A place to discuss politics and offer political commentary. Self posts are preferred, but links to current events and news are allowed. Opinion pieces are welcome on a case by case basis, and discussion of and disagreement about issues is encouraged!
The intent is for this community to be an area for open & respectful discussion on current political issues, news & events, and that means we all have a responsibility to be open, honest, and sincere. We place as much emphasis on good content as good behavior, but the latter is more important if we want to ensure this community remains healthy and vibrant.
Content Rules:
- Self posts preferred.
- Opinion pieces and editorials are allowed on a case by case basis.
- No spam or self promotion.
- Do not post grievances about other communities or their moderators.
Commentary Rules
- Don’t be a jerk or do anything to prevent honest discussion.
- Stay on topic.
- Don’t criticize the person, criticize the argument.
- Provide credible sources whenever possible.
- Report bad behavior, please don’t retaliate. Reciprocal bad behavior will reflect poorly on both parties.
- Seek rule enforcement clarification via private message, not in comment threads.
- Abide by Lemmy's terms of service (attacks on other users, privacy, discrimination, etc).
Please try to up/downvote based on contribution to discussion, not on whether you agree or disagree with the commenter.
Partnered Communities:
• Politics
• Science
Welcome
We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!
The Rules
Posts must be:
- Links to news stories from...
- ...credible sources, with...
- ...their original headlines, that...
- ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”
Please also avoid duplicates.
Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.
And that’s basically it!
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
Memes about the Fediverse.
Rules
General
- Be respectful
- Post on topic
- No bigotry or hate speech
- Memes should not be personal attacks towards other users
Specific
- We are not YPTB. If you have a problem with the way an instance or community is run, then take it up over at !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com.
- Addendum: Yes we know that you think ml/hexbear/grad are tankies and or .world are a bunch of liberals but it gets old quickly. Try and come up with new material.
Elsewhere in the Fediverse
Other relevant communities:
Welcome to LocalLLaMA! Here we discuss running and developing machine learning models at home. Lets explore cutting edge open source neural network technology together.
Get support from the community! Ask questions, share prompts, discuss benchmarks, get hyped at the latest and greatest model releases! Enjoy talking about our awesome hobby.
As ambassadors of the self-hosting machine learning community, we strive to support each other and share our enthusiasm in a positive constructive way.
Rules:
Rule 1 - No harassment or personal character attacks of community members. I.E no namecalling, no generalizing entire groups of people that make up our community, no baseless personal insults.
Rule 2 - No comparing artificial intelligence/machine learning models to cryptocurrency. I.E no comparing the usefulness of models to that of NFTs, no comparing the resource usage required to train a model is anything close to maintaining a blockchain/ mining for crypto, no implying its just a fad/bubble that will leave people with nothing of value when it burst.
Rule 3 - No comparing artificial intelligence/machine learning to simple text prediction algorithms. I.E statements such as "llms are basically just simple text predictions like what your phone keyboard autocorrect uses, and they're still using the same algorithms since <over 10 years ago>.
Rule 4 - No implying that models are devoid of purpose or potential for enriching peoples lives.
A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy
Rules:
- Be civil
- No spam posting
- Keep posts on-topic
- No trolling
Non political memes: !memes@sopuli.xyz
General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
Casual UK
A casual place for banter and anything that doesn't fit in anywhere else.
Have chat and a natter. Talk about anything and everything that's not political!
Keep it casual.
Rules
- No politics.
- Be friendly.
- Be kind & civil.
- No Generative AI Content
- Follow Feddit.uk site rules.
Other communities:
Here:
Elsewhere:
Community for asking and answering any question related to the life, the people or anything related to the UK.
A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
British Problems
Complain about problems only a Brit would understand, the weather, trains, the people on the telly...
Rules
- Be friendly.
- Be Kind.
- Follow Feddit.uk site rules.
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician. Archive.is the best way.
to share interesting articles from Wikipedia
Please cite a passage from the article and don't just post a link
also, please do post links and not text or images
and finally , "getting rid of the m. from the URL would also be good"
miejsce na śmieszne obrazki opatrzone tekstem
A community to chat with others about anything.
Wolny (jak w rewolucji) internet to podstawa współczesnej organizacji ruchów społecznych. Nie możemy pozwolić, żeby kontrola nad tym co i komu mówimy spoczywała w rękach korporacji.
Ta społeczność ma na celu dyskutowanie jasnych i ciemnych stron internetowej wolności. Tak alternatyw, jak i wyciągających się za nami korporacyjnych.
Z zakresu informatyki warto zajrzeć też do społeczności;
Polecamy uwadze też przydatny spis praktycznych Szmerowych techno-porad.
