Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

Incredible writing by @pluralistic on Netflix, hatred of ambiguity by the tech industry, and the denial of “correct” humanity by rich white dudes in boardrooms for the rest of us:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/nonbinary-families/

New gender just dropped

"Will yo’ come o’ Sunday mornin’
For a walk o’er Winter Hill?
Ten thousand went last Sunday
But there’s room for thousand still!
Oh there moors are rare and bonny
And the heather’s sweet and fine
And the roads across the hilltops –
Are the people’s – yours and mine!"

Written in 1920 by Alan Clark commemorating the 1896 Winter Hill mass trespass. It took 100 years for the road to be finally declared a public right of way in 1996.

https://www.bigissuenorth.com/comment/2021/08/winter-hill-britains-biggest-mass-trespass
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#rightToRoam
#trespass

Does anyone know a resource for journalists to report on disability - that isn't terrible or use people-first language?

AND does anyone know a resource for journalists to report on class and classism? I can't find anything at all on that

#journalism #class #classism #disability #SocialModel

I've been wanting to upgrade my bike for a while to electric and have been looking at all the options of front, mid and rear drive, batteries, etc. All options are obviously expensive.
But I was browsing FB marketplace and saw a used ebike for about a quarter of its RRP, including an extra battery.
I'd test it before buying, but cannibalising another bike might work out cheaper in the long run.

1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION

The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.

🧵

https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books

Sometimes you get lucky, but I also believe you make your own luck.

I was walking down the hill to escape the harsh sunlight engulfing the area I was in. The conditions were sublime, but the light was too harsh. I then found a shaded pocket of the woods covered in hoar frost. Upon turning the corner this scene appeared.

After organising my composition and setting up, I had time for a couple of frames before the moment passed.

#woodland #trees #winter #art #photomonday #landscapephotography

Loved seeing so many people on todays march on Dartmore to awaken Old Crockern #RightToRoam

new gender just dropped

"if i replace all the words, is it really plagiarism?"

this argument is known as the ship of thesaurus

When I was younger, I thought that "lawsuit" was a tongue-in-cheek word for "attorney".

You know, because of what they're practicing and how they're usually dressed.

In 1994, groundbreaking footage of deep sea octopuses mating was captured for the first time. Both octopuses were male. And of completely different species. A small pale octopus of unidentified species was topping a 1.5 metre brown octopus. The encounter lasted 16 minutes. 

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid

#urbanism #bikes #cars #laws #cities #safety
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/

how to talk to your child about hosting a fediverse instance

me: it doesn’t have a tail so i’m pretty sure it’s a hamster

tech support: okay fine right-click the hamster

"Family is where love is. I support LGBT+ families". This drawing by Russian artist and activist Yulia Tsvetkova is a statement of solidarity. In 2020 she was charged with spreading "gay propaganda" among minors and fined 75,000 roubles (about £900) for the making and sharing this drawing.

This is repeated so often:

"Blue light coming from LED screens of smartphones tricks your brain into thinking it’s still daytime, and won’t let you sleep"

I doubt it. It's just an excuse for a new feature to boost sales.

I don't use phones at bedtime because if I surf the web just before lights out there's a high probability of finding something interesting - or worse - annoying enough to make me think about it for a while. This effect is *far* more severe than any nonsense about blue light.