amazing 😍 and these are not all that common, right?

of course - sometimes when I feel confused like this, it’s a sign I just need to do a little digging and help contextualize things, and then I like to leave my trail for others to follow if they feel like - that way I save others the work of digging themselves, and it gives people an opportunity not to fall into whatever trap OP has is mind (maybe they’re mining responses to help refine a right-wing political campaign, or maybe they’re just a reactionary trying to stir up division, who knows).

Obviously not, this question is weird to me - the entire world and geopolitical situation was different in the 80s and 90s, Biden isn’t the only thing that changed over three to four decades … @BadmanDan@lemmy.world what are your thoughts, why did you ask a question like this?

EDIT: nevermind, you seem to post other disturbing questions, I’m just going to block and move on.

this is so upsetting

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vim fast, IDE slow, I use vim because I’m impatient

interesting, I didn’t know about the connection to racism, I wonder now how we trace thinness beauty norms through history, because it looks like that has been an ideal even in medieval Europe 🤔

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just wow, I feel like I need more time just to grok this meal - I want to try it out myself, looks sooo good 😍 🤤

I don’t tend to post news or politics, I think those posts are rather saturated on Lemmy.

It’s pretty ironic my most recent post is a political post, and here’s another political news article post I made … So to say I’ve “never made a single news or politics post” I think is factually wrong.

Either way, I was hoping to appeal to your conscience here.

I’m not sure I understand your moral argument - you say that there are moral problems with every news source, and if we held moral standards to the sources we used, no posts would be permitted on Lemmy, but … you know, there are better and worse places to drive traffic, better and worse places to use as a source. It’s not all or nothing, you have to know this right?

So, reading between the lines, what I’m hearing from you is that it’s not a deal-breaker for you to drive traffic to a website that perpetuates conspiracy theories and seeks to deny people like me healthcare, that these are morally tolerable positions.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since reading this article on free speech about how often people will side with “free speech” until it’s a topic they don’t actually tolerate - e.g. very few “free speech” advocates continued to defend Milo Yiannopoulos after he started to advocate for pedophilia.

Here’s the salient point I think the article makes:

The truth of the matter is that there are two types of speech or expression: those that we (either as individuals, or as a society) are willing to tolerate, and those that we do not. (This is explained compellingly here.) You may cherish a particular word, idea, expression, or identity. But if enough people collectively refuse to tolerate it, well . . . you can shout “free speech!” at the top of your lungs all you want, but it isn’t going to protect you.

In the end, what I’m hearing is you are willing to tolerate a news source that peddles far-right conspiracy theories that aim to strip people of their rights and manipulate people into rejecting science, that these ultimately are tolerable views, ones you are willing to indirectly support by continuing to link to Newsweek and drive traffic there.

Maybe you would not feel the same about linking to a neo-Nazi website directly, or to a Holocaust denial website, or maybe a website that hosts child pornography or advocates for pedophilia - I assume these are views you probably wouldn’t tolerate and wouldn’t want to be associated with or support even indirectly.

It’s OK if my attempt to appeal to your conscience failed - I assumed from the start that we were more likely to be on the same page on this, but I guess I was wrong. Sorry for wasting your time.

In November 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Newsweek had “taken a marked radical right turn by buoying extremists and promoting authoritarian leaders” since it hired conservative political activist Josh Hammer as editor-at-large. It noted the magazine’s elevation of conspiracy theorists, publication of conspiracy theories about COVID-19, views such as support for a ban on all legal immigration to the United States and denying adults access to trans-affirming medical care, and failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest in the content published on Hammer’s opinion section and podcast.

Newsweek in particular is vile and horrible, and you are driving traffic to them. The argument that there are other news sites with problems is whataboutism, it doesn’t address that this news source has a serious problem.

Besides, here’s an easy alternative and less problematic source: https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/03/25/florida-child-labor-bill-migrant-workers

(it’s not that hard)

newsweek is a conspiracy peddling right-wing rag, please stop driving traffic to them

fair, but it’s not like the high saturated fat and high cholesterol levels in dairy based cheese make it really that “healthy” by comparison … meanwhile, lots of vegans are motivated more by not supporting the poor treatment of cows or by environmental concerns, both of which are solved by vegan cheese.

fun fact: mulberry trees have edible leaves, they’re not amazing but it’s something you can enjoy in addition to the berries!

classic fruit tree story, lol

I haven’t tried that - what spices do you use, and how do you prep the sweet potato (do you bake them and fluff with a fork like refried beans, or do you like dice them and fry them or bake them so they’re crispy?)

oo, honestly this could be helpful, I tend to have the wrong instincts, always putting in too much work. One time I made enchiladas with from-scratch tortillas, and they were amazing, but tbh fresh tortillas are more soft and the enchiladas were more soft and even mushy as a result - it turns out older store-bought tortillas work better for this dish!

So using canned refried beans and canned sauce as well could be nice for an easy dinner night during the week, cooking doesn’t always have to be a heroic effort 😁 (I need to tape this on my fridge or something.)

Thanks for sharing your method, I love it!

he has been obsessed recently with explaining how “beautiful little girls” can just live with fewer dolls :-/

omg yes! 😍😍😍

if you want to, I would be very interested to hear how you make your enchiladas.

I recently made some enchiladas as well and my partner has very particular preferences I adjust my recipe for, but I love hearing how other people make them!

Here is a pic of the recent enchiladas I made (sorta hard to see when it’s drowned in sauce and toppings, lol):

I have an outer wheat tortilla onto which I smooth refried beans (always made from scratch so they’re more creamy), then I smoosh a smaller corn tortilla into the beans and then fill the double-decker wrap with some cheez (based on those cashew + potato + carrot + nutritional yeast recipes you see floating around) and “beef”, then I roll them up and top them with more “beef” and then red sauce and then more of the cheez.

Here’s what a pan of them can look like after baking:

hey no worries - just raising awareness ❤️

I get wanting a recipe too (it’s a common impulse, I think that’s part of how we ended up with a rule like that).

I think it’s more about being human and sensitive to the person posting their food pics, and not contributing to a culture of entitlement to someone else’s free labor and so on, which I don’t think you’re doing.