A place to share and discuss news as relates to the politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Rules:
- Debate must be conducted in a respectful and dignified manner and without resorting to the impugning of other members' character.
- Abuse, intimidation, harassment, and deliberately antagonistic behaviour is absolutely prohibited.
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other form of bigotry or hate.
- If you link to a news article behind a paywall, you must copy and paste the article in full in the body of your post.
- While not required, you are strongly encouraged to provide direct citations or references for claims where this would be clearly helpful for fellow users to verify.
A general chat and support community for autistic people in the UK.
Community Rules
Think before you post. Is your post relevant to the community?
Is your post autism-related? Is your post UK-related? If 'yes' to both, please post. If 'no' to either or both, or if you're not sure, please ask.
Think before you comment.
Please be kind to each other. Please treat everyone with respect. Please be gracious when communications get mixed up.
'When' because we are each unique, and while there may be some overlap between some of us in our communication styles, there will also be differences.
Discrimination will not be tolerated.
This includes (but is not limited to) ableism, racism and colourism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, classism, elitism, religious affiliation, weight stigma / body shaming, and diagnosis status (self-diagnosis is valid). Please think before you post and comment, and be kind to each other.
No promotions, advertisements, fundraisers, or surveys without permission.
Make it clear if a post or comment is NSFW (Not Safe For Work).
Use NSFW in the subject line or at the start of a comment as a warning to the community.
Make it clear if a post or comment is potentially triggering.
Use TW in the subject line or at the start of a comment as a warning to the community. TW = Trigger Warning.
Do not promote Autism Speaks.
Community guidelines:
Accessibility
If your post includes a photo, please add alt text to the photo, or include an image description. If your post includes a screenshot with text, please transcribe the text in your post. If your post or comment includes an acronym or abbreviation, please use the full-length version of it in its first instance. For example:
"Your local IAS (Integrated Autism Service) may be able to help with that. There's a link to IAS is in the sidebar."
"I had to go through my local CMHT (Community Mental Health Team). The CMHT then did a referral."
Exceptions: NSFW (Not Safe For Work) and TW (Trigger Warning) - these are common acronyms across Lemmy; NHS (National Health Service)
Respect
Please respect others' privacy. Please do not reshare anything from this community, without the original poster's permission. Please do not post screenshots of private messages, or screenshots of posts from private communities to this community without the original poster's permission. Please do not send private messages without consent. It is okay to comment, "Can I send you a message?" or "Please feel free to message me about this."
Trigger Warnings
Trigger warnings help to add a level of consent to posts and comments. By adding a trigger warning, you indicate that the content beyond it may not be safe or suitable for everyone. You must add TW as a trigger warning for potentially triggering content.
You can also make it easier for readers to choose whether to keep reading by adding the type of trigger to your warning. Adding the type of trigger is optional. You can read more about types of triggers in this article from Medium.
Related (and potentially relevant) Communities:
~~!neurodivergence@beehaw.org ~~ (Beehaw is currently defederated. This means you will need a separate account on Beehaw if you wish to take part in this community.)
Useful websites:
UK - National Autistic Society
Wales - Gwasanaeth Awtistiaeth Integredig/ Integrated Autism Service
Have I missed something important or useful in this sidebar? Please feel free to send me a message about it!
Welcome to Good News UK! This community exists to try and offset some of the doom-and-gloom on Lemmy in a healthy way.
More information will be added soon.
What can be posted in Good News UK?
Currently we are still figuring out what classifies as "good news" in this community, so for now feel free to post whatever you think qualifies as good news so long as it doesn't break the instance/community rules.
Our only requirement at the moment is that posts are UK-specific.
What if I think a post isn't Good News?
Good News UK is intended to be a community of nuanced discussion and education moreso than a community for excessive unfounded optimism.
Most good news comes with some elements of bad news or things that can be done better. We request that you post mindful and detailed challenges on the post itself in these cases if it doesn't otherwise break the instance/community rules.
Low-effort, unproductive, and unhelpful comments which challenge whether or not something classifies as good news are discouraged and such comments may be removed.
Cross-Posting
Cross-posting is allowed. We encourage you to post content in communities such as !nature@feddit.uk and !energy@feddit.uk first and then cross-post here after a few days.
General Instance Rules:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
Community Specific Rules:
- Keep posts UK-specific.
- Keep comments in English so that they can be appropriately moderated.
- Do not post low-effort, unproductive, and unhelpful pessimistic comments.
- Do not post doomer comments.
Here are some communities to post good news from elsewhere in the world:
News, updates, questions, and discussions concerning technology.
A community for discussing science