AFAIK, lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml use it because the ml can also stand for "Marxist-Leninist", and the two primary maintainers of Lemmy are Marxist-Leninists . Not sure about the others though.

ProTip: you can easily deflate a car's tires by placing a small pebble in the valve cap before screwing it back on

Link to 9 news report w/ video

::: spoiler Full article text

A Sydney sailor who survived months at sea eating raw fish and drinking rainwater with his dog is "stable and very well", his doctor has said.

Tim Shaddock, from Sydney, and his dog Bella were found stranded in the Pacific Ocean after their boat was damaged in a storm, weeks into their trip from Mexico to French Polynesia.

Shaddock's doctor told 9News the man had "normal vital signs".

Professor Mike Tipton, an ocean survival expert, says luck was only a part of the pair's incredible story.

"It's a combination of luck and skill," he told Weekend Today.

"And also knowing for example, as Tim did, that during the heat of the day you need to protect yourself because the last thing you want when you're in danger of becoming dehydrated is to be sweating."

Tipton said the key element for survival was being able to secure a fresh supply of water - and for Shaddock this came down to climate and location.

"These voyages of any great length tend to occur in the Pacific," he said.

"If you look back through history, they tend to occur in warm environments because if it was a cold environment you don't survive long enough."

Nonetheless, he described Shaddock's rescue as a "needle in a haystack" situation.

"People need to appreciate how small the boat is and how vast the Pacific is. The chances of someone being found are pretty slim," he said.

How did the ill-fated journey unfold?

Shaddock and Bella departed La Paz in Mexico three months ago, but just weeks into the voyage they were hit by a storm, which crippled their vessel.

The pair got the bare essentials by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish for months.

They spent their days waiting, and hoping for rescue.

Salvation came about two months later when a helicopter accompanying a tuna trawler spotted the drifting boat.

When Shaddock was found, he appeared to be healthy and in good spirits - all things considered.

"I have been through a very difficult ordeal at sea," he told 9News.

"I'm just needing rest and good food because I have been alone at sea a long time.

"Otherwise I'm in very good health."

The 51-year-old is still on his way back to dry land, where he will be met with further medical assistance.

His companion Bella is also looking safe and well.

Tipton said it would have been an isolating few months and likened Shaddock's story to a real-life Cast Away, referring to the 2000 movie tarring Tom Hanks.

He said having Bella onboard would have helped a "tremendous amount".

"I think that may have well made the difference," Tipton said. 

"You're living very much from day-to-day and you have to have a very positive mental attitude in order to get through this kind of ordeal and not give up.

"But also, having a plan, rationing yourself in terms of water and food, is really the secret to long survival voyages.

"Just imagine how dark and lonely it would feel out there at night time."

Tipton added Shaddock will need to slowly wean himself back onto a normal diet.

"It has to be a slow return to normal and he will probably need to be kept an eye on for several months." :::

Ah, the good ol' 'administrator discretion'. Seems like a classic case of power-tripping site admins doubling down on their opinion while disregarding any notion that they may be in the wrong. Can't say I'm surprised - it was only a matter of time before we saw this kind of behavior in the threadiverse.

Regardless of how you may feel about NSFW content on Lemmy, this is a huge red flag for lemmy.blahaj.zone, and I would advise against people joining that instance purely based on the admins' apparent inability to properly investigate or understand the content that they federate with. Hopefully they can clarify their rules in the near future and justify why exactly this defederation happened, or reverse their decision, swallow a little bit of pride, and admit they were in the wrong.

EDIT: More admin correspondence can be found here.

Very 'my way or the highway' behavior from the blahaj.zone admins. Really not a good look.

You do realize that many people on this instance participate in blahaj.zone communities, right? Why call people 'weirdos' for actually caring about how the communities and instances which they interact with are ran?

I feel like you're being unnecessarily inflammatory here. People are entitled to discuss whatever they want to when it comes to the Fediverse in this community, and this topic falls well within that category. No need to attack people for sharing their opinions on the matter.

