A Jellycat Dexter. So adorable but silly expensive for a cuddly thing (I was rewarding myself after having to go into hospital for an invasive test).
When I was growing up, if I wanted anything it was, "do you need it?". This was drilled into me so much I feel a bit guilty for buying random things even though I can afford them, and I always think long and hard about purchases very rarely buying anything on impulse. Usually I see something and have to go back (weeks) later to buy it after it has been playing on my mind.
There's also some sort of soft blocking option, which largely hides the instance AIUI but still gives the ability to follow users. This seems like a better option rather than completely defederating.
If Meta want to scrape your data they can do that anyway. All defederation does is stops you looking at their stuff (which, as you say, can be blocked at the user level anyway)
I don't think it's shock that photos are edited, I think it's the press being cautious not to post "fake news" and being wary of anything that isn't an original photograph.
In this case it seems pretty obvious that nothing substantial has been changed, but they probably take a hard line on it especially in the age of AI, and just reject anything which looks like it has been manipulated. There are whole departments dedicated to fact checking.
So, I think the news is that Kate is fine and well, and is experimenting with Photoshop maybe with the extra time away from the public eye.
Yeah, same. I used to care about my job, but after lots of changes it appears that my opinion isn't worth much any more, and whatever I do there's one particular person who constantly complains that they had to fix something I did (yet doesn't tell me at the time, I always find this out later during a rant/comment), or that I haven't done something which is apparently vitally important simply because he decrees it so, and if I try to improve things that's wrong too (despite that he seems to get away with "improving" things with no comeback and no fights - which has previously meant my responsibilities are no longer mine). Basically he's the bane of my working life at the moment and he isn't even management. So now I'm done with caring and just try to stick to stuff I do which either nobody else wants to do or nobody else knows much about, and if that doesn't fill up much of my day so be it. At least that's not going to be constantly questioned and it looks like I'm still valuable.
Hello! Not a woman, but from what I've heard I understand the hiding. Frankly the men that do that sort of thing need a kick up the arse and I will never understand what it's supposed to achieve.
I was going to mention this! I don't think it meets the criteria completely, but it is quite Souls-like in many aspects.