i thought he would win. yes Ukraine is probably fucked. Taiwan likely too ( Read more... )

British Airways expanded use of their chatbots i guess in order to relieve call centres. if only they were useful. it does not understand "special assistance" (and thinks i cannot check in because i did not provide advanced passenger information); it does not understand "disability" and thinks i want to make a complaint. it does not even understand ( Read more... )

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66081060
BBC presenter allegations: A timeline of how the story has unfolded
"The story emerged when the Sun newspaper reported that the presenter was alleged to have paid someone for sexually explicit photos, ( Read more... )

there is still hope, i guess
i am starting to receive approvals of my appeals (5 out of 19 so far)
i guess i proved i am a human :)


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Spanish government came up with an amazing measure that will solve everything. Compulsory masks outdoors. Oh, THAT was the problem apparently! We were not wearing masks outdoors!
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"Scotland police agreed to log rapes as being committed by a woman if the person caught raping identifies as female at the moment. A lot of the West is reckoning with this right now, but the general direction things are going in is that biological males will be able to opt in to being held in female prisons. The best response comes from JK Rowling ( Read more... )

simple enough explanation of NFTs
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-13/grab-spac-mega-merger-isn-t-mega-without-blackrock-pipe
(scroll down)

вот людям делать нехуй :)

FT, I guess, is trying to "help" by misrepresenting research with a deliberately scary title:
Brain disorders affect 1 in 3 Covid survivors, large UK study shows
https://www.ft.com/content/beb407c0-03a3-4aae-ba4b- ( Read more... )

What It’s Like to Have a Period as a Non-Binary Person: 'We Need to Stop Associating Periods With Womanhood'
(saw in my facebook feed... with lots of comments from women saying "wtf...?")

я думаю через определенное время современное транс/non-binary/lgbTQAA+++ движение и вот такие попытки "борьбы за права" будет преподаваться как пособие "как не ( Read more... )

pretty typical but still depressing story these days

https://quillette.com/2021/03/18/the-campaign-of-lies-against-journalist-jesse-singal-and-why-it-matters/