phyphor
Likes geeky things & people (JoCo, MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Kevin Smith etc)
Agender/Abrupt/Alive
It/It/Its pronouns (genuinely)
Quoigender
My maternal grandparents fled Austria to avoid persecution by the Nazis about a century ago;
Never Again for anyone!
- I used to hate being wrong because I suffered so much for it. As I've grown I've learned to love being wrong because it gives me a chance to learn! I am as vocal at admitting fault as I was when I was wrong, and face the consequences as they are.
- Actually English isn't the only language with contrastive focus reduplication*, but it's why I happily argue with people who say that it's "incorrect" for English speakers to, for example, say "chai tea" because *even if* "chai" just meant "tea", and it doesn't in English, that's valid! *wiki link:
- If this were a normal human being this would be a cause of significant embarrassment but I don't believe RFK Jr can feel shame. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy...
- I think any lawyer using AI for this nonsense should be disbarred. Similarly I think anyone using AI to generate nonsense bug reports should get their GitHub account deleted. Basically, if you use AI to make up something you should lose any claim of expertise in that subject.
- If you can't read the paywalled article then, at the very least, be aware that Morgan McSweeney seems to be the man heavily pushing Wes Streeting, who is just so incredibly awful. As per @skthecrusader.bsky.social's video on the topic, yesterday: youtu.be/rwl1xeWrvnY?...
- I once answered this question instead of affirming my right to be silent.
- We see time and time again that people with one form of bigotry easily slip into, or perhaps just feel more comfortable revealing, another. Transphobes also being racist is a well known phenomen, and that it affects the Labour leadership isn't a surprise.
- It's why The Prosperity Bible is pernicious. The Just-World Fallacy is, indeed, a fallacy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-wo...
- Fucking hell. @davidgerard.co.uk you seen this shit?
- This video is US based but, given the recent news from the UK Labour party, it's relevant to us Brits, too. youtu.be/9scZwOuUil8?...
- And reportedly used unlicensed music (although this is also sometimes disputed). www.theransomnote.com/music/news/a...
- "just observing people" is not that different to "just asking questions" as a way to validate nonsense rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_as...
