Re-watching Witch from Mercury, damn its good. It has something so few other Gundam stories have at the start, hope and wonder.

The first day of the season over 30°C was the wrong day to make it my first day back on-site after being sick for three weeks. Having an early mark so I can collapse in bed.

Jeff Epstein spent years, right up til his death, advising these freaks that if they first want to violate the bodily autonomy of all children they should start by denying the bodily autonomy of trans children. We literally have the emails.

We literally have the emails from Jeff Epstein advising, over years, with *all* these guys on the explicit strategy of targeting trans children in order to make all their intended victims more vulnerable and easier to access. Jeff Epstein told them, literally, to use transphobia as a sledgehammer.

Washington State Democrats@wadems.org · 6d ago

Doctors and nurses are voicing their objections. I-638 would require EVERY girl who wants to participate in sports to go through biological sex verification. That means expensive, invasive, and utterly gross examinations. Protect our kids and let them play. Vote NO on I-638

Apple Ordered to Open iPhone to Rival App Stores in Australia

Apple Ordered to Open iPhone to Rival App Stores in Australia

Australia's Federal Court today ordered Apple to allow competing app stores, direct app downloads, and alternative payment services for Australian users from March 1, 2027. The orders follow the court's August 2025 finding that Apple misused its market power by restricting app distribution and payment options. They cover users whose Apple Account region is Australia, with Apple Developer Program members worldwide able to participate. Apple must let users find, download, install, and update apps through competing marketplaces and websites without charging for access or obstructing their use. Developers must receive the necessary tools on substantially the same terms as for App Store distribution, and Apple cannot penalize them for using competing stores or payment services. Developers will also be able to offer alternative payments and link to other ways to pay, including within ‌App Store‌ apps. Apple cannot require them to offer its own purchasing system alongside alternatives, report those transactions, or allow Apple to audit them. Developers can offer lower prices through competing payment services without Apple preventing them. The ruling also limits Apple's ability to collect fees on those purchases. It cannot charge for purchases through alternative payment services or websites in apps distributed outside the ‌App Store‌. For ‌App Store‌ apps, fees are capped at the equivalent charge for payments for physical goods or services, plus any genuine, reasonable additional costs Apple incurs for digital purchases. Apple also cannot make alternative distribution conditional on developers offering content purchased elsewhere through its own payment system. Security checks will remain. Apps downloaded outside the ‌App Store‌ must undergo an automated security or privacy scan and be notarized by Apple or a qualified third party. However, Apple cannot impose disproportionate installation barriers or otherwise obstruct alternative distribution. Additional security requirements for competing payments must be necessary and proportionate, with developers given an explanation in advance. Apple can remove or disable externally installed apps only in specified cases involving harmful content, genuine security risks, or legal requirements. It cannot ban third-party apps or alternative app stores from being preinstalled on iPhones, but does not have to distribute competing stores through the ‌App Store‌. Apple told Reuters that it plans to appeal the ruling and ask the court to pause its enforcement, citing its intellectual property rights and ‌App Store‌ security. The changes take effect at noon Melbourne time on March 1, 2027. Apple can apply between February 1 and February 15, with supporting evidence, for a court-approved extension until May 3.Tags: Australia, Epic Games, Epic Games vs. Apple This article, "Apple Ordered to Open iPhone to Rival App Stores in Australia" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

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Not treating ADHD kills people.

Ina Hallström@killedbyproxy.bsky.social · 7d ago

Systematic review relevant to the discourse on diagnoses and meds. "ADHD was associated with increased all-cause mortality, suicide mortality, unintentional or intentional injury mortality, and natural-cause mortality, whereas ADHD medication use was associated with reduced all-cause mortality."

I think the romanticism of French protest movements totally applies to Indonesian and elsewhere in the region when they happen but it just never takes off the same. I'm always told it's because we don't really understand what it's all about, but our media helps us understand what France is about so

I am absolutely a broken record on this but it is notable how much more coverage the French students (and good on them!) are getting in Australian media vs when Indonesian students get into it (and good on them!)

I think some people who attack survivors or downplay sexual violence do it because they’ve been sexually violent and they don’t want their victim to be believed. I think some people do it because, for a variety of reasons, the whole idea makes them anxious.

making a mini-thread of recent tubi horror bangers this needs a US vpn

The Moor (2023)

Haunted by her friend’s murder, Claire joins the victim’s father and a psychic on a chilling journey through the moors to stop the killer’s release.

