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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 hours ago
[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 15 hours ago

So the main stage of a festival nearby burned down just now (Tomorrowland, huge festival). Not only are people treating it like some 9/11 (festival didn't start, nobody hurt), the media were spreading fake AI images of a burned down stage as well. Scary stuff. Guess that happens when you need to be the first to get the clicks.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

🇰🇵 DPRK bank’s official exchange rates for foreign currencies.

Image -> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gv--YMdWQAAiYRM.jpg?name=orig

[–] thoughtful_poster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

hello comrades. i got laid off from my job. i have about a year of free money from the government coming. i would love your suggestions on how to spend this time

currently my plans are:
learning french
reading das kapital along with david harvey lectures
putting a lot of effort in to making nice food

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

If you have the space plant a herb garden. Once established herbs are generally low maintenance and fresh herbs are an easy +10% bonus to your cooking skills.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Blackshirts and Reds from Michael Parenti is a good book to include in your plans!

Also, I am sorry for your loss in your job. Hope this opens a door for a better future for you.

[–] thoughtful_poster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

thank you, to be honest i'm glad to see the back of it

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will never cease to suprise me the speed in which the DPRK builds towns:

February/July

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

So jealous. Here in the Netherlands they are planning a neighborhood in Utrecht, where they will only start building in 2035.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I finally figured out why these images wouldn’t load. I had to add an exception for lemmygrad.ml because pbs.twimg.com is on the no-no list. It seems that domain is a x/Twitter thing.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, that may explain why people are unable to see content that I post from the DPRK/China like the following:

I could solve this restriction by downloading the pictures and then uploading it to Lemmygrad. However, the videos can't be processed this way due to it being heavier. 🤔

[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The way I got to them before was to click “view source,” copy the twimg.com link, and open it in its own window.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is certainly not ideal 🫠 Having extra clicks may discourage people from reaching some fabulous content.

I gotta make it easier for folks with these restrictions somehow. 🤔

[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe include the URL so it’s easy to click on? Still not ideal, but it’s something.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Ok, will do that. Thanks Davel!

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Bonito de ver, camarada!

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Enemies of the people"

Nice

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

With me living in the Benelux, it amazes how little I hear and know about Luxembourg. I feel like as someone living in the Netherlands I feel like I still don't know enough about the country, even though I was there for a couple of days last summer

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

A tax haven full of french speaking germans. The left-wing movement died once the steel industry went kaput.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

do they even have culture of their own? i always seen them as a belgium larping as another state for tax haven reasons.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They speak their own language called Luxembourgish which developed from a German dialect but it seems they speak French more. When I was in Luxembourg I heard more French. Kind of a shame.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Luxembourgish is basically the dialect they speak in trier but with more french loanwords mixed in - it was constructed post-ww2 for obvious reasons. French is more popular due to the large Portuguese, french and belgian diaspora/commuters, so luxembourgish is only prioritized by like the local right-wing culture war people.

Fun fact its also spoken in Arlon in belgium but is practically extinct there.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Really? I actually know a Luxembourgish song about how refugees should be accepted into Luxembourg. It doesn't seem like it is only prioritized by right wingers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4agzfiqPA

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

Local people speak it of course, its not as politicized as Ukrainian for example, but its losing ground to French which is spoken by more people. So, the culture war types usually want to enforce it as the sole national language, as the large Portuguese and francophone population refuses to learn it. Similar to how flemish speakers in belgium usally know french better than francophones do dutch/flemish.

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean it's a country with a population the size of Rotterdam only most of them are living pretty comfortable, so no real outrageous shit happens there.

Last I heard they do have free public transport though. Good hiking trails too.

Also: Belgium has a part of Luxemburg too. Nothing ever happens there either. Just small villages in between rolling hills.

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 days ago

Had the honor to create a garden for a friend this weekend. It was my first garden I have done for someone else. I made a border with native bee friendly plants. I go to the gym quite often but there are some muscles that the gym can't train that only manual labor seems to target lol. My forearms are sore as fuck from removing grass, lifting tiles and stuff.

Political wise things seemed to have died down a bit for some reason. Maybe because of the holiday but then again life goes on and things can be done. Bit of a bummer.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago
[–] AYJANIBRAHIMOV@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago

صور جميل! بحب البحر، ذهبت الأسبوع الماضي

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Good article, thanks!

[–] Oppo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I hope you all have a nice week :D

[–] AYJANIBRAHIMOV@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Oppo@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] AYJANIBRAHIMOV@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh cool place 😄 , looks similar to somewhere in Indonesia , but this isn't Indonesia . where is this ?

[–] Oppo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago
[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hope you have a nice week too! :-D

[–] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 days ago

I'm just taking a Fedi break

[–] sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I went to the sea last week, got an air conditioner finally, & commissioned a crop top shirt from my friend that says "DYKE". I'm also gonna make a crop top out of an internet explorer shirt I got from a tech conference years ago that says "I have standards" lmao