Taco2112

joined 2 years ago
[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably not, the Indigenous people in North America were dealing with a three pronged drive from Europe’s major superpowers of the time. Add to that the insane cost of life due to small pox and other diseases and the outlook is much worse.

If they had united, they may have been able to make a stand somewhere further in the west and held on to a portion of the land but I think the fate of the east coast was sealed very early once European migration to America began.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Don’t forget investment in public transit like cable cars in that first panel.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People in general want to be included and some even more so when they’re told they’re not allowed in.

It’s easy when it’s a physical space, ropes and security keep the riff raff out. With online spaces, it requires active moderation, mods who are willing to enforce the rules and ban those that violate them.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I’m with you, I can’t do any of that stuff. I don’t like most social media , the lack of ads and the 3rd party apps was a big factor for me to join.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I don’t know you but based on this one comment it seems like you’re not fun.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I did and I’m pretty against these legacy sequels. They never seem to do a good job and they are obvious cash grabs but Happy Gilmore 2 was a fun watch.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I really like the Johnny Cash cover of this song. It’s a shame that the Christian “he gets us” commercials started using it.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

A good book I read recently described it as a Ferrari motor with bicycle breaks. I think that’s a fair description.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Add remodel or fix up a home to that last quote. I specialize in restoring and preserving old buildings, in the US that’s usually 100+years. Most of our cost is labor but the main material we use is eastern white pine, AKA soft wood, and you can probably guess where that comes from.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I know it’s Tomacco, not sure the episode name.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Sounds really interesting and I would watch it if I didn’t just cancel Paramount+ thanks to them bribing Trump to get their merger done. I guess there’s always the high seas.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The term Steisand Effect started because of a picture of her house that she tries to censor. Because she didn’t want it out there, everyone wanted to see the photo.

 

Great comedy and history podcast, one comedian researches a story and reads the story to a second comedian. This is an older episode where the history of automobiles is discussed with focus on ways the car business, propaganda, and the government helped create the current car culture in the US.

All episodes are cited with sources.

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