Honesty there’s so many adverts about sunny holidays via plane that I honestly wouldn’t be shocked when oil corps turn out to pay for lots of them. Makes the heatwaves more appealing

Siri was originally based off real VAs, I’m unaware if they’ve moved away from that since

Allowed by who? Whether it’s legal or not depends on jurisdiction, I would assume, and whether it’s moral is up to each individual’s morals. It’s likely if you’re cloning someone’s voice that they often are someone that makes their living off their voice, be it a voice actor or celebrity etc.

Pretty much, yeah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempora

They just banned the most effective healthcare for trans youths (pausing puberty until they’re old enough to decide what they want) and the media are running stories about samwhiches

Hundred Rabbits is a two person collective living aboard a boat, planning for the collapse of modern technology and how we will rebuild it. They have a wonderful knowledge base about off-grid living and you can view it offline with Kiwix, a wiki reader designed for situations without internet. You can download Wikipedia, medical articles, stackexchange forums etc

Lots of these games were designed on and for CRT screens and they look worse on a modern one without filtering.

Seeing this post prompted me to cook for myself, thank you for sharing this valuable resource 😊

Some heavy hitters here

JP Morgan bankroll actual ecocide and genocide but people still make up fancifiul stories instead of being mad about the real world murder they fund

It’s a shame because I agree with them in principle (I don’t feel like a UK citizen, I feel like a human) but they seem to lack awareness of reality. Yes, the government is overbearing and an unjustified power in your life, no that doesn’t mean you can pretend they don’t exist and not face consequences. I wish it were that easy

Providers are told not to prescribe or to stop prescribing puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones. They are also told that if the trans child or young person and/or their family “disregards your advice and you consider that this puts the child/young person at increased risk, then a safeguarding referral may also be appropriate in line with standard safeguarding approaches.”