meejle

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Pro-life" and "pro-choice" aren't actually opposite positions⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  abortion
  Use pro-choice, not pro-abortion; and use anti-abortion, not pro-life. Anti-choice can be used when talking about opposition to all reproductive rights, including abortion, birth control, family planning etc.

  – The Guardian style guide

• Norwich man told to stay away from flags after mural clashwww.bbc.co.uk ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer in crisis as Labour drops to 16% in devastating new poll⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably projecting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people call it “woke”?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s from African-American English, from the 1930s! And it’s always had more or less the same meaning – originally “being awake to (aware of) racial discrimination”, but now it’s obviously grown to cover discrimination and inequalities in general.

  Would that imply that things that are not “woke” or are “anti-woke” are “asleep”?

  Yep! 👍 But don’t forget, these people are also against Antifa, i.e. “anti anti-fascist”. They don’t care how bad the labels sound, as long as they’re making people’s lives miserable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Credit scores drop at fastest pace since the Great Recession⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Credit scores are meaningless. I’m currently under an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) because I lost my jobs and couldn’t pay back my debts.

  It’s literally a court order that, among other things, says I’m not allowed to take out any credit without permission, or move house without permission, until the end of the 7-year IVA. I have to give all my available income to a company and they divide it up between my creditors.

  So, literally a “this man can’t be trusted to manage his debts” contract.

  And yet! My credit score keeps going up and up. I’m now substantially above the UK average.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk killing invoked to bolster UK’s largest far-right rally in decades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, precisely. If they get their way and never have to see a brown person again, it’ll be the transes next, then the gays and disableds and anyone neurodiverse, and then… women, I guess?

  And they still won’t be happy, because they’re too fucking thick to see that it’s ultra-rich people they should be angry with. 😬 Omg what a magical time to be alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Protest: More than 100,000 attend Tommy Robinson’s Unite The Kingdom Rally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it should be called a “protest” when it’s, like, “protesting against certain subsets of humanity existing”.

  Kinda feels like a totally different thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s his YouTube video, if you’d rather go straight to the source: youtu.be/7AyEzA5ziE0

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk killing invoked to bolster UK’s largest far-right rally in decades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At the very least, racists.

  I’m getting sick of reading about “anti-immigration protesters” clashing with “anti-racism protesters”… last time I checked, the opposite of “anti-racism” was “racism”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In January 2006, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) changed the classification of the licence fee from a service charge to a tax. Explaining the change, the ONS said: “in line with the definition of a tax, the licence fee is a compulsory payment which is not paid solely for access to BBC services. A licence is required to receive ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, satellite, or cable”. A briefing paper from the House of Commons Library described the licence fee as a hypothecated tax (i.e. one raised for a particular defined purpose).

  …wikipedia.org/…/Television_licensing_in_the_Unit…

  ✌️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Any why wouldn’t you? Resolution and framerate are the same either way… and I think you can even play with a real Wiimote on Dolphin, instead of the shitty Joy-Con motion controls?

  So it’s basically $70 for… what? New pages in Rosalina’s storybook? Lmao no thanks.

  Nintendo’s greed is staggering, this generation. I couldn’t believe they announced the Pokémon Legends DLC before the game is even out. “I know you haven’t given us your money yet, but… please can we have some more? 🥺”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The BBC is taxpayer funded, it shouldn’t have to “sell” anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour votes AGAINST letting disabled people use the bus for free before 9:30am⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Get back to work, Lazy Disabled People! >:(

  *Off-peak times only, terms apply

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprised the UK age verification selfies haven’t been used to extort people yet. It’d be so easy (and is such an obvious reason why the law is bullshit).

  SecurAge🛡️
  “Log in with Google to verify your age.”

  “Sorry, we weren’t able to verify you using your Google Account. Please take a selfie for verification.”

  “Now give us £1000, or we’ll send your picture and details of the porn you were trying to access to everyone in your contacts.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Turn it off and on again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The State of Consumer AI: AI’s Consumer Tipping Point Has Arrived - Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay for it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think also the fact that AI subscriptions are generally quite expensive, when compared with other online subscriptions.

  Copilot Pro: £19.00/month
  ChatGPT Plus: £18.99/month
  Gemini: £18.99/month
  Claude Pro: £15.00/month

  Compared to (just off the top of my head):

  Microsoft 365 Personal: £8.49/month
  Google Play Pass: £4.99/month
  Adobe Photography Plan (Photoshop, Lightroom, and 20GB cloud storage): £9.98/month
  Apple Arcade: £6.99/month
  PlayStation Plus Premium (top tier): £13.49/month
  Amazon Prime: £8.99/month

  And it has a free offering, so there’s not even a pressing reason to upgrade for most people. 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love it if you did that! Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’ll happen, but I don’t think it’s happening yet.

  The unease is already there (“the internet used to be a place”/“why isn’t the internet fun any more?” sentiments and #OldWeb #SlowWeb hashtags), but I don’t think people are ready to do anything about it.

