so i am very much on some "no IDs no age checking go away" bullshit, but that runs into some very obvious issues and i dont think i understand the underlying services enough to speak on solutions.
honestly i need to dedicate a few hours to like, actually understanding the internets infrastructure.
like i vaguely understand how the whole path works, but i think a lot of people (me included) just have takes that dont make sense infrastructure wise.
like i'm in my "government-bad" era rn 1/2
jokes aside, the question i honestly have is did Mandelson cross the line into "treason" territory.
because i feel like leaking cabinet stuff to your friend in the middle of a hotly debated bank rules changes who is giving money to your partner surely has to fall foul of the law.
i have no idea what he was really signed up to or how it all worked, is it actually a belief that letting journos go for a ride-along is somehow going to "compromise the group"?
i thought these things were like... signal chats
as mayor and doesnt run for MP).
guess he is just a true believer in the labour party and the cause?
why add the
"To whoever becomes Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support in this fight and I will be there whenever you need me."
i wasnt expecting him to up and leave, but i thought he would leave the door open at least (even if he stays 1/2
i just dont love that people get to vote on policy that will have a decade or 2 of effect when they are not going to be around to experience it.
and on the illness thing, age is an easy to apply already accepted way to decide who gets to vote, so no we shouldnt require a doctors note to vote 2/2
idk, its not a strongly held position.
i dont want to lock OAPs out of the system, i would support replacing the irish Senate (semi elected house of lords style thing) with something exclusively elected/filled by over 87s. they are people who have hugely valuable knowledge, skills, and insight. 1/2
idk i am not completely opposed to more limits on voting/election for people over like, 87. maybe only for like referendums or something idk. like i dont like people voting on long-term policy with one foot in the grave. 13-87 being voting age feels fair enough to me? idk it's a tough question to me
i have to imagine he has spoken to Carney and Macron (and maybe Merz/Tusk/vdL?) before saying some this explicit and inflammatory.
if he decided to strike out on his own like this he must have some insane read of the room
(or who knows maybe he is just sick of Trump's shit)
okay how would croats/albanians/Slovenians who could listen/understand to Italian radio in the 1930s have felt tuning in to italian radio, cuz my impression from history shows is that Mussolini was a decent speaker, but trump's neo-duce existence is making me think people mightve been overhyping it
how would "EU common debt" work with eu countries not in the eurozone?
i'm not sure i understand the mechanics, would it be good/bad/neutral for them?
because my gut reaction is that i support "common debt", but feel it should be limited to eurozone countries, but maybe i dont really get the idea
everytime i read a (fascinating) discussion where there is some technical depth i dont have but want to weigh in anyway, i immediately feel like i actually dont speak english because all the words have different meanings
i mean it doesnt stop be from commenting, but i am less brave in my assertions
okay what does brainstorming mean here, because i dont think banning (even if difficult to enforce) AI in the early creative stage is going too far. isnt learning to do that part of the course
(although now i am doubting i know what "search" means, this might be me lacking uni context for terms)
(i didnt go to uni so i may be missing something but) for an english class specifically, isnt super restrictive AI use sensible?
like its an explicitly creative medium, a pretty much outright ban on LLM use (except for search, that doesnt make sense to me) seems very fair.
was genuinely thinking about restarting my IT subscription (not anymore lol), so shoutout to Finn Redmond for standing between me and my reckless addiction to "sure when you calculate on a per day basis..."
as a gambling hater, my personal line for gacha (and microtransactions) is if they effect the story/gameplay.
i have made my peace with LoL/TFT having "gacha" for skins, but i just plainly refuse to play game like Honkai Star Rail, even though i would probably enjoy the free sections
watching the shambling corpse of the Syrian state collapse (and all the info that came out after) as soon as it lost its backup from Russia/Iran/Hezbollah has made me much much more pro-intervention.
the "axis of evil" can prop up mass tortures, but liberal democracies cant knock em down?
agree with need to pivot away from USA fast, but it shouldn't be to China.
i dont think our goals are aligned at all.
Even now our goals are still much more aligned with the USA (also the USA is at least still a democracy, even if its having some issues rn)
Gemini (fast) fought me for excessively long time to convince me a legal case it made up actually existed, and i was actually starting to doubt my ability to use ruling finder websites.
Thankfully Gemini (thinking) admitted the fast version just made it up to answer my query and saved my sanity lol
thanks for the recommendation, finished the OG show + EoE (watched og jp+eng subs), was great! didnt hit me super "hard" (probably would've if i watched it years ago), but I enjoyed the story and the editing was fantastic.
will probably let the show "settle" for 2 weeks, then on to the rebuilds!
well there is already development there, the best outcome would be for someone to leverage that + the cheap land to get a market advantage and-
sorry i just saw the local planning office is staffed by a hallmark movie woman who just moved back home and is falling for a local farmer, nvm
drowning child/dead skeleton meme format. "UK" pollsters loving England & Wales, ignoring Scotland, and Northern Ireland is dead.
my pet conspiracy theory is that someone (Big Reunification? Northern Ireland Tourism Board?) is bribing polling companies to stay away from there, in case the average person in GB or the RoI would find out how batshit insane half the place is.
calling it "ritual shaming" feels a bit much but after reading the article i do feel terrible for this woman, it seemed like she barely did anything wrong and got her life turned absolutely upside down
sidenote: is Evangelion worth watching? i watched the first like 8 episodes a while ago, never finished it.
Also is it worth tracking down the original vs just watching on Netflix?
i think this thread actually changed my mind on this issue
(i was vaguely in favour of making in legal in rare circumstances, now i am pretty sure i am a hard no)
what do the court mean by "advert", "online marketplace", and "publish"? because in plain speech this ruling seems.. fine?
but maybe in CJEU legalese do these words have different meanings?
This article by Matt Bruenig touches on one of my big issues with any of these things.
Unless directly related to their work, everyone should be protected from the threat of income loss being used to curtail speech.
open.substack.com/pub/theargum...
tweet by me, june 17th 2024 finally got a chance to see "I Saw the TV Glow" i'm filled with this need to act, to change my life now, i've been coasting/"taking things slow" for too long out of fear of what could go wrong, waiting for the "right moment" no more
this was my pretty immediate reaction to the movie, it absolutely rocked my shit lmao.
although it did kick my ass into gear around transitioning and make me start the whole process, so shout-out Jane Schoenbrun, pretty sure i wouldve had a fight club style breakdown at some point if not for them.
ya its nice.
although rn everyone is high on the tax haven status giving us an infinite money glitch, when that eventually ends it'll be easier to see where every party actually stands on taxes, welfare spending, and social issues.
(this is a good problem to have, i am very lucky to live here)
