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Yep, found it. I’d forgotten about the projection, “You think you stumbled onto something big,” etc. No, I thought I’d just stumbled across an asshole, which of course I had, but then he decided to tell me more about himself:

Just so you know, it was more than that. Just speaking from my own participation, you already saw the whereIsTamara alts debacle from February 11 involving fourteen accounts; here’s another lemmy.org special from February 19 that wasn’t about alts but trying to create a brigade by providing false info with an emotional plea to a fairly passionate group of people. Add what happened to your own comments the other day, and that’s twenty-five proven bad accounts right there.

Add all the other dishonest/manipulative/bad actor bullshit I have no idea about, and I suspect even our own experience with lemmy.org is just a drop in the bucket.

I also expect that the value of lemmy.org will drop significantly to its admin now that it’s been defederated from lemmy.world (the largest instance with the most comms and accounts) and that he will spin up a new instance without such obvious tells.

One of the things whereIsTamara said to me before their accounts got modded (I have it screenshotted somewhere) was thanking me for telling them how to improve their game, like letting them know they needed to space out their votes, etc. In the bot attack that hit you, the bad actor did just that. Ergo, whatever’s involved in this on the backend and whatever benefit it serves them to do this, it’s worth enough to them to invest in it with time and effort and learning how to circumnavigate efforts to restrict their activities.

They’ll be back.

Thrilled to see it. Thank you.

It’s a baby shower. Wanda’s meatstorm already came.

Oh, yeah. Another one is Sad Eyes by Robert John, telling his his temp girl that his real girl is coming home today, she knew it was going to happen and he doesn’t want to see her cry. “I never used you,” lol.

There are quite a few of them. One that’s been in the news lately is Lola by The Kinks, which Moby called unenlightened and he’s right. One I always found creepy was Cat Stevens’ Wild World saying goodbye to his lady, because whatever he’s wishing her it’s not well. “I’ll always remember you like a child, girl.”

That’s not even starting with all the underage lyrics.

The 70s were amazing for music, but there sure are some clunkers in there.

It is a righteous text.

It’s hard to believe he’s been gone 35 years.

Yeah, it is bizarre. I’m on desktop so I opened the pic in a new tab, opened it to full height, and there are what look like a set of dark brown horizontal slat blinds compressed at the top as if raised (it’s flat-fronted so not a roll), then behind that another set of lighter brown horizontal slats down the right side as if lowered, and a square of glass in front of both.

Their AI decorator is . . . conflicted.

“Can we at least wait til he finishes?”

The benefits of just listening to music I think gets overlooked.

Hard agree. And it’s a shame because we have more music at our fingertips now than ever before, from every possible time and place in history. I’m from an era (70s) when just putting a record on and listening to it all the way through was a thing, but I’m not sure how many folks realize today that music can be an event in itself: not as background, but as foreground. Putting it on, sitting in a chair, and just listening while doing little to nothing else.

It’s hard to get time to do it, but when I do it’s heaven. And it absolutely resets my brain in positive ways: afterward, I just feel good. I actually think it might qualify as an ersatz form of meditation, in that a person is not mentally attending anything else while doing this, just listening and letting the auditory experience wash over them. It’s difficult to quantify, but the benefits are very real.

That stache addon is gold. “When you care enough to send the very best.”

Dad joke or name of a great album. That the the dad joke came first is pretty much beyond dispute, lol.

I read the whole article. Yeah, of course it’s touchy-feely shit; it’s out of Psychology Today, lol. But it’s not just clickbait; they suggest assembling a “psychological go-bag” of coping mechanisms to help you when you get overwhelmed. While some of the examples given are probably not for everyone, they’re just that: examples.

Without quoting the entire article, here are the key points and the general list of self-help suggestions:

• Disasters and massive changes in civil society, combined with misinformation, damage resilience.
• Resilience targeting often comes via social media.
• A psychological go-bag is a collection of individual resilience skills.
• You can overcome hopelessness and cynicism to stay motivated by practicing these skills.

Find inspiration in a story of hope and motivation. Try a biography of a person you look up to. Keep such stories in mind as inspiration.

Take stock of your psychological strengths and vulnerabilities. Come up with an approach that accentuates your strengths and attends to your vulnerabilities.

Open up to the collective of care. Remember that you aren’t the only one who cares about what’s happening, that you need to connect with other folks and communities who care too, keep yourself from feeling lonely and isolated in the struggle.

Focus on next steps, don’t overwhelm yourself with everything at once. Unless you have a magic wand, you can’t fix everything at once, and worrying about everything at once is guaranteed to cause anxiety. Don’t forget to take it a step at a time.

Spirituality. Deepen your awareness and connection to spirituality however you find it.

Connect with community and joy. If you don’t have strong links with community, start to deepen them now.

Display photos of loved ones, ancestors, and inspiring figures in your home and workspace. You may want to put together a collection of photos of loved ones in a place you see every day. These are your reasons to keep going.

Take breaks from it all. It may feel like a guilty pleasure, but an important aspect of staying resilient is knowing when to tune out.

Also for @hector@lemmy.today - Not the Epstein files, but Sascha Riley. Stabbed in the ass with a tent stake.

For those who don’t know who he is, this is the original reporting:
https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find

A partial overview of the same reasons I personally tend to believe him:
https://bethmcdonnell.substack.com/p/a-new-survivor-speaks-epstein-files

I don’t doubt you, but where are you getting that figure?

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I’d give to find an instance where votes are already public.

EDITED TO ADD: I mean, not hidden by the interface. I am already aware that federated votes are accessible via lemvotes.org.

Trust Lemmy to answer the question I very specifically did not ask and to provide an answer that is essentially a regurge of the OP, lol.

EDITED TO ADD: but I found the answer I was looking for anyway, so there is that.

Are there any instances where votes are public? In other words, where it shows on the post or comment who up/down voted? I know there are some, or were, but I don’t know the current status.

Really appreciate this, thank you for posting it.