Fediverse
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Yes. On the plus side, the website works well on mobile.
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There's no API yet. Openreads is contemplating adding support.
I've been looking through the old junior school newspaper and this entertained me.
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/asuka111/art/Magical-Forest-Elf-395276774
www.youtube.com
UK Politics
Plan for EU ‘inner circle’ — and associate membership for UK
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The Times gearing up there with their anti-Labour "oh sob sob they're going to ruin Brexit" propaganda, prior to the next general election.
British Comics
Tales of the Ridiculous Rodents by Dick Hansom, Graham Manley and Ellie de Ville (other panels in body)
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I don't have a copy - I found a PDF 🙂
British Comics
Tales of the Ridiculous Rodents by Dick Hansom, Graham Manley and Ellie de Ville (other panels in body)
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Max Overload magazine, which apparently only lasted two issues!
(I have a second one to post but will leave it a bit)
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/374644 > Filming starts on series two of Tom Basden comedy
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/373526 > It launched the careers of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, Mitchell and Webb, plus Olivia Colman – but it nearly got cancelled. Two decades since its first episode, its stars reflect on the show that made them.
www.standard.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/2434990 > > Two of the UK’s top comedy stars, Richard Ayoade and Jonathan Ross, have received backlash on social media after reviewing The IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan’s memoir. > > > > Irish scribe Linehan has gone from the writer of much-loved Channel 4 comedies The IT Crowd, Father Ted and Black Books to an outspoken anti-transgender activist in recent years, leading many in the UK and Ireland to boycott him. > > > > He fell out of public favour after several incidents where he expressed anti-transgender or transphobic views, including comparing the use of puberty blockers to Nazi eugenics and experiments on children. > > > > Linehan has repeatedly expressed his belief that he is a victim of cancel culture, and that his views have lost him work and caused his divorce. > > > > ... > > > > Some early reviews of the book have been included as part of its online marketing. One notable name quoted alongside the memoir is Linehan’s former IT Crowd colleague, Ayoade, who played shy computer technician Maurice Moss in the Channel 4 comedy. > > > > Ayoade’s quote reads: “Graham Linehan has long been one of my favourite writers – and this book shows that his brilliance in prose is equal to his brilliance as a screenwriter. It unfolds with the urgency of a Sam Fuller film: that of a man who has been through something that few have experienced but has managed to return, undaunted, to tell us the tale.” > > > > A review from Ross hails Linehan as “one of the best TV comedy writers of all time”. The quote goes on to declare the book “a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered: a) how to create a hit sit-com and b) how it feels to lose everything. It’s funny, complicated and utterly compelling”. > > > > ... > > > > Journalist and transgender activist India Willoughby wrote: “The Richard Ayoade endorsement of Graham Linehan is really disappointment – because at this point in the gender war, you’d have to use a lot of cognitive dissonance not to see Glinner for who he is.”
www.bbc.co.uk
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/361365 > Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period at the height of his fame.
onion.tube
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/2296156 > cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/2296041 > > > The full commentary track is [here](https://onion.tube/IP7lj8iD-yo). Looks like the Beeb slap down anyone trying to sync the whole footage, hence the YouTube Short. [Here's another bit](https://youtube.com/shorts/V5wuw5L5wvQ) from them leaving the palace.
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/331747 > New horror epic out on Halloween
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/379841 - !lemmings@lemmings.world >  > >  > >  > >  > >  > >  > >  >
      
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- Bitwarden. Didn't take long to start supporting them as the price point is incredibly reasonable.
- Mastodon (monthly donation to instance admin)
- Some random Android apps which have a paid/plus version and a free one. I use my free Google credits to upgrade, so doesn't actually cost me anything but supports the developer. I tihnk the first I did this with was ACalendar.
internet funeral
Take a look around you!
