[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

There's a characteristically interesting look at this by David Allen Green, including:

one would think it unlikely that the British state would prosecute a famous Irish author and an even more famous publishing house. But little about the terrorism law of the UK makes sense at the moment, since the ludicrous decision of then home secretary Yvette Cooper and the Home Office to proscribe what is essentially a direct-action protest group as a terrorist organisation.

His view is that they must think there's a reasonable chance of it coming to pass or they wouldn't be taking the financial hit.

Of course, it's great publicity for them and her, so maybe it balances out in the end.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago

Depends what ratings are intended to do - if they are just to be informative for potential viewers then the kind of system you propose sounds good.

But, if the main purpose is to legally restrict access based on age, such ratings wouldn't really do the job.

Plus, of course, there's quite a range within each category - language could mean something as innocuous as "bum", or something as deeply offensive as "Belgium" or "Barbara Streisand".

I suppose you could have age ratings for each subcategory - L18, V12, N0, S0, D15, but it'd start to get complicated pretty fast. Plus, presumably, whatever the highest of those ratings was would still be the overall rating. At which point we're back where we started.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

It was also Episode 513 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a great episode 😁

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A couple more pics from the same day/tree

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/tipofmytongue@lemmy.world

EDIT - this has been solved over on BSky - Lee & Molly by Ziggy Marley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1bPoJacEl8)

That's not my BlueSky post, but sharing it here to see if anyone can work it out.

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The Breenster returns!

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Just upgraded, and now some things are huge, and other things are small, and it's a pain in the backside, frankly.

Also, wtf is with that battery icon? It's MASSIVE, and ugly, and the only way to make it smaller is to adjust text scaling, which then makes all other text much too small.

FFS Google.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 217 points 1 year ago

There's always a tweet:

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I'm currently trying to get in better shape and to that end have started dieting and cycling in my local area. For motivation, I've decided to try to 'virtually' cycle from John O'Groats (henceforth JOG) in the north of Scotland to Land's End (LE) in the south of England.

To do this, I measure how far I cycle each day (locally) and record my progress, which I then use to map where I would be on the route Google Maps recommends for cycling (I'm handwaving altitude comparisons because it's just for fun).

Ok, so - Maps says the recommended cycling route from JOG to LE is 965 miles. Fine. I've covered 21.1 miles so far (I've only just started and am not very fit).

Now, on the full 965 mile route, that 21.1 miles gets me to a small village called Haimer. However, if I ask Maps to plot me a route from JOG to Haimer, Maps says it's only 18.7 miles.

I've tried the same thing with other towns on the route, and the same is true there too - there's a roughly 10% disparity, even though the route being plotted is identical. A few yards here or there I could understand, but a 10% difference?? FFS.

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This is a sort of comedy western, based around a high stakes poker game. I saw it years ago and loved it. Truth be told, I can't remember a great deal more about it, and don't want to spoil it for myself by looking it up, but I definitely remember enjoying it a lot.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 111 points 2 years ago

That middle row is perfect - you could easily just have that, and the point he's making would be crystal clear.

Trump's actions don't even make sense, let alone meet any standard of fairness or intelligence.

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I unironically LOVE the music in Mitchell, and was hoping I could find it, ideally on vinyl. But I can't find any evidence that it was ever released - anyone happen to know if it was?

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 135 points 2 years ago

If it was BlueSky forcing sign in, I would agree. But this is giving the user control of their own posts. I don't really see a problem with it tbh.

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submitted 2 years ago by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world

So, even if you had been immune, through previous illness, vaccination or via maternal milk, you may not be anymore after having measles.

I had never heard this until today, and it's an absolutely horrifying thought.

You're welcome.

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Turns out there is beer on the sun if you wait long enough.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/49ers@lemmy.world

~~Josh~~ Brandon Allan will start at QB.

Packers game already looked tough, this just feels like another kick in the teeth.

Wish this season would just end tbh.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/football@lemmy.world

Well, that's a bit awkward...

"Coote was the video assistant referee when a challenge by the Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on Virgil van Dijk that left the Liverpool defender with an anterior cruciate ligament injury went unpunished."

"Coote also drew the ire of Klopp as the VAR for the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal last December after an apparent handball in the box by Martin Ødegaard did not lead to a penalty."

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

Per this thread, I'm wondering if it might be possible to create feeds of favourited people or communities.

I guess this would be similar to how multireddits worked and since that's not available on Lemmy, this might not be either. But maybe some smart person out there knows of a way.

It's not even me that wants to do it, but I'm invested in an answer now! :-)

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 92 points 2 years ago

And it worked. I just licked one. It tasted horrible.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 159 points 2 years ago
[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 276 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The API changes. I use Sync, and not being able to use Sync made Reddit more or less unusable for me on my phone. I also fundamentally disagreed with the direction Reddit was going. So, Lemmy it was, and it's great. And now there's Sync for Lemmy, which is even better!

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 172 points 2 years ago

He can, because there's no law against it. Probably nobody thought there'd ever need to be!

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 224 points 2 years ago
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A horse that was wearing a curple,
Found the sting of a wasp made him hirple,
Said the horse, "I don't mind"
"But I'm starting to find,"
"That the spot of the sting has turned purple!"

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