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[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What makes you think I was raining on their parade? "They" is no less inclusive than "he/she." It is however easier to write, easier to read, and it's completely common English that every native speaker just naturally uses and understands on a daily basis. There's no reason to go out of your way to make your message harder to write and read, for absolutely no gain.

ETA: My intent was not to be rude. My intent was to help someone out. For all either of us know, the person I responded to isn't a native English speaker and genuinely found it helpful.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

he/she pleases

You can just say "they," such as, "do whatever they please."

ETA: oof, downvotes? Seriously? It's just English, people. It's easier to write. It's easier to read. It's how the language has referred to a single person of unknown or irrelevant gender for about as long as it's been a language. See #3.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It’s not normal to have your flight cancelled by the powers that be because you wrote something.

Unless you're fleeing a fledgling fascist dictatorship. Then it's to be expected.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And the people with the money orchestrating this culture war won't be paying a dime of that. Campbell County taxpayers will.

ETA: I'm not arguing against the settlement. I'm arguing against the billionaires that FA but never have to FO.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, that's illegal. They'll make it out to the Trump Presidential Library

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 57 points 5 days ago

Keep bending the knee and licking the boots, CNN.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I can't decide what's more depressing.

A) The subject of the linked article, or

B) The fact that an article on World Socialist Web Site is linking to posts by Amnesty UK and Defend our Juries (three organizations that should all know better by now) on Xitter.

Jesus

At an absolute bare minimum, the last two should be cross posting everything to Mastodon, and the first should be linking to the Mastodon accounts whenever available.

Oh, look! Amnesty UK has a Mastodon account that they're not fucking using, apparently never have.

[Edit: spelling]

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

f you’re not named something like “Welslyian Trottersworth IV,”

I feel attacked

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Comedians make fun of school shootings quite regularly

What comedians are you watching?

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Probably Rule #4

  1. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
 

"Give it to me harder, Daddy."

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was a rhetorical question.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anyone else reminded of Victor Borge?

https://youtu.be/TIf3IfHCoiE

 

Not sure if this is common knowledge in the community but I discovered today that...

1/4" thick plywood cut down to 11 1/4" x 15 1/4" sheets fits perfectly into the slots intended for the drawers in the 10 Drawer Rolling Cart by Simply Tidy (currently on sale for $29 at Michaels, regularly $49).

Without any other modifications, this makes 9 pull out shelves that can each hold a 6x9 Gridfinity grid, providing 486 grid squares (54 per shelf) in a very compact space.

A few minor modifications to move the two top cross braces should allow adding a 10th shelf, for a grand total of 540 grid squares.

Caveats:

You'll probably want to use a base plate that can be screwed down, because there are no walls on these shelves to keep the base plate in position.

The frame is too flimsy to store anything very heavy (e.g. socket sets, 1-2-3 blocks, crowbars, etc), but it looks like it'll be great for holding lots of random nuts, bots, screws, washers, assorted usb cables, art & jewelry making supplies, microscope slides, and other doodads and whatnots in an very compact space for super cheap (as long as you have the means to cut the plywood precisely).

You could skip the plywood and just use the drawers that it comes with, but the sloping sides of the drawers severely impacts the space available for the grid, allowing for only a 5x7 grid (with large unused gaps around the sides) for 35 grid squares per drawer.

But, maybe that's plenty for your purpose, in which case, rock on!

 

Imagine this scenario: you're worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor — OpenAI's blockbuster ChatGPT, say — to describe what you did and get its advice.

This isn't remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already getting legal assistance from AI, on everything from divorce proceedings to parking violations. Because people are amazingly stupid, it's almost certain that people have already asked the bot for advice about enormously consequential questions about, say, murder or drug charges.

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, anyone's who's done so has made a massive error — because unlike a human lawyer with whom you enjoy sweeping confidentiality protections, ChatGPT conversations can be used against you in court.

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Elon Musk is done at DOGE, but we're just getting started.

Elon is still deeply tied to the Trump regime, still fueling conspiracies and fascist rhetoric, and still using his immense wealth to warp government policy and buy elections around the globe.

On June 28—Elon's birthday—let's celebrate everything we've achieved and a recommit to the long fight still ahead.

And our birthday gift to the Broligarch in Chief? A global party with one powerful message: Musk Must Fall.

 

June 4 (Reuters) - Karine Jean-Pierre, who was former President Joe Biden's press secretary at the White House from 2022 until 2025, has left the Democratic Party and is now an independent, according to the publisher of her forthcoming book.

"We need to be clear-eyed and questioning, rather than blindly loyal and obedient as we may have been in the past," she was quoted as saying by Legacy Lit, part of the Hachette Book Group, that will release her book 'Independent' in October.

https://archive.ph/6SlZZ

 

The moderators of a pro-artificial intelligence Reddit community announced that they have been quietly banning “a bunch of schizoposters” who believe “they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god,” highlighting a new type of chatbot-fueled delusion that started getting attention in early May.

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