well I probably have .slrnrc and .muttrc files still in a backup archive somewhere; probably next to a teetering pile of incredibly convoluted xchat macros also I can explain what SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 does at a moments notice as long as you provide a whiteboard & 3+ colours of marker pen

ladies and gentlemen, we have reached peaked LinkedIn

ah but, you see, “democracy” is when republicans can get elected without all the fuss of having to appeal to a plurality of voters

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I’m hearing people say that Bluesky is mean and toxic to people who express disagreement with progressive politics but when I ask which issues they’re disagreeing about exactly they keep not saying

This is from Restaurant Story in London. The candle is made from beef fat; you dip bread in the pool below. It didn’t suck! Although my favourite part was the tiny pot of ultra-concentrate beef jus that also came with the bread.

Ah, yes, the delicate process of screaming "SHUT UP AND LET ME THINK FOR TEN SECONDS" at your inner redteam voice, so you can figure out if you're looking at something worthwhile or not and if you should be trying to solve the problems or not. I know this well!

Soooo this cuts to the heart of what worries me about labellers which is that (leaving aside purely objective ones) they're (mostly?) amateurs doing skilled work without knowing what they don't know. And the best case scenario is the amateur becomes a pro - which isn't an enjoyable process. Hmmm 😞

The Sam Vimes MO...

(an aside in case you don't already know this and find the language as delightful as I do) The British legal system has specific jargon for "a reasonable person acting in good faith"; they say "the man on the Clapham omnibus." I don't quite know why but that turn of phrase tickles me.