@brooke ...and here I thought this parody was heading towards obsolescence!
Maybe I'd better record it properly...
(We could call this the "Pissing Away Our Freedoms" Tour. "Idaho Pisses Most Extreme...")
@brooke OR -- hear me out -- we put together a busload of us, and visit every single "illegal" bathroom on the route, and post video (from outside the bathroom) of anything that happens.
(...perhaps finding out some way to mix in a bit of public outreach... yeah, this is probably a terrible idea... except that when fascists demand obeisance, the best response is to pointedly disobey.)
@gwynnion I have to think these are the same people who might say "I used to like Star Trek until it went all woke".
@Bishopjoey @jannem @slothrop @neil
The more the world shifts right, the harder I feel I need to push in the other direction.
Free healthcare, UBI, no billionaires...
This is what happens when you boost AND favorite a post
@hellomiakoda By "America", they mean "me and maybe my rich friends, unless I need to throw them under the bus for some reason".
The rest of us are NPCs.
This is peak malicious compliance and I love it
https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
Edit : the blog author is on the fediverse if you want to follow him here, and he maintains a follow page on his site with many options!
@undercarbonated
P.S.
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They are the code devs (whoooo)
They are the code devs (whoooo)
I am the codebase!
Goo-goo gə-ÞOOB!
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@undercarbonated I believe that is officially accepted as a regional dialect pronounciation.
Alternate spelling: giþub (for those who prefer thorny code-issues)
@riley I think maybe the Nazis have been stöckpiling umlauts, leading to shortages in heavily umlaut-dependent places like Finland.
The resultant proofreading chaos is, of course, part of the goal.
@ai6yr Our backyard is big enough, and this would make a super-cool shed... but I have no idea how we'd get it there (even if it were local to us which is presumably not the case).
Sigh...
We've started getting an overwhelming number of requests for interviews on cooperativism, community resilience, and related topics, largely from students. Not sure what happened in 2026, but we've gone from a couple requests a year to several a month. It's awesome that there's all this enthusiasm, but we are so under resourced to respond to constant inquiries 😮💨
If anyone out there works for an org that wants to fund co-operative education and peer support, we are already doing this work for free, but would do more of it if we had funding!
@futurebird @michael_w_busch @pzmyers
As someone who was taught cursive starting in 2nd grade and who had no problems doing it, I think I'm somewhat qualified to say that I see it completely unnecessary as a mandatory subject.
Writing by hand, yes, mandatory; cursive as an option, yes; cursive as mandatory, no.
...and even though I was perfectly good at it, it's not what I use when I want to write quickly and legibly.
(My understanding -- check with an actual primary-school educator -- is that it was originally developed for writing with a quill-pen, because they are prone to splotching when lifted from the page. With modern writing implements, other issues take precedence.)
We have a sad tale today from Manchester Piccadilly station.
This is Chocolat. Or at least that's the name printed on their foot.
They're a lovely, cuddly black kitty who was sadly separated from their owner on Platforms 3 & 4 about 19.14.
We heard a tinkle of broken glass and helped their owner tidy up however she had left before I could pass this lovely kitty back to her owner.
Unable to find her on the nearby train we are a bit lost.
Please share this far and wide, across any social media and maybe we can help reunite this poor kitty with their rightful owner.
We will ensure Lost Property here look after her in the meantime.
New wishlist-item for #KateEditor :
(Do you think your associates can arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?)
The Supreme Court just sent a clear message: ISPs are NOT copyright police. That’s a win for internet access, online speech, and creativity. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/supreme-court-agrees-eff-isps-dont-have-be-copyright-enforcers
After the revolution, we make sure the billionaires' holdings are entirely backed by Tr#mp-scrip, and then declare all Tr#mp-scrip to be invalid.
...or something along those lines. Live by the swindle, die by the swindle.
@EveHasWords (Starring this for the "in other news" part.)
It's amazing how far toadies will go in their toadying. It's like they have no shame.