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Mostly a lurker.I read books to pay the bills.She/her/theyUK

  • Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’

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  • 'The Threat Is Extremely Real': Advocates Sound Alarm Over Trump 'Energy Emergency'

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  • @Zenodyne @SnotFlickerman the clue should probably have been the fact that Musk openly stated that he would, and Trump actually was going to, go to prison if Trump didn't win the election. Running the country is their way into lawbreaking.

  • Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’

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  • @venotic @MicroWave @earphone843 they're not asking Trump. They're asking the boards of elections in three specific counties. I agree that petitions always feel pointless but you said nobody was doing anything - somebody is at least trying to do something.

  • Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’

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  • @danc4498 agree! Just interesting to note that someone is trying a new instance. Unclear, as you say, what control they will have.

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  • “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

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  • “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

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  • @richardisaguy @Tea sometimes they just come free with stuff. We got given two Google ones when my husband bought a Pixel phone. We were going to sell them on but we never got round to it. You can physically turn off the microphone part though (at least it tells you it's turned off so fingers crossed) so we use the one with a screen as a digital photo frame (and a speaker) and the other one as just a speaker.

  • The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces

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  • @person1 textbooks! And now ebooks and e-learning platforms. Look at this extract as an example of y, or analyse it to find examples of x, or watch this performance of a scene from a play as a good example of z.

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  • @person1 I work in publishing for schools and it is so difficult/expensive to publish support for literature or media. Fair use & fair dealing laws can only get you so far. Great Gatsby finally coming out of copyright was a big moment. But the reason it's come out is of course because it's not actually recent literature any more.

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  • @person1 imagine if we applied normal copyright to Disney

  • An unelected billionaire is gunning for Social Security. Get Musk out, now.

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  • McDonald’s Customers Will Get Their Meals With a Side of AI

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  • @LostMyMind maybe it's because a lot of our McDonald's are in central locations where a lot of people live and there's no parking, so it would be pretty absurd to only allow delivery? Or maybe it's a competition thing. All the coffee chains do it, and it got really popular over lockdown. The queues in coffee chains can take ages while they're making drinks for deliveries and pickups - it's really annoying, but at least it gives another advantage to the independents.

  • McDonald’s Customers Will Get Their Meals With a Side of AI

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  • @LostMyMind @return2ozma you can in the UK. Maybe not globally? https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/in-our-restaurants/my-mcdonalds-app.html

    ![Screenshot from the FAQ of the UK McDonalds app page: Ordering

    • Browse our menu. Add to your order, choose your portion size and customise individual items.
    • If you want to use one of the deals available on McDonald’s app makes sure you select the one you want from the deals page. You must add it to your order. If you don't add the deal to your order you will pay full price for the item. Once complete choose which payment card you'd like to use when you arrive at the restaurant.
    • Confirm your order and make your way to the restaurant.
    • Confirm that you've arrived with the phone used to place the order.
    • Choose the collection method you’d like to use.](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/157/322/341/795/138/original/13bca148d1d222e2.png)
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  • @HenriVolney well yeah, there are brands but I don't think there are any geographical designations to compete with eg champagne, other than bourbon.

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  • @veroxii @neo2478 right, and in terms of PDO there's not much Europe could retaliate with. What is there? Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey? I think those are the only geographical indicators they have. But Cory Doctorow came up with some good ideas. The EU has already brought in alternative app stores but I'm sure there are some other tech & IP considerations https://www.pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/

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  • @9488fcea02a9 @ForgottenFlux I remember reading a whole article about how Samsung now just shoves a hi-res picture of the moon on top of pictures you take with the moon in so it looks like it takes impressive photos. Not sure if the scandal meant they removed that "feature" or not