Armand1 @ Armand1 @lemmy.world

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The exit plan from WhatsApp is quite simple. Start by installing Signal and setting it up – it takes only a couple of minutes. Then, resume any WhatsApp conversations on Signal if that person is already a Signal user. If they are not, then switch to regular text messaging and gently suggest to that person to switch over to Signal.

Sadly for me, this doesn't really work for some relatives as

• They live abroad and the cost of sending text messages abroad is not insignificant
• Some are so tech un-savvy that even installing a new app by themselves is too much.

All I can do for those relatives is to leave WhatsApp installed but take away basically every permission I can, including running in the background.

Another one: An old metal USB stick that stayed on my key chain for 15 years. It went through the washing machine at least once.

It still works, though it is dead slow.

I've had one Jansport bag for 18 years, all the way through secondary (high) school, university and many years of work.

I use it for food shopping, travelling etc.

It's only now starting to form holes, in the last couple of years.

Ah ok. On Boost I don't see it :(

None on this one, sadly.

Nah it's french lighting 🇫🇷

Gale is that you?!

How did it get up there?!

Well, I'm not an expert in this stuff, but here's a couple of starting points

• This bill amendment that was submitted, but thankfully didn't pass
• The Cass Report, a review of the science of trans studies the government bases many of its decisions on has been widely criticised by the international community. It was also found they tried to deliberately ban any subject experts from weighing in on the report during its construction.
• The EHRC and other government bodies frequently consult trans hate groups while preventing any trans person from weighing in on decisions about them
• Last year, the UK government banned the use of puberty blockers for adolescents, saying there is an unacceptable health risk to them, when in fact the risk is minor at best and witholding them is much more damaging to trans people (high suicide rate, for example).

Generally, rather than listening to experts, the government cherry picks bad research (similar to weirdos saying vaccines cause autism) and listens to and emboldens hate groups.

It's a words Vs actions sort of thing. They say they support trans people, while doing everything they can to make their lives worse.

That's the narrative, but trans rights have been taken away. Ask anyone who is being forced to out themselves by going to their "sex assigned at birth" bathroom, or being forced to use the accessible toilets.

That's in no small part due to the EHRC's "interim guidance" that in no way follows the law.

Not to speak of the increased trans-spotting, and the fact women can now be searched by male police officers (trans or cis) for being suspected of being trans.

And every effort is being made to pass more laws to make things worse, such as making registries of trans people, outing them to their employers and potential employers.

And give them affordable housing and you'll solve the homelessness problem.

Should have written some integration / end-to-end tests 😞

I think I'll choose "I have no plans to purchase from you specifically"

I'm glad they are really putting the screws to unfortunate, harmless people instead of dealing with rampant corruption and hate crimes.

Gets "AI"

looks inside

Badly paid employees

I've thought this a few times, but your cat looks like my brother's cat.

That's incredibly stupid. Genuinely one of the worst comparisons by a large company in the last few years, and we just had the Nvidia fake frames scandal.

Is this claim local, or do they do this across markets?

Would be helpful to have a link.

The tickles were just that good.

In all seriousness, like many people, her eyes point in slightly different directions. You can just about see it in the other picture too, but in a close-up the effect is magnified.

As an apology, have a second, goofier picture.

Ah, I think my post was broken and the image was missing. Should be fine now.

That's what I get from posting on the train!