Notices by Lydia Conwell (lydiaconwell@todon.nl)

I'm eating something called Ding Dong and it tastes like cheese and onion crisps and sugar puffs, with a hint of occasional Bombay mix.

#Snacks #Eating #DingDong

@aral Is that European Commission account just automated and they haven't labelled it as such?

I just looked at a thread where folk were calling the burning down of the very fictional wizarding school Hogwarts a hate crime.

The original post was clearly about rejecting the Harry Plopper franchise in solidarity with trans folk.

While I am all ready to not watch the reboot, I think it is unwise to use the popularity of the show to gauge public levels of support for trans people.

Regardless of how much people care about trans issues, I'm expecting the show to be well received and to be watched by a large audience.

There are many influences in people's lives that encourage or even manipulate them to get them to buy into corporate crap.

You will probably get a few 'I support trans people but I still love Harry Potter' types, but I think many, many people just won't be aware of the issues with Harry Potter, like they don't know the issues with Amazon, or any of the other crap services they use.

I suppose what I'm saying is, don't be disheartened if it turns out to be a success, and don't use a fictional world's fandom as a gauge for how much people care about trans people.

Having said that, it would be delicious if it completely fell flat and people rejected it.

#HarryPotter #Trans #JKRowling

@aral Yes, we know you're Superman.

@cmconseils Stick alternative QR codes over them and maybe they'll stop.

I literally sometimes annoy online people with my misuse of the word Literally.*

*That was not a misuse of the word Literally.

Is there a Debian gang and they hate the Ubuntu gang and the Ubuntu gang hates the Debian gang?

Or do they all just love one and other?

@GreenSkyOverMe What about a temporary memory erase that just lasts for the movie/TV show/book and disappears afterward?

Would you prefer it if the movies and TV you enjoy could be sort of erased from your memory, so every time you watched them it would be like watching them afresh?

I bet I could run a marathon.

If I was fitter and was inclined to do exercise.

Easy.

#LondonMarathon

Actually, I've always had a problem with people thanking god for their success, particularly if they are doing better than most.

It just feels like a wilfully fuck-you to people in worse situations. Like saying, "I deserve this because I'm so god-loving."

I'm not into that. It doesn't make sense to me. I think people should be praying to ask the lord for strength to be a better, more charitable and compassionate person.

But then, the churches aren't likely to promote such things because they are moneymaking schemes and they are right wing and supporters of division.

That's why charity has all but evaporated from Christianity.

#Atheism

Someone posted a video with an Italian man trying to pronounce Worcestershire Sauce.

I kinda think it's one of them fake I-want-it-to-go-viral videos personally.

The thing is, the real life hack is you can just call it Worcester Sauce.

Us Brits have much more important things to do than to be putting 'sher', 'sheer' or 'Shyer' at the end of every word.

Actually, talking about being British.

There's an episode of #TheBoys where Billy makes and pours a pot of tea.

And that is some weak-ass tea he pours there.

Really spoils the realism of that show. It really spoilt my suspension of disbelief. Now the whole show looks fake to me.

#TV

Something to think about:

The US using weather manipulation as a weapon against Iran.

#JustinPodur | Did the war disrupt weather modification on Iran?

https://justinpodur.substack.com/p/did-the-war-disrupt-weather-modification

#Iran #US #Weather

Internet archive is all well and good, but when you download torrents for TV shows and suchlike, the torrents are full of padding files and other unnecessary nonsense.

I mean, at least give me something nice and tidy to download.

#InternetArchive #Torrent

I bet I could fly around the moon if I wanted to.

Amazon stopping support for old Kindles is natures way of telling you to fuck Amazon and shop elsewhere.

#Amazon #Kindle #FuckAmazon

Why does "A mischievous trek through appropriation and colonialism by the British" not appeal to me?

#books

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116351985721905134

Next year will be the tenth anniversary so we need to prepare with a big party!

#MastodonWontSurviveDay