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alex䷰trismegistus@technihilism.bsky.social · last mo.

the "legendary" part of this is wrong, witches are so accepted as part of this world they issue radio advisories like they're weather events

Fuck me, just skimmed Raygun's thesis and its slop, pre-LLM slop.

as I lie in bed coughing up a lung on company time, I am reflecting once again on how being disabled is only affordable if you have the kind of job it's very difficult to get when you're disabled

I am not an absolutist about two way masking, society has moved on and abandoned us, but just open a fucking window and you can reduce exposure a lot. And don't shame people for one way masking. And use an air quality meter to decide what risks are acceptable to your budget.

9 Anime that Shaped Who I Am… I limited it to things released half a lifetime ago. Might do another with favs from the current half.

alex䷰trismegistus@technihilism.bsky.social · last mo.

i am a very basic bitch

We have gotten three mandatory Birth of a Nations per year every year since 9/11 what the hell are you taking about

@954girl.bsky.social · last mo.

“Birth of a Nation” would never be able to made today; and that’s too bad. Think of all the books, films, plays etc. that cannot be made today because of the Politically Correct Climate of our society.

These LitRPG titles just keep getting longer and longer.

JAV Titles@jav.scd.lol · last mo.

I Ordered A Call Girl And She Was So Sensual That She Started Squirting All Over My Room And Soaked Everything, So I Got Mad And She Let Me Fuck Her, But She Enjoyed It So Much She Just Kept Cumming! And Then We Were Just Fucking And Squirting Everywhere And It Was All A Complete Mess!

Haneen al-Amassi rescuing rare books in the library of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza.

I like listening to the sounds of a neighbourhood, creatures, work, music, but I hate the people that just have the radio or ad supported streaming on loudly. The yapping of radio presenters, the slightly louder ads, such an intrusion.

I’ve been around a fair few nutty home ed parents, but I plain avoid the worst of them. “Normal” parents of school going children can be so neurotic, no conception of the village, everything has to be top down and trying to impart something outside of it is considered an affront to the hierarchy.

Oh, for fuck's sake. Some fuckwit set up a generative agent to watch for and reply to anything related to ADHD, and it "needs to make money" otherwise the VM its on gets shut down.

sen@sendai.bsky.social · last mo.

So the last time I had brain fog was when I went without ADHD meds for a while after stress induced anxiety shutdown. I dismissed that brain fog as hangover from the shutdown.

So the last time I had brain fog was when I went without ADHD meds for a while after stress induced anxiety shutdown. I dismissed that brain fog as hangover from the shutdown.

😂😂😂😂 I mean, yeah obviously...

Gizmodo@gizmodo.com · last mo.

FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them

Folks that know Oz birbs, is this little one likely to die on that brick/become goanna bait, or is a parent likely to be able to rescue it?

Deplatforming fascists WORKS! (Shout out to Mad Fucking Witches, who've done awesome work to deplatform the Fash in Australia! <3) #auspol youtu.be/PFfAQNTo5Rc

Deplatforming Works, You Cowards

YouTube video by Carlos Maza

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What public facing people should key in on is that we live in a world where cowardice & cronyism have reached well beyond their pressure limits. To say that everything is in jeopardy due to the pervasiveness of this behavior is a tough argument to rebuke. Silence is no longer a viable strategy.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · last mo.

Ed Sheeran has released a statement on Macklemore being removed from his tour for speaking up for Palestine: “I am not complicit. […] Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have [my own opinions], and it doesn't mean I don't care.”

Me in 2011 - fuck ed sheeran [musically] Me in 2026 - fuck ed sheeran [politically]

Evidence-based healthcare can't happen unless the evidence is real and reliable. This is such important work.

Matthew B. Jané@matthewbjane.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ve been quiet on social media lately, but today I’m launching Audit Clinical Evidence (ACE), an initiative I’ve been developing over the past year. Take a look: AuditClinicalEvidence.org

i've seen more outrage from the arts industry over the inclusion of palestinian artists than i have over AI this is a $70bn industry that we're going to cannibalise so a bunch of failing companies can siphon that away where is the fucking *anger* in this country? #auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.

AI companies could use creators' work without paying them under leaked government copyright proposal

developer wankspeak: ’…unmatched exposure…the flexibility to capitalise on planning parameters…a rare chance to secure a strategic landholding with both immediate income & long-term growth potential’ ended up at the beat often after a night out in the valley 80/90s themusic.com.au/industry/bri...

Brisbane's Iconic Beat Megaclub Sold To Construction Company

The Beat Megaclub went up for auction last November and recently sold for $13 million.

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