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yle.fi SDP takes the win as Finns Party vote collapses
Finland headed to the polls on Sunday to elect thousands of councillors in a range of local and regional bodies.
I would interpret that there was an even number of “nots” in whatever line in the Bible says “not” to be gay. We got it wrong because of a translation error.
Thou shalt not not not not not not not not not not love thy neighbor of the same gender
Learning a new language has made me realize I'm still learning my native one
English has so many words that I have encountered probably hundreds of times and never looked up. I just skip past them or use context to understand.
What the fuck is a cantilever? What is a yeoman? And why do people insist on bringing in Frnch words like rapprochement?
So if I’m still learning English, despite decades of practice… then I shouldn’t be embarrassed about learning a language that I just encountered a couple years ago.
I felt relieved to realize that no one 100% masters a language. You just reach a point where some % of mastery is enough for what you need to do. So I don’t need to worry about being fluent, if that even has a precise meaning. Every little improvement helps.
Software engineering isn’t one thing. It’s like knowing how to use Microsoft Office. The actual content of your work day depends on where you work, so maybe just look for a new workplace but still within your field. It’s too early to give up imo. Most people hate their first “real” job after exiting the relatively enriching atmosphere of university
Ah yes, viewing disability as a problem to be fixed is very medical and rational and totally not based entirely on how your society is structured.
Nope cant see the resemblance at all… 🤔
“The Happy Urbanist” @jonjon.mp.4 is based in Chattanooga and makes videos about city design and urbanism. I think he is active in city politics too? At least speaking up to the council. But from those videos I can see that Chattanooga is on the better side of American cities… still far from ideal, but looks like they’re trying.
It’s called TERF Island for a reason. Make them paddle if they want to leave
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I also love reading oldish writing, like pre-20th century where the rules were far looser.
We take it for granted, but mathematics also used to be quite loosey-goosey until it was formalized by David Hilbert in the 1920s. Dude was an absolute legend, I mean just look at him:
Em persecution has to end
Lawyers 🤝 English majors
Everything under the line was chat gpt, everything above was chat gp me
Sure does
— is easy to type and it's unfortunate that it is considered an indicator of AI generation
You literally can just long press the normal hyphen on the iOS keyboard, probably similar in Android
So, you saw an em dash in a sentence and immediately screamed “AI!”? Hold up. That long, dramatic line — yeah, that one — has been around way before ChatGPT slid into your DMs. Writers have been using em dashes for centuries to spice things up, create vibes, and break the rules in the coolest way possible.
Here’s the tea: the em dash is a tool, not a tell. Just because an AI uses it doesn’t mean it’s some secret signature. You know who else uses em dashes? Literally every author who’s ever wanted to sound clever, casual, or just a little chaotic.
So next time you spot an em dash, don’t panic. It’s punctuation, not a personality test.
Small job opportunity for those living in South Asia (details inside)
Socialist YouTube channel “India & Global Left” is offering 3 months of paid work if you live in one of the South Asian countries listed below.
Dear all, We’ve just received a small grant from one of our generous patrons, earmarked specifically for podcast-related work. With it, we’re considering two options:
- Producing more in-person podcast episodes, or
- Creating a short documentary focused on working-class lives in South Asia — which is our top priority.
We want to begin in South Asia for three reasons:
- It’s where we have the strongest connections and contextual understanding
- It remains one of the most under-documented and underdeveloped regions
- And with limited resources, working locally is more feasible than launching similar efforts in wealthier countries.
That said:
- If you’re based in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri
I don’t know what any of this means
I didn’t make this one, but it is called a cartogram. You can find free ones if you google “cartogram generator.” Example
With the climate heating up, it’s becoming quite comfortable for Indonesian tourists
Map of the world, proportional to Indonesian speakers
Brandon Woody - Never Gonna Run Away
Blue Note Records has signed the acclaimed trumpeter and composer Brandon Woody, a talented young Baltimore-born and based jazz artist who has been turning heads in the jazz world and beyond in recent years. Woody has just finished recording his debut album featuring his longtime band Upendo, which will be released in Spring 2025.
https://www.bluenote.com/blue-note-signs-trumpeter-brandon-woody/
Love to see the Finns Party (nationalists) eat shit even in this minor election
”Of course this is a failure,” said [Finns] party leader Riikka Purra, who is also the Finance Minister. ”The numbers are terrible, and there's no explaining them away.”
Huh. Until right now, I thought rabbit and hare were synonyms.
When I saw my first European Hare, I noted how not-cute and cuddly it looked... and thought to call them "hares" to denote to myself that they were not the cute rabbits I was familiar with. But now I feel dumb because that's literally what it is.
I only ever see notifications of direct replies, not indirect ones.
Definitely by design. I do not want to receive a geometrically increasing number of notifications as a comment chain expands underneath my comment.
On reddit (maybe it was the Enhancement Suite) IIRC is an option to Watch a thread, which basically does what you want
I wouldn't delete an email to mark it as read. I don’t think hide is sufficiently similar
Add "mark as read" option for posts and comments
On Hexbear, moderators may factor upvote activity into moderation decisions.
Some users treat upvotes as a “mark as read” function, which weakens score reliability and therefore negatively impacts The Algorithm.
Please provide a separate mechanism for users to identify posts that they have already read, which will persist on later visits.
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3183162
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