“While you guys are back there pounding us, would you mind also checking our backs for moles? Thank you.” EU to US.

I don’t know whether to be glad that women’s wellbeing and dignity are being defended through this gesture, or to be sad that someone needs to do this in the first place, because some assholes out there don’t know how to behave as decent human beings.

Only if it has one those sick Doom album covers.

I used a hardened version of Fennec, but have switched to Iron Fox, through the Accrescent store. Both are privacy-centric Firefox forks for Android. I think they’re your best bet.

The country that suffered the second most damaging Russian psy-op in the western sphere - with the guy who spearheaded the movement polling significantly, mind you - is warning us Ireland is a backdoor for Russian spies. Huh. Guess they’re experienced enough.

Look, I’d love for Peertube to rival Youtube (and it’s a growing platform, who knows what will happen in the future), but like you said, there are very few content creators and mainstream personalities there. Try looking up a song, a clip from a popular TV show, a game walkthrough, a stand up from your favorite comedian, a silly meme, whatever, and if you find anything on Peertube, that’s impressive, but on Youtube you’ll have dozens upon dozens of examples. The difference in scale over popular content makes any usability comparison right now just wishful thinking. This has been by far YT’s (and maybe on a larger scale Google’s) strength: everything/everyone is already there, so why go anywhere else, where not nearly the amount of people will be watching and bringing in money based on those views.

Still, I’m hopeful people will accept alternative platforms more and more, with how shitty the YT experience has been on the official client and I enjoy discovering new channels I can follow on Peertube, but as of now, I don’t think most people could ditch one for the other, realistically.

There’s simply not even close to the amount of content amassed on YT, and on Peertube’s case (and perhaps on the Fediverse itself), having to navigate through instances makes onboarding not as seamless as the alternative. On the other hand, I think YT’s monetization scheme makes it a more attractive platform at the moment, which further contributes to the extent of its user base.

Wish we weren’t stuck with YT, but Peertube and others are not nearly anp viable option yet. Hurray for other clients, though.

According to lawmakers, parliament agreed to scale back its demands – and the final text notably gave the United States until the end of the year to drop surtaxes above 15 percent on steel components, rather than insisting on it as a precondition.

The EU has absolutely no spine. This level of appeasement will only be rewarded with further scorn and disdain.

Looks like it’s time to let my babies grow up to be cowboys.

Fair enough. Just because he filled it with nonsense in the Hobbit before doesn’t mean he won’t learn from his mistakes.

Films, as in multiple movies just for Silmarillion, like he did for the Hobbit? Guess that’s very thoughtful of him to think about letting the fanedit community have another moment to shine in saving his bloated adaptation.

Great news for data sovereignty! Let’s hope more in the europe follow suit.

Bummer that they do that. Any platform that you can recommend that addresses that issue and is user-friendly?

Vaccination is not mandatory in Romania. In 2015, responsibility for administering vaccines was shifted exclusively to GPs, increasing bureaucracy and piling pressure on to an already stretched system.

This here is the central issue, I would say. It needs to become a public health priority, in as much as to become mandatory practise and independent of GP appointments.

I’ve been using Letterboxd for a while now and am pretty happy with it.

Good thing we’re wiping the US’ ass after they shit the bed with Israel, never would’ve known what to do with the extra TP.

Then, they’ll just sob and cry for bailouts when people ultimately switch to cheaper chinese EVs after being shafted for the upteenth time by gas price hikes.