UBI is unconditional and universal. We can build support for it by removing work requirements from any existing program and/or making any existing program universal and paired with higher taxes on those with higher incomes. When it comes to amount, I'd like to see any unconditional universal amount. #UBI
Outside the tech world, everyone talks about public figures like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, and others. However, those in IT or with CS background know that people like Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Alan Turing, researchers and mathematician are the ones who truly built this industry. Sadly, they don't get enough credit or movies. People these days worship grifters and I think it is really sad.
I mean, if you Google "topless inequality" you can find plenty of posts about it (after you sift out the porn). But most of these articles are years, even decades old, yet you'll notice the patriarchal oppression of "female nipples" continues unabated. huffpost.com/entry/nipple-censโฆ
Words, water, and a vicious insult to Lancashire.The Technical Difficulties are:๐ฅ TOM SCOTT: http://tomscott.com - https://instagram.com/tomscottgo๐จ GARY B...
does the "si" tracking parameter in that link have a purpose for you as a creator, like do you get to see who came to your video via what medium by sharing a unique identifier to each platform?
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities โ but others call it scaremongering
My mom taught me that people are poor because they were too lazy to help themselves get a job. To give them money would just let them not have to work, and they would go buy beer with it.
Now that I am poor due to being disabled, I know the truth. I am poor because I did not get the help I needed.
Independant human, a lie. We all still need help. Sometimes people need the help because they CANT do the things to get out of poverty.
Some of us cant work, because there are no jobs they can do.
the whole puritanical poor = lazy = deserves scorn and abandoning is a curse. Like even (used to at least) Catholics considered it a person's responsibility and a moral good to help poor people.
But in some cases, we are not alloed the help, by policies set upo that seem so incompatible with the truth of our lives. They try to make it simple, black and white, cover everyone, but these policies are not suitable for everyone, as some of us suffer under these restrictions, like how I cant get married unless I want to give up my income, so we remain together, unmarried. Many of these policies are to blame for the shrinking the quality of our lives.
This is the perfect example of why in this trade-based society things get fucked. Because people are focused on trading, making a profit. And these idiots did just that. Cut corners, then cut their lives short and of those who paid for their scam.
@mark Re: green screening out heinous female nipples...that's an interesting idea ๐ค I've considered painting my entire boob area green and trying to stream on Twitch that way, but I'd probably get banned anyway for "implied nudity" even with my heinous female chest entirely not existing on camera ๐
@toplesstopics This got me to refresh my reading of twitch TOS and yeah that's absurd how hiding behind objects or censor bars is forbidden and that the policy even extends to Vtubers. (Are PNGtubers considered Vtubers??)
And even worse, if I'm reading it correctly, even mentioning that you're naked is forbidden?
At some point I'm just going to sneak in links to our Picarto when we stream, maybe even multistream if we can figure out how to do it without blowing up the computer.
Sigh. So the guy who stole millions of dollars from my mom and a few hundred other people (pretending to sell them houses on lein) finally got court-ordered to pay reparations, so we've gotten a couple tiny checks (my mom herself gave him $100k over a decade) but they listed my mom's name, whose been dead since 2021, and "c/o" my name, but apparently c/o isn't good enough for -me- to cash them.
Even though my mom knew she was dying (15 years of colon cancer) she never bothered assigning me executive of her estate, or my dad either (who is also dead now as of November), and it's been nothing but headaches because of it. I don't know if I can get the court, based a thousand miles away in Arizona, to reissue the checks in my name--but it's crazy that I, my dead parents' sole offspring, don't have the legal power to cash checks in their name. Meanwhile the guy who stole millions was only in jail for about a year before he got out on "good behavior," because there's no fucking justice in this piece of shit country 🙃 idk man... Sure feels like most of humanity is a plague,
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Sigh. So the guy who stole millions of dollars from my mom and a few hundred other people (pretending to sell them houses on lein) finally got court-ordered to pay reparations, so we've gotten a couple tiny checks (my mom herself gave him $100k over a decade) but they listed my mom's name, whose been dead since 2021, and "c/o" my name, but apparently c/o isn't good enough for -me- to cash them.
