AJ Sadauskas @ ajsadauskas @aus.social

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@LostXOR @yogthos @NoIWontPickAName @technology There's a few other steps they could potentially take.

The first would be to block any financial institution in the US, or that deals with the US, from sending any payments to or from ByteDance's accounts.

They could also freeze any assets currently held by US financial institutions.

Second, if they can get Apple, Microsoft, and Google on board to help do their bidding, they could pull the ByteDance app from the Apple and Google Play app stores.

That includes removing it from any apps where it's already installed. Globally.

They could also request that TikTok is removed from Google and Bing search results.

On top of this, they could do what you suggested, and ask ISPs and mobile carriers to block domains and IP addresses used by ByteDance.

And the US could apply diplomatic pressure on other countries to implement similar financial and ISP-level blocks and bans.

So, potentially, it's also blocked in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and elsewhere.

@shirro @MHLoppy @australia The irony here is that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a piece of US legislation that is regularly used to take down content globally. Even when it's posted by people who aren't Americans.

@Catfish @Seagoon @melbourne Happy birthday Bull!🍹🍾🎂🎁🎉

@Forcemajeure123 @uselessmoderngod @melbourne That fakenitis is very contagious. You're doing the right thing by listening to Dr Howlong and staying home.

Beverages or recreation are also a great remedy, I hear...

@crispyflagstones @yogthos Someone is named @dansup who also created @pixelfed, the app is called Loops, you can follow his progress here: @loops

@dumblederp @danwritesbooks @melbourne As you can probably tell from my username, I have an uncommon ethnic name, and I get this all the time.

Yes, they have noticed the typo.

Most likely, they haven't said anything because they don't want to cause a scene. But it is annoying.

First, acknowledge your mistake and apologise in a discrete way that's not in front of other people.

Perhaps that's an email? Or a Teams message? If you do it in-person, make it a one-on-one conversation.

Keep it simple.

Hi, I need to apologise to you about something. I've looked through some of my past messages, and I've noticed I've misspelt your name a number of times. It was a careless mistake on my part, and one you're probably quite rightly annoyed about. I'm genuinely really sorry and honestly a little embarrassed about this, I'll make sure to get it right from now on. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make it up to you?

The really important thing is to not make the same mistake after the apology.

Perhaps copy and paste their name from another document instead of trying to spell it out from now on?

@luciedigitalni @kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon The plane trees makes a lot of sense.

Every time I'm in Melbourne, within a couple of days, I get hayfever. Then when I fly up to Sydney, it clears up within a day or two.

I would be seriously surprised if Sydney has significantly less air pollution than Melbourne.

Sydney has the Blue Mountains, the Royal National Park, and Ku-ring-gai Chase surrounding it on three sides.

So just by process of elimination, that leaves the temperature and pollen from some local plant as potential culprits.

@kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon Same here.

Every time I return to Melbourne, I get hayfever within the first week.

It clears right up when I'm away.

I think it's just the weather and the pollen in the air?

@Cendana @Seagoon @melbourne Wifey has a habit of eating in bed, and then just leaving the bowl on the bed head instead of taking it back into the kitchen.

(I've given up asking at this point — she never listens.)

Anyway.

One night a few weeks ago, after I'd already done the dishes, she decided to eat a bowl of ice cream in bed. And, as usual, left the bowl on the bed head.

Sometime around 3am, I'm awakened by a noise.

Bump! Splat! Scream!

I switch on the light.

There's poor wifey with a bowl on her side of the bed, covered in the melted ice cream at the bottom of the bowl.

Mr Snowy was laying down on the spot on the bed head where the bowl had been moment earlier.

I just looked at her for a moment and deadpanned: "I did say to put the bowls back in the kitchen when you're done with them."

@Forcemajeure123 @Seagoon @melbourne That's a nasty cough you got there, Force majeure. Sounds to me like a severe case of fakenitis. You don't want that spreading across your workplace. Time to see Dr Howlong to get the day off, I say...

@Catfish @Seagoon @melbourne If you ever have to cook for a vegetarian or a vegan, a good substitute for mince is the textured vegetable protein from Woolies with Massel chicken.

For those who've never used it, you find the TVP as a dry powder in the health food aisle.

Basically, you mix it up as per the packet instructions, but add in one teaspoon of Massel, plus herbs, spices, and seasonings. (I usually use a pinch of cumin, pepper, and paprika.)

Best of all, because it's dry, it will happily live in your cupboard for an extended period of time.

@shirro @tardigrada
Not just would, but has.

Here's the "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk, in his own words, in 2023:

"The rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict, and we can’t go beyond the laws of a country … If we have a choice of either our people go to prison or we comply with the laws, we will comply with the laws."

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/29/tech/elon-musk-twitter-government-takedown/index.html

@Seagoon @RustyRaven I'll second that vote for Massel.

Better yet, it's plant based, which makes it good for adding flavour to any vegetarian or vegan dishes you have to cook.

@Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon How far out are you at the moment?

@wscholermann @justkitten The inner suburbs where there's trams isn't that bad. Or along train lines.

But anywhere that you need to get to by bus... shudders

(And how is it the Belgrave line has half hourly trains during most of the day?!)

@Catfish Okay, so you have to tell us the full story.

What possessed your friend to do this? Why did they think an indoor fire without a chimney was a good idea?

@Seagoon How'd the chilli bread turn out?

@Catfish I've found the secret is to get them when they're still half asleep.

And just one paw at a time — don't think you'll get all four done in one go.

@Catfish @RustyRaven Oh dear.

By any chance, did this otherwise smart person have a few drinks before deciding that bringing the portable firepit inside was a good idea?

@skribe @danbeeston @Salvo The other option would be to set up an official gov.au Mastodon instance, and give each government department, agency, and Parliamentarian an official account.

People can then have their choice of instance, whether that's community run or private (e.g. Threads).

In the longer term, there might be scope for some other government institutions — particularly universities — to set up their own instances as well.