  I’m only one guy, with a small internet following, but I recently had a go at launching a small “Gaymers” webring (well, a simplified version of one). I promoted it on my socials, I laid out why I think it’s a good idea, I paid to “Blaze” it on Tumblr – I even emailed some like-minded creators directly.

  I rewrote the webpage multiple times, to try to make it more persuasive and more concise. I added a contact form in case people felt uncomfortable emailing me. I loosened the rules to allow commercial websites, as long as they were still independent. I worked hard on the widget and incorporated feedback (made it respect prefers-reduced-motion and made a static version for sites where animation would feel out of place).

  I got some good feedback; lots of people said it was interesting, and a good idea. But literally no one joined or expressed any interest in joining. 🤷‍♂️

  I’m going to have one more go at promoting it next time I’ve got money to spare, but I’ll most likely end up quietly deleting it along with any evidence it existed, because a webring of one is fucking embarrassing. 💀

  I guess if you build it, they will not necessarily come lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People do it without being required! I bet Alexa has seen some shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dreamsettler, the follow-up to early internet inspired browser game Hypnospace Outlaw, has been cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Potentially also:

  The Roottrees are Dead (Steam)
  A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

  The Operator (currently free on Epic Games)
  Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

  Her Story (Steam
  A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game. (Also has a follow-up called Telling Lies that I liked a lot less.)

  Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You (Steam)
  Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences. (Also has a follow up called Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength that I liked a lot less.)

  I don’t know how these compare to Hypnospace Outlaw, but they’re all definitely “interacting with a fake computer desktop” games. (And thanks, I’ll look into your recs too, I’m always looking for more stuff like this)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dismay as council removes Pride flag in Derbyshire after Christians complain⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We welcome everybody.

  Ew, no, not you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Tests Removing Its Name From Bing Search Box⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They know they already have a Bing logo they could use, right? 🤔

  Not that this is out of character for Microsoft. Office became Office 365, which became Microsoft 365… unless you search for it online, because then all three names show up.

  A Bing search result that says, “Microsoft 365. https://www.office.com/. Office 365 login”

  Likewise, Bing Chat became Copilot… but then the main Office launcher became Microsoft 365 Copilot, so there are two Copilot apps on people’s PCs and it’s not immediately clear what the difference is. (This joins the two OneNote apps and two Outlook apps.)

  And, they finally finished retiring the MSN brand and changed everything over to “Microsoft Start” (not to be confused with the iconic “Start” button 😬)… only to make a new MSN logo and change it all back.

  Meanwhile, there’s a Bing app for Android that has an almost identical feature set to Edge, but different branding and a different UI. There’s also an MSN app, which… has almost an identical feature set as the other two apps, but a slightly different UI to the Bing app. 😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: “Shocking” scale of Big Tech’s influence over Labour⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not remotely shocking.

  They also dropped their plans for new anti ultra-processed food guidance, because Coca Cola and Nestlé told them to. 😬

  “Please do also let us know as soon as possible when you have clarified next steps for removing the reference to ‘minimally processed’ from the promotions guidance – as mentioned on the call, this is a particularly contentious issue for our members.”

  It’s corruption all the way down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the web we lost⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been thinking a lot about webrings lately. Now that Google is basically cutting off traffic from the indie web.

  I feel like everyone’s kinda having the same idea at the same time, which gives me some hope, but… it’s difficult enough to find a ring to join, that I think most people will give up?

  I don’t know what I think the solution is. Centralising it and having a big, user-friendly “webring platform” is just inviting more enshittification. But the handful of webring directories I’ve found are really lacking.

  Does anyone have any suggestions? Or, does anyone want to team up and make, like, a Gaymers Webring? (That’s pretty much what I’m looking for.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the web we lost⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is probably a bit “I’m 14 and this is deep”, but I was thinking the other day about how “pull down to refresh” is weirdly similar to pulling a slot machine handle. 😬

  I don’t think that was ever part of its design (didn’t the Tweetie dev invent it?), but still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone opt in 😭

  Is this just so they can wait a few months and say, “Not enough people were discovering this Great Feature, so we’re enabling it by default”?

  I’ve already been getting the itch to leave Samsung and try something different. I’m keeping my eye on the upcoming Nothing Phone 3, if it’s genuinely a “flagship” for £800 I might jump ship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[UK] Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Drink 1 shot if they ban face coverings because of this.

  Drink 2 if they somehow link it to hijabs and burqas in a skewed bid to “win back Reform voters”.

  Down your drink if they fuck up and do it around the time of the next pandemic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Persona 4 Remake Is Apparently Happening, As Voice Actor Confirms He's Not Coming Back For It⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’ll almost certainly be new/expanded and altered dialogue.

  I’m intrigued to see whether they’ll try to rework any of the more ‘problematic’ stuff, now that Katsura Hashino (P3–P5 director) has left. Or go for a truer-to-the-Japanese-version Teddy this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS finally released by Valve⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SteamOS SteamOS 2 SteamOS 2: Episode One SteamOS 2: Episode Two SteamOS: Alyx

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grok wouldn’t fuck up the spelling so badly