FarraigePlaisteach

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Blocking a user behaves more like mute. Proper blocking needed to prevent harassment. (slrpnk.net)
 

The block feature should be renamed to “mute”, which is what it seems to actually be. Currently I can apply this to a user and they can still see all my posts. So it’s a good mute feature but a terrible block feature.

Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@slrpnk.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

“ financiers provided the world’s top 55 industrial livestock companies with average annual credit injections of $77bn”

Are the meat and dairy businesses applying for loans? The article says that the banks are in breach of their own environmental policies so I’m curious how it’s supposed to work.

Richest oil states should pay climate tax, says former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The. British are also silent when it comes to paying reparations for their own misdeeds overseas, which unfortunately strips this statement of credibility.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will give a speech this week in which he is expected to delay some of the government's policies to reach net zero emissions by 2050 in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a good point. I don’t know if I can blame them - there are powerful forces in the battles for hearts and minds. The Murdoch press is one example.

Disclaimer: I’m not from Britain though.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will give a speech this week in which he is expected to delay some of the government's policies to reach net zero emissions by 2050 in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think the electorate know what to expect every time they vote his party into power.