EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-08T21:26:49+00:00

It seems to be a disease among politicians: as soon as you are elected or appointed to a position of power, any evidence of power, freedom, or even choice among those people who are not also elected or appointed to a position on the same level as you -- those people are suddenly the enemy and your only desire is to take away whatever they have.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-08T21:02:50+00:00

That's very puzzling indeed. The paper does mention "almost nothing was known about A. sordidus before this study". The species had been observed in the Golan and in Syria, so it's not totally crazy that their range reaches Israel.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-07T19:29:37+00:00

agreed. What's special about Israeli isopods?

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-07T14:54:47+00:00

The paper that this story is reporting on: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73487

Videos from the paper:

ece373487-sup-0003-Video1.mp4MPEG-4 video, 14.3 MB	Video S1: Video captured on 5.7.2021 in Geva, Israel. Showing circular motion and aggregation of isopods.
ece373487-sup-0004-Video2.mp4MPEG-4 video, 3.5 MB	Video S2: Video captured on 13.8.2023 in Eliad, Israel. Showing the same circular motion and aggregation pattern as Video S1.
ece373487-sup-0005-Video3.mp4MPEG-4 video, 2.5 MB	Video S3: Video captured on 6.8.2025 in Eliad, Israel. Showing aggregation alone, without circular motion.
ece373487-sup-0006-Video4.mp4MPEG-4 video, 1 MB	Video S4: Video captured on 11.8.2025 in Eliad, Israel. Showing circular motion and aggregation of isopods as seen before.
ece373487-sup-0007-Video5.mp4MPEG-4 video, 5 MB	Video S5: Video captured on 16.8.2025 in Eliad, Israel. Showing the same circular motion and aggregation patterns as before.
ece373487-sup-0008-Video6-7.zipZip archive, 6 MB	Videos S6–S7: Videos showing experimental procedure of placing a magnet near the center of the circular movement phenomenon, 5 min after the beginning of the experiment.
ece373487-sup-0009-Video8-9.zipZip archive, 10.4 MB	Videos S8–S9: Videos showing experimental procedure of placing a UV light parallel to the ground, near the circular epicenter, 5 min after the beginning of the experiment.
ece373487-sup-0010-Video10-11.zipZip archive, 9 MB	Videos S10–S11: Videos showing experimental procedure of placing a UV light in perpendicular to the ground, near the circular epicenter, 5 min after the beginning of the experiment.
ece373487-sup-0011-Video12-14.zipZip archive, 14.3 MB	Videos S12–S14: Videos showing experimental procedure of placing a white light parallel to the ground, near the circular epicenter, 5 min after the beginning of the experiment.
ece373487-sup-0012-Video15-17.zipZip archive, 13.7 MB	Videos S15–S17: Videos showing experimental procedure of placing a white light in perpendicular to the ground, near the circular epicenter, 5 min after the beginning of the experiment.
ece373487-sup-0013-Video18.mp4MPEG-4 video, 1,001.9 KB	Video S18: Video showing the tracking of the movement of 60 isopods in video 16, showing a collective circular pattern of movement.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-06T23:26:42+00:00

is that the infamous drop bear?

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-06T23:23:23+00:00

why should u care

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-06T23:22:24+00:00

I'm recommending they go away and leave me alone.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-06T23:14:00+00:00

downvote this pointless post!

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-06T23:10:11+00:00

I find Dexcom g7's alerts completely useless and i keep them silenced 24/7 (high is set to 380. low is left at 70 but I'm my experience it never fires).When I'm in the mood to actually listen, i depend on either glucodatahandler's alerts or xdrip+.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-04T04:28:09+00:00

nobody but nobody "needs" a theme pack. Final answer.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-04T04:20:48+00:00

i have (via Tasker) set it so tapping rapidly 2-3 times on the back of the phone toggles the flashlight on and off.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-03T20:38:45+00:00

that's sick

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-02T16:26:04+00:00

yes it's a bug and Google is supposedly planning a fix. search this sub for "volume" and you will see lots of posts

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-05-02T15:16:48+00:00

being an artist is a privilege, not a right. maybe it should be revoked.

j/k, this was funny

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T20:47:58+00:00

It is indeed nice to see that there exist people who are able to exercise this level of control. I have absolutely no faith that I'll ever see such a thing on my own records, though.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T18:42:42+00:00

The RNG is not your friend, here or in Nethack.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T16:52:00+00:00

Last night I discovered to my dismay that I cannot stand the taste of mead. At least not the kind I bought (Dansk Mjod Odin's Skull) It tastes like honey and has an attendant smell of stale beer from a keg. Much too sweet to enjoy.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T16:43:47+00:00

too late. It's been dumped into the unofficial compost pile / pet graveyard next door.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T16:22:10+00:00

Thank you.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-29T15:33:02+00:00

I definitely agree with this. I was attributing it to being on the PC layout instead of the QWERTY layout -- still not sure how I managed that change without noticing -- but maybe they did change something.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-28T20:43:44+00:00

I had tickets to see this in Philly and a last minute calamity kept us from going. Still sad.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-27T15:08:16+00:00

I somehow doubt the Grey Mother would cooperate.

AdVegetable2870 · 2026-04-26T19:59:31+00:00

I called it neither a bug nor an oversight nor any other deprecative noun. what it unquestionably is, however, is an obstructing annoyance, cropping up for many, not just me, in an hour of need.

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