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@niaccurshi in other places, pygmy.shrew in others. Head of Development for a tech company in Bristol. Liberal. Father. Enthusiast of board games, video games, and human rights

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I can see the ordinary people getting hit by this budget, that's pretty clear, not quite seeing where the wealthy people are taking on any of the burden though? πŸ€”

26.11.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the biggest reasons for the rise of the lunatic parties is that we've decided that no reasonably normal, sane person with the level of minor carelessness and miscreance that any normal sane person has can run for parliament *unless they stand for one of the lunatic parties*

05.09.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's no war in Ba Sing Se

22.08.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Man, 76, remanded over 'drug-laced sweets' at summer camp Jon Ruben, 76, was arrested after a summer camp in Leicestershire and faces child cruelty charges.

If only they had made him verify his age before allowing him to access this summer camp.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.08.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say The Israeli military said there had been a "technical error" with a strike targeting a "terrorist" and it was under review.

The thing about this genocide that makes it even more unbearable is the language the IDF uses while murdering civilians, as if it's a fast food chain that got someone's order wrong. The same perfunctory ambivalence.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

13.07.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today, like yesterday, like the day before, like the month before, innocent people are butchered and starved in Gaza.

03.07.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Imagining a board room of suits having a sincere conversation about "high risk music", and having a little mournful chuckle to myself.

03.07.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

`:heading` is going to be great for reset stylesheets. Set all of them to 1rem to better teach the difference between visual and structural hierarchy.

01.07.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In all this Bob Vylan pearl clutching some are conveniently forgetting the IDF is committing genocide.

01.07.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 632 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 8

A person says "refugees are people too, actually" and broadcasters fall over themselves to 'balance' the debate.

Finding that eager desire for balance a little lacking in a painfully obvious way these last few days.

01.07.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The year is 2025 and I'm still imploring the BBC to stop being so wet.

01.07.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They not only don't think about it, they actively dissociate from making that connection because they see themselves as immune, or the situation impossible.

Which is irrelevant.

A government and their military are killing their own civilians that they have systematically starved.

29.06.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think UK people do not think enough about how they would feel if the British military and government decided a part of England needed to be caged in, bombed, and then civilians shot at while they desperately sought food.

29.06.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The 'You wouldn't steal a car' meme. It reads 'you wouldn't do a mean chant about a military currently engaging in what the UN & Amnesty International have called a Genocide'

The 'You wouldn't steal a car' meme. It reads 'you wouldn't do a mean chant about a military currently engaging in what the UN & Amnesty International have called a Genocide'

29.06.2025 11:21 πŸ‘ 3112 πŸ” 914 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7

I get white conservatives have a problem when a black queer person raps about their oppression. However the Irish talking about segregation- you’re not going to be able to push that down without being specifically factional. You utter ghouls

28.06.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Voices from Gaza Two Palestinians in Gaza talk about how their lives have changed dramatically

I'm pleased that some of my @bylinesnetwork.co.uk colleagues are helping to tell the stories of people in Gaza and ensure that they are not forgotten. sussexbylines.co.uk/world/voices... @mommunism.bsky.social @lillywachowski.bsky.social @courtneymilan.com gofund.me/69f962fc gofund.me/be672f7c πŸ‰

28.06.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Iran strike on hospital is 'criminal' - Israeli minister

Israel's deputy foreign affairs minister has called Iran's strike on Soroka Hospital "deliberate" and "criminal".

Sharren Haskel, posting on X, says the site that was struck is "not a military base" but "a hospital", adding that this is the main medical centre for Israel’s entire Negev region.

She also shares a video that appears to show damage inside the hospital.

"The world must speak out," Haskel says.

Iran strike on hospital is 'criminal' - Israeli minister Israel's deputy foreign affairs minister has called Iran's strike on Soroka Hospital "deliberate" and "criminal". Sharren Haskel, posting on X, says the site that was struck is "not a military base" but "a hospital", adding that this is the main medical centre for Israel’s entire Negev region. She also shares a video that appears to show damage inside the hospital. "The world must speak out," Haskel says.

Says well known hospital respecters

19.06.2025 06:08 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Brb, just trying to remember who was in government for the last 15 years

16.06.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.

13.06.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 34693 πŸ” 10218 πŸ’¬ 846 πŸ“Œ 1065

There is a world where I don't have to watch a nation get angry over the bombing out civilian areas while they bomb civilian areas, and I'm much less tired in it.

13.06.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Only stopped by everywhere else deciding to hamstring their university sector in a doomed attempt to appease stupid bigots

23.05.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Chart showing Annual impact of changes to PIP and Universal Credit, by family characteristics: UK, 2029-30
Losses will fall on those who no longer qualify for PIP daily living, who will be Β£3,700 worse off in 2029-30 (in 2024-25 prices) if they are receiving the standard rate or Β£5,700 worse off if they receive the enhanced rate; those who lose Carer’s Allowance because someone they care for no longer qualifies for PIP, who will be Β£4,300 worse off; and those who claim UC after April 2026 and receive the new lower UC-H rate, who will lose Β£2,400. Current recipients of UC-H will have that element frozen from 2026, meaning they will lose Β£210 by 2029-30. The biggest losses could hit couples with a disabled member and somebody who cares for them full-time.

Chart showing Annual impact of changes to PIP and Universal Credit, by family characteristics: UK, 2029-30 Losses will fall on those who no longer qualify for PIP daily living, who will be Β£3,700 worse off in 2029-30 (in 2024-25 prices) if they are receiving the standard rate or Β£5,700 worse off if they receive the enhanced rate; those who lose Carer’s Allowance because someone they care for no longer qualifies for PIP, who will be Β£4,300 worse off; and those who claim UC after April 2026 and receive the new lower UC-H rate, who will lose Β£2,400. Current recipients of UC-H will have that element frozen from 2026, meaning they will lose Β£210 by 2029-30. The biggest losses could hit couples with a disabled member and somebody who cares for them full-time.

The announced changes to disability benefits will lead to very substantial falls in income for some families.

While some families will gain a small amount from the changes, others will lose thousands of pounds a year.

23.05.2025 08:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

I certainly wouldn't want to risk being seen as supporting baby killers and mass murderers

23.05.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two years in a row of the UK Eurovision audiences rating Israel the best in show. Interesting.

17.05.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An article titled "How the Web Became Unreadable", posted on Medium. There is a soft paywall asking you to sign in, covering most of the article.

Screenshot found on Mastodon https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/114497234942335666

An article titled "How the Web Became Unreadable", posted on Medium. There is a soft paywall asking you to sign in, covering most of the article. Screenshot found on Mastodon https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/114497234942335666

14.05.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 17643 πŸ” 6386 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 247
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Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible? β€” The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive Web UI engineer

β€œSemantics should be defined in HTML. And styles and visual affordances should follow from there.”

An incredibly thorough and important post by @sarasoueidan.com on the current state of CSS carousel (in)accessibility. πŸ‘

tl;dr –don’t use them (yet?)

#a11y #css

www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-car...

13.05.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Spectator doing the family guy meme I see. (Obviously not surprised)

13.05.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The inherent racism in that snippet, when I guarantee the spectator has had zero regard for the lives "ruined" by rioters in London around police brutality. Sycophantic.

13.05.2025 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many young children are afraid of the dark, therefore we should ensure we tell every child the darkness is a very bad thing that will only harm them. This will make them more comfortable with darkness.

12.05.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0