Elster 🉑

out there again today, having a great time out of the wind

For Subway, A Ruling Not So Sweet. Irish Court Says Its Bread Isn't Bread Yes, Ireland has a legal definition for bread. And the nation's Supreme Court said Subway's bread has too much sugar to satisfy it.

In fact, in Ireland it isn’t considered bread for tax purposes (it’s up to 10% sugar!) www.npr.org/2020/10/01/9...

it’s barely even bread!

closeup on Idris Elba/Stringer Bell with caption "I want you to put the word out there that we back up."

the hummingbirds in my neighborhood watching me refill their empty feeders

“you know, down the road from the cake tin”

After going to the Gaza border and seeing aid get turned back, Helen Clark had withering words for NZ The former PM went with an international delegation to Gaza’s border with Egypt.

Love her or hate her, at least Helen Clark has a spine. I miss her.

'"We now really seem to stand for nothing except you know somehow wanting to save our own skin in a tariff war," she added.'

#nzpol

*leans in real real intimidatingly close to your face* even if they're a protagonist

the trailer for the new spongebob game is unhinged

why aren’t we calling body-worn cameras “fashcams”? it’s right there

stand-and-chill egg boiling technique keeps winning, latest batch is exqusite

Local Water Done Wetly

No More Dry Water

Ok look we can make fun of people who feel this but this is what people do — invest emotionally in texts, anthropomorphise. This is fandom behaviour, which corporations have been increasingly co-opting and exploiting. Part of the product design is commoditising emotional attachment.

a small ginger cat curled tightly into a ball, sleeping on a pile of leaf litter

it was pretty cold out there, but peace and quiet can’t be beaten

ok boomer

all right so the cheap elgato chromakey deskmat is enormous, but it’s also VERY green

Doors and corners, kid.

mine is Dexter

The Bean has a mirrored finish to remind us that, while we may never free the man trapped inside, we are all the child in the basement in Omelas.

YouTube video by Cos Drag Kevin McAleer - Turn It On (1993)

Kevin McAleer is a comedy genius youtu.be/04vhyDxGlD8?

new It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is fundamentally warped by Rob Mac’s decision (?) to turn Mac from a destructive idiot to some kind of “cool guy” operator who solves plots. its a sitcom. why do this.

no more letters in Denmark www.postnord.dk/en/postnord-...

Antisocial behaviour reaching 'desperate' levels in Wellington suburb Residents and businesses say antisocial behaviour on the streets is reaching desperate levels.

it’s pretty grim in Newtown www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Labour warns tech giants over heavy-handed censorship By Nick Gutteridge and James Titcomb SOCIAL media giants have been warned they face huge fines for curbing free speech with "overzealous" enforcement of online safety laws. Ministers have told platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram and Tik Tok they must not restrict access to posts that express lawfully held views - and reminded them of possible fines running to billions of pounds if they do. The warning - an apparent change of tone from ministers - comes amid a growing backlash over websites blocking users from viewing material, including parliamentary debates about grooming gang Campaigners have said that free speech is threatened by the Govern- ment's application of the Online Safety. Act, which is meant to protect children from harmful content. The Science Department, which oversees the legislation, told companies they could face fines if they fail to uphold free speech rules. A spokesman said: "As well as legal The law places clear and duties to keep children safe, the very unequivocal duties on same law places clear and unequivocal duties on platforms to protect freedom platforms to protect of expression." freedom of expression' *Failure to meet either obligation can lead to severe penalties, including fines of up to 10pc of global revenue or €18m, ministers against going down the "dark whichever is greater. path" of censorship. Whitehall sources have expressed "The Act is not designed to censor concern that social media firms, some political debate and does not require platforms to age gate any content other of which have criticised the law, "have than those which present the most been over zealous" in enforcing it and Continued on Page 2

This is from the front page of today’s Sunday Telegraph and suggests that the ol’ UK Online Safety Act’s Age Verification wheeze is turning out to be a big old car crash where Ministers blame tech for the consequences of their own stupid law.

a cute little ginger cat with a white bib sitting on the back of a bench, looking off to the right

hey buddy

Temu addicts

mpphbbhhhmmmpphhbbbb has entered the proximity chat

a small black and white cat loafing on a couch, looking thoughtfully to the right, whiskers akimbo

little kitty big thinky

one thing the local resident parking scheme seems to have accomplished is pushing the dog walking business into storing their four (FOUR!) vans elsewhere

Rongotai ’til I die

Bethesda is the Salesforce of gaming