blackn1ght

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d kind of think it would be in their interest to, not because they give a shit about what their end users think, but what their customers (advertisers) think. I’d imagine that advertisers are paying x amount to reach real humans that can spend money, so if it turns out that businesses are paying to advertise to bots then I can’t see them being too happy about that. Not unless they’re upfront with businesses and they tell them that x% of their user base is bots and they’ll only charge them to advertise to real people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I get it. They want to combat bots and potentially even detect if a person is old enough to use the platform. However Facebook has eroded absolutely any trust that there’s no way I’d give them this. Not that I use Facebook anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most countries have intelligence agencies for internal threats. How would you detect and prevent terrorist attacks without them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK net migration almost halves in 2024, falling to 431,000, ONS estimate⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly doubt they will. I think immigration could be 0 but as long as they see stories about brown people and “woke nonesense” then they’ll complain. Ultilmately I think their dream, although they’ll never say it, is that they want to ship any immigrants from the past 30 years away.

• UK net migration almost halves in 2024, falling to 431,000, ONS estimatewww.bbc.co.uk ↗
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• Drivers to be able to pay for parking using just ONE app under new Government planswww.moneysavingexpert.com ↗
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• Co-op votes to boycott Israelwww.telegraph.co.uk ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion: Just ignore all the myths about low-traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I’m never quite sure what to believe on these schemes, they sound good and have all the right aims but I can never be sure if the complaints against them are just locals that will moan no matter what, or if there’s genuine issues that the local authorities just try to suppress because they want to implement the scheme no matter what.

  I dunno what your situation is, but would cycling that previous 7 minute journey be an option? I guess that’s what the scheme tries to promote but understand it’s not always practical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion: Just ignore all the myths about low-traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone here live in these areas any have any experience of what they’re like?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1k Subscribers!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m currently on season 1 of For All Mankind.

• Exceptionally low river flows forecast across UK as drought threat growswww.theguardian.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max Is Changing Its Name to (Get This!) HBO Max⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was already HBO Max?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks to the american FPTP voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m definitely all for PR, but hasn’t FPTP hurt smaller parties like Reform/UKIP in the past? There was an election where UKIP received millions of votes but only secured a couple of seats. PR could potentially make it easier for parties like Reform to gain power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man arrested after fires at homes linked to PM⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha fair enough, I’m intrigued now where else you’ve been using this word incorrectly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man arrested after fires at homes linked to PM⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is he a nonce?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good and bad news for fans of 3 Body Problem on Netflix - Back to back releases, and expected in 2028.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are the books any good? How do they compare to the Netflix version of the show?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Urgent do not eat warning over fears supermarket is selling out of date chicken⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just another reason to avoid ASDA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kneecap apologises to families of Sir David Amess and Jo Cox⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They stated that “an extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action”.

  So what do they claim was the context?

• Liverpool 'tourist tax' of £2 to be charged for overnight stayswww.bbc.co.uk ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nearly at the end of White Lotus season 2. It’s been a good series so far, I’m not exactly sure why I enjoy it so much but it has me hooked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think so.

  I wonder how they’d scale something like this up though if it’s a success?

• Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UKwww.bbc.co.uk ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Has the Most Words Per Minute of Any TV Show, Study Finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Noice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please Enjoy These Photos Of Drunk People At An English Horse Race | Defector⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is pretty tame honestly. Seen far worse at festivals and nights out in Cardiff!

  And oktoberfest is another whole story!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We can’t sit back and watch’: Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There was no promise of NATO expansion. Gorbachev himself had said there was no such promise.

  Countries previously occupied by the soviets didn’t want a repeat and sought security guarantees by joining NATO, something that they’re entitled to do.

  The people got rid of a president who was once looking for closer ties to the EU, then visits Putin and suddenly wanted to get cosier with Russia, doing a complete 180. Let’s also conveniently forget Russia poisoning of the pro-west presidential candidate in 2007. Was that the fault of the west too?

  Your comment reeks of Russian propaganda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We should really just have EU law

  About that…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They really do look very tacky.

  I was stuck in Preston Hostpital car park a while ago as I had to wait for someone to try and squeeze their Range Rover into a parking spot that wasn’t designed for such a huge vehicle. It was equally hillarious and frustrating.

• More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking spacewww.theguardian.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of CAPTCHA is this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  HAMMOND YOU BLITHERING IDIOT!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are our electric costs so high? We’re always hearing how cheap renewables are and how we’re using more renewables than ever, yet our bills keep going up? What gives?