⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

"Man who takes bets on whether refugees will be deported to an unsafe country makes transphobic joke in front of mother of murdered trans girl"

So that's UK Politics this week, in case you thought the Yanks had the monopoly on awful rich cunts

#RishiSunak #Ukpolitics #Ukpol #PMQs

@John @codinghorror @hotdogsladies LOL - download? The idea hadn’t even been invented yet since there was nothing to download to. Just characters on paper.

When I started on BBSs & Internet over terminals, that at least started at 1200bps. Newsgroups, Binhex, etc. Fun times.

But yeah, it’s probably time for bed for an old fogy like me :-)

@mitchw I would also like to point out NK Jemisin's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight".

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-ones-who-stay-and-fight/

@pluralistic

@Computer @magitism I CAN’T physically LOVE Friend Computer because Friend Computer is, well, a Computer: but I can WORSHIP FRIEND COMPUTER AS MY GOD WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MERE CARNAL DESIRE, amirite?

Here's a fun thing to do: repost this, or comment on it, and then think about it every time you ever repost anything or comment on anything for as long as you live.

h/t @pluralistic

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

"You may have seen in the news that all UK networks have committed to closing their 3G networks. Here at Vodafone, we've started switching off our 3G network across the UK."

Yes, we'd noticed.

Service that was usable is now 2G or just no-service.

So much for the promise 4G or 5G will absolutely be in place and coverage will be sorted before it gets turned off...

Am I out of touch of what the public think? Or of what the press imagine the public think? Channel 4 News just spent most of their programme going on about the King's cancer even starting to repeat stuff they already said as had so little to say. It not as if there no other news to report. Why isn't it enough to say he has cancer and is receiving treatment and let's move on?

Apple's abusive App Store policies led to the #EU Commission passing the #DMA to protect fair competition.

Just like Apple has invented fake #privacy, it's now inventing fake compliance.

Here's how Apple's absurd plan is a🖕to democratically passed law:
https://proton.me/blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap

Universal basic income isn't just about putting food on the table. It's about providing opportunities and freedom. It's about lifting the veil of financial insecurity that clouds many lives, allowing people to not just survive but thrive. UBI is a way to rebalance a tipped scale. #BasicIncome

We can go further.