They're after me... @frickinLasers@qoto.org

So, after half an hour fighting with the European Commission's website to provide feedback on the draft-proposal of the Cyber Resilience Act, I tried in Chromium and went through swimmingly. What does this tell us about how serious the EU institutions are about reigning in Google's quas-monopoly if the same institutions cannot be arsed to make their websites work on browsers like Mozilla Firefox?

"Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other "unvetted" book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution."

That's quite a lede. We're in big trouble down here, folks.

from @juddlegum https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books

Me: My privilege makes others uncomfortable, so if you could be more subtle next time please?

Server who accidentally gave me two napkins:

TEACHER: do you know what estimate means
STUDENT: not exactly
TEACHER: yes you are right
STUDENT: about what
TEACHER: also correct
STUDENT: …i guess
TEACHER: wow you really know your stuff

Waiheke Island resident fed up with being tormented by mysterious sausages put in his mailbox

#news #funny #NotTheOnion #Itsasausage

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/01/waiheke-island-resident-fed-up-with-being-tormented-by-mysterious-sausages-put-in-his-mailbox.html

To whom do I report plagiarism in a 1941 book from an 1872 book?!?

You buying or selling, sailor?

#humor #antivax #antivaxxers #politics

Pic from r/therewasanattempt

Ahh okay. #science #cats #funny

@Popehat on a scale from erupting volcano to Hiroshima, how angry will this judge be that a secret robot will giving legal advice in their courtroom?

Sure, I’m behind on a bunch of things I should have completed a month ago, but at least I’m frustrated and angry at myself about it.

Battery drain

"Doctors and hospitals are turning away patients, saying that ambiguous laws and the threat of criminal penalties make them unwilling to test the rules."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/21/us/abortion-ban-exceptions.html

Salton Sea World

#RuinAThemePark
#HashItOut
#HashtagGames

I'd rather not put all my eggs in one basket but I can only afford one basket and past attempts at carrying eggs in my pants have ended rather poorly.

Oh FUCK yes— a filmmaker decided to do the job the FBI neglected to do because… reasons?

Secretly-Made Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Doc Premieres at Sundance

https://jezebel.com/secretly-made-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-doc-premie-1850015451?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

welcome to skunk saturday

#opossum #meme

I love that my wife can come downstairs at 8am on a Saturday, drink half the pot of coffee I just made, then immediately go back to bed and fall asleep.

I assume this is some kind of superpower.

A nerdy Black man was beat so badly by Tennessee cops this past week that its said he looked worst than Emmit Til. He's dead now, and cops are refusing to release the body cams because they fear riots. The cops were in an unmarked car, with no uniforms on. Its reported the cops continued to beat him even after he was cuffed.

By all accounts #TyreNichols was a Black, nerdy skateboarder with no connections to crime or even police contact other than driving while Black.

Happy Saturday! Have a good one #HorrorFam

#meme #vampire #horror #funny #HorrorFamily #itsajoke #MotherSuspiriasAfternoonMeme