Even though my mom knew she was dying (15 years of colon cancer) she never bothered assigning me executive of her estate, or my dad either (who is also dead now as of November), and it's been nothing but headaches because of it. I don't know if I can get the court, based a thousand miles away in Arizona, to reissue the checks in my name--but it's crazy that I, my dead parents' sole offspring, don't have the legal power to cash checks in their name. Meanwhile the guy who stole millions was only in jail for about a year before he got out on "good behavior," because there's no fucking justice in this piece of shit country ๐ idk man... Sure feels like most of humanity is a plague, and terrible people always come out on top.
@TundraWolf JSO did way more economic damage than PA, but I don't think it was ever proscribed. Unless there's some intelligence indicating that PA are planning to bomb Tunbridge Wells town centre, this feels like a huge overreach.
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People like this is why I don't like answering this question anymore lol. Also what a wild thing to just randomly say to someone in line at the vet clinic on a Monday morning? Hey your whole life is a lie, your amputation you've had since your a baby was just part of a conspiracy. K'ay bye! #Furry #SFWFurry #Disability #Amputee #Disabilityproblems #Dragon #DragonArt #Fantasy #comic #Webcomic
People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I'm having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle's Facebook posts, their friend's medical advice, or literally anything Google's top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense...
Iโm still like deer-in-the-headlights frozen since a colleague earlier this week just casually threw into a discussion about a complex, consequential, and costly legal question โwell I checked on ChatGPT and it saidโฆโ as though that was some kind of mic drop.
I just wasnโt prepared for this. My jaw was on the floor.
Spoiler alert: ChatGPT was 100% wrong, like exactly the inverse of the true fact, of the complex, consequential, and costly legal question. A yes/no question where the answer was โnoโ and ChatGPT said โyesโ.
I bet theyโll keep using it though ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
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I started watching a new anime called "Summer Pockets" and after getting soaked by a sudden wave the MC took his shirt off and encountered another inexplicably topless guy, only for both of them to be called "flashers" by a female lifeguard... I wish all genders had the right to go top free regardless of location instead of only "people who look male," but at least chastising men for taking their shirts off while out walking is a start towards equality ๐
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YES! thank you to the anime "Summer Pockets" for rightly pointing out that bare MALE chests are "half naked" if FEMALE chests are! If only western countries were half as culturally advanced! (though one wonders if it was a top free woman would they still say "HALF naked" or just "naked" like Americans would...)
There needs to be a solid market for mid-range GPUs that offer good-enough performance at really good prices, and both Intel and AMD are in a position to provide that.
Let nvidia run away with it at the top end. It's clear gamers who chase top end performance are always going to pick nvidia, so it's a better business move imo to pursue the greater majority of the market that just wants something affordable and competent.
Donโt know if everyone has heard yet but Liverpool pride totally fucked it and itโs cancelled.
Luckily, a charity has stepped in to save pride in Liverpool but they need our support in order to raise the necessary funds.
I really hope that Liverpool pride can run this year. I so rarely get the chance to dress up as a leather puppy these days. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
The hysterical nonsense we're seeing & the suggestions that Starmer is going to be ousted, are part of a concerted agenda by the media. This proves without question that he has the right-wing owners seriously rattled. Sadly, people who really should know better have now joined in
I tried a weird strategy on Lemmy and so far it seems to works.
There were 2-3 dudes systematically downvoting everything I post.
So what I did was artificially create myself a fan base consisting of just others accounts of me and upvoting everything. So with all those "fake" accounts and the few people following me for real, the post stay positive even with some moronic downvoters.
However, when posts already have 4-5 upvotes, the downvoters are surprisingly not present.
So my guess is they just want to demoralize newcomers by quickly making their post negatives. As soon as you gain a real audience, they move away, proving the fact they are assholes.
