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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] 32 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

He's the "Diet Republican" brand of Democrat (most Democrats are but especially him), and people have already shown repeatedly that they arent interested in that.

People who want a Republican will vote for the real thing. People who don't want a Republican will vote for someone else. He's pandering to a crowd that doesn't exist in any significant size.

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    • JD Vance says Republicans got tired of being ‘called racist’ for noticing America ‘becoming dirtier’ in c/politics@lemmy.world
    JD Vance says Republicans got tired of being ‘called racist’ for noticing America ‘becoming dirtier’ in c/politics@lemmy.world
    Prosecute him in c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
    Prosecute him in c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
    Should've banned it all the way through high school, but it's better than most. in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
    [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Full time job, singular. I've known single parents who work two full-time jobs. Might be necessary for a variety of reasons. If they can financially work it out so they spend more time with their child and live below their means like you do, I 100% think that's the smarter choice for their child's wellbeing. But for some people it might not be feasible, for example if they have medical expenses or if they need to live near an older relative or tons of other reasons.

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    • I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale in c/technology@lemmy.world
    I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale in c/technology@lemmy.world
    I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale in c/technology@lemmy.world
    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Most of this seems very serious and concerning, but...

    Nexus also claimed to provide scans of marijuana dispensary cards

    What could anyone possibly do with that? It costs like $50 to get one in California, not sure about other states.

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    I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale in c/technology@lemmy.world
    Should've banned it all the way through high school, but it's better than most. in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If we forced rich people to send their children to public schools, they would all move to public school districts in areas with housing too expensive for poor families to afford. That's not a hypothetical, that's just current reality.

    The problem is rich people, not what options they do or do not have.

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    • Should've banned it all the way through high school, but it's better than most. in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    It's been like half a decade (fuck, old) since I was in college but I never felt it had a particularly negative slant. Most good professors had very good ratings, the one actually-bad professor I took had a pretty bad rating (but she was the only one available for that class).

    I always used it when signing up for classes, so even if it doesn't influence individual educators, it'll tell you who to avoid. Especially for valid critiques like "fills her lessons with AI slop".

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    What happened to good destruction-physics focused games? (lemmy.world)
     

    I'll preface this by saying I am 100% not aware of every game in existence, but:

    What happened to all the good games with a focus on destruction physics?

    Red Faction: Guerrilla was one of my favorite games ever. It had its buggy moments, but overall its destruction physics system was fun and satisfying.

    Then Red Faction: Armageddon was so terrible it killed the entire studio (that's probably not exactly what happened but I'm going with it), so now Red Faction is in some weird legal limbo or owned by a company with no plans for it or something like that.

    The next choice seems to be Just Cause. The cables in Just Cause are great fun, but the structures all feel like they're made of cardboard and mostly are not destructible. Not very satisfying and not very fun long-term.

    The best option I've played for current-or-previous-gen (yeah sorry still a console peasant, working on that) was Battlefield 6, which does destruction very well but it's hardly the main focus of the game like it was for RF:G.

    So... what happened to good destruction-physics focused games? Are there any out there that I don't know about?

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    c/MDMA is now part of the c/Drugs network, and is open for user submissions! (lemmy.world)
     

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46674861

    Greetings friends, and welcome to c/mdma!

    This community has been shutdown / closed to new posts for 3 years for unclear reasons. It's now open to the public again!

    c/mdma is now part of the c/drugs network of communities. c/drugs serves as the central Hub, branching off into more substance-specific discussions from there.

    This also includes the establishment of some basic rules for this community:

    Rules

    (These rules apply across all communities in the c/Drugs network.)

    No Sourcing - Do not request sources of any drugs at any time. This includes unregulated research chemicals. Any attempts, including "hit me up in DMs" type of requests, will result in a ban. This rule is necessary to keep this community open.

    Harm Reduction - Do not recommend inherently dangerous doses or combinations of substances, or otherwise encourage behavior more risky than drug use already is by default. Clear attempts at causing intentional harm will result in a ban.

    Avoid Dangerous Recommendations - Avoid recommending substances that have a reasonable chance of causing considerable harm to the user. For example, DPH, inhalants, or opioids. This rule is necessary to conform with Lemmy.World's Terms of Service. Posts violating this rule will be removed.

    No Minors - Users under 18 years old are not permitted to use this community.

    ☺c/MDMA Rules☺

    • Keep It Friendly - Be kind to your fellow humans. Disagreements, even impassioned ones, are fine. If you bring it down to the level of personal insults or excessive hostility, your posts may be removed. You may be banned in especially severe instances such as racism, sexism, Nazism, Zionism, etc.
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    c/MDMA is now part of the c/Drugs network, and is open for user submissions! (lemmy.world)
     

    Greetings friends, and welcome to c/mdma!

