Do the wealthy tech reviewers espousing the necessity of upgrading to the latest and greatest chipsets to edit YouTube videos know anything about using media proxies? Could it be that you can get by perfectly well with your decade-old tech, simply by learning how to use your software as real professionals do? Too many tech …
Out of town retail parks and eCommerce are to blame for the death of the high street. Those foreign shops are the only units keeping the high street alive. Well, those and charity shops. Blame the billionaires.
A colleague decided to dispense with diplomacy today when they commented on my dreary, monotonous voice. I was delivering training to a group when they told me I sound like someone who just can’t be bothered, mimicking me before the group. To my relief, another colleague assured her that it’s just my Yorkshire manner, while …
The scammers are getting more and more convincing, I’ll give them that. They’ve honed their routine, no end. Their only stumbling point is their response to the question, “What is my name?” But I suppose it’s only a matter of time.
It’s amazing all the wonderful initiatives the Tories are coming up with for schools, after thirteen years of completely screwing up education while in office. No doubt Labour will have a similar epiphany shortly after they’ve been kicked out, too. Words are easy.
It turns out I’m not alone in wondering. Why does YouTube keep recommending me right-winger videos even when I’m watching apolitical content?
Oh good, YouTube’s algorithm has once more decided to serve me Alt-Reality content this evening. First, True English Patriots are livid that King Charles III is a secret Muslim convert, making him a traitor who must abdicate immediately. Second, the United Kingdom is set on course for civil war within the next five years. The …
O you who have believed, persistently stand firm for God, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear God; indeed, God is fully aware of what you do. — Quran 5:8
Every Jewish person I know personally is pro-justice for the Palestinians. Admittedly, most of them are Jewish Muslims. That is, people who are ethnically Jewish but follow the religion of Islam. The notable individual who isn’t is the son of holocaust survivors, which, combined with being born in a refugee camp, probably explains his life-long …
What was your reaction to the dehumanisation of an entire people? Did you play, “I’m not one of them; I’m with you”? Did you hate it in your heart, or did you quietly agree? Did you discard all you once believed in because the propaganda was too strong, or too convincing? How fortunate you are …
