Let's chat boycotts
What boycott still do you still do? How long ? Why? Was there something that pushed you over the line ?
Mine, is Coles, it was hard to give up with all the asshats things it did, they don't sell my soap anymore ... There was many reasons I should have, like the scam pricing, and self check out and Palatine
Hugz & xXx
By the way, how large and active is the Ukrainian community here on the #Fediverse?
I'd be particularly interested in hearing from Ukrainians: what do you think about #Zelenskyy continuing to use X? Do you see it as a necessary communication channel, or as a dependence Ukraine should try to reduce?
And what about Ukrainian media? Are journalists critically discussing the risks of depending on Big Tech social media, or is this issue largely overlooked?
later today I saw a Youtube from a young lad in the same area starting up a repair garage.
He seems 100% legit and honest - but simply because he does #tuning and #remaps he may not be able to get a #SERMI registration. This won't affect him immediately as most vehicles he will be working on won't have SERMI components, but over the years its more and more likely to be an issue (especially as more EVs end up on the aftermarket).
So the criminals might not win, but they make it difficult for everyone in the long run..
@themaritimegirl yeah.
All the folks I know are literally doing the "hardened Techmoan Approach" (He word-filtered "wrong lane" & "wrong side" because idiots refuse to acknowledge that he's from the UK):
Someone I know literally did that when KiwiFarms wanted to flood a trans* person's stream on Twitch. None of the bigots came through,
I've been a viewer of Regular Car Reviews for over a decade. Now I'm deciding whether or not to unsubscribe.
Last week's video featured a car owned by a trans girl, as they often do, and there are terrible things being said about the owner in the comments. He even hearted one of them, maybe just not realizing what was being said. But they're going completely unmoderated.
I pinged him on Twitter to let him know he had some comments to take care of. Crickets. Now I've realized that every video featuring a trans owner has hateful comments that they do not remove.
I realize there's a "why are you looking at the comments" angle to it. But for me it's the principle of it. If I ran a channel that big that has as many transgender people on it as they do, I would be combing the comments, no matter how long it took.
It feels like they're purposely allowing the hate comments for extra engagement, and I have huge disrespect for that. It makes me wonder if that's why they have so many trans guests to begin with.
Finding this at the beginning of an old used videotape is like counting the rings on a tree stump. The previous owner definitely got their money's worth out of the tape.
Hello 👋 I'm from a tiny test instance.
Can you help yeet me across the fediverse?
There are all these services that claim they can remove you from mailing lists, protect you from data breeches, or alert you when your data are on the dark web.
I'm really skeptical of all of them.
* Are there any standards or regulations about running such services?
* Are there any independent reviews of their effectiveness?
In the end it sounds like just one more group that would have your data.
People are going in about the over and under diagnoses of mental health in young people
I have a solution to help at least 80% of them, make the planet a nicer place to live, give the kids hope, and fix the problems
This isn't hard
Hugz & xXx
Brisbane makers, where do you get plywood for laser cutting? All searches for locals either give shops in Victoria that "deliver” or shops that laser cut ply *for* you but don't sell the base materials.
@mynameistillian if that's what he said, those are not the words of someone who has genuine remorse. sounds more like an abuser bargaining for their conscience to be free. nobody gets to walk back more than a year of consistent blackface, nazi shit, and general racist, anti-gay, anti-trans fuckery.
Thought for the day:
If anything, modern humans most emergent quality is their inability to deal with any serious problem. They just going to pretend it doesn't exist until it kills them. And someone will try to profit from it.
On the face of it this new #Citroën #2CV doesn't look too bad - but I'm wondering if its surprisingly low price is conditional on #Stellantis harvesting data from its users via constant online connectivity (and also using this to rush the vehicle to market by treating the first buyers as unpaid beta testers) - and if there will be an aftermarket for service parts in 5-10 years time when the #cars drop out of the main dealer servicing network?
@quincy People seem to have quickly forgotten how to do things they could do years ago, including how to learn to do things. It’s fucked up. Like, we were fine without it.
[ship's horn blares]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/117412441772697087
is this not just a library with a soundsystem? (it wouldn't be a bad idea to convert at least part of a normal library into something like this)
Went to brunch, saw a garage sale on the way home with a ton of milk glass and decided to stop.
She was severely undercharging so I let her know but while we were talking she let it slip that she's 91 and her grandkids were supposed to come help her and they didn't.
Yes I did call her 32 year old grandson son and tell him to get his booty over to Grandma's because she's priced an Atari 1600 and 30 games at $4
Yes she has the ET game.
Y'all need to stop lying to your grandma and telling her you'll help and then ghosting her.
I picked as many things worth over a hundred and put them back in her garage for her and if he doesn't show up in a few hours I'm going to go help her sell them to a collector for actual money.
This is a reminder to call your grandma.
I also gave her my phone number and talked to her about phone scams and told her she can call me if anyone on the phone EVER asks her for money.
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