    This community has been shutdown / closed to new posts for 3 years for unclear reasons. It's now open to the public again!

    c/mdma is now part of the c/drugs network of communities. c/drugs serves as the central Hub, branching off into more substance-specific discussions from there.

    This also includes the establishment of some basic rules for this community:

    Rules

    (These rules apply across all communities in the c/Drugs network.)

    No Sourcing - Do not request sources of any drugs at any time. This includes unregulated research chemicals. Any attempts, including "hit me up in DMs" type of requests, will result in a ban. This rule is necessary to keep this community open.

    Harm Reduction - Do not recommend inherently dangerous doses or combinations of substances, or otherwise encourage behavior more risky than drug use already is by default. Clear attempts at causing intentional harm will result in a ban.

    Avoid Dangerous Recommendations - Avoid recommending substances that have a reasonable chance of causing considerable harm to the user. For example, DPH, inhalants, or opioids. This rule is necessary to conform with Lemmy.World's Terms of Service. Posts violating this rule will be removed.

    No Minors - Users under 18 years old are not permitted to use this community.

    ☺c/MDMA Rules☺

    • Keep It Friendly - Be kind to your fellow humans. Disagreements, even impassioned ones, are fine. If you bring it down to the level of personal insults or excessive hostility, your posts may be removed. You may be banned in especially severe instances such as racism, sexism, Nazism, Zionism, etc.
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    Request to mod c/MDMA (lemmy.world)
     

    Hello, I am building a (still-expanding) network of drug discussion communities, which currently includes:

    Communities

    • c/drugs - General Drug Discussion (Main / Central Community)
    • c/weed - Cannabis Discussion
    • c/psy - Psychedelic Discussion
    • c/drank - Alcohol Discussion
    • c/opi - Opiate Discussion

    I've gotten these communities to a point I'm happy with (except c/drank but I'll be getting to that one soon. I had trouble finding an icon for it). I've also had no real trouble moderating them (Lemmy moderation is usually easy, most people here are nice).

    So I'd like to request a community which appears to have been created, and then immediately locked down by, the user who made it:

    The only post, from 3 years ago, says "This community is currently awaiting the outcome of an agreement which will decide this communities future." Not sure what that's about but I'd like to get it running as a MDMA discussion sub in the style of these other subs. Thank you!

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    Scientists Engineered a Plant to Produce 5 Different Psychedelics at Once (www.sciencealert.com)
     

    [P]lant scientists Paula Berman and Janka Höfer and their team set out to map and rebuild the biochemical pathways behind these compounds.

    They identified the key genes used by two plants – Psychotria viridis and Acacia acuminata – to make DMT, and the step-by-step chemical pathways involved in producing the compound.

    Then, they combined these with genes and pathways already known from psychedelic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis) and the cane toad (Rhinella marina), added supporting enzymes from rice and cress, then genetically introduced the combined genetic toolkit and kaboodle into tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana).

    The tobacco was chosen not because of its own drug production, but because it's basically the lab rat of plant species, with its fast growth.

    Finally, the team carefully monitored the plant's production of five psychedelic tryptamines: DMT originally from plants; psilocin and psilocybin from mushrooms; and bufotenin and 5-MeO-DMT from toads.

    The modified tobacco plants were found to produce all five compounds simultaneously. Because the different production pathways compete for the same resources, some compounds were produced in lower quantities than in their original sources.

    However, the production was high enough to suggest that with a bit more tweaking, the system could function as a biological tryptamine factory for researchers.

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    New study reinforces likelihood that "kykeon", the sacred elixir of the Eleusinian Mysteries, was composed of LSA and related compounds (www.nature.com)
     

    Abstract

    This study revisits the hypothesis that Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul., a fungus infecting cereals and producing ergot alkaloids (EAs), was the psychedelic agent in kykeon, the sacred elixir of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Although archaeological evidence supports this link, experimental data confirming the transformation of toxic ergopeptides into psychoactive lysergic acid amide derivatives in putative ancient preparations remain limited. The potential hydrolysis products of ergot were investigated using a technique that could have been readily applied by the priestesses of Eleusis, notably reacting in lye. Pulverized sclerotia were refluxed in solutions of lye and in distilled water. Samples obtained after liquid-liquid extractions were analyzed with 1H-NMR and UHPLC/Q-TOF-HRMS. The 1H NMR spectra demonstrated conversion of toxic ergopeptides, present in control samples but absent at all reaction times in 5% w/v ergot treated with pH 12.5 lye, where characteristic peaks for lysergic acid amide (LSA; ergine) and isolysergic acid amide (iso-LSA; isoergine; erginine) appeared. UHPLC/Q-TOF-HRMS quantitation confirmed this conversion, yielding 0.54 mg LSA and 0.48 mg iso-LSA per gram of ergot at 120 min. The chemical transformation of toxic EAs to psychoactive compounds, utilizing ancient technology, was demonstrated and supports the “psychedelic Eleusis” hypothesis.

