Netflix killed Inside Job but made 8 seasons of Big Mouth. They deserve what they’re getting.

Very good to know, thanks for the write-up!

I think I just found my next phone. Do you have any experience with the phone?

And California!

I’ve used both Ecosia and Kagi and find the former gives me too many irrelevant results compared to Kagi. Recently though Kagi has been giving me some funky results but it doesn’t happen very often.

But the alternative mentioned doesn’t exactly work. Even if your intention is to save your own children they will still be exposed, whether you k Like it or not.

There are a lot of different things people can do, locally or otherwise:

• Demand accountability from platforms by way of pressure on your representatives. And no I don’t mean age verification, I mean using some of their profits to better moderate content online.
• Support politicians who push for responsible social media.
• Get involved in your school’s PTA or equivalent, and raise the issue, form a group with parents and teachers to learn about the issue and work on ways to tackle it.
• Reach out to organisations that are fighting against this problem and ask how you can support/get more involved.
• If appropriate, empower your kids, especially boys, to speak up and stand up for those who can’t stand up for themselves. Teach your kids what behaviours are not ok and if they see those behaviours to act (whether that means speaking up or reaching out to adults to intervene).
• Stop giving money to irresponsible organisations who perpetuate the problem and instead start supporting companies that use ethical practices (though I acknowledge that’s usually not simple nor cheap).
• If you’re a man, support and/or get involved men’s groups that are working to address the problem, especially through outreach programmes to young and vulnerable boys and men. If there isn’t one, look to start one in your community.

Those are just some I could think of off the top of my head. Change doesn’t happen overnight, it takes action from multiple people. But throwing our arms up and putting the responsibility on the victims alone (which doesn’t even work) is not it.

I don’t think telling women and girls to stay off social media is going to fix the issue. She also talks about this kind of language and views being parroted in real life. You can tell your kids to stay off social media but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be immune from this if other people don’t do the same. The bigger problem is boys are being radicalised online, and no one is coming down on social media platforms that profit off of this happening.

Sweet, thanks for the recs! Man if there’s a program out there that can cut down on culling time that would be amazing! It’s consistently the most painful part of the process…

I haven’t tried to be honest, I haven’t had much time to tinker around. I have a spare laptop that my work gave to me that was functioning fine but they were going to toss. Haven’t done anything with it yet so I may give it a try when I have more time on my hands.

If someone can get DXO PureRaw and Lightroom to work on Linux, I’ll switch immediately and won’t look back.

Eh speculating on whether someone is being honest about their orientation gives me the ick. A lot of biphobic people won’t believe someone is actually bi unless they have proof someone has dated people of different genders, and I’m not about that y’all. She’s garbage whether she’s honest about he orientation or not.

Sinema is a piece of shit *but she never claimed to be a lesbian. She came out as bisexual.

Gives a whole new meaning to looking for tits.