a plant-based diet through the form of reputable kibble brands.
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catloaf
in reply to JaggedRobotPubes • • •YarrMatey
in reply to JaggedRobotPubes • • •DarkThoughts
in reply to FrostyTrichs • • •YarrMatey
in reply to DarkThoughts • • •DarkThoughts
in reply to YarrMatey • • •YarrMatey
in reply to DarkThoughts • • •You literally called the vegans in lemmy communities "veganazis" and I'm not going to let that slide, it is not ok.
No it does not prove your point, I did not address "militant" vegans and "sane" vegans because I think your thoughts on this are reactionary bullshit. I don't think you've even been in the vegan lemmy communities, because vegans are actual people with different views and you only want to talk about a stereotype carnists use to whine. You want nuance but don't give it to vegans. Why? I mean you're either a troll or misguided.
I have a non-vegan/carnist SO, I'm not the only one that dates non-vegans. My family is non-vegan. My friends in RL are all non-vegan. You apparently know all about my life even though I have never tried to convert people into a "cult" or shunned people for not being vegan. I have only talked about veganism when it is prompted, like when people were curious why I decided to switch or online when the subject comes up. Different vegans have different approaches to things. Some vegans only date other vegans.
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... show moreYou literally called the vegans in lemmy communities "veganazis" and I'm not going to let that slide, it is not ok.
No it does not prove your point, I did not address "militant" vegans and "sane" vegans because I think your thoughts on this are reactionary bullshit. I don't think you've even been in the vegan lemmy communities, because vegans are actual people with different views and you only want to talk about a stereotype carnists use to whine. You want nuance but don't give it to vegans. Why? I mean you're either a troll or misguided.
I have a non-vegan/carnist SO, I'm not the only one that dates non-vegans. My family is non-vegan. My friends in RL are all non-vegan. You apparently know all about my life even though I have never tried to convert people into a "cult" or shunned people for not being vegan. I have only talked about veganism when it is prompted, like when people were curious why I decided to switch or online when the subject comes up. Different vegans have different approaches to things. Some vegans only date other vegans.
I felt you leaned reactionary due to your take on veganism but replied anyway in good faith because your use of the word Nazi was unacceptable. Why is it a cult to not eat meat? Why am I the Nazi for wanting the animals to stop dying? The answer to me is that people who eat meat can get incredibly defensive when you point out that it is messed up what happens to animals so that they can eat meat from the grocery store. It is bad for the environment too. In order to deflect from this revelation they decide their behavior is not the problem, it is the "militant" vegans in a "cult" thinking they are better than everyone that is the problem. This is all reactionary thinking. I've only seen this reaction online and once in person. I would love for everyone to be a vegan but I know it is not realistic. It is not a matter of how vegans communicate, it is how people process their justification for eating meat. You can be as sweet as possible about being vegan and a carnist will still spit in your face. They don't want to hear about veganism, they frankly don't give a shit about animals no matter how you deliver the message to them.
DarkThoughts
in reply to YarrMatey • • •urbandictionary.com/define.php…
Again, thanks for proving my point. Bye.
YarrMatey
in reply to DarkThoughts • • •DarkThoughts
in reply to YarrMatey • • •Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to DarkThoughts • • •Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to DarkThoughts • • •Pretty poor response using that biased definition.
You’re too weak to be vegan.
Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to YarrMatey • • •Sunshine (she/her)
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in reply to Home • • •Home
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in reply to Home • • •🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
in reply to Home • • •blue_berry
in reply to Home • • •DerisionConsulting
in reply to Home • • •People can have more than one account, so there might be overlap between these two instances.
Also, having an account on one of these two doesn't make you a vegan, just like having an account on any other instance doesn't mean you're not a vegan.
blindbunny
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