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What are you going to do, no matter how small, to make the world a little better? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by chetradley@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Lots of people are feeling hopeless and upset right now, and for good reason. It's normal to feel like no matter what you do, things are going to get much worse for a lot of people. Blame, despair and anger are natural reactions, but as the shock of the situation dulls, what's your plan going forward?

Call me naive, but seeing hate have a resurgence makes me want to do more to help the people that are going to suffer the most. I'm going to make a plan to volunteer more of my time and resources to help organizations that need it. I'm going to see if my friends can organize with me to sponsor a migrant family. I may not be able to do much, but my personal way of coping with shitty situations is to try to make the world a little less shitty.

I'm going to try to be kinder and more forgiving with people, and be a better role model for my kids. And I'm going to resist and fight back against hate when I see it.

Lastly, I'm going to be a more supportive friend to the people in my life. And to anyone reading this that feels like this world's gone insane, and you're all alone: you're not. We're still in this together, and I appreciate everything you're doing.

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[–] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No longer letting my family member rants about [insert today's Russian propaganda] go unchallenged.

Crime is going up. Oh no, can you show me a chart with a source? Can't be just something you find on the internet (they're always ranting that you can't trust the internet).
You can't trust the weather reports. They're just using the internet to make all that stuff up. Explain how the internet allows for a 100 fold increase in sensors that can report back to a centralized meteorology facility for number crunching
Ukraine shot first Explain a timeline of the Ukraine war
Moon landing was faked. (I actually like this argument the best because it's been so thoroughly debunked)

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the weather front (lol) one of project 2025s goals is to break up the NOAA. They want to do it specifically to hamper the ability for anyone to show the ongoing effects of climate change. If anyone thinks this is a conspiracy theory, it's an actual conspiracy, and here is the direct quote from project 2025.

Together, these form a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity. This industry’s mission emphasis on prediction and management seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable. That is not to say NOAA is useless, but its current organization corrupts its useful func- tions. It should be broken up and downsized.

[–] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stop weather data collection in one part of the planet. That'll stop the global warming believers. /s

Crops grow faster if you decree the weather is perfect. The best weather.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weather is global, so agencies like the NOAA collect data from satellites, weather balloons, weather stations, buoys, etc. all over the world. NOAA's data is a bit like GPS: paid for by US taxpayers, but used for the common good across the globe. Shutting them down wouldn't just hurt weather prediction in the US, it would hurt everyone. Other developed countries can absolutely predict their own weather, but if they can't include the volume of data generated by the US, their accuracy will suffer (and obviously likewise if the US couldn't use EU data or whatever).

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Pilot here. You want to know how important weather data is for safe air travel?

It's yes% important.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do like the the moon landing one since I always say the government payed Stanley Kubrick to film the moon landing but he demanded to shoot on location.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I always say the moon landings were faked dozens if not hundreds of times and only done for real a half dozen times.