Something I would say infrequently and irregularly on the only other social service I've ever used, and will translate to the #Fediverse:
All boosts, re-toots or re-posts (or whatever they're called) from this account are to be considered endorsements. If I don't endorse the post, I will either not boost, re-toot or re-post it, *or* it will be clear in my comment accompanying the boost, re-toot or re-post.
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Casual reminder to Ignore the anti-union propaganda from corporate America.
If unions were actually bad for workers, corporations wouldn't need to spend millions of dollars on union-busting.
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Dear Spotify,
The way to get me to pay isn’t to make the free version shitty and full of ads and limitations.
That’s just making a shitty app and a terrible customer experience
Now I’ll really never pay and just leave.
Kindly, fuck you.
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Rishi Sunak to strip GPs of right to sign people off sick
GPs face being stripped of the right to issue sick notes, as the prime minister says doctors are too readily writing people off as unfit for work. Specialist teams linked to the benefits system will instead assess the sick and decide how best to keep them in work.
Be afraid, very afraid. Those will be the same private companies who have already stripped benefits with no due concern.
#ToryCorruption #Disability
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I heard that and my immediate feeling was "Fuck that".
A GP will tend to have a better sense of a person, and the ups and downs of their abilities. And the likely impact of illness.
This is one more attempt to enforce the wage slavery. They will be paid based on how many people they send back to work.
This makes as much sense as old male politicians with zero biological knowledge legislating women's health care in the US.
This is full blown idiocracy.
Pass the Gatorade.
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As soon as the demon appeared in the summoning circle, the sorcerer made his demand.
"Teach me how to summon angels!"
"Can't be done," the demon said.
"Why not? I can summon demons!"
"When we rebelled, we lost the Lord's protection. When you call, we must answer."
"Damn!"
"Yes."
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Meph.Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Think’st thou that I who saw the face of God,
And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells,
In being depriv’d of everlasting bliss?
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/hc/dr-faustus/scene-iii/
Scene III - Collection at Bartleby.com
Scene III Enter FAUSTUS to conjureFaust.Now that the gloomy shadow of the earthLonging to view Orion’s drizzling look,Leaps from the antarctic world unto theCollection at Bartleby.com
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no need to do the work twice, ubuntu already did it for you:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/12/ubuntu-defining-moments-2010s#amazongate
(I think it's been removed since, still counts though imo)
Ubuntu: 10 Years, 10 Defining Moments
Below are 10 of Ubuntu’s most defining moments from the past decade. With the leading desktop Linux distribution about to enter a brand new decade — along with the rest of us — it’s...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
"Man (72) applied for a fake Irish passport in name of a dead child, court hears"
It's wrong to call these documents that he applied for or held "false" or "fake". They were genuine. He just got them under false identities.
Man (72) applied for a fake Irish passport in the name of a dead child, court hears
Gardai were only able to identify accused Randolph Parker when the FBI confirmed his identify after he had been fingerprinted by police in Michigan in 1970Barry Roche (The Irish Times)
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#photography #astrophotography
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My mother's collective did this! https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2024/04/06/i-thought-we-could-have-fun-by-turning-one-of-the-landmark-images-on-its-head-filling-it-with-women/ (paywalled, but web.archive.org, etc)
Also: https://nacailleacha.weebly.com/school-of-hibernia.html
‘I thought we could have fun by turning one of the landmark images on its head, filling it with women’
The School of Hibernia, an Irish, all-woman reimagining of Raphael’s School of Athens, showcases achievement, solidarity and perseveranceHenrietta McKervey (The Irish Times)
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"Former RTÉ journalist Ciaran Mullooly confirmed as Independent Ireland European election candidate"
So ... if he gets elected, will reporters describe him as "independent MEP"? or will it have to be "Independent MEP"?
If he aligns with a grouping, like the EPP, will he spend his time telling everyone that while he's an Independent he's not at all independent?
Former RTÉ journalist Ciaran Mullooly confirmed as Independent Ireland European election candidate
Lanesboro native says he would not stand for party in Midlands Northwest constituency if he did not think he could winRichard Canny (The Irish Times)
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"Simon Harris pledges supports for farmers, families, and businesses"
Keep an ear out. If he always lists them in that order, what he means is that he'll happily do anything the farming and food processing lobbies tell him to do, and everyone else can just swing.
Simon Harris pledges supports for farmers, families, and businesses
Ahead of his party's ard fheis, the incoming Taoiseach refused to give any indication of who he may appoint to his CabinetElaine Loughlin and Tadgh McNally (Irishexaminer.com)
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"Supermac's Instagram and Facebook suspended following Croke Park April Fool's joke"
The GAA told the Irish Examiner that while it did not enter into correspondence with Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, it did file "takedowns via an online reporting form on Facebook and Instagram".A spokesperson said that "Croke Park" is a registered trade mark.
