Notices by Phil (paw@mstdn.io)

Hey remember that time #EuroVision were totally cool with supporting #Israel and normalising #genocide? What a time!
I'm blocking that hashtag.

Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

This one shouldn't be controversial, NZ. Get behind this petition and lend your voice to this effort. https://action.nzei.org.nz/petitions/back-education-that-works-for-all-tamariki?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=1d55eaab-e504-4956-b522-d6c85bef60cd

"In a letter of many lowpoints, perhaps the lowest is Seymour’s invoking of his ancestry. It is commonly noted by Māori that the only time David Seymour mentions his Māori ancestry is for the purposes of deflecting criticism over his abuse of Māori." - Tina Ngata on https://tinangata.com/2025/07/13/david-seymour-takes-his-embarrassing-arrogance-international/

If you can stomach it, the Herald has an article here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-criticises-un-official-over-indigenous-rights-letter/6GD7D4334RFSVBXCQDT4U4VWJ4/

@aral @letsencrypt This is fucking brilliant and long overdue! Amazing work.

Well done, #Canada. You're up next, #Australia.

@NewsDesk https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/114418940881896095

@mekkaokereke @rogerparkinson To add to this, you can be "nice" and still tacitly or lazily support white supremacist systems. If it seems normal, why would you think you're doing anything wrong?

@rogerparkinson @mekkaokereke Individually all the Americans I know are genuinely warm, lovely people. But culturally there's an identity that the country refuses to acknowledge and the result is what the rest of the world is seeing every day.

I dunno, but I'm starting to think maybe America is just a bunch of white supremacy in a trenchcoat. 😮

@mekkaokereke https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113451224356872892

"Dammit, I wish #Outlook's calendar allowed me to set meetings up in 15 minute blocks instead of the 30 minute minimum!"

You can actually do this.
Go to the calendar's View tab. Find the "Time Scale" drop-down button. Pick your preferred defaults.

@HistoPol @w7voa The State Department? https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/russia/

Does @feditips have anything about introductions to John Mastodon?

Windows: "Hey I need to update. Restart me"
Me: "Ugh. Fine"
Windows: "Hey I need to update some more. Restart me"
Me: "Jesus! Fine!"
Windows: "Ok thanks. Now I need to update some more. Restart me"
Me: "JFC! No! Fuck off! I'm busy and can't be closing all my stuff every day! Christ, get your shit in order!"
Windows: "Hey you didn't restart me so I closed everything at 2am last night and lost everything you were working on"
Me: *deskflip*