My favourite superpower? Critical Thinking.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who were some of your childhood heroes that turned out to be horrible people?
16·7 days agoBeen looking for this.
Back in the day I scored a ticket to an Amanda Palmer show, was absolutely floored when he showed up mid-act, completely unannounced. He was one of my favourite writers, a friend to Sir Terry Pratchett (RIP) , and on top of that, someone who seemed like a genuine force for good in the world. I remember that show made my year, I felt so incredibly lucky, like finding a bike under the tree when you’re 4.
Then Good Omens happened, then Sandman, and I was just genuinely happy to see him getting the accolades and recognition.
Not mincing words here, once the allegations started floating up, I felt so angry and personally betrayed. For every book or show recommendation, for every conversation where I brought him up as one of my personal heroes. I was almost in mourning, I realise that now, and I’m pretty sure my cynicism levelled up as a direct consequence of that experience.
Fast forward to last week or so, where my RSS feed pings with an article from his blog, the first since the scandal began. He’s pointing to a journalist investigation that seems to say the whole thing was a hatchet job. He tries to explain, and this being Neil, the words line up and do his bidding. And I want to fucking believe him, I do. But I can’t.
The absolute worst thing? In spite of everything, I hope he’s really telling the truth. How does that make any fucking sense?
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who were some of your childhood heroes that turned out to be horrible people?
5·7 days agoHere’s a virtual hug from a stranger. May the road ahead be smoother and more fulfilling, mate.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Man posts his incorrect opinion online
2·8 days agoExcept for Pompeii
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Always works and tastes better
11·8 days agoIs this Bialetti’s redneck cousin or what?
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Unexpected dedication (and yes, it is filled with boobs)
25·8 days agoWhenever I see dates like this I do the math in my head almost on reflex.
Man, dad died at 43, that must have been heartbreaking. Makes me wonder about the story behind the author.
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News@lemmy.world•Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure | Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
9·8 days agoI’m surprised he wasn’t replaced by Alexa.
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The Epstein Files@lemmy.world•Bill Clinton agrees to testify on Epstein, demands public hearing.English
14211·8 days agoNothing to see here, just Bill making sure he’s either going to swim by himself or sink with the lot of 'em. My current prediction is: absolutely nothing will continue to happen.
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FoodPorn@lemmy.world•Rubino's Italian Food Market. A Rochester, NY tradition for 70 years. Home of the "Cannolis in a Cannoli"English
6·8 days agoCannolis inna cannoli 🤌
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Censorship is a much greater crime than insult.
1·11 days agoMaybe there should be quality criteria for what constitutes an idea worth discussing. Not every social media post is an idea.
Inside of you there are two wolves. Yesterday and Today.
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Ask Science@lemmy.world•Would it theoretically be possible for a planet to stay at the same place in an "orbit" of its parent body?English
20·12 days agoYou mean a tide locked planet, as in, one side of the planet would always face the star? The Moon does this with respect to the Earth, so yes, it is possible.
If you mean no spinning around the star, then no. The orbital equilibrium is given by the attraction force between the planet and the star being countered by the centrifugal force of the planet spinning around the sun. If the planet were to slow down, it would move closer to the star. If it would stop, it would eventually fall into the star.
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Global News@lemmy.zip•Trump will decertify Canadian planesEnglish
4·16 days agoThey will all throw those Bombardiers away and buy a bunch of Boeings, for sure.
/s, but I feel it’s rather unnecessary.
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Whoever come up with this monstrosity has to get a personal extra hot cauldron in hellEnglish
6·16 days agoThen I will expose it further by saying it looks like a DVD case, but I didn’t think people still cared about those in 2026. So I had to ask.
LE: and now I saw the accompanying text and I feel like an idiot. Thanks a lot, Voyager, I guess :/
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are your favourite internet radio stations?
6·20 days agohttps://radioparadise.com/home is pretty good.


I read the exchange live this morning. The only possibility left to us is a personal AI of our own that would act as a press officer. Maybe with an AI detector that actually works and a pass through / hold for human mode in case there’s a verified person on the other side.
SF? I give it 5 years tops.