danielquinn

@danielquinn@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disease spread in dog poo could be 'disaster' for cows⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Cambridge checking in. It must be payback for the cows leaving their shit all over the walking path.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists dismayed as UK ministers clear way for gene editing of crops - but not animals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This will make rejoining the EU much more difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’, says Robert Jenrick⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s actually rather brilliant.

  In an (d)effective 2 party system like ours, running to your extremes has few costs, since the electorate tend to vote parties out rather than vote them in. When the public tires off the ruling party (it helps if you own most of the media) and you do get elected, it’s by:

  1. your base that votes for you regardless
  2. new voters from the fringe you’ve been courting
  3. people who’ve convinced themselves that you’re just pretending to be crazy to court that fringe.

  Now you can do whatever you like and if people complain they get shouted down by both sides: “What did you expect? They literally told you they were going to do this.”

  In short, it’s how you drag the Overton Window toward that extreme. If only the Left in this country had figured this out years ago, we wouldn’t be saddled with Sir Red Tory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’ll take at least that long for the EU member states to forgive the UK for its fuckery. The memory of Brexit will have to fade enough in their minds before it’s even considered.

  • It’s doubtful that the same deal will be on the table, as it would be politically untenable domestically.
  • Getting France and Germany on board will be hard, given that they enjoy much more powerful in our absence.
  • The risk of our exit again when our xenophobia acts up would have to be objectively low, or no member state would take the chance on approval lest we fuck over their economy again when we throw an egocentric racist tantrum.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Working Class Waitress Could Decide Who Controls Congress⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, her party needs more people like her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Working Class Waitress Could Decide Who Controls Congress⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was really interesting, thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got bored and created my attempt at Mirror Badgey in Inkscape⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You got the eyes just right!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 80% of recruiters admit to posting ‘ghost jobs’ to juice their talent pool and business reputation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking parasites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK riots: Judge hands down longest jail sentences yet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Class warfare” from someone willing to literally go to prison to prevent millions of the poor dying in climate change. Right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK riots: Judge hands down longest jail sentences yet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never contested the facts as stated, only that their presentation, devoid of context was misleading. I put “crime” in quotes to demonstrate the absurdity of a system that imprisons people for blocking traffic when those actually burning the planet are treated with the highest respect by our elected representatives. This wasn’t defrauding old ladies, it was causing a traffic jam.

  Normal car traffic blocks ambulances all the time, and yet no one seems to consider it a crime punishable by 5 years. Meanwhile, a woman kills a cyclist with her car and gets a suspended sentence. Canada is on fire. Greece is on fire. Bulgaria, Italy, North Macedonia, Turkey, Spain, and Portugal are all on fire. How many ambulances-worth of people do you think are going to die as a result?

  And spare me the “he’s a hypocrite 'cause he flew in a plane” pearl-clutching. He knows, as I’m sure you do that you don’t fix climate change through individual action. Sure it feels nice to be all self-righteous and forego luxuries provided by bad energy policy, but real change comes through legislation that taxes the hell out of flying — you know, like JSO is demanding but for which our elected leaders would rather ignore because it’d be unpopular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK riots: Judge hands down longest jail sentences yet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These statements, while true are lacking so many critical details that it borders on disinformation.

  • He was a repeat offender of nonviolent crimes.
  • He was held in contempt after the court refused to allow him to speak to the motivation behind his crime, a key component in any defence of nonviolent civil disobedience.
  • Of course he said he would commit the “crime” again. It’s civil disobedience. What exactly are you expecting? The planet is still on fire and we’re still burning it.

  The ambulance thing is pretty terrible, but when you consider the objective outcome of our current world-burning, it’s not an unexpected perspective. Given a few more years of inaction and profiteering, and the nonviolent actors will start giving up on being civil – especially if the penalty is the same regardless. We’ll be looking back on traffic blocking and orange paint with nostalgia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can Engineers Stage a Coup and Take Over Their Company?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascinating idea. One suggestion though:

  When selecting your “coup team” avoid immigrants and people with families. Back when I was young, single, and living in my home country, I could have been convinced to go along with something like this, but now I’m living abroad with a wife & kid. The risk is sufficiently high that I might be compelled to snitch for fear that I might be deported or jailed.

  You want ambitious, charismatic, high-skill, and risk-friendly people for this kind of job.

  I’ll be cheering you on from the sidelines though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dollar General has 48hrs to make stores safe or face more penalties after $12m fine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The unspoken reality of these sorts of situations is that companies like Dollar General simply can’t fix these problems and remain profitable. Many of these safety measures require staff they’d have to hire for example.

  We talk about this as if it’s just some safety measures that need to be fulfilled, but what we have to understand is that the business model of exploitation to this degree is unsustainable in a world where safety measures are enforced.

  They likely know this, and may do some performative response in the hopes of avoiding the fine, but $12 million is a rounding error compared to the cost of doing this properly.

  TL;DR: nothing will change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The number of lines for each character by percentage of the series⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my takeaway as well. I just wish I had data for the other seasons. It’d be interesting to see how that might change the percentages as they are.

  As for GEOGIOU, I’m reasonably sure that this refers to both versions of her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The number of lines for each character by percentage of the series⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, it’s 'cause I forgot to include it! I’ll see if I can add it tonight. Check back in 24hrs :-)

• The number of lines for each character by percentage of the series
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A "test" to judge Star Trek shows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like it, and I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that you’re talking about Discovery. I’ve said in the past that the show should be called “Star Trek: Michael Burnham” as it would at least be more honest.

  To be fair, I think every series has a lot of episodes that would fail this test, some of which were excellent, like DS9’s “In the Pale Moonlight”, and “Far Beyond the Stars” or TNG’s “The Inner Light”, but if used to assess a series, I think this could be a good metric.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Suggestion] Disallow the use of sources deprecated by the Wikipedia editing community for unreliability⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking at that list, this suggestion seems entirely appropriate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Is Showing More Love To Scott Bakula’s Enterprise⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yeah, I remember a moment like that in DS9, where Sisko is lamenting the crew’s interest in a holosuite program set in the 50s because of how “our people” were treated back then. It always felt out of place for me, though DS9 is still my favourite Star Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Is Showing More Love To Scott Bakula’s Enterprise⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you give some examples of this? Admittedly I didn’t much care for Discovery and didn’t pay a lot of attention through it as a result, but I’m not picking up what you’re laying down ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC uncovers 6,000 possible illegal sewage spills in one year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we really call it a “spill” if they dump it deliberately?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t these dipshits have anything better to do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sainsbury's staff beat up shoplifter after dragging him into the back room⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could he now sue the people that beat him (or even Sainsbury’s)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British tech firm Raspberry Pi lines up £500m float⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the path to enshitification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eurovision viewing parties in England cancelled over Israel’s participation⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Searching for the "most representative" Star Trek episode⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Voyager: One Small Step

  It’s one of my top ten favourites, but it’s also a very typical “one off” story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Northern Lights could be visible in England and Wales as severe solar storm to hit overnight⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awesome, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Northern Lights could be visible in England and Wales as severe solar storm to hit overnight⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It says it’ll hit “overnight”, but surely in 2024 we can be more accurate than that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor saying he answered 'hate with hope'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Deeply frightening” can you name even one thing Corbyn said or did that was antisemitic other than be openly antizionist? Given that it’s Israel’s Zionist regime that’s currently committing genocide, I would think Corbyn would have been vindicated by now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain developing new, sovereign nuclear warhead⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the tight coupling between the government and arms manufacturers. I used to work at UKTrade and nearly every decision there was rooted in how we can give more money to arms companies.