Emmo Bee

Emmo Bee

@emmobee.bsky.social

I used to be (at)malebariusrex in olden times at the bird site. Sound tech. Comics. RPG. Accessibility. Please use alt text.

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Så, teksten i en lgbt+ håndbog skal skrives om, fordi en markedsføringsøkonom, mener hun nok kan udtale sig autoritativt om biologi?

Folk over hele højrefløjen bliver ved med at sige 'remigration', men vi behøver ikke bruge deres terminologi. Det er bare et ord for 'etnisk udrensning', som ikke har helt så meget historisk bagage. Men vi kan sagtens bruge den rigtige term. Kald det, hvad det er.

We’re rewatching old Mythbusters on streaming but there’s some episodes that I’ve never seen. But then, there was roughly five year period where I had no tv, but tv apparently kept happening.

Do any of the DS emulator retro consoles actually have a port for original DS cartridges or will only an actual DS do that?

Men lad os gøre det til et politisk spørgsmål i stedet for. Lad os have en debat mellem Villy Søvndal og Alex VanOpslagh om hvorvidt Jorden er rund eller flad. Er en delfin et pattedyr eller en fisk? Et nyt lovforslag fra DD vil gøre den til et bløddyr!

My first 5 RPGs (to the best of my recollection): D&D (Otus cover) Gangbusters Villains & Vigilantes Traveller Lords of Creation

Shannon Appelcline@shannonappelcline.bsky.social

My first 5 RPGs D&D (B/X) Traveller Stormbringer Champions James Bond 007

No, wait. Lords of Creation needs to go off the list and Worlds of Wonder needs to go in after Gangbusters. Actually, does Worlds of Wonder count as one, three or four entries? (Since it contained the BRP booklet, Super World, Magic World and Future World)

If you’re in any of those points in spacetime, you should go. The two best gigs I’ve ever been to were one of Josie’s and one of Robin’s respectively. That’s one hecking hell of a double bill.

Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social

These are dispiriting times for many touring performers - Birmingham , Cardiff and London all proving hard sells - a deep sense of personal failure crosstownconcerts.seetickets.com/search?c=27&...

Actual, genuine pro tip: When narrating an audiobook (or a podcast or news article or anything else, really) the best position for the mic is not directly nder your nose. It's not nice when it sounds as if I'm listening from inside your actual sinuses.

I thought Giacometti was Swiss. I guess it turns out he was Etruscan.

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social

Greeks: sculpture is about the ideal body, perfect proportions, beauty through which we can experience th— Etruscans, over in the corner:

If it never happened, we can’t really not know for certain who wasn’t responsible for it not happening, can’t we?

Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social

This guy is still going? The Irish Slave myth, bad as it is, was never blamed on Jews before. It’s improv night at the racism club and Sean wants to win that signed copy of Mein Kampf.

"Er det ikke en meget hård anklage at kalde det racistisk?" Nej, TV2, det er detvikke. Ord betyder ting. At kalde racisme for racisme er blot at kalde ting ved deres rette navn, sådan som vi burde kunne have en forventning om, at nyhedsmedierne gjorde. nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2026...

nyheder.tv2.dkMidt i bitter retssag retter De Radikale racisme-beskyldninger mod DFForud for formændenes retsopgør beskylder De Radikale DF for at like og dele indhold, der er "racistisk". Radikale er desperate og useriøse, mener DF.

Our fridge/freezer is, I regret to say, connected to the internet. I wanted one that wasn't but our old one had broken and we needed to get one that - would fit in the same space - we could get NOW and this one fitted both of those very crucial criteria.

However, I'm glad to report that the fridge can't be set to a temperature greater than 9C and the freezer can't be set to any temperature that isn't freezing.

We've also found out that there's an easy way to disconnect it from the internet if we need to: switch the router off and switch it back on. If we do, it will absolutely refuse to reconnect unless we then also turn the fridge/freezer off and on again.

It comes in tabs, does it? Please don't answer. I'm trying not to find out how you even access it (website/app/plugin).

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I admittedly played around with CoPilot when it first came out and it was less obvious how awful this shit is. My takeaway was that it was a briefly amusing novelty that grew tiresome quickly.

