The Phone Co-op is a cooperative phone company in the UK. They have helpful customer service, offer discounts to pensioners and never try to upsell people stuff.
I used to have vodaphone and a bunch of extra "packages" that were crap, like an add on for cheaper roaming in the EU, which they didn't when the EU got rid of roaming charges.
Anyway, cancelling vodaphone was easy for me because I'm still alive and not vulnerable. Tkae advantage of this while you can. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/28/sadmin-mother-death-vodafone
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/129997-doom-rpg-port-reverse-engineering/
Can't remember if I boosted this here or on twitter but DoomRPG ported to pc after being reverse engineered and it's...
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shit it's actually pretty fun lmao
If you're a UK citizen or resident, you can add your voice for a real conversion "therapy" ban that doesn't leave out trans people. (Current tally just under 90,000 in one weekend)
Does anyone on the #fediverse have any job contacts in West Texas?
A trans woman on my team is looking for new work and she's struggled to find jobs because, well, West Texas. I'm trying to help her find remote or local gigs related to 3D modeling or animation.
Boosts welcome and encouraged
"I noticed that firmware dump for vintage synth can be incredibly hard to come by unless you know exactly where to look. Most of the time, if you are looking to upgrade or repair your favourite synth, you might find some firmware buried deep in synth forum's while some other seems to only be available by buying very overpriced preprogramed EPROM chip from sellers on eBay. This is my attempt at resolving the situation and making as many firmware dumps as possible freely available for everyone."
calling in vs calling out oppressive behaviour
Calling in: sending an email or talking in probate to someone about something they did/said
Calling out: doing it in public
Which one should you choose?
Before you call in or call out, ask yourself:
- Who has the power in this situation? If you, call in
- Am I calling out a person or a systemic behaviour? If the system, call out
- How much energy and emotional labor can I share? If not much, call them in with someone who does
- Will they probably change their problematic behaviour? If no, call out
- Who is in the room?
- What do I want to accomplish?
From This book is antiracist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
Remember the refrain: „There is no data, only software at rest“. NFTs are essentially a weird form of linking to content and - surprise - that content can be malware, stealing your fantasy coins. Via @glynmoody@twitter.com https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/17/in_brief_security/
ukpol
If my early response to a global pandemic was a murderous attempt to achieve herd immunity at the expense of the poor, disabled, and vulnerable, and was now judged as an unmitigated disaster and the worst public health failure ever (also, murderous and fascistic), I too would not wish to be judged in hindsight
Reminded about Crysis Remastered.
Go to around 15 minutes for the problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Az4-2o9AI
ukpol, Starmer's speech
"During his conference speech today – summarised by one wag as ‘spend 17 years getting ready for work and learning to follow the rules, then the rest of your life working and following the rules’ – Keir Starmer quoted ‘the beauty of work’ as a driving force for what passes for his ‘vision’s the UK.
Starmer attributed his idea to Auden – but in fact the ‘beauty of work’, ‘Schönheit der Arbeit’, was the slogan of a propaganda department of the nazi regime from 1934 to 1945"
https://skwawkbox.org/2021/09/29/starmers-beauty-of-work-was-a-nazi-propaganda-slogan/