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Available on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Very funny parody of educational TV shows. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00bt6f2
www.youtube.com
"Baby you're foul in clear conditions, but you're handsome in the fog"
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/inna-vjuzhanina/art/Storytime-899083362
www.bbc.co.uk
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/373465 > Britain’s biggest broadcasters announce today their latest collaboration: the development of a new free TV service that will deliver live TV over broadband. > > For the first time for free, British viewers will be able to easily browse and watch live TV channels together with on demand content streamed straight to their smart TV via the internet. > > It’s an evolution that puts the distribution of free TV at the centre of the streaming age. The new service will provide millions of broadband-only homes with easy access to a single consistent experience for live free TV over IP. Viewers will be able to seamlessly browse channels through a modern and intuitive programme guide, and use innovative functionality designed to make it easier to find and explore new shows directly from live TV. > > Set for launch in 2024, the new service, called Freely, will be built-in to the next generation of smart TVs and feature a line-up of public service broadcaster content and other free-to-air channels. It will replicate the terrestrial TV experience, building on the heritage and popularity of the Freeview TV platform, currently used in 16m homes. > > As viewers increasingly consume content online, this next phase for free TV is about the distribution and availability of the PSBs’ live channels for a streaming age. It will help ensure the availability of PSB services into the future and complement the new provisions for on demand and streaming prominence, set out in the draft Media Bill. > > Freely is being developed by Everyone TV, the organisation which runs free TV in the UK and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. > > Jonathan Thompson, Everyone TV chief executive, says: "We are delighted to be working with the public service broadcasters on the next phase of free TV’s evolution. This new development is a reflection of the fact that a growing number of UK viewers are watching content online, but still want easy access to the shared experience of live TV. > > "Our aim is to ensure that all viewers have access to a free, aggregated live TV experience that champions British content and is delivered in a way that suits audience needs and preferences. Every one of us should be able to share in the best of British ideas and creativity on TV." > > Tim Davie, Director General of the BBC, says: "Ensuring the universality of public-service television is sustained into the future is of paramount importance to the UK and all its public service broadcasters. We are delighted to be deepening our collaboration in helping viewers access our content, ensuring that, in a digital age, we deliver value for all audiences and that no one is left behind." > > Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO, ITV, says: "As more and more UK households use internet-connected TVs, it's critical that the public service broadcaster channels remain available and easy for them to find. This new collaboration enables the UK public to continue to get all of their favourite British TV channels, for free - just as Freeview did at the advent of digital TV. Alongside the important reforms set out in the draft Media Bill it will help PSBs to continue to thrive for years to come." > > Alex Mahon, CEO, Channel 4, says: "Streaming TV is increasingly the new normal for audiences, particularly young viewers, so it has never been more important for trusted PSB content to be readily available to everyone, for free. We look forward to working closely with our PSB partners so that when the Media Bill’s prominence provisions become law, the technology to make Britain’s favourite TV shows easy to find will already be in place." > > Maria Kyriacou, President of Broadcast & Studios, International Markets at Paramount, says: "We know that British audiences continue to have a strong appetite for the high quality, relevant and impartial content provided by our UK public service broadcasters such as Channel 5. This new collaboration across the PSBs will ensure that, as these viewers continue to shift to IP enabled televisions, they continue to have an easy way to access the channels and content they know and love."
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/40842447@N08/4888595300
Lemmy.world Support
[Solved] How can I unmod myself?
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Did you create the community? If so I think you need to "transfer community" to another mod first. You should then see the option to "leave mod team" where the trashcan icon is on your screenshot.
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/marylandsdrawing2525/art/Lemming-735763729
www.bbc.co.uk
The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/jannafairyart/art/Silent-Visitor-201017834
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/jannafairyart/art/Night-Ride-471551864
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/jannafairyart/art/Away-with-a-Book-610956478
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This is what you get if you walk around naked in a creepy haunted house.
Electric Vehicles
Petrol and diesel cars to remain on UK roads 'until 2128' despite imminent sales ban
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I only posted it to laugh at it!
www.gbnews.com
100 years? Really? How many 100 year old cars so we see on the roads today? A handful - most are in museums or only rolled out for vintage car festivals. You could argue that there were less cars back then. Fair enough, but how many even fifty year old cars are on the roads? Even pre-2000 cars are rare, and easily identifiable due to the older format registration plate. I think in 100 years nobody (or very few people - less than ten) is going to be regularly driving a Ford Zetec to the shops. They'll be in museums or driven on special occasions or to vintage car rallies.
Aside from the logo, which I think I just upscaled from an icon (which is why it looks so blocky), I drew this in DPaint on an Amiga back in the 1990s. I was quite proud of how it came out given I have very little artistic talent, although I wish I'd redrawn the logo.
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/sandara/art/Fairy-and-bees-821477242
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Submarine.
www.etsy.com
Also FB, if you like that sort of thing: https://www.facebook.com/lemmingsart
Source: https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/fairies/images/43368889/title/fairy-photo Artist's website: https://www.mollyharrisonart.com/
Source: https://annestokes.com/gallery/
Source: https://annestokes.com/gallery/
Source: https://annestokes.com/gallery/
Source: https://annestokes.com/gallery/
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- linen.dev will sync to Discord and then allow indexing. The owner of the Discord server will need to set it up though, so probably doesn't help unless it's your own Discord.
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriafrancesofficial/8472368281/
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I honestly have no idea if this pie chart is fact or fiction!
According to this user: https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9328
Source: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/510666045217784949/ Artist's website: seancounley.com (I can't find this piece on it)
Source: https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/victoria-frances/images/41490401/title/4-angele-wallpaper
www.cnn.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5039587 > Earthquake lights can take several different forms, according to a chapter on the phenomenon coauthored by Derr and published in the 2019 edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. > > Sometimes, the lights may appear similar to ordinary lightning, or they may be like a luminous band in the atmosphere akin to polar aurora. Other times they resemble glowing spheres floating midair. They may also look like small flames flickering or creeping along or near the ground or larger flames emerging from the ground.