I needed new sneakers and I've barely worn anything on my feet the last quarter century that wasn't Converse All-Stars. And I also think the balance of probability is that that ad wasn't deliberate (because doing it deliberately would take even greater stupidity than doing it accidentally).

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So I ordered a pair of Hummel (DK) and a pair of Puma sneakers (DE). I hope at least one of those will be okay for me to walk in.

I've got them now. Back when I was a wee bairn, it was a well known fact that Puma Shoes could run faster than any other shoes. As running fast was also perhaps THE most important thing to be able to do, the shoes were highly coveted by us all.

“Gå efter bolden, ikke efter manden” er både træls, fordi det er nok en røvsyg fodbold-metafor men også fordi det ret beset bare er for at affeje kritik uden at behøve forholde sig til emnet. Lad os gå hårdt efter mændene, som ikke vil dele deres overflødighedshorn af bolde.

Trump is so furious about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, I think what we need to do is create some more prestigious peace prizes and also not give him those.

We should make a peace prize specifically for US presidents who've made the most peace, hype up its prestige and how it's a big golden thing and then declare that, once again, no suitable candidates could be found but maybe next year.

Så, altså, min kone og jeg har en OK husstandsindkomst og en udmærket bolig og kan tage på halvdyre ferier og bo på halvdyre hoteller. Vi lider ingen nød og har ingen grund til at klage.

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Konklusionen må være, at over et vist niveau bliver folk simpelthen elendige og kede af det af at have så mange flere penge end deres medmennesker, og derfor er det logisk at nedsætte en arbejdsgruppe til at finde det niveau.

Så kan vi beskatte folk 100% af alt, der er over det niveau, så de kan få det bedre. Hjælp de rige til at blive gladere!

Så, altså, min kone og jeg har en OK husstandsindkomst og en udmærket bolig og kan tage på halvdyre ferier og bo på halvdyre hoteller. Vi lider ingen nød og har ingen grund til at klage.

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Man skulle tro, at de var nødt til at hæve den skat, de skal betale, i 50-ører og selv trille den ud til SKAT i en trillebør eller bære det i en smagløs Vuitton-taske, men det skal de altså ikke. Det hele sker elektronisk.

Når jeg køber Hus Forbi af en hjemløs, er det sjældent, jeg hører nogen af dem beklage sig det mindste, og de burde jo ellers have nok at beklage sig over. Jeg ville finde det fuldt berettiget, hvis de gjorde.

Så, altså, min kone og jeg har en OK husstandsindkomst og en udmærket bolig og kan tage på halvdyre ferier og bo på halvdyre hoteller. Vi lider ingen nød og har ingen grund til at klage.

Og så forekommer det mig jo rimeligt at antage, at folk, som tjener mere end os (og der er folk, der tjener meget, meget mere), burde lide endnu mindre nød og have endnu mindre grund til at klage.

Men de er dem, der klager allermest. Jo mere luksus folk har råd til, jo flere millioner de sidder på, desto mere beklager de sig. Det er åbenbart hårdt, må man forstå, at betale al den skat. Upåagtet, at de jo også har meget mere tilbage, efter skatten er betalt, end vi andre.

At harcelere mod en ikke nærmere defineret "woke-ideologi" er et udtryk for en ret let definerbar autoritær, reaktionær ideologi. Men når man fremstiller det som "modstand mod woke-ideologi", får det ens reaktionære ideologi til at fremstå som neutralitet.

Fucksake, Windows! MacOS isn't actually that great. It's just that Windows is so awful it makes it look great by comparison.

Jeg vil foreslå, at vi i DK forbyder dem alle steder, der er indenfor 70 km af en kyst.

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com

Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05

I needed new sneakers and I've barely worn anything on my feet the last quarter century that wasn't Converse All-Stars. And I also think the balance of probability is that that ad wasn't deliberate (because doing it deliberately would take even greater stupidity than doing it accidentally).

However, I'm by no means ruling out the possibility that I might be wrong. I sometimes am. I'd call it 75/25. And I've been trying to avoid American brands for a few years anyway.