Collected Over Spread @collectedoverspread@qoto.org

Curious about whether Mastodon automatically links bare domain names like example.com or links without schemas like example.com/some/page.html

"I won't speak for the conservative critics who don't believe trans people are real. I think one of the main concerns among the liberal critics is the conflict between multiple frames of trans acceptance." https://old.reddit.com/r/IntellectualDarkWeb/comments/1566zx2/my_latest_at_queer_majority_about_the_reactionary/jtn0j3q/

The portion about the second frame/paradigm is worth highlighting. If we don't want to limit the concept of transgender to those who experience gender dysphoria (which I don't), then I think we need to consider that just *maybe* gender identities, including transgender identities, are influenced by societal concepts of gender including, yes, gender roles. And I do recognize that that conflicts with the ideal of removing gender roles and stereotypes, but until we live in some sort of "post-gender" society this is going to be a point of contention.

From another comment in the thread: "Anyway, that's about 8 paragraphs of saying, 'I think we're reinforcing stereotypes here'." https://old.reddit.com/r/IntellectualDarkWeb/comments/1566zx2/my_latest_at_queer_majority_about_the_reactionary/jts07wx/

Why in the world does a public transit agency, one that has its own website, put a Linktree link in its Twitter profile??

One thing I'm curious about is service charges specifically for large parties, which some reporting (e.g. https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2024-02-15/new-california-hidden-fees-law-service-fee-ban ) suggests would also need to be included in the advertised price.

I actually feel like this should be considered a fee for an optional service (in the words of the AG's guidance), that is, the service of waiting on/serving a large group of customers. Consider this: If you were a glutton and ordered ten dishes for yourself, in theory you wouldn't have to pay that charge, whereas a group of ten who ordered the same dishes would have to.

If the exemption doesn't pass, I'd like to see more specific guidance from the AG on this.

"California lawmakers fast-track restaurant exemption to hidden fees law" by Dan Walters (@DanCALmatters@twitter.com) in CalMatters https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/06/california-restaurants-hidden-fees-law/

I've been following the developments around #SB478 since restaurants started complaining about the AG's guidance FAQ from May, and I truly do not understand why they believe they deserve this special treatment. (Okay, I know why they're *advocating* for this treatment, but the arguments themselves don't make a lot of sense.) Yes, we know restaurants have thin margins and high labor costs, but the way to respond to increased costs is to raise prices (gasp!), just like virtually every other business does.

#SB1524 #CaliforniaPolitics #JunkFees

Is it just me or has #Tumblr totally nerfed the HTML support in posts? I can get over forcing <em> and <strong> into <i> and <b> (I think this has been a thing for a long time, and everyone gets it wrong anyway)...

But now I can't even add a sublist under a list item (it just gets flatted down to one big list), or even a second paragraph within an item! The update is just so awkwardly placed now.

"Things I Hate About the Internet: When the #InternetArchive Can't Archive," expressing my frustration about cases where the #WaybackMachine fails to archive things (especially on #SocialMedia #SocialNetworking sites) https://collectedoverspread.tumblr.com/post/752240801304723456/things-i-hate-about-the-internet-when-the #LinkRot

"If you shoot back a twelve-page rebuttal / With an indexed list of their lies / They'll laugh like demented hyenas / As engagement metrics rise / If you even admit their existence / Then you're falling for their trick / Let them rot in their lair as you starve them of air / It's bad on purpose to make you click."

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/its-bad-on-purpose-to-make-you-click

#clickbait

Interesting thing I found out about #Bluesky : If you try to search the #WaybackMachine for an archived post on the bsky.app site, you'll get what looks like a blank page. However, the text and the author are still in the source code.

(Similarly, if you search for a more recent archive of one of their blog posts, the main content appears to be missing, but it's in the source code. But here for some reason the content shows up if you click somewhere on the page.)

This whole Twitter thread illustrates the problem with the common practice of copying things on the Internet. More people need to learn about #OpenContent #OpenCulture licenses, so they can, if they so choose, give explicit permission for others to share and reuse their work, rather than rely on inconsistent and uncertain social norms.

https://twitter.com/MadeiraSpotting/status/1772734852455919728

"But morality and social norms are supposed to be a different thing from law. In some spheres, it's more important to have hard-and-fast rules enforced by the government in a supposedly unbiased way; in others, it's more important to let communities make judgments using their own vague social norms."

"How Should We Think About Race And 'Lived Experience'?" by Scott Alexander in Astral Codex Ten https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-should-we-think-about-race-and

It's worth considering the specific case being examined here, but I wanted to highlight this broader point. I think it's similar to something I wrote about a few years ago https://collectedoverspread.tumblr.com/post/650122325515223041/truly-deserving-of-condemnation

I've started calling this sort of thing "legalistic thinking," where people apply the strict standards found in law to discussions about morality.