I was riding with my bicycle. One of the elastic straps sticks out a little from my bag, gets caught somewhere, I hear a loud click, then see it spin in the air and finally land on the other side of the road.
One thing we did was tried to hurdle all of the hedges along the street. I tried to film it once, but it was dark and trying to ride a bike or a skateboard along the pavement (so there was - in theory - less camera movement) while my friends were doing it wasn't that easy.
I've trapped my fingers in a car door because I had my hand on the roof, leaned over to close the door with my other hand and didn't move the other hand in time.
An unregulated rehab centre linked to the Church of Scientology put mentally ill people through intense psychological drills that allegedly left them “traumatised” and in “trance-like” states, an investigation by the Observer can reveal....
The girl got life with a minimum of 22 years (and a comment saying it would "take a lot of work" for her to be released), The boy got life with a minimum of 20.
I have been thinking about things I haven't used since high school. Been wondering if high school was just a waste of time. If there should have been trades or specialization. I never used MLA formatting in more than a decade.
Which is what the app on my phone is based on already. I manage it most days easily by walking from the bus station to work and back, which is ~1 mile. And that doesn't include the time I'm actually at work, because I can't wear my smart watch actually in the office.
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies built their AI models by “copying and using millions” of the publication’s articles and now “directly compete” with its content as a result....
Authors need to be able to make a living from writing, unless you want far less books to be written. And there is some logic in allowing them to leave some sort of rights to their family, even if it's only for like 10 years.
FPTP isn't inherently undemocratic. It's not ideal, for any number of reasons, but it does have the advantage of a strong local link to representatives and (usually) leads to strong governments. I personally would prefer STV like Ireland has as a first choice, and as a second choice some form of MMP (like the Scottish Parliament, or New Zealand, or Germany)
UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
Conservatives set for worst election result yet, research shows (www.theguardian.com)
A minor thing impacting usability
If I'm on page 14 for instance of "new" and go to "hot", I'm now on page 14 there. I think that the first page would be expected by most people?
What cartoonish event has ever happened to you?
I was riding with my bicycle. One of the elastic straps sticks out a little from my bag, gets caught somewhere, I hear a loud click, then see it spin in the air and finally land on the other side of the road.
Some people have a problem that upvotes and likes even exist. And I would go further.
Some people have a problem that upvotes and likes even exist....
Labour 'committed' to assisted dying vote, Sir Keir Starmer tells Dame Esther Rantzen (inews.co.uk)
Two charged for pouring porridge and jam on Queen Victoria bust in Glasgow (www.theguardian.com)
Faith school banning parts of geography lessons, Ofsted finds (www.secularism.org.uk)
A faith school is censoring science and geography lessons on religious grounds, Ofsted has found....
UK set for eight-day snow event with just two places spared (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
Disgraced singer Gary Glitter refused jail release (www.bbc.co.uk)
Scientology-linked UK drug rehab left vulnerable people ‘traumatised’ (www.theguardian.com)
An unregulated rehab centre linked to the Church of Scientology put mentally ill people through intense psychological drills that allegedly left them “traumatised” and in “trance-like” states, an investigation by the Observer can reveal....
Brianna Ghey's killers named (www.bbc.co.uk)
Edit: I’m going to put this second story here to avoid multiple posts: Brianna Ghey killers given life sentences
Has anyone used MLA format outside of high school ?
I have been thinking about things I haven't used since high school. Been wondering if high school was just a waste of time. If there should have been trades or specialization. I never used MLA formatting in more than a decade.
UN expert condemns UK crackdown on environmental protest (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists Identify The Optimal Number of Daily Steps For Longevity, And It's Not 10,000 (www.sciencealert.com)
Conventional wisdom would have us believe the journey to a long and healthy life begins with 10,000 steps.
Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election (www.theguardian.com)
How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse (plasticbag.org)
BBC News - Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting (www.bbc.co.uk)
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement (www.theverge.com)
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies built their AI models by “copying and using millions” of the publication’s articles and now “directly compete” with its content as a result....
Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat (www.huffpost.com)