[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Bloody Red Tories.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

That's an elaborate description of how to make them, without telling you what they are.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

"Cocktail pods are small, single-use packets that contain all the ingredients you need to make a specific cocktail. All you have to do is add alcohol and water, and you're ready to go."

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Me too. Because he posted the damned comment twice.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I genuinely and truly wish that a group of friends and relatives would stage an intervention for my Internet addiction. I'm open about it, but it seems like people don't care very much. I would be happy to wear a silly costume!!

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks like it's very new. There are only three episodes released so far. It says you can watch the first one for free here, although you need an Apple ID or something.

Pyle co-executive produced the series with Dan Harmon of "Community" and "Rick and Morty."

One of the stars is Danny Pudi, who played Abed in Community.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Looks like you could find it on Apple TV, or sail the high seas.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago

I love your comics.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I appreciate where you're coming from. But careful you don't replace Trumpist fascism with some other kind of authoritarianism. You want people who tell lies to face house imprisonment? Who decides what statements are lies? It's an easy power to abuse.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk -5 points 1 year ago

The farmers' association, Coldiretti, said Sicily was facing an "unprecedented catastrophe and incalculable environmental damage".

The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: "This is one of the hardest days in Italy's history for 10 years. Climate change has hit our nation and demands that we all change our ways. There are no excuses."

- As reported by the BBC

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Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.

[-] GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Reminds me somewhat of Hurricane Katrina.

"The streets are on FIRE and they wont spread the news nationally . They wont send help. People call for emergency assistance and no one picks up the phone . #Sicily"

Crazy video of widespread fires:

https://twitter.com/banditointrench/status/1683835086129762306

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Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island. Temperatures of more than 47.5C (117F) were recorded in Catania on Monday.

Several resorts and tourist hotspots around the island have begun evacuating their guests.

Palermo Airport was temporarily closed to air traffic on Tuesday morning after wildfires in the hills around it reached the airport perimeter.

The fires are causing deaths across southern Italy. Local media reported that two bodies were found charred in a house near Palermo airport.

In Sicily, an 88-year-old woman died after falling ill, as the fires prevented emergency services reaching her.

A 98-year-old man in the region of Calabria died when the flames from a wildfire reached his home where he was bedbound.

In Sardinia, a firefighter died of a stroke after spending hours battling a blaze.

A firefighter was seriously injured near Palermo while trying to tackle one of the blazes, which are being fuelled by high winds, local media reported.

More than 200 people in Palermo have already sought medical attention for smoke inhalation. Two hospitals have suspended routine appointments to ensure people suffering from smoke inhalation or other illnesses related to the extreme heat can be looked after.

Half of the bus network in Palermo has been suspended as the vehicles are overheating and cannot cool down because of consistently high temperatures.

Hospital Cervello, in the north of the city, is being threatened by the flames, while some wards have been evacuated, Italian media said.

The farmers' association, Coldiretti, said Sicily was facing an "unprecedented catastrophe and incalculable environmental damage".

The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: "This is one of the hardest days in Italy's history for 10 years. Climate change has hit our nation and demands that we all change our ways. There are no excuses." "We knew that today would be the hardest day," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told Italian radio RTL 102.5. "We have a situation where very high temperatures are combined with wind, which makes using Canadair [firefighting aircraft] impossible."

"We are following the situation, which is very delicate, minute by minute.".

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  1. Someone (Reddit administrators?) was caught using chatGPT bots to flood the site with pro-admin comments.

  2. After /r/Programming exposed this, the subReddit was closed down.

  3. Rumor: the admins were the ones who close down the sub. Regardless, the astroturfing is evident.

SOURCES

  1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36361247

  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230611210834/https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/146wn9s/meta_who_is_astroturfing_rprogramming_and_why/

  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230612080526/https://i.imgur.com/4e9jO7P.jpg

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And it also seems that mastodon can also be "syndicated" to these other communities, and vice versa? Is that true?

Are there limitations to any of this?

Apologies if this is not the perfect place to ask this question. I'm a lost old man. :-)

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