I pretty much agree.

The only thing I would add is that it’s not our place to tell others to lose weight or to point out their weight; people already know they are overweight and that it’s unhealthy. We shouldn’t be policing other people’s bodies.

It’s also possible to be overweight and have body positivity; being overweight doesn’t equate to being unattractive.

So the trump regime still hates trans people and denies climate change, to the point of vehemently working to deny the existence of both. Got it.

Do you remember the model number? I would like to research this.

New OS versions feel like threats.

I think the law should be changed; copyright law is kind of a mess, but I don’t know how to make it better. It would also need to be changed in a way that’s fair, which these companies absolutely do not want; fairness would mean the end of laws like the DMCA.

I learned to moisten the eye of the needle instead of the thread. It makes threading a needle way easier. Also, making sure the thread is cleanly cut at the end and not fraying.

Exactly. And unless RCS with e2ee is made equally available to companies other than Google and is implemented by the carriers, RCS will continue to be a monopolistic data-harvesting grift.

I’m surprised there is not more outrage directed at Google over this.

And there are no better camera hardware else where

Sony and their Xperia phones would like a word.

Can we please ban electronic advertising already? And billboards? Society would be better off without them.

Do you know what their enforcement mechanism is for a situation like this, where a company like Clearview is doing it against Illinois residents but it’s all happening online?

Where is kryptkey? I don’t see it on F-droid.

I do see KryptEy, which sounds like what you’re talking about. What’s important to mention is that it’s a proof-of-concept app that hasn’t been updated in two years. It may still function fine and be secure, but I wouldn’t necessarily assume that, especially when we are talking about high stakes like avoiding government intrusion into chats. Has anyone ever checked or audited it?

I refuse to parrot the phrase “corporations are people” unless I’m being clearly sarcastic, or add, “the shitty US supreme court has incorrectly ruled that” beforehand.

Oh Brock Allen Turner, the rapist who now goes by Allen Turner?

Well that was a horrifying read. Is there any software that can protect against this? GrapheneOS? LineageOS? A Magisk module?

What do you mean? The article is talking about current versions of Android.

Chandler’s “dad” was trans, but they didn’t use that word. I don’t remember if they ever put a hard label on that character, but his dad wasn’t just a drag queen. Chandler’s growing acceptance over the course of the show was a positive, but the jokes made were not.

You could try Permute. It’s a pretty simple app for converting video and audio. Permute is my go-to for quick video conversion.

DBPowerAmp has an easy-to-use audio converter that supports pretty much every audio format and does batch file conversion as well. DBPowerAmp is my go-to for audio conversion.

Both of these are paid apps.

I would argue that Friends does not hold up so well. It still has funny bits, but it’s also quite sexist and is homophobic and transphobic (while also being one of the few big shows to even talk about gay and trans topics at the time).

No one has asked so I am going to ask:

What is Elon University and why should I trust them?

Imagine being in the middle of a friendly conversation where you ask a question and the person says, “Why are you asking me?? Just google it.”