Huge props for being one of the few major instances to preemptively shut down!

This is a beautiful blog post and I recommend reading it. I never used Omegle, but I now understand what we've lost.

The tech that made this possible is really cool. They force DNA through a teeny-tiny hole in a protein, and measure changes in voltage to ID each individual letter.

Totally different from traditional shotgun sequencing!

It's worth keeping an eye on the PineTab and PineNote . Just keep in mind that these are community driven projects that are under development, and best suited for people who like to tinker with linux devices.

Oh my goodness Light No Fire looks so good. I really hope they've learned the right lessons from No Man's Sky, because that trailer looked like everything I want from a game.

I agree with your point in general, but I have a hard time applying it here. Unless the lawsuit alleges that MM hacked into Twitter or doctored the screenshots, then the core claim of the MM report "Twitter served ad Y next to post Z" is not under dispute. If the claim is that refreshing a page is malicious, then I don't think we need to wait to call the lawsuit malicious.

I'm pretty sure Beehaw was on this list a few weeks ago, so perhaps they don't like the defederation approach. I can see why they wouldn't want to guide new users to an instance that isn't strictly a reddit clone.

He's one of the admins for the Beehaw server!

I love it! Perfect blend of simple, sleek, cute, and friendly.

At the end of 2022, it had just under 1.8 million subscribers, according to the authoritative Alliance for Audited Media.

I guess I don't have context, but that doesn't sound like a failing, unprofitable magazine in 2022?

I've listened to half of the first episode and can report that it is healing the late-night sized hole in my soul.

Nothing today will make me sadder than knowing this isn't a real book

I had exactly this problem. It's super annoying that there's no error message explaining the character limit.

I actually didn't get that sense this time. Certainly the trailer left a lot to the imagination, and that's letting me imagine impossible features that weren't shown. But I thought Murray was very tame in his explanation. He didn't really promise anything beyond a giant procedural world with multiplayer, and we know they can deliver on that. Everything else might suck. I get why people are skeptical about this, but I'm feeling confident that the final product will match what was shown here.

I think this may be different than the Jeopardy situation. I know there's a general sentiment that Burton was the best option - and I felt the same way at the start of the process - but I've read a lot of behind-the-scenes accounts that suggest Burton simply wasn't good at the job. They had to spend hours refilming segments in ways that weren't necessary for other hosts, and the finished product wasn't as good as most of us were imagining.

Obviously the Mike Richards situation was ridiculous, and maybe there was sabotage we don't know about. My own sense is that the hive mind was wrong about Burton for that specific role - and that's not a knock on Burton! - and things concluded well for everyone.

The TV show approach worked well for me. It was a secondary character who wasn't strictly a token, and so it was easy to bring them up in conversation without asking hard questions directly. But I was always pretty sure my family was cool.

Bravo to GPT-4 for that summary! Very cool study, thanks for sharing.

PineTime checks these boxes for under $30. The caveat being that it's an open source project without fancy features. Also, the heart rate monitor doesn't work well on my skin, but it works for some people.

I love my PineTime, but I stopped using it because I wanted sleep tracking.

I believe Misskey/Calckey are meant to be exactly this, but I haven't tried them yet.

For those interested, the book does a really good job of describing what these poor people just went through, and why we can't think about these crises as localised tragedies.

This is heartbreaking.

This was great, thanks!

Cameron made a documentary about his sub called "Deep Sea Challenge" that's pretty enjoyable. It's available for free on Pluto TV, for those able to VPN into the USA.

Cameron's sub wasn't officially certified, but it was extremely well tested and he's been clear that he never would have let anyone else use it without certifying it first.

Whistleblower asked for non destructive examination of the material to understand its flaw structure

Do you know what would have been involved here? Some kind of imaging, I assume?

Thanks for the write up!

Thanks a ton for this, it's really helpful! I've been conflicted because intellectually I like things like "ol" or "ul" more than "iel" for the reason you described, but I'm not strong enough in French to be a good advocate for them. "Iel" feels easiest, right now.

Would "elleux" replace all uses of third-person plural, or only those including non-binary people?

Regarding your FYI: Sorry you've dealt with that, it's so frustrating!! It's so hard to know what approach will help people understand, and I can see why a lot of people don't bother. Thanks for working to make things better :)

This was what sold me on standing desks too! Taking a dance break halfway through writing a Very Professional Email almost makes it pleasant.

Thanks! It's really hard to get a feel for what people actually use and recognize. There are resources saying "here are 20 NB pronouns that exist", which is great, but they're not helpful to someone without a fairly sophisticated level of fluency. Perhaps [iel/ellui/lea] is an option, despite my dislike of the gender-combo construction.

This is something that's been driving me nuts. I've found lots of material on the concepts of "iel" and la rédaction épicène, but I can't find many long-form examples for understanding how to actually use them. Any thoughts on where I could find articles or essays written without gender?

I believe the reason that Rush publicised was that his vision wasn't 20/20, but I suspect your point would have disqualified him later in the process anyway.

Thanks for these! The GoC has something similar, and it actually acknowledges the existence of iel, which surprised me. I hadn't seen the ones you linked, so it'll be good to compare. It's so confusing!

This sounds interesting; what's the podcast?

Okay, that's a fair point. They left too many blanks for the reader to fill in, and some will assume the problem is more widespread than it is.

When I put my Social Scientist hat on, I don't think the methodology was totally unreasonable or obviously malicious, so X would have to strengthen their claims to convince me to wait for court. But you're right, MM should have done better.

As of Thursday evening, r/PICS had dropped the NSFW designation, along with r/military.

Incredibly disappointing, but I'll wait to hear their explanations and new plans of action.

Off topic, if you don't mind: how do I add pronouns to my name?

No problem, good to know. Thanks for trying!

Ouch! Might be wise to put a warning in your post.

I'd love an invite if you still have any!

It certainly will! It's nice to go with a pro. Concerts became a lot more fun for me when I realized no one cares if I enjoy them on my own terms, in ways that make sense to me. I bet you'll find that some people sing and dance, others quietly enjoy the show, and the rest are somewhere in between! The atmosphere for a Brandi Carlile show will be really pleasant. Jealous.

Totally. I was just thinking about how my very specific life circumstances mean that I'm otherwise distracted and handling it pretty well. But if I were in a rough patch right now this situation would be really, really, really hard. I hope the people in that situation are okay and finding new refuge in places like this ❤

Thank you SO much for your answers here! And for writing that awesome Wikipedia page, which I somehow hadn't seen before. A few follow up questions, if you don't mind:

1. I found a dropdown somewhere with [iel/iel/iel]. This is a mistake, right? "Je iel connais" feels wrong. It should be something like "Je lae connais"?
2. You may have answered this already, but what's a good way to present my pronouns that says "I prefer non-binary, but I don't want to torture you so feel free to use il or elle? Something like [iel ou il, lui, le]? Useful point about accusative being unneccessary, but I'm in a situation where other people are adding it so I think I probably need to include it...

This sounds interesting - what's the podcast?