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transworld, to transgender
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How would you feel if a woman you know, perhaps vulnerable, was forced into being treated in an all-male ward at a hospital. How would that woman feel?

https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/03/kemi-badenoch-rather-die-a-male-hospital-ward-20961379/

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@transworld that final sentence is perfect.

Loukas, to random
@Loukas@mastodon.nu avatar

I've just wiped windows 10 and installed Linux. And now I will never speak of it again.

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@Loukas more people just using Linux (and open source in general) is a good thing 🙂

18+ rhys, to UKpolitics
@rhys@rhys.wtf avatar

#Labour's #green push includes, alongside GB Energy and vetoing new oil and gas licences:

  • fast tracking floating offshore wind with 5GW planned
  • more than double onshore wind to 35GW
  • more than triple solar to 50GW
  • quadruple offshore wind to 55GW
  • complete existing nuclear projects, extend life of existing plants, invest in SMRs
  • double target for hydrogen to 10GW

The #SNP are very angry about the oil and gas licences, but this all looks great to me.

#GE2024 #UKPolitics

18+ RPBook,
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@JetlagJen this is the toot I was telling you about

Mrfunkedude, to random
@Mrfunkedude@mastodon.social avatar

It's been around a week since I switched to Linux Mint as my main OS and here are a few thoughts...

If you have a PS5 and like to play remotely from your PC, Chiaki is the app for you. A little wonky to configure, but so far works great.

So far the majority of software that I used with Windows has a Linux equivalent. If it doesn't, I've had to find workarounds.

Haven't had ANY driver problems at all.

So far there haven't been any big issues and it's been pretty painless.

Yay!

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@Mrfunkedude that's good to hear. Linux has been my primary OS since 2002. I don't have issues, but it's difficult to be sure how much of that is because I've been using it for so long.

I find Windows much more difficult 🙂

RPBook, to queer
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

I occasionally see articles and toots about #authors being arseholes and generally behaving badly.

So, as an antidote to that, I'd like to tell you a story about @clacksee being an excellent human being.

A while ago, she sent a message to her mailing list offering a large discount off any of her books when bought direct. I decided to use it to buy a couple of her books to use as prizes at the tombola that #Mermaids will be running at our local #Pride in June.

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RPBook,
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I emailed her and asked if she could sign them. She replied to say yes, but there was no need to pay - she'd donate them, and she asked which books I wanted. I was grateful that she was going to donate them, so I told her the two books I'd planned to buy.

The package arrived today. It has the two books I asked for, but it also had three other books, and a tote bag. Every book is signed, with a note saying "Protect trans kids".

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RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

If you like "#SciFi without the pew-pew" or cosy London noir, I can heartily recommend her books.

I've read all five of the books in the photo, plus some others (mostly shorts that are only available as ebooks). They're all very good.

https://www.whitehartfiction.co.uk

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everydoor, to random
@everydoor@en.osm.town avatar

Oh wow! @streetcomplete got funding from @PrototypeFund to port it to iOS! We're onnnnn! Congratulations Tobias and everyone who's eager to start doing quests on iPhones!

https://prototypefund.de/project/streetcomplete-fuer-ios/

RPBook,
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clacksee, to UKpolitics
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I’m working on a #GeneralElection2024 playlist. What should I add?

#UKPolitics #GeneralElection

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@clacksee From Red to Blue by Billy Bragg was the first one that came to mind, but I'm not sure if that's the sort of thing you're after.

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@clacksee fair enough, but please don't call me dude.

GuerillaGrue, to random
@GuerillaGrue@hachyderm.io avatar

I know this is going to be an opinion that a lot of people disagree with, but hear me out:

If you're going to "game-ify" your service... make it optional.

I'm not talking "you can just ignore it" optional. I'm not talking "just don't take it seriously" optional.

No. Let me disable it.

I want to use DuoLingo and NOT know what my ranking is or who my stuff is being compared to or what my score is? Let me.

I want to disable achievements on my Xbox or Steam? Let me.

It's not that hard.

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RPBook,
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@GuerillaGrue the gamification on Duolingo pissed me off so much it I stopped learning German out of spite.

I'd still like to learn German, but I have a mental block against it because of that bloody owl.

At least some of it was due to their particular implementation rubbing up against my autism in a really unhelpful way. It's possible that gamification could have been done in a way that I didn't actively hate.

JoscelynTransient, (edited ) to trans
@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw avatar

Out of curiosity, TRANS FEMS: have you ever dated, been in, or are currently in a t4t relationship?

RPBook,
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@JoscelynTransient I voted no, but I was married to my cis wife for about 16 years before I realised I was non-binary.

RPBook, to random
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After some issues, I installed an reader on the Palm m105 I bought recently. This evening, I used it to read Past Imperfect by @clacksee while waiting for eldest to finish at Scouts.

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@clacksee 🙂

Or, as my youngest put it, "Oh, it's from the olden days" 😳

JetlagJen, to random
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@RPBook bought themself a Palm Pilot. We're both remembering how good the Graffiti input was. I've even installed a Graffiti keyboard on my phone. This Toot was typed with it. I think I may even prefer it to the tapping tiny letters type of keyboard. I do think maybe I need to get a stylus.

#RetroTech

RPBook,
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@JetlagJen it's very good. The basics are intuitive, and it's quick and easy to view a cheat sheet.

miriamrobern, to random
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Me: Brain, please stop drafting three books at once.

Brain: ooooh, you know what the FIFTH book in the series should be?! Listen to this...

RPBook,
@RPBook@historians.social avatar

@miriamrobern I have a similar problem with nonfiction. I guess we can at least be sure we'll never run out of ideas 🙂

JetlagJen, to Dragonlance
@JetlagJen@geekdom.social avatar

What can I use to make a simple #map from a list of coordinates?

I have a #Minecraft world that I've been working on for a while. I've built a network of secured routes between nether portals and I'd like to make a sort of tube map of them. I've done it on paper previously, but I don't want to redraw the whole thing every time it outgrows the page.

It doesn't need to be fancy or pretty. I just want to stick the place names and coordinates in and get a plot / chart / map out for reference.

RPBook,
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@JetlagJen ah, OK.

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