My parents gave me an awesome and unique name, but not everyone is that lucky. Legal name changes are hard, especially for kids, and maybe we should allow them to try out their new identity first?
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RT @PaulCliffcouk
I have a student who is refusing to acknowledge and be acknowledged by her legal name. She is insisting that everyone use a name she's just made up. I believe words matters, so I'm refusing to indulge - I imagine it'll…
https://twitter.com/PaulCliffcouk/status/1525444523702222850
I just noticed "foreach" on npm is controlled by a single maintainer.
I also noticed they let their personal email domain expire, so I bought it before someone else did.
I now control "foreach" on NPM, and the 36826 projects that depend on it.
I'm 2nd screen and bad shave.
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RT @EthicsInBricks
Which ZOOM character are you?
https://twitter.com/EthicsInBricks/status/1523260845555339265
If I were to Twitter-shame every store with bad or no cycle parking around here, I'd be extremely busy.
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RT @CyclingInASkirt
The only #cycle parking at this @LidlGB #Sheffield.
Pathetic.
https://twitter.com/CyclingInASkirt/status/1521790821414100993
Mehr Demokratie @volksentscheid@twitter.com warnt, „dass die politische Vielfalt im EU-Parlament nicht mehr abgebildet wird“. https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/presse/einzelansicht-pms/sperrklausel-auf-eu-ebene-darf-nicht-durch-die-hintertuer-wieder-eingefuehrt-werden
In dieser Grafik die Konsequenzen. (2/3)
Doctorow on chickens, centaurs, and app-capitalism.
https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/02/reverse-centaurs/#ill-form-the-head
US Supreme Court
The latest News from Gilead
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
Fun fact: The next page starts with a picture of the New York skyline that dates it even more.
I see that NFT gaming is going great.
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RT @FoldableHuman
The Axie Infinity devs’ mentions are full of digital landlords pissed that their “scholars” (Filipino employees being paid in game scrip) are all quitting the game and no-showing their weekly quotas.
https://twitter.com/FoldableHuman/status/1513802014349701122
You do not let the camel's nose into the tent, I've heard said, unless you want the camel's ass in the tent. https://www.quippd.com/writing/2022/04/12/microsoft-edge-is-now-taking-over-as-your-default-browser-on-linux.html
#Wordle 296 3/6
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Biscuits and Cigarettes.
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RT @SoVeryBritish
Replace one word of a film title with “biscuits”
https://twitter.com/SoVeryBritish/status/1513071443894054918
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Ahhhh! Return to Monkey Island has been announced!
http://www.indieretronews.com/2022/04/return-to-monkey-island-long-awaited.html
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