Collage
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That's really cool!
Taken in Sintra. Maybe not actually a well.
This was part of the pavement in Barcelona.
Imaginary Fairies
Fairy by Justin "Coro" Kaufman
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Creepy fairies welcome too! We don't discriminate here.
Electric Vehicles
Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too
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All full EVs currently in production have rapid charging. If yours doesn't, find somewhere to charge where you can leave it for hours - which won't be a rapid at a petrol station.
Source: https://blogiuke.weebly.com/benjamin-lacombe.html Artist's website: http://www.benjaminlacombe.com/ (I can't find this art on it hence the weird source)
Source: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/fitzgerald-the-fairys-lake-t01083
British Telly
TV tonight: inside a psychologist’s sessions with astronauts preparing for Mars
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Celebrity Race Around The World was supposed to be starting tonight. I think they were starting in Morocco, so understandable that it's been pulled from the schedule.
Electric Vehicles
Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too
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On a 150kW charger? How big is your battery?
Android
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Oh, thank you very much! Will send you a DM.
New Communities
The Imaginary Directory - a collection of several "themed art" communities
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I'd just like to take the blame for two separate Imaginary posts here in a row. I posted not realising this would be posted a matter of hours later!
New Communities
Imaginary Fairies - A community for artwork of fairies and other fae folk
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Probably a better word! I'm not sure where I was going with that.
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I do, but I'm on a waitlist (and don't want to selfhost) so I've not been able to try it out yet (I don't make calls through WhatsApp, so I see the lack of support as a benefit).
Lemmy.world Support
Questions from a mod newbie
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There's a little edit button in the sidebar under the community name and next to "leave mod team". The save button is at the bottom one you've made changes.
OpenSourceGames
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri gets an in-development open source remake
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According to their roadmap they're at stage v0.2+
So, you could say this is Alpha Alpha Centauri
Gaming
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
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On Connect, the latter works but the former doesn't. Weirdly if I click on my own username posted upthread, it can't find me.
Gaming
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
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Kbin does odd things with links and communities, so I think part of the problem is it has mangled or added some unexpected links when you've written the post. However, some of your links in the original post work for me on Lemmy (!freegames@feddit.uk is fine), so you might want to compare them.
I'm not sure why Lemmy uses an exclamation mark for communities when everywhere else uses an @. It would be a lot easier if it used @ then it's universal for Kbin, Mastodon, Lemmy.
The new communities group suggests to use the format I've used in my previous posts (basically /c/community@instance) - this won't work on Kbin because it uses /m/. It's better to use @ there as you said.
Gaming
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
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No problem, have added all the ones I know about.
Gaming
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
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OK, so will probably miss loads, but try these for starters. Where I've found multiple for the same platform the more active ones are nearer the top.
!amiga@kbin.social (Kbin)
!commodore64@kbin.social (Kbin)
!zxspectrum@kbin.social (Kbin)
!atari@lemmy.sdf.org (Atari 8-bits, can't find one for the ST)
Gaming
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
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As for platforms, there are a load of retro ones which can be added, not sure if you want to include those?
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The house is haunted.. oh, no, the Airbnb isn't haunted! Make sure you mention that it isn't haunted, it might put potential guests off.
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Well, at least they appear to have friendly (maybe child) ghosts.
Trending Communities
Trending Communities for Sunday 10th September 2023
Trending Communities
Trending Communities for Sunday 10th September 2023
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Links hidden in spoilers don't work in Connect...
Open Source
I have a LOT of bookmarks - what can I use?
UK Politics
Former Johnson aide Dominic Cummings plots new party to end ‘rotten Tory horror show’
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If he can split the vote significantly, the Tories might finally give up on FPTP
Ask Lemmy
Whats the best community/instance for artists who used to post on r/doodle, r/webcomics, and r/clipstudiopaint?
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!comicstrips@lemmy.world is probably the best webcomics one.
[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation
Where are all the Positive, Wholesome Communities gone, and where are all the hugs, where is my wholesome memes, to help me fight, the politics
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I'll add !bunnynewsnetwork@lemm.ee
A lot of the picture ones are good.
!pics@lemmy.world - busiest
!analog@lemmy.world - film photography
Somebody mentioned the "imaginary" communities. This is my favourite, if you look in the sidebar you'll find others: !imaginarywitches@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Connect for Lemmy App
Swiping activates function even if de-swiped
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Hmm, can't get that to work here.
Asklemmy
What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?
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Checks out.
Ask Lemmy
What is the silliest law that is still enforced where you live? Why do you think it still exists?
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Something about weeing in a policeman's hat. There's another one about weeing behind a car as long as you have one hand on it.
Ooh, source: https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/from-urinating-in-a-policemans-hat-to-wearing-your-sandals-near-to-the-queen-this-country-has-a-host-of-bizarre-legal-offences-2442321 Most other places say that policeman's hat one is nonsense though.