@djsumdog @whiteman_ If it was just getting two images in a WhatsApp group then I see your point, but:
And in this case, the accused was constantly watching the video. He watched it for two years, according to the report.
@djsumdog @whiteman_ If it was just getting two images in a WhatsApp group then I see your point, but:
And in this case, the accused was constantly watching the video. He watched it for two years, according to the report.
while his wife was pregnant with their second child
This is incredibly common.
Poor wife and kids. I’m glad she got out of there rather than trying to play along.
@Sherri_Ingrey @djsumdog @DocScranton There you go, DJ, and aren’t you glad you asked?
@djsumdog @DocScranton There’s a… thing of hideous TIMs in “sexy” outfits, posing in their utterly disgusting, rubbish-strewn homes, without apparent access to a chair. I’m happy to say that I have no examples to show you, but I dare say a fellow Spinster will oblige me by commenting with one or two.
Dane K is the former head of Stonewall, the formerly LGB and now profoundly homophobic T charity here, who is attempting a post-Cass reverse ferret.
@GelatinousRube @Cosmic Don’t forget Mx Physics.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/britain-is-being-too-slow-to-ban-smartphones/
The tide is also turning globally. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill this week to ban under-14s in the state from having social media accounts and make platforms erase any already created. In Utah, under-18s already cannot use social media between 10.30pm and 6.30am. France recently introduced a new law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for those under 15, while the EU Digital Services Act has banned targeted advertising at children. In China, TikTok users under 14 can only use the app for 40 minutes a day.
As usual, the UK lags behind, weighed down by the bloated, bureaucratic mess that was the Online Safety Bill. Michelle Donelan, the technology secretary, has said that the government is looking at banning children under 16 from buying mobile phones as part of a new consultation. However, given that any law would only ban the sales of mobile phones directly to children, and not stop parents from buying phones for their children, this seems as useful as a glass hammer.
I do think kids should be off smart phones, but I don’t see how it can realistically be enforced. I assume the French ban uses the same tech they brought in to verify age on porn and gambling sites. Does anyone know how the Florida and Utah legislation works?
One of those where I struggle to choose the best of many good bits to quote:
https://unherd.com/2024/04/how-to-spot-the-next-mania/
Within the astonishingly short time frame of 10 years, I count four real-life collective crazes: transgenderism, #MeToo, Covid lockdowns (which spawned sub-crazes over masks and vaccines), and Black Lives Matter. I also worry we’re already in the grip of social mania number five.
Take trans. Gender-identity disorder was not that long ago an extraordinarily rare psychiatric diagnosis largely constrained to men. Abruptly circa 2012 — on the heels of such a successful crusade for gay rights and even gay marriage that homosexuality became passé — a profusion of television documentaries hit our screens about little boys who wore dresses and played with dolls. Fast-forward to the present, and the renamed diagnosis has exploded by thousands of percent across the West and now pertains abundantly to girls.
@sj_zero You know, I think I did too.
There was something in my RSS feeds this morning that made me go “huh?”, but then I realised it was a US source. And it wasn’t terribly amusing or clever.
Is SPC shutting down? Why’m I getting account migration notifications?
@thedonnerd Ah, ok. I wonder why the change of domain?
@jeffcliff @Moon @istvan I don’t think we have any limits like that.
@djsumdog Can’t decide if that’s a deliberate typo or not….
@sj_zero @kaia Apparently not. We probably need a small child to explain in detail, but:
pterosaurs and dinosaurs can be distinguished by way of their bones. Skeletally, the two groups diverged about 250 million years ago, leading to a number of physical differences, most notably in their appendages: while dinosaurs had an empty hole in their hip socket and a long crest in their upper arm bone, pterosaurs had neither.
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-pterodactyls-not-dinosaurs
@alex I see the distinction, but (from my POV) it was pretty seamless if the users used the migrate function: I didn’t even have to re-follow their new accounts. (Granted there are a couple of accounts I know are stuck in limbo.)
This possibly says more about the relative tech abilities / level of commitment of the admins / users of the two servers?
@alex Is this not pretty much what NAS just did to become NA.S? Or was NAS not Mastodon?
This costume is made of goat fur. The quantity of fur needed to make one costume is crazy – I think it’s eight goats. You have to be a young and fit man to wear them because they’re very heavy. I once photographed a guy who was not just dressing up but also breeding the goats and killing them himself. He was invested in the whole process, because these costumes are not cheap at all.
I didn’t quite believe the forecast when it said 6° of windchill on such a lovely day, but I’m very glad that I put a jumper on anyway.
Oops, there goes the water butt again. I think the fall might have damaged the tap, as it was dribbling whichever way I turned it earlier.
(As it happens, I have a spare that’s not connected to anything, so I guess I’ll try emptying and moving that one. But not in this weather.)
@blingring @polarisera @alex @mk MK was involved in helping it get set up, iirc, but not involved any longer.
@mint @Moon @marine @i @jeffcliff @sim @mk I follow several SPC accounts with no problems, FWIW, but you’re geeking beyond my skill set so it may not be relevant.
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