Sorry, it's "Slushland" now

Nixon was forced to resign because of deleting just under 19 minutes of audio tape. Meanwhile Droopy Don is engaging in a cover up that dwarfs that, and the GOP (and much of the media) is letting him get away with it.

It's almost impressive how Sweeney manages to have the most wrong take on every single issue.

Or people who have mental health issues are more likely to frequently post on social media? The implied causation is garbage.

Headlines like this really need to put the emphasis on the cause, e.g. "UK Government Forces Bluesky to Roll Out Age Verification"

Yeah, I get pushing for Mastodon over Bluesky, but Bluesky is being forced to do this by the UK government for UK citizens so this is just exaggerated rage bait.

Saints Row IV - I liked aspects of the earlier games, but I actually really enjoyed the meta silliness of IV. I accept that I don't have a lot of company in having this opinion 🙂

EDIT: I guess I was wrong! I swear every time I've seen SRIV mentioned, I've seen tons of hate directed at it. Glad to see there are a bunch of us! Dozens even 😄

Honestly it struggles with both math and art too. Also not actually "good" at writing.

The UK government is forcing them and all other web services to do the same. UK-hosted Mastodon servers may coast under the radar for awhile, but they'll come for them eventually.

Rather than getting mad at Bluesky for implementing government-mandated age verification, how about actually getting mad at the UK government?

They lied on the application and said no AI was used.

Only politicians can be that arrogant.

Have you never heard C-suite and/or millionaires talk? They all sound like that - that's what unearned power sounds like.

"Nuclear Consent" would make a helluva band name.

It wasn't just "political views" - his stances weren't merely ones of policy, and he repeatedly made statements that made clear he thought that anyone who wasn't a white male was a lesser human. He spread racism and misogyny with nearly every breath. He deserves no rest and no peace.

I know people joked about it, but are they actually using Epstein to distract from the utter cluster fuck orange man-baby's war with Iran has turned into? And which, at least in part, was almost certainly started to distract from Epstein?

Trump accused the reporter of “hurting Australia” with the line of questioning.

“In my opinion, you are hurting Australia very much right now,” Trump said. “And they want to get along with me.

“You know, your leader is coming over to see me very soon. I’m going to tell him about you. You set a very bad tone. You can set a nicer tone.”

Trump subsequently told Lyons: “Quiet.”

That's straight up how mob bosses talk

Not this "erased from history" crap again. There was no grand ancient civilization that existed and was wiped out before the Sumerians came around 4,000 BCE. You know how we know? Because 1) there would be archaeological evidence and there is none 2) they would have had to invent agriculture and that would've left evidence behind via genetics in modern plants of human-guided cultivation 3) they would have used all the same energy resources we have, so timber, peat, coal, oil, etc. and that would have significantly altered the environment in such a way as to leave a record - not to mention it would mean there would be no coal or oil left for us and 5) we have archaeological evidence of early humans during this time - and they were hunter/gatherers leading basic subsistence lives as evidenced by the wear on their bones and teeth and the radioactive signatures in their bones of what they ate.

So why did it take almost all of the last 100,000 years for civilization to happen? Because without the stability provided by agriculture, doing anything more than surviving is really fucking hard. Not to mention the repeated ice ages and other things that made long term progress impossible.

Just don't touch the book or listen to the audio tape you find in the cellar.

Why do you think Mastodon is exempt from those rules? The law applies to all sites/services with a significant UK audience - some of the Mastodon .uk instances will definitely be subject to this, and because of how badly the law is written, it can apply to many more.

People can have their hardon for hating Bluesky, but they're literally just trying to avoid being fined by the UK govt here - this wasn't their idea.

The only way this could possibly be good is Taika Watiti directing, have it starring Chris Hemsworth as Gaston, Rhys Darby as LeFou, and make it a subversive takedown of alpha male culture.