CaptainJanegay

CaptainJanegay, 14 days ago

@simonwood @Edent The bank do need to confirm that: they only know that they called your number, but they can't be sure that you picked up - maybe someone else has access to your phone, or it's been lost or stolen, or you changed your number and forgot to tell them.

Unfortunately this only makes this attack more persuasive.

Telling them you'll hang up and call back on the main number is a good option, and the bank employee should always be happy for you to do so.

Buuut this is Chase...

CaptainJanegay, 14 days ago

@Extelec @Edent That's normal. It's to confirm that someone else hasn't just stolen your phone. The rest of the thread explains, but this is a legitimate notification, it's just being misused.

CaptainJanegay, 14 days ago

@simonwood @Edent Well, it asks for your password as well, which would significantly increase their confidence - although ofc this notification is not actually used to verify your identity in that situation.

But my point is that it's entirely believable that the bank would need some kind of verification when they call you, and a lot of people won't pick up on inconsistencies like this, especially when they've just been told someone has fraudulently taken £300 out of their account

CaptainJanegay, 17 days ago

@fkamiah17 Went to check Vonny aka Jean Hatchet's Twitter to see what the other candidates said, and she's not on Twitter any more! Where do we think she's gone - spinster, truth.social, 8kun?

Leave it to this asshole to make me consider voting for a Lib Dem for the first time since my inaugural bad vote in 2010.

CaptainJanegay, 22 days ago

And in case anyone reading has come across any of this, and is worried:

Hormonal contraceptives often have side effects, and the side effects are underresearched. But for most people, they are minor, and they stop quickly if you stop taking the medication. Different types of HBC will affect your body differently, so if one doesn't work for you, it can be worth trying another.

CaptainJanegay, 22 days ago

Cervical screening is uncomfortable but not painful for the majority of people. If you're worried about the process, speak to the healthcare provider beforehand - they have lots of options to help, ranging from going slowly and explaining every step as you go along, to using smaller instruments, to offering pain relief.

And consent-wise, intimate exams are just like sex: you can say stop at any time, and they will stop, and you can try again in a different way on a different day.

CaptainJanegay, 24 days ago

@oblomov @mayaisloading Bonus points for the absolutely horrific smell. Truly anti-social.

CaptainJanegay, 27 days ago

@mekkaokereke This is a really fascinating study in how the tech economy integrates into post-colonial* power structures, and has the very strong potential to perpetuate them. Horrifying.

*"Post" in the sense of "after the advent of"

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@KimSJ @ChrisMayLA6 This is the distinction between a pay gap and a wage gap. A wage gap is "two people do the same work to the same standard but the woman/black person/disabled person etc gets paid less"; a pay gap is "huh, so we stopped doing that but women (and other marginalised groups) are still getting paid less, I guess the factors are more complex"

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Ah, I loved this series - especially Record of a Spaceborn Few. I really enjoy the way Chambers considers how different contexts influence the social structures her characters exist in.

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Enjoy!

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@JimsPhotos Last time I saw a photo of one of these on masto, someone was in the comments insisting that it must be AI generated because no real duck could look that silly. I love them.

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@skinnylatte Ahhhh! That makes sense! I've always been baffled by the concept of a rice cooker because rice is so quick and simple to cook. I didn't realise they can do other things WITH the rice! That sounds really useful!

CaptainJanegay, 1 month ago

@skinnylatte (To be clear, there are lots of interesting and more complex ways to cook rice that require genuine skill; I don't know how to do that thing with the yogurt base that goes all crispy, for example. But I always got the impression that rice cookers can't do that either, that they're just for boiling & steaming - maybe I was wrong, though!)

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@deborahh @ChrisMayLA6 I think "mental health" is useful. It makes it easier to proactively think about how you're doing even outside the range where you could be considered in any way mentally ill. And yes, the majority of mental health problems are caused by the environment we live in - just like how 7 million people per year die from physical health problems which are attributable to air pollution. We need to expand the public health framework, not discard it & just focus on idiopathy.

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@deborahh @ChrisMayLA6 Ah, sorry - I was making a comparison between environmentally-caused mental health problems, and physical health problems caused by air pollution. Although there is increasing evidence linking air pollution to neurological conditions like dementia, so I wouldn't rule out a connection with mental health too, but as far as I know there isn't any evidence of that at this point.

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@deborahh @ChrisMayLA6 Yeah, undue pathologisation is definitely a big problem in these fields, I don't want to diminish that. But imo prioritising the idea of "mental illness" is more likely to reinforce that attitude than challenge it.

I'd rather see everyone involved in mental health care view mental health problems as things which can arise from multiple causes, often at the same time, rather than taking a siloed view where you're either normally stressed or ill, never the twain shall meet

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@deborahh @ChrisMayLA6 And I want to see more public health work focusing on the social and economic determinants of health. That's happening a bit now, mostly in terms of active lifestyles and diet; and here in the UK, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has been really influential in getting air quality recognised as a public health issue after her daughter's asthma death was formally attributed to pollution by the coroner. This approach needs to be expanded to address (mental) health more generally

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@simon My understanding is that most blind and visually impaired users don't tend to use the built-in screenreaders, and the ones they do use are much more complex and feature-rich, so trying out your application with an OS screen reader won't necessarily give you a good insight into the user experience. That said, they're a useful tool among many, especially for establishing reading order which isn't always transparent or intuitive.

CaptainJanegay, 2 months ago

@miriamrobern It's broader than that, even. There are lots of people who have Opinions about other people's marriages. Many disabled people face disbelief or disgust about their marriages. People who appear to be immigrants, even white/european immigrants, may well face accusations of marrying to get around immigration rules. An officiant who believes marriage is for making babies could refuse to marry an older couple. The list goes on.