it’s exhausting to have to point this out every time the Y2K bug is brought up, but hey: it didn’t do as much damage as was feared because *lots of people worked very hard to raise awareness, prepare, and fix it*
Dirty old man. How many Conservative voters would defend only a 6 week suspension for behaviour like his? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Decision based on harassment finding raises possibility of byelection in Wellingborough seat
I’ve been enjoying Bluesky more than Threads recently, but I don’t follow enough accounts. My timeline is one argument right now.
This is brilliant—in response to the Frankfurt Book Fair's contemptible erasure of Adania Shibli's brilliant MINOR DETAIL, her publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions has made the ebook free to download for the duration of the Book Fair, on Amazon UK, Apple Books, and Kobo.
Read "Minor Detail" by Adania Shibli available from Rakuten Kobo. Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the cat...
Everyone saying “this is how the mafia works!!” is wrong. The mob actually takes care of problems for you as part of their protection rackets because they have a reputation to maintain.
Small business owners in Minneapolis say the city forced them to hire off-duty MPD officers for security gigs. Some were led to believe MPD wouldn't respond to their calls if they refused. The officers often insisted on cash payment.
Small business owners — particularly immigrant owned — say they've been pressured by police to hire off-duty officers to provide security.
Well, the BlueSky invite arrived a lot later than the threads one. I now have two products to compare, and a question as to whether I even need something like this anyway.
ELON PLAN A: “If you pay $8, people are forced to see your racist replies first.” ELON PLAN B: “Since normal humans keep blocking people who pay $8, you may now hide your check when posting racist replies.” ELON PLAN C: “Nobody can be blocked unless they say where my plane is”