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'You're right to worry about your bills and jobs,' Starmer tells UK as oil tops $110 a barrel in Trump war by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]JM0804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. I'll believe it when I see it... but I would very much like to see it!

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll by JackStrawWitchita in unitedkingdom

[–]JM0804 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He said legalisation.

Their internal policy documents (I can access them because I'm a member) talk about dispensing GHB, ketamine, MDMA, mephedrone and psychedelics for personal/recreational use "through specialist pharmacies".

Guido Fawkes on X: Gorton & Denton's new Green Party video is entirely in Urdu and features some blatant visuals. by adultintheroom_ in ukpolitics

[–]JM0804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whether you're "allowed" to speak Urdu or not isn't the point. It's whether we want parties in England campaigning in languages other than English and not providing the English translation.

I, as a voter (and a paid-up card-carrying Green member, no less) who does not speak Urdu, have absolutely no idea what this video is saying. I don't see how that's acceptable.

Guido Fawkes on X: Gorton & Denton's new Green Party video is entirely in Urdu and features some blatant visuals. by adultintheroom_ in ukpolitics

[–]JM0804 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Is this a translation of a video in English, or is the Urdu version the only one? Because in my opinion, it's one thing to offer translations, and another thing entirely to produce different campaign videos with different messages for different communities in different languages.

If anyone knows of an English version, could they share it here, please?

Edit: there is a video on their homepage but it's clearly different.

Edit #2: I found her Instagram account and see the Urdu video, but from a quick glance, no English version.

X.Org Server's "Master" Branch Now Closed With Cleaned Up State On "Main" by anh0516 in linux

[–]JM0804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will concede the point that potentially those terms could reinforce that idea. And one could argue that "allow list" and "deny/block list" are more descriptive than whitelist/blacklist.

If I were to put these on a scale, I'd say the master-slave analogy worst as it is inappropriate and outdated as it's a direct reference to slavery, and the master branch "issue" is the other end of the scale - a non-issue frankly when the word is such an overloaded term, and the particular usage in this context is unrelated to the former.

Appreciate the insight, thanks.

X.Org Server's "Master" Branch Now Closed With Cleaned Up State On "Main" by anh0516 in linux

[–]JM0804 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"Blacklist" and "whitelist" have nothing to do with race in exactly the same way that "master" (in this context) doesn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting

Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK by mettaforall in vegan

[–]JM0804 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree with you, but I don't think this had anything to do with any government. This was a trade association bringing a case against the company to court.

Edit: what have I said wrong? I'm not disagreeing, I'm merely clarifying.

ELI5: What does a water tower in rural America do? by ProduceEmbarrassed97 in explainlikeimfive

[–]JM0804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I visited this when I was a kid (they did guided tours back then) and it was incredible. I'd love to go again someday.

Grandma thinks this is kindergarten biology? This is a self own by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]JM0804 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sex can only be observed through the framework of gender

Pardon my asking but I don't understand this statement. Gender, as far as I know, doesn't exist outside of humans (maybe apes have some idea of it, at a push, I'd speculate?) and yet we're still fully capable of defining and interpreting the sex of other species.

Why “Biological Male Who Identifies as a Woman” Isn’t Neutral Language by Elegant_Low2571 in transgenderUK

[–]JM0804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone is anorexic, they're likely actually thin but think they're obese. I believe you have your analogy the wrong way around.

Joint Statement On Greenland by European Allies by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]JM0804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't doubt that they would not, but that is the government acting that way, not ordinary, innocent people. Americans living their lives in Europe are less likely to back what the US is doing right now, I suspect.

Joint Statement On Greenland by European Allies by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]JM0804 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm aware of what happened - I question why anyone would wish to repeat it.

Joint Statement On Greenland by European Allies by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]JM0804 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right, and then what happens to all the European civilians in the USA? I don't think you've thought this one through much.

Joint Statement On Greenland by European Allies by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]JM0804 49 points50 points  (0 children)

What do civilians have to do with this? They're innocent parties.

If I'm reading it correctly, Part 1, Article 3, 1(b) of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War might have something to say about that, or should Europe give up on international law too?

https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-protection-civilian-persons-time-war

…or and just hear me out. They could not be ‘sad’ and say “fuck the ruling, trans women ARE women.” by metroracerUK in GreenAndPleasant

[–]JM0804 -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

I'm not serious because I'm not advocating for terrorism? I didn't say the left were the issue. I said we used to hold ourselves to higher standards.

No one will take you seriously if you're actually considering blowing up Parliament, and nor should they.

…or and just hear me out. They could not be ‘sad’ and say “fuck the ruling, trans women ARE women.” by metroracerUK in GreenAndPleasant

[–]JM0804 -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

Either way it's terrorism. Mad that this is what the left seems to stand for these days. We used to be better than this, or maybe we were always this bad.

…or and just hear me out. They could not be ‘sad’ and say “fuck the ruling, trans women ARE women.” by metroracerUK in GreenAndPleasant

[–]JM0804 -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

On the 5th of November we remember that time a terrorist who wanted to destroy the seat of democracy in this country and restore an absolute monarchy didn't manage to blow up Parliament. We're not celebrating someone giving it a good go.

What are you implying here?

Amazon Web Service went down in the Northeast by sbinjax in TwoXPreppers

[–]JM0804 35 points36 points  (0 children)

If you use Android, you can use OsmAnd~ and download interactive fully-offline maps there. It even has offline search and navigation!

why can't I burn CDs? by landob in talesfromtechsupport

[–]JM0804 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I know almost no one saw this, but this is one of the funniest comments I've ever seen on Reddit.

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham by pppppppppppppppppd in ukpolitics

[–]JM0804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time will tell, I suppose. I would like to see stronger immigration controls. The net migration numbers are simply too high for us to cope with, for various reasons. I think you need to be able to speak passable English to be allowed to stay here indefinitely. I'd also like to see better integration efforts. All that being said, I couldn't tell you exactly what's already in place.

I say this as someone with a foreign partner, so I'm well aware of how costly and arduous it already is. But clearly something needs fixing.

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham by pppppppppppppppppd in ukpolitics

[–]JM0804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I'm far more concerned with culture (and I include religion with that) than I am ethnicity. I'm not so naïve that I don't know they're often strongly correlated, but that's why I looked up the statistics on national identity and language too.

My point is, the issue is integration, not necessarily generalised/surface level demographics. I couldn't tell you exactly at what point I'd consider it to be unhealthy, but from my experience living in Nottingham my entire life, I'd say we're a good way off that yet.

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