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NHS "Right To Choose" - if the local NHS trust lacks capacity to meet demand in a reasonable time they outsource to private companies who then bill the NHS, costing the taxpayer more than it would to have the NHS provide those services directly.

Stealth privatisation, basically.

I always think of the UK's transphobia as a Rowling thing because that kind of power and money creates irresistible incentives. But this is an excellent history of how a panic gets normalized.

If an individual offering consensual nudes of themself on OnlyFans is considered “illicit” but a program generating nudes of women without their consent is fine, the powers that be have made their priorities clear. And they’re the same as they ever were.

Longevity includes:
- building your own website
- learning not to rely solely on social media or algorithms for your internet experience
- focusing on your work and not chasing clout
- RSS feeds
- forums

Dead Internet Theory can only thrive in algorithmically centered spaces. We're doing fine.

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holy crap.

"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."

A three-panel composite from the movie HACKERS, the coolest movie. Dade Murphy: I got a record! I was 'Zero Cool'! Paul Cook: Zero Cool? Crashed fifteen hundred and seven computers in one day? Biggest crash in history, front page New York Times August 10th, 1988.

Happy Zero Cool Day to all who celebrate.

Yeah, you'll still be there when the inept promptsmiths' tools turn to dust in their hands.

There's a good tactic to keep them on the phone longer in here: Start by saying you're concerned about a statement that the processor has put out, and then read the entire statement without stopping. This will cause confusion and awkwardness if they just repeat it back to you, which they likely will

I'll be interested to see what happens when genAI companies have to actually pull in enough revenue to cover energy and data centre costs instead of burning through stacks of investor money.

I suspect a lot of the people who outsource their brains to ChatGPT will have a bad time.

A man with a spectacular 1970s mullet, wearing big wellies and a v-neck jumper over a T-shirt, looks at camera as he stands on a boat which is itself standing on the muddy bottom of an empty canal. He is holding up an enormous wooden plug on a long chunky chain

Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out

The bad guys 2 doodle, Wolf in space

Condiment Canopics.

Queue is clear, up for some draws! Do share this around!

CAN CONFIRM. Riot's mods are immediately nuking any mention of mastercard, and giving lengthy chat timeouts for otherwise innocuous comments.

unsure how effective comments will be w/o absolutely massive numbers, but its EXTREMELY telling that mastercard feels they have to resort to this.

This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away.

So don't let it go away. Keep it going.

In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.

Mildly menacing!

And yeah I'm setting up search alerts. :D

a tiny aloe plant with a post it note that says LEAVE ME ALONE! TRYING TO LIVE >:(

tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house

They’re so jealous you can write.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.

They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.

Or maybe boo hoo hoo because onions. 😭

thanos is wearing a helmet and holding his infinity gauntlet in his hand ALT: thanos is wearing a helmet and holding his infinity gauntlet in his hand

It's already in progress. :>

A collection of whimsical pottery vessels for Onions, Cucumber, Celery, Mint Sauce, Beetroot and Apple Sauce.

I recently realised/discovered that it's part of a set, so now I have a sidequest to assemble the full team of Whimsical Little Guys.

Still thinking about vintage ceramics, lads.

My grandma had one of these on a shelf in her kitchen for as long as I can remember, and it has since passed down to me.

I think it's for pickled onions? It's not really big enough to store more than a couple of modestly-sized raw onions.

THEN PERISH

"Nooo, you can't bring this class action suit against us for training our models on all the copyrighted material in the world without permission or payment, it'll destroy the genAI industry!"

A scrap book looking graphic of dragon puppets and a wolf fursuit head. Text reads: Commissions open!

Two photos of dragon puppets being performed with the text: Dragon puppets! Maned Imp Dragons starting at £2500 Luck Dragons starting at £3600

Photos of a fursuit wolf head and paws, fox tail and ears, a blue cat tail and blue mi'qote ears, with the text: New to fursuit creation but wanting to make more! Looking for clients for discounted artistic liberty heads! Message for more info! Separate tails/ tail + ears sets available on commission!

🚨Financial anxiety is high, so I'm opening up for some creative work!

✨️Reposts appreciated✨️

I would *love* to make some discounted #fursuit heads as I continue to learn the craft, but I'm open to all creative projects!

[ #fursuitcommissions | #puppetcommissions | #commissionsopen | #dragonpuppet]

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One of the first things you learn about trans competent primary care is how many of us routinely develop PVD, UTIs, and kidney stones from avoiding or not having access to bathrooms. As a fun bonus, the disinfo machine then uses this high prevalence to make mendacious claims about HRT.

But do you stand like casual Liz Truss.

Oh, Huskhunds.