thanksforallthefish

joined 2 years ago

While I hate to agree with anything a Muscovy spokesperson says, I would agree that UA special services is a very likely explanation

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you're making the group then your call, but the name sounds too sunny & positive to anyone who doesn't have context to hear the irony.

Also housing crisis is what it's referred to in many places internationally.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'd suggest "housing crisis" if you want it to get subscribers. Too much subtlety and it's just going to be ignored, imnsho.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Scots wiki had the same problem. A teenage American who didn't speak Scots edited and created 10s of thousands of entries

For those not aware Scots is a Germanic language that split from Old English back about 700-800 years ago - closely related to modern english like frisian is, but also retaining many words lost to english (some of which are retained in Swedish / Dutch etc). It is distinct from standard scottish english.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language

Edit

Articles on the fiasco

https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scots-wikipedia-language-articles-native-speaker-mistakes-610689

https://www.engadget.com/scots-wikipedia-230210674.html?_fsig=8ckIe_eK7juchNpKgsYQww--%7EA

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18679711.scots-wikipedia-us-teen-wrote-swathes-articles-devastated-reactions/

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 65 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

That's weird. The bluesky links in the article work fine for me, and I don't have a bluesky account.

Ahh hang on, this one doesn't work but all the rest do

https://bsky.app/profile/megzavala.bsky.social/post/3lmdz2tu6xk2x

Ahh here we go: it's a user made setting not a bluesky one

"Sign-in Required This user has requested that their content only be shown to signed-in users. This label was applied by the author."

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you have comprehensively missed the point of this post.

This post: "people under threat here's some things you can do to lower your profile, mitigate risk a little" (positive actions)

Your comment (initial & reply): " how did the US let this happen & why didn't you fight it, why aren't you fighting it now"

That assumes a) the people most under threat are the same people who should be/can be fighting it b) that they didnt before the election and c) that the actions you prescribe will be effective.

So. Are your assumptions valid and do they actually add anything by voicing them ?

I know many in the US queer community worked tirelessly to prevent Trump being elected (assumption b) but now they really do need to get as low profile as possible, because there is a pogrom coming. Straight white people can afford to protest, the numbers are there. Minorities in small numbers not so much. Easy pickings.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm increasingly annoyed at all these posts going "here's how to lock down your comms from all the people coming after you for all the protesting you're not doing.

People aren't going to be coming after LGBTQ+ people "for the protesting" they are or are not doing.

They'll be coming for them because they're queer.

If you've even been paying a little bit of attention the magats have made it clear the two main minorities in their sights for the first round are immigrants and trans ppl.

They've already sent a US citizen to an El Salvadorian camp and shrugged and said sorry, can't reverse that now.

If you think the rest of the queer minority are not in their sights you're kidding yourself (and us)

Check your privilege.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So you think the crazy monkeys will react less viciously then they did back when they were just sane but nasty ?

Press X to doubt

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Last time we thought about taking Pine Gap back the CIA installed a new PM...might want to tread carefully there. The US has always taken a dim view of their vassals thinking for themselves

globally. They got nothing at all to worry about

What's that supposed to mean ? You think we're not pissed off at the Tangerine Palpatine and Poundshop Goebbels in Europe ? Or do you think Europeans don't protest ?

If it's the latter I suggest a little googling try "French protest gilet jaunes" for a starter. Or you could just google the protest Tesla has already been experiencing for the last month

You won't need over the horizon radar to see the yanks coming from the south, you'll hear the whining about TDS from miles away.

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