Kbin the software has died - technically there is still one small instance in Poland that uses it, but all others have ceased, and the software is no longer being maintained under that name - yet the project lives on in its fork Mbin.

Instances that include the kbin word - e.g. kbin.earth - only retain that now as a legacy.

Sadly I don’t think anyone has heard from Ernst, the original developer and admin of kbin.social.

App support finally came to Mbin though, see “Interstellar”.

A spiritual successor to Kbin’s design philosophy that is very much worth checking out is “PieFed”, which I am writing to you now using it :-). Most apps that work with Lemmy also now work with it (except Thunder support still coming “soon_™” but available only in the beta version for now, not the Play Store one). PieFed is written in Python rather than the obscure Rust language so its pace of development has been extremely rapid in comparison to Lemmy and it now has a feature set well beyond that of either Lemmy or Mbin. If you want to access both the Threadiverse/Lemmy/Mbin communities/magazines as well as Fediverse/Mastodon-style content, Mbin is still your best bet as it was designed for exactly that, but for Threadiverse stuff it offers numerous advantages. Anyway it is so nice to have choices to pick from!:-)

Thank you for asking rather than just assuming something bad.

I was referring to the last paragraph of the OP, e.g. as exemplified by this, its first sentence:

Since China is unlikely to do any of those things, what should Canadians do?

I was assenting that indeed China “should” have done many things, but since it won’t, it falls to Canada to not be sucked in by the false rhetoric.

Hold fast to truth, or else suffer the consequences of not doing so.

Ah thanks, you are too! :-P

You cannot control the actions of others, but you must (are responsible for) your own.

Some people still act this way. They don’t tend to amass billions though.

This reminds me of Lemmy.ml, hexbear.net, and Lemmygrad.ml - people get used to talking a certain way inside of their echo chamber and then continue to talk the same way even when they venture outside of it.

Similar with social media but I am making an exception for the Fediverse:-)

Oh, I was reacting to the “We did it! 🥳” part, but no need to take me seriously here. We all can die or try as we each see best befits us.🙃

Maybe in your part of the world. Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, the USA, etc. would like a word…

Purity testing beatings will continue until morale improves.

Yes I did. Just put it over there with the rest of the fire.

I see your point and raise the following counterpoint conjecture: smol kitten exists in car.🐈😸

Both sides fall for it, just not equally.

Imma guess “conflate”:-)

Apparently if you view the sub using old-reddit the message shows more details? The account that was moderating it (reportedly) still exists, but just chose to ignore it, likely from lack of interest since anyone wanting to discuss Lemmy will be here already or in a more active sub like r/RedditAlternatives.

I feel seen…

Have you lost your damn mind? (Gets flashy thingied)

Have you lost your damn mind? (Gets flashy thingied again)

Have you lost your damn mind? (Gets flashy thingied again, after adjusting the dial)

Have you lost your damn mind? (Gets flashy thingied again, after adjusting the dial some more)

(Hey this goes on for awhile, you may not want to wait for the end…)

That is wonderful, and even more wonderful is how PieFed supports the ability to add it in the first place. Certain communities just play by slightly different rules than is most common across the Threadiverse - beehaw communities are that way, and Hexbear ones too (especially Chapotraphouse) - so it is great to help guide people towards knowledge of that fact rather than make them learn the hard way. 😉

Thank you to your service to this community ☺️

And it makes sense that it was not a FULL rebuttal, only adding context (that the reporters were over-hyping it from the actual science done, which tbh is far more common than not these days). Truth is stranger - and more complex - than Fiction, after all. I see no schadenfreude in it at all, yes it is “negative” but in a way that is helpful, it is respectful, and polite (as much as can be expected). I suppose I can see from some people’s perspective though that it does NOT serve as a break from the incessant negativity and rage, because it changes the hopeful outlook to rage-inducing for the media hype, although then as people said it goes back to hope again. Yes, a tricky business indeed to figure that one out…

I like how you left it to the community to decide via their votes exactly how relevant it is. If it had simply said something like “get bent BBC and UniQure”, then yes remove it unequivocally, but since it is on the line… leave it to the entire community rather than have to take on that burden all by yourselves?