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lowqualityfacts , to random
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It's one of my favorite traditions.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

bytebro ,
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@lowqualityfacts For that very reason I now have a codicil to my Will that says that my body must be embalmed or wrapped with itching powder. I shall laugh at your discomfort as I'm being cremated 🙂

JeremyMallin , to random
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When I was a kid, teachers taught us that plural words that end with "s" that are meant to be possessive should end with an apostrophe after the "s" and nothing else. I have been coming across more and more people ending those words with "s's". Did they not get the memo or is that construction changing?

ex: "peoples'" versus "peoples's"

bytebro ,
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@JeremyMallin Actually, I was taught differently. The example given was UK-centric, but said that the soccer team managed by a chap called Terry Venables (for example), should be "Terry Venables's team". So maybe, in our own way, we're all 'right'!

Might take a while, but I'll try and find my go-to cite for that later 😂

bytebro ,
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@ergative @JeremyMallin "The way I was taught" was that if the word itself is a singular ending in 's' then it gets an apostrophe and an 's'. Like "Venables's" in my example

If however the word is itself a plural like "peoples" ending in 's' then in your example then it simply has the trailing apostrophe to indicate a plurality, so "peoples<apostrophe>.

I shall find the cite when I get home, or at least an amusing rant about the subject 😂

Pitching to @JdeBP for affirmation!

Nonilex , to random
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allies test a new strategy for
In 5 battleground states, county-level ofcls have tried to block the of tallies — which election experts worry is a test run for trying to thwart a victory.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/26/certification-2024-election-results/

bytebro ,
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@Nonilex Sadly that's paywalled. Might anyone have a gift link please? Thx.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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That is good to know.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

bytebro ,
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@lowqualityfacts
I refer you to Mr Bygraves...

https://youtu.be/p-rcZh0A64s

RickiTarr , to random
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Me, doing chores and food prep: Existing is too much work!!!

bytebro ,
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@RolloTreadway @RickiTarr @colo_lee I have owned one (bread making machine) for a couple of decades. It's quite good at producing house-bricks, but not so much for edible loveliness. Probably because I'm shite at making bread, of course. Even the 'pre-mix' stuff comes out as building material.

I either need to bin it, or sell it on.

GottaLaff , to random
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“16 Nobel Prize-winning economists penned a letter, first obtained by Axios, warning about the possibility of higher if returns to the White House next year.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inflation-nobel-economists-warning-1917046

bytebro ,
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@GottaLaff I think 'higher inflation' might be the least of everyone's worries.

lednaBM , to random
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Hey, dumbasses! What's taking so long....

bytebro ,
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@MishaVanMollusq @lednaBM

From the Other Place...

Natasha_Jay , to random
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BINFACE MANIFESTO 2024: Selected highlights, manifesto of the day

  • All water bosses to take a dip in British rivers, to see how they like it
  • National Service to be introduced for all former prime ministers
  • Wifi on trains that works
  • Trains that work
  • The reintroduction of ceefax
  • European countries to be invited to join the UK, creating a new ‘union of europe’, if you will
  • Wallace and Gromit to be knighted, for services to Wensleydale 🧀
  • I pledge to build at least one affordable house
  • Croissants to be price-capped at £1.10, and 99 flakes to cost 99p
  • Loud snacks to be banned from cinemas and theatres
  • Pensions to be double-locked, but with a little extra chain on the side
  • Minsters’ pay to be tied to that of nurses for the next 100 years
  • Shops that play Christmas music before december to be closed down and turned into public libraries
  • Count binface to represent the UK at Eurovision

Link to full manifesto:
https://www.countbinface.com/manifesto

bytebro ,
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@Natasha_Jay If he was standing in Bristol, he'd have my vote on that platform. Not even that controversial for many of my cohorts!

I'm particularly in favour of this one... "Shops that play Christmas music before december to be closed down and turned into public libraries"

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If you see a new youTube channel with a plain sounding name like "NatureView" or "BrightScience" etc. and there is what looks like a tempting video on a specific education topic "Most Active Volcanoes" or "Incredible Carnivorous Plants"

There is a 50/50 chance it will be a generated voice with stock footage and a script written by GPT.

I am now avoiding videos if I don't recognize the creator, or don't see signs it was made by a person.

So much spam!

bytebro ,
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@futurebird True. Obvs, we all like different stuff, but I do follow the channels from Hank Green (SciShow, Journey to the Microcosmos, et al) along with some of Brady Haran's (Numberphile, Computerphile, Periodic Table, et al), plus PBS SpaceTime. I dump the LLM-voiced ones immediately.

wdlindsy , to random
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“The White House press corps would be in wolf pack mode if Biden were in the middle of a speech and suddenly veered into gibberish about boats and sharks. There would be front-page stories questioning whether the president, at 81, was suffering from dementia; and the op-ed pages would be filled with thumb-suckers about whether Vice President Harris and the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment."

~ Eugene Robinson

#Trump #dementia #Biden #media #MediaFail
/1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/10/trump-sharks-electrocuted-boat-story/

bytebro ,
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@wdlindsy The headline on that WAPO article is a great example of Betteridge's Law though.

jerry , to random
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One weird trick ransomware operators do NOT want you to know…

bytebro ,
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@zixxorb @jerry So does uninstalling Windows.

rbreich , to random
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When Trump openly and repeatedly exclaims that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” or shares a video calling for a “unified Reich,” he is literally echoing the language of Hitler.

Trump is not a “populist.” He’s not a “strongman.” He is a fascist.

Use the word.

bytebro ,
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@rbreich And why not? The treasonous fuckgibbon isn't even trying to hide it anymore.

Journos should always[1] be like:
"Say what you see"
"Looks like, walks like, talks like - yup, it a fucken duck"
"If reporting it gets 'important' people angry, it's news"

  1. I am not a journo, so it's not jeopardising my livelihood, I know. Yes, they get unethical pressures from editors and bosses. If it were me I'd like to think I'd rather walk than cave.
lunastation , to random
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Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. - Anne Herbert

bytebro ,
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@lunastation Great steal from Gilbert Sheldon from 1971, as well :)

RickiTarr , to random
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What is your dream road trip? Where would you start? Where would you end up? What stops would you make along the way? It can be short or long, whatever interests you!

bytebro ,
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@RolloTreadway @RickiTarr

Shades of Anna Kendrick...

"I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round
The one with the prettiest of views
It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you"

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