"The use of any registered trade mark is not permitted, in jest or otherwise where it is clearly being used for advertising purposes and in this case on a business account.
"Such use constitutes trade mark infringement pursuant to Section 14 of the Trade Mark Act 1996.
"Also, to be clear, the post was first published on 31 March 2024 and not on 1 April 2024."
Go home GAA. You're drunk.
Supermac's Instagram and Facebook suspended following Croke Park April Fool's joke
The post mimicked the controversy surrounding the renaming of Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh earlier this yearMairead Sheehy (Irishexaminer.com)
🚨 BOOST CHALLENGE! 🚨Ok #Fediverse and #Mastodon. If I tell my Canadian Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, that he will get 2000 followers within one week of creating a Mastodon account, will you make that happen?
I want him to be able to say when he stands in the House and presents the #e4769 petition for an official Fediverse server that he himself is the first Canadian MP to be on the Fediverse!
Boost for yes! I am going to show him this post! I'm counting on you, literally! 🔥 🙏 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 🙏
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https://9to5google.com/2024/04/02/favorite-android-apps-replace-google-podcasts
We're super proud to be able to provide such (ad-free) experience as a bunch of podcast enthusiasts doing it in their spare time.
Download or contribute here 👉 https://antennapod.org
Our favorite Android apps to replace Google Podcasts
For those in the US, Google Podcasts is set to shut down after today, April 2. We’ve tested quite a...Kyle Bradshaw (9to5Google)
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Oh no rush, maybe end of next week or end of month to cover the post Apr 2nd fallout period?
Just pure curiosity - I'm wondering where US Google Podcasts actually end up going. And you have a front row seat!
We see such dips more often, in different types of graphs (not only MAU). It's unclear to us as well, and we suspect there's just something odd in the way Android systems report back to Google.
@fell @js
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"Ireland's richest add billions to their fortunes"
This is disgusting.
Ireland's richest add billions to their fortunes
According to Forbes World’s Billionaires List, there are more billionaires globally than ever beforeRonan Smyth (Irishexaminer.com)
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Elon Musk & Stonetoss (Teaser)
Check out Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike Masnick's brand new podcast with Ben Whitelaw, creator of the Everything in Moderation newsletter. In this teaser excerpt from last week's episode, Mike and Ben discusSoundCloud
"Bank of Ireland app message leaves users with older phone systems unhappy"
I got this message. Android 10 is not a particularly old version. I suspect what's going on here is that the BoI app plans to use a library that's available only for Android 11 and higher.
This is either a development decision which wasn't challenged by the internal business representatives, or it's a business decision and the reasoning has nothing to do with benefiting the customer.
If the latter (which is where my guess lies), the BoI needs to be transparent about what the change is.
Bank of Ireland app message leaves users with older phone systems unhappy
Customers receive message from bank stating that after March 31st Android phones operating on version 10 or older will no longer be supportedConor Pope (The Irish Times)
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Mobile & Tablet Android Version Market Share Europe | Statcounter Global Stats
This graph shows the market share of mobile & tablet android versions in Europe based on over 5 billion monthly page views.StatCounter Global Stats
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My personal laptop has Debian 12 on it, and it just zips through anything and everything I ask it to do (e.g. an update takes no more than 2-3 minutes, including reboot (if required), compared to about 15 minutes for the windows laptop's reboot alone!).
I have installed Debian on all my personal laptops going back 10 years or more, with Fedora before that, Mandrake LInux before that and Caldera before that, and they've always out-performed the Windows laptops I have been required to use coincidentally.
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By the end of the week I had a dual-boot Ubuntu install. Gradually moved to Linux Mint and finally LM Debian Edition. On all my PCs. I own nothing younger than 5 years old and they all work well enough without issue. Update when suits me and boot instantly.
"US must promise no death penalty before Assange appeal bid dismissed – UK judges"
Firstly, I would be very surprised the the death penalty was ever really on the cards (notwithstanding what others might think). This demand for a promise is arse, therefore.
However, if such a promise was given by the U.S. government, it, too, would be arse, as breaking promises is the stock-and-trade of the U.S. legal and political system.
This is all nonsense.
US must promise no death penalty before Assange appeal bid dismissed – UK judges
Rolling coverage of the international stories of interest to our readersJess Glass and Rosie Shead, PA (Irishexaminer.com)
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in reply to Kate Morley • • •Kate Morley
in reply to John • • •Michael Young
in reply to Kate Morley • • •Ray Cunningham
in reply to Kate Morley • • •Sid Greenfield
in reply to Kate Morley • • •so pre-financial crash, pre, whatever 2016 was, a pandemic and war in Europe.
Sounds like a smart time to stop history!