Seems like onboarding will be handled by a bot, so I imagine it shouldn't really matter what instance you're using. As for instances that are "Joining in", I think that just refers to Admins for those instances promoting the event.

This is actually pretty crazy. Wonder how much it'll affect the overall design of modern smartphones. Will we witness the return of flagships with plastic back covers?

The Ruudder steers us!

lord, this soul is beyond saving

I had always assumed the golden light came from two gold Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time cartridges, so this kinda checks out.

Is the USA a “functioning” state with all the oppression, racism, greed, invading other countries out of monetarian interest and environment destruction?

I hope you realize that this is an incredibly privileged take. The US is rife with issues, but the hardships experienced by the average western citizen doesn't even compare to the suffering that you would find in, say, Pol Pot's Cambodia, or (to a less extreme extent) Maduro's Venezuela. To compare what a US citizen deals with on a daily basis due to capitalism to what a citizen of any of those countries had to go through is very reductive and may be perceived as disrespectful to many who had to live those experiences.

Aw man, I feel like the party was just gettin' started 😭

Seems like people are organizing here: !place_join_lemmy@lemmy.world

Ladies and gentlemen: The Wife Blazer

Not sure how I feel about this article. It comes off as weirdly defensive about Modi, while trying to paint his critics as misguided or arrogant fools without really addressing what exactly was said. Also, I'm not really sure how much weight the political opinion of a White House singer has. Was that really the best person they could find for this interview?

Lurker checking in.

you got 30 more minutes to place a pixel, lol

Could be a Hole, could also be a Puddle of Mudd

Prob just another exclusivity deal.

Aegis all the way, but I'm curious about Bitwarden's offering. May check it out one of these days.

For 35 bucks, absolutely not.

Other than a few bugs here and there, the XBLA version really does feel like a definitive version of the game. It's a shame that the only way to play it is via emulating it on PC.

Would love for this to be a feature someday. It'd be hugely useful in a situation where an instance is closing down that has popular communities which would like to continue on elsewhere, that way all the content can carry over (including previous posts and existing subscribers/moderators), rather than having to start over from scratch every time.

IMO, both community and profile migrations, while not strictly necessary at the moment, are going to be crucial for the continuing success of lemmy/kbin in the future.

Last time I went through CDG it took me 3 hours from arrival to get to the gate. Luckily the flight was delayed, so I was able to still make it. Absolute insanity.

One of my dream games is a Chaos Theory remake in the same vein as the RE remakes. That, and don't mess with the Amon Tobin soundtrack - it's perfect as is.

This and the way Mastodon handles likes/favorites are the biggest things holding them back right now, IMO. People don't want to bother with a social media they actually have to put in the work to curate themselves, hell the algorithm is one of the main reasons why TikTok is so successful. Also, by having favorites (which is... weird and confusing? Just call it "likes", you don't need to reinvent the wheel here). Not only do people get confused between favoriting something and bookmarking something, but since it's only counting the favorites from your instance, it makes it look like posts are getting barely any interaction, giving this "screaming into the void" feeling that will cause a lot of users to lose interest. The number of likes favorites needs to be cumulative across instances.

what a time to be alive

Omni Man vs Homelander gonna be a sight to see.

You can't be serious...

Glad to know I wasn't the only one, lol.

What did he say?

Muuuch faster now. Thanks for all the hard work guys!

My Way by Frank Sinatra. Fun fact, it's actually banned from multiple karaoke bars in the Philippines due to a string of killings which directly resulted from people performing the song.

+1 to this. I've noticed that posts haven't been federating in !tampabaylightning@fanaticus.social either for the past several days.

Fucking hype. MK11 was the first time I really did a deep dive in this franchise, and I loved it with a burning passion. Can't wait to get my hands on this.

how much yum could a yucking yum if a yuck yuck could yuck yum

Just give us 2143 already.

Ayy, thanks for spreading the word 🙂

beans

Ah, a fellow Ziggy enjoyer.