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    10 Million Americans Microdosed in 2025, According to the RAND Corporation's study (www.rand.org)
     

    Psilocybin was the most popular, followed (surprisingly) by Amanita muscaria, then MDMA, then LSD.

    That means 3.7% of the American population has microdosed. If you ask me, we have to up those numbers, and those dosages... it's not a bad start, but I'm worried that it's a way to cheapen the psychedelic experience, lending it to "enhancing productivity" instead of rewiring your psyche and breaking down social constructs.

    If it helps people, it can't be a bad thing. I just hope it doesn't stop at "micro" for most people.

    What do you all think?

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    c/Drugs is Back! (lemmy.world)
     

    Community Intro

    This community is now back and open for posting! Thanks to the Lemmy.world admins for granting me the mod role here.

    My current goal for this community is for it to serve as the main, central community branching out into smaller, more substance-specific communities. Currently, the network is small, including:

    • c/weed - Cannabis Discussion
    • c/psy - Psychedelic Discussion
    • c/mdma - MDMA / Ecstasy Discussion
    • c/drank - Alcohol Discussion
    • c/opi - Opiate Discussion

    I'm also open to suggestions for other communities, and in need of people to help moderate them. (Lemmy usually doesn't require much, if any, moderation, but I'd still like to have a team of people anyway.)

    Rules

    The most critical rule for this and all related communities is NO SOURCING. Asking where to buy any drugs, including unregulated drugs, even in a "hey hit me up in DM's" sort of way, could get us shut down or worse. This is the regular old clearnet internet, the mods here and the Lemmy.world admins still have to worry about the law. It's not a moral thing and it is prohibition bullshit, but it's the world we've got for now, so work with us there please.

    Aside from that, just be as kind as you can be to the people who are kind to you, don't recommend that people do anything which is more dangerous than drug use already inherently is (ie dangerous doses or combos), and we'll be good. (Note that these topics can still be discussed, people just shouldn't be encouraged to participate in behaviors which could cause them harm.)

    Also, minors are not permitted to use c/Drugs or any of our networked communities. I don't think there are too many minors on Lemmy, but doesn't hurt to clarify that anyway.

    Welcome again to c/Drugs!

    Concept Credit

    The concept and structure for the network of drug-related communities comes from my experience on 420chan over a decade ago (I am old). For those unfamiliar with 420chan, it was nothing like 4chan. It was the old internet, so it still had its problems (ie racism, which obviously won't be permitted here). But for example, it had a dedicated (supportive) transgender board and issued permanent bans to people who posted loli content. By old-internet-anonymous-imageboard standards, it wasn't the worst place to hang out.

    It was also an important place for a weird young person like I was at the time, who wanted to know more about aspects of the world which were presented as taboo, but also wanted to know what was genuinely unsafe.

    So thank you to Kirtaner and the mod team for all those fun years. When Kirt gets out of prison (for allegedly hacking the Texas Republican Party), if he wants me to stop using the old 420chan icons, just let me know. I just figured I'd do this because there are no plans to revive the original site and it serves an important function I think.

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    Following up on my request to mod c/drugs and c/weed (lemmy.world)
     

    Posted here 14 / 15 days ago with requests for those subreddits. Admins have ignored my request but responded to requests by others made more recently.

    At least give me a "no" if it's a no, please. My account here doesn't have a ton of activity, but my u/7101334 account on Reddit is very active. I want to use Lemmy more and Reddit less, but if there's an apparent stigma towards drug users here, let me know so I can pass and keep looking for a better place.

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    Request to mod !weed@lemmy.world </c/weed@lemmy.world> (lemmy.world)
     

    It has no moderators at all despite still being open to posts. Pretty dead but maybe I can make it not-dead. Trying to make a little network stemming out from !drugs@lemmy.world if that request is approved.

    Sourcing - even sourcing legal cannabis, even federally legal like Delta-8-THC - would not be allowed. I would try to find some additional mods from the active users.

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