Geek. Yarn wrangler. Gamer. Spoonie. SJW. Thinks it’d be a great idea if everyone was nice to people for a change.
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New report says UK was an 'active participant' in Israeli war crimes.
The Gaza Tribunal report concludes that Britain has:
"failed in its fundamental obligation to prevent genocide;
"been complicit in atrocity crimes;
" in some instances even been an active participant in these crimes".
"The Gaza Tribunal took evidence from eyewitnesses, UN rapporteurs, journalists, medics and academics."
#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #palestine #GazaTribunal .
Reflect Orbital and SpaceX have filed proposals with the US Federal Communications Commission that threaten ground-based astronomy. We submitted replies and collaborated with the UK Royal Astronomical Society & the International Astronomical Union for their responses. 1/
@aral It’s kind of sad how relieved I am to see rejected next to the UK flag - it should be something I could assume
@iamlayer8 I guess maybe they were looking for a balance that would enhance the game without changing what the game is about. Or maybe they’re planning to add more later
For clarification:
1. I’m neither a programmer nor an engineer
2. If you’ve ever used the timer on your washing machine, then you’ve done Boolean logic (IF time = 6pm THEN start machine). If you’ve ever cooked a meal then you’ve used Boolean logic (IF chicken > 50% cooked AND Fryer = warmed up THEN put in chips).
You use logic every day, you just don’t call it that. This stuff isn’t beyond ‘average people’ and it bothers me that people think it is
If they were talking about the http bit that would feel proportionate (those 2 tools aren’t designed for most players to use). But they’re talking about the whole thing.
It would seem that there’s a bunch of people out there who think that basic logic is some mystical, elitist code, meant only for programmers, and beyond the ken of most humans.
Concerning.
2/2
I popped on the the #Timberborn Steam Community discussions yesterday and there was a baffling (to me) number of people complaining about the new automation tools.
Partly it baffles me because (with the exception of the contamination sensor) you can just completely avoid using them and just play as you did before - so why complain?
But also most of the complaints consist of people complaining that it’s ‘too complicated for anyone who isn’t a programmer or engineer’ and I’m.. like.. whut?
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Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
People are doing rocket science and quantum mechanics, and yet no one has invented a knitting needle that displays the current number of stitches it's holding.
Disappointing.
That’s similar to my experience. I’m AuDHD & I struggle with human hugs - historically the exception has been when I’ve had a romantic partner (with them I’ve enjoyed prolonged contact). With close friends I enjoy hugs but only brief ones then I get uncomfortable. Anyone else I’m uncomfortable with any physical contact.
I love petting animals though & big dog cuddles are the best. My chonky ABX is a big cuddler and it’s my main source of seratonin
Rights groups have slammed Pete Hegseth for saying that “no quarter” will be shown to Iran.
"No quarter" includes executing people who've surrendered.
The mere announcement from a govt official can be a war crime.
Such threats are illegal under the Hague Convention & US domestic laws & military manuals.
Hegseth has publicly claimed he would not abide by “stupid rules of engagement”
Hegseth is military trained & he's no fool:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
Palantir, the US AI surveillance and security firm with hundreds of millions of pounds in UK government contracts, poses “a national security threat to the UK”, according to two anonymous MoD senior systems engineers with knowledge of the Palantir software systems the MoD is using.
#Palantir #MoD #Security #UKPolitics
‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security
https://www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-technologies-uk-mod-sources-government-data-insights-security-state-secrets
EU states must provide proper ID for transgender citizens
The EU's top court on Thursday said the bloc's countries must provide trans citizens IDs reflecting their "lived gender." The case was referred to the ECJ by Bulgaria, which sought clarity on the issue.
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-states-must-provide-proper-id-for-transgender-citizens/a-76336447
"We’ve been saying this for years now, and we’re going to keep saying it until the message finally sinks in: mandatory age verification creates massive, centralized honeypots of sensitive biometric data that will inevitably be breached. Every single time. And every single time it happens, the politicians who mandated these systems and the companies that built them act shocked—shocked!—that collecting enormous databases of government IDs, facial scans, and biometric data from millions of people turns out to be a security nightmare."
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💥💥💥 No "AI" generated applications please. We read every application. E.g. we read through nearly 600 internship applications a couple of years back. It's pretty easy to tell whether someone is blasting slop or truly spending the time to apply.
me: gosh i sure am excited to watch a dumb 90s action movie with Ernie Hudson, Lance Henriksen, and Ray Liotta. and it's directed by the same person that did Casino Royale? oh boy!
the movie, 12 seconds in:
This was the Good Law Project’s executive director, Jo Maugham in April 2025:
“We don’t understand, at all, why Keir #Starmer and Wes #Streeting are banging the drum for this dangerous spytech firm”
“But Peter #Mandelson has a clear conflict of interest – and the failure to keep a minute of the meeting he arranged for the PM shows a kind of contempt for the public interest.”
https://goodlawproject.org/mandelsons-embassy-fixed-starmers-visit-to-spytech-firm/
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching fan-art