If you ever feel helpless like you have no power as just one citizen to effect change, just remember that last week we held a party so big it made the Butthurt Toddler In Chief bomb Iran.
theguardian.com/world/2025/junโฆ. Israel is waging war, using hunger & thirst, on Palestinian civilians, including children, in Gaza. What is the West doing about it? Looking the other way, or like the BBC, refusing to broadcast documentaries about what is happening there because of concerns over "impartiality". Impartiality between good & evil is siding with evil, @palestine. It is Dante's "il gran rifiuto".
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It's done. (For now...) Version 4 of a warning label for Calyo. ๐ตโ๐ซ
I can be instructed to "Recite [my] Disclaimer" and the label *compels* me to recite the Disclaimer verbatim on request. Likewise, information about my Collar can be requested and I am compelled to provide a link to documentation about my Collar and to respond to all further requests for information. >/////>;;
I did not forsee being able to uh... add one-click pre-composed responses via javascript to this when I first used HTML to make version 1 but oh god it's real fucking hot to have actual triggers even if I've not been hypno'd to have them. The fact that I have to consciously comply with them is what makes them hot. >////////////>;;
At some point I'm going to upload this to somewhere that can host the code and display it in the browser.
When I do, I'll be able to link to it anytime I must recite my disclaimer. >////////>;;
But also: It will only be viewable in this form in Firefox with a setting toggled in about:config. No Chrome-based browser currently supports the masonry css grid mode.
So uh... yay, I made something that actually does not work in Chrome. ๐
(((Also please touch and rub my warning label to remind me that it exists and is stuck to me forever; it looks and feels just like a vinyl sticker bonded to my tail ghgshadjkfgdggdghdg)))
Also, hilariously, when I went to debug a "Best viewed in Firefox" modal using Microsoft Edge, I actually legit had to add in a <meta charset="UTF-8" /> tag in the head because Edge apparently randomly defaults to ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8 (I wasn't able to find a definitive answer with a quick search and I think it just tries to guess...?) while other more civilized web browsers just default to UTF-8. ๐
I may have to steal the collar one for my control collar >.> Have managed to break some of the programming around it. Bit not all. So it can still bind and such. Could see there being a subroutine in there that makes me have to tell people how to subdue the nanoweapon if required >.>
This approach reminds me of those OCs that have pages of lore. The direct, more impersonal, more sci-fi way of describing a product gives a different vibe, as if I'm actually reading the label of a suspicious box found on a derelict spaceship :3
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ALRIGHTY...!
Now that I've slept on what I've made and decided I'm happy enough with it after a very minor color tweak, I've got something to present for Pride Month!
I've made another custom-for-me pride flag just for funsies, compositing a variation of the the eldritchine gender flag that I found some months back (<mogai.miraheze.org/wiki/Eldritโฆ>), latex fetish pride colors & bands, and the otherkin great heptagram, in a gloriously eldritchian creation whose geometry was *annoying* to figure out!
The image features a person in a suit and tie, with a blurred face, making a hand gesture with their right hand raised, fingers forming an "OK" sign. The background includes a blurred emblem with blue and yellow colors, suggesting an official setting. The text overlay reads: "PLEASE BE PATIENT... ...I'M FUCKING THINGS UP AS FAST AS I CAN!" The text is in bold, white capital letters with a black outline, emphasizing the message. The overall tone of the image is humorous and sarcastic.
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This evening UK Parliament voted to reform abortion law. It is the most substantial reform in almost 50 years.
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The Vagina Museum is the worldโs first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. Located in Bethnal Green.
The 1967 Abortion Act means that abortion is subject to criminal law, but there are certain circumstances under which it will not be prosecuted.
Today's vote addressed a situation where the law could be liberalised. An amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill means that women and people will no longer be investigated, arrested, prosecuted or imprisoned for ending a pregnancy. This vote essentially decriminalises abortion as it relates to your own body.
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The Vagina Museum is the worldโs first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. Located in Bethnal Green.
Peace is Not A Fable
in reply to nixCraft ๐ง • • •Interesting point. ๐
However I do think attacking dead people wonโt solve any problems associated with the other 2 mentioned.
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