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πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Product manager in the Welsh public sector. ❀️ Languages, TCGs, democracy, tech πŸ’¬ δΈ­ζ–‡ / ζ—₯本θͺž / GΓ idhlig / Cymraeg

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Notable how far France is ahead of the UK on this stuff

04.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

30.09.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9728    πŸ” 3198    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 56
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National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

27.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 19684    πŸ” 6087    πŸ’¬ 407    πŸ“Œ 835

This is what a genocide looks like.

27.09.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an online form page where the top black banner with a Cardiff council logo is interrupted by a white box with links and text

Screenshot of an online form page where the top black banner with a Cardiff council logo is interrupted by a white box with links and text

Time to update our details with the local (Cardiff) council and I get this fantastically ugly bug... Honestly an achievement to fuck it up like this

26.09.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(I love the idea of a proper espresso machine but GOD the simplicity of an aeropress is unmatched)

23.09.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's pretty much his mantra too, to be fair - he often says '...but most people won't care/won't be able to tell the difference' in his videos. If anything I find it entertaining that he's able to tell the difference on some of this stuff!!

23.09.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of β€˜free speech’ sure had a change of heart.

Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of β€˜free speech’ sure had a change of heart.

We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...

17.09.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3919    πŸ” 1042    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 25

Ring up the GPs, only one person in the queue... Got my B12 booster booked within 2 mins.

I feel like I've just won the lottery.

17.09.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

Pretty crazy how "America is a legit, no bullshit fascist country" is now a NYT headline.

15.09.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2770    πŸ” 710    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 103

It’s also rarely mentioned that the FT is quite expensive over other UK media outlets. Quality journalism costs money!

14.09.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphs showing incomes have grown far more quickly for French and British pensioners than their working-age counterparts

Graphs showing incomes have grown far more quickly for French and British pensioners than their working-age counterparts

Incomes have grown far more quickly for French and British pensioners than their working-age counterparts shows @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
on.ft.com/46AUDjd

13.09.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

Flesh Juicer are great if you like some metal (another point for Taiwan's column!)

11.09.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

10.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7085    πŸ” 3370    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 167

Again, the exhausting thing for me in the current era is not only being treated like fucking idiots by actual idiots, but the mainstream press position that treating me like a fucking idiot is in fact the reasonable position.

10.09.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2065    πŸ” 540    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10

the idea of looking at america and thinking europe is falling behind... okay buddy

05.09.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of the lovely Polygon people have a new site, hell yeah

02.09.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UK Guardian showing more sympathy for the speak and spell than it ever has for transgender people

26.08.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 567    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Golden has already been stuck in my head for like a week but now i have context lol

26.08.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

finally watched Kpop Demon Hunters and honestly Sony Animation are on another level, woweeeee

26.08.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

deploying the military in your own cities... if it quacks like a fascist duck...

24.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does the PS2 intro count? πŸ˜…

23.08.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Diaochan, Artful Beauty. It's a 1/1 creature card from the old Portal Three Kingdoms set. Its effect is at the start of the combat phase, you can tap Diaochan to destroy any one creature. Then you choose an opponent who can destroy any creature of their choice.

Diaochan, Artful Beauty. It's a 1/1 creature card from the old Portal Three Kingdoms set. Its effect is at the start of the combat phase, you can tap Diaochan to destroy any one creature. Then you choose an opponent who can destroy any creature of their choice.

Also I need to get around to building my very niche pet deck around Diaochan. I'm so excited to drive completely bonkers table politics around this card. The main downside is that it's mono-red so you've got to do weird table politics while also burning everybody, lol

19.08.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Wildsear, Scouring Maw. Legendary creature card from Bloomburrow commander. It's a 6/6 with trample, and enchantment spells you cast from hand have cascade.

Wildsear, Scouring Maw. Legendary creature card from Bloomburrow commander. It's a 6/6 with trample, and enchantment spells you cast from hand have cascade.

Bello, Bard of the Brambles. Card from Bloomburrow commander. During your turn, your non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments with mana value 4 or greater turn into 4/4 creatures with indestructible, haste, and let you draw a card if they do combat damage to a player.

Bello, Bard of the Brambles. Card from Bloomburrow commander. During your turn, your non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments with mana value 4 or greater turn into 4/4 creatures with indestructible, haste, and let you draw a card if they do combat damage to a player.

My other main deck is the old Bello precon from Bloomburrow. I love it a lot (nostalgia as my first commander included), but I'm wondering what to do with it... Should I go harder on artifacts? Or should I try and build a Wildsear enchantment shenanigans deck??

19.08.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revival Trance Upgrade (Terra FFVI Commander) - Commander (Terra, Herald of Hope) A deck created using Moxfield.

Had such a fun time playing tonight playing Commander (after a good break) - so nice to play with new people and just click with wildly different decks??

I was playing a slightly upgraded FF6 Precon with Terra as the lead: moxfield.com/decks/u3xCgX...

19.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*

Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when

An LLM just generates text

26.04.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4043    πŸ” 1228    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 37
Screenshot of the order confirmation page

Screenshot of the order confirmation page

WE DID IT, I'M FREE OF SECRET LAIR HELL

18.08.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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honestly the 'lounge' vibe is like waiting for a delayed flight in an airport (down to 51 minutes)

18.08.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the secret lair queue, saying 'more than an hour' wait

Screenshot of the secret lair queue, saying 'more than an hour' wait

really tired of this being the standard secret lair experience (a waste of my time) - I just wanna draft mystery booster 2 with friends 😭

18.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the magic secret lair queue with no position or time given

Screenshot of the magic secret lair queue with no position or time given

Hello darkness my old friend

18.08.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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