I think the main issue the tories lost wasn't because of a sudden trend towards leftism, but because of how ridiculously corrupt they became
Not really comparable since the DUP is constrained to Northern Ireland and never even considers entering mainland UK. The Conservative party, Labour party and Lib Dems rarely run in Northern Ireland if ever, so the parties don't have to worry about them. Reform is UK-Wide and actively snatched votes from the Tories.
Unfortunately, leftist movements in the UK tend to be idiotically self hating towards our country at best and commonly supports the literal dissolution of the United Kingdom which turns most moderates away.
The polls can possibly be wrong if something is really close, but this basically never happens. Unfortunately, voting isn't compulsory
Reminds me of the time I saved my Duolingo streak literally at 23:59:59. The app glitched out and displayed it as extended for both the day I did it on and the day the streak screen rendered on. A refresh of the app showed that it only counted for the previous day, so it worked regardless 🤣
If you're a Canadian citizen, you can skip the "get citizenship" part. So maybe you can afford to reconsider in light of this new info?
I will keep this in mind next time I see you complaining about politics
If you want to self host with FOSS, you could try something with good ol' Wordpress. It also carries the bonus of apparently being able to federate (I never got this working ☹️)
Interestingly enough, you find a lot of people claiming the BBC is biased, but those people cannot agree on who they're biased towards 😆 so they must be doing something right.
I think the main issue was the "don't trust the mainstream media" and "fake news" BS. It was genius if you think about it. Then people will go to him for their info.
I also understand though that the USA has less unbiased reporting, unlike the UK where unbiased is generally the standard for TV reporting, especially for the BBC.
Our newspapers, however......
"as far as the eye can see" I can very clearly see the edge
Your second paragraph is the main reason.
I am from the UK and a famous example is Bobby Sands MP. Was a member of the PIRA, but was in prison and got elected MP for his constituency. While I do believe the PIRA to be a brutal terrorist organisation, the people who voted him in wanted to show their support - and I agree with their right to do that as much as I vehemently disagree with their choice
Gambling addiction time
The trinity is in the Bible. Not the word "trinity", but our understanding of it comes purely from the Bible. Which is why even most SDAs agree with it. Real presence (part of the doctrine of transubstantiation) and miracles are also biblical. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures and the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price aren't biblical. Just like how the Qur'an isn't biblical.
Muslim means "one who submits", so I could identify as a muslim even though I don't even adhere to Islam- it doesn't make me Muslim.
Recommendation Algorithms & Advertising - Where do you draw the line?
I think recommendation algorithms and advertising are separate things, however think with defaults and when it comes to what specific data is collected, where do you draw the line? Absolutely no recommendations at all based on an algorithm? Would you say using your 'like' history to recommend you more videos is okay? What about watch history, or save history?
Same question can also be asked about where you draw the line on advertising. Just say Youtube showed ads purely based on your video like history, would that be creepy?
I think we can all draw the line at location history, how long you linger on a post, etc. I'd like to know your thoughts on where you'd draw the line for both advertising and content recommendations. (This is two questions)
Sorry that this post is horribly formatted. I'm tired, acoustic and had a shower thought 😝
BBC News - Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil
The move comes the day before celebrations for the Summer Solstice.
(Just found out author is a nazi ☹️) "They put an intelligence dampening sphere on me. It clung to my brain like a tumour, generating an endless amount of terrible ideas!"
Apparently the artist is a nazi by the way which I didn't realise when posting this.
I think people in prison should be allowed to vote
In a democracy, I don't see how their vote really matters less. Plus it'll help improve prisons perhaps.
The UK should carry out a genocide on and towards their grey squirrels
They are an invasive species and replaced the prettier, native red ones. I think a bounty might cause people to set up indiscriminate traps so wouldn't go there, but I think we should figure out a way to genocide grey squirrels
What to be aware of before opening port 25 on a postfix Raspberry Pi?
I have a raspberry pi running postfix. I Realised unless I open port 25 I absolutely cannot receive emails (I have 587 open and can send but not receive them). However I heard there are scaries online which someone could potentially send emails from your server without consent. I believe as well my ISP doesn't block port 25. Is there anything I should do right now before opening port 25, or should everything be safe enough?
BBC News - Sydney: Bishop stabbed during sermon - reports
Police say they responded to reports of multiple people being stabbed in western Sydney.
Seems to be Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who has clips of his sermons go viral online
Matthew explains autism to Philip [The Chosen]
The Chosen is a video series based on the Biblical New Testament. It does like to take a good bit of creative liberty, to make it a good series, such as fleshing out minor characters in the Bible, inventing backstories and personalities for them, many are fully fleshed characters based on some brief description from the Bible.
One of my favourite things they've done was by representing St Matthew The Evangelist - one of Jesus's disciples and author of the Gospel of Matthew - as being autistic. I find him quite a lovable character who I can empathise with at times in the series and I'm really glad for this inclusion 🤣
Why games on YouTube now???
As well as being covered in community posts, ads, and shorts. I think if I looked at Youtube for the first time and it was like this, I'd delete it.
Dubs are better than subs
I'm not hearing the japanese voices while reading the subtitles, I'm hearing my own voice. Also too busy reading to understand it. Cannot look away either. Voice acting in most dubs is alright.
I think live actions are different, as squid game's dub was rubbish
The Irish Tricolour shouldn't be used for St Patrick's Day.
The Irish Tricolour flag represents the country of the Republic of Ireland, 26 counties of the island, which in fact doesn't include the 6 counties that St Patrick mainly operated in. In fact, it can be quite offensive to many people living in the place St Patrick mainly operated in, due to a civil conflict.
St Patrick also has his own flag - a red saltire on a white background - which deliberately represents him.
Making St Patrick's day a festival of Irish Nationalism specific to the Republic of Ireland makes zero sense, and using a flag which only represents part of the island, especially since many Americans are also descended from Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland.
Princess of Wales apologises for any confusion over Mother's Day family photo saying she "occasionally experiments with editing"
The Princess of Wales apologises for any confusion over Mother's Day family photo, saying she "occasionally experiments with editing".
AI call agents on phones.
Seriously, I'd rather either sit on hold and press buttons instead of trying to explain to an AI several times that I want it to connect me to a real person. I also have a "non standard" accent as well, so the thing probably cannot even understand me.
