Stationed.

#Caturday #Buddy

I suspect the last theatre production I saw was staged.

French bread? What a pain!

#Language

Here's my original post with a link to the bill's text:

https://mastodon.social/@Starfia/116416287251680612

I've at least found a Change.org petition about it, signed it, and added a comment.

https://www.change.org/p/block-or-reform-the-forced-compliance-act-bill-h-r-8250-parents-decide-act

If you sign it or share it, please let me know. I'm still waiting for any detectable sign that anyone is even aware of this bill, or to show me I'm over-reacting or over-interpreting it somehow.

I shared this bill two weeks ago, and I'm staggered that no one else I've seen on Mastodon, or any other place online, has even mentioned it.

It does indeed look like the law would require every American child and adult, parent or not, to verify their age with a third party just to power up and use their own computer or phone in everyday fashion.

#AgeVerification #Apple #Microsoft #Google

Which is more meaninglessly appealing as part or all of the name of a flavour?

When getting into a real discussion on a social platform with one other person, with multiple points on the table at once, it's more helpful to…

(Are "change your profile picture to this thing for this social issue" trends over, or just not on Mastodon?)

I dreamt last night that I woke up to a BBC headline stating that Trump's administration just had a successful first day of implementing and running the cohesive health care system for Americans on which he campaigned in 2016.

(Laughs)

Phenomenal.

#Trump #USPol

US: "Nintendo is the biggest video game company in the world."

UK: "Nintendo are the biggest video games company in the world."

(Fantastic stuff.)

#Language

https://stevebarnes.org/blog/1774166733/

#Facebook #Twitter #Mastodon

#SilentSunday

Innovative of the Starfleet Academy showrunners to set a Star Trek show in a writer's room from the mid-2020s.

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

The "share on Mastodon" button feels like the catalyst that moves me from quietly never having understood "share" buttons on the Web to outwardly still not understanding "share" buttons on the Web.

Decades into the Web, in what situation would a "share" button (particularly with an intermediate page load and canned default text) be preferable, easier, more comfortable, or superior in any way to copying and pasting an address?

#Mastodon

In 2012, Tim Cook announced that Apple would add a continuous scrolling mode to iBooks' traditional paginated mode. This early implementation of "infinite scroll" would give rise to a generation of teenagers' unhealthy addiction to literature.

By 2026, many US states have introduced age-restriction laws that require teenagers to take a selfie, provide ID, or gain explicit parental permission to access classic and modern fiction and non-fiction.

#Apple #SocialMedia

A valid circular argument.

#Caturday #Buddy

This is an excellent Premium Instant Italian Medium Roast. Just as it was traditionally roasted by the instant Italian mediums.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/115842181787810835

My first note of feedback to Apple about Tahoe was well-meaning criticism of the invasion of the menus by these symbols.

Niki makes the same point succinctly, then provides an afternoon's worth of supporting examples.

https://mastodon.social/@nikitonsky@mastodon.online/115842182023058131

#Apple #macOS

Gosh – I just realized it's been over 20 years since a new episode of a Star Trek series was released.

I wonder whether any more will ever be made.

#StarTrek