And it's not just publishers. Music, too, has been transformed into being basically unpaid data-harvesting machines, from Meta to Spotify. (Was thinking of a diplomatic way to say that, and I just can't. It's just the reality.)
@sdedition@Braveheart_NZ Odd, as auto-play still lets you choose if you want. It just means you can leave it alone if you don’t want to interact. Maybe the “let me choose” votes are missing the fact that they can still choose….
A rather splendid 8lb pork butt (bone-in pork shoulder) from @hixsonmeatldn this weekend. Slow smoked for 13 hours then pulled to finish. Has gone down rather well!
There were times at either end of my 48 days in intensive care when I was lonely and confused, especially after the coma. I didn’t understand (drugs) why Emma or the kids didn’t come in. Good news that Boris and pals were ripping it up though.
Not this again ... ATTENTION! ... St Æthelgifu does NOT EXIST, Jacob Rees-Mogg has essentially introduced, if not quite excogitated, a TOTALLY BOGUS saint into parliamentary record, if not the calendar of saints ... 👇(1)
@sdedition I’ve been running this exact model for music & video for the last year, and have been very pleased with performance. Careful settings customisation can give you very transparent audio reproduction, plus great performance across the board.
I really REALLY didn’t want to have to do another Covid thread. Really. But given the numbers are on the rise - along with the inevitable hot takes (we’re heading for disaster! The vaccines aren’t working!), I’m dipping my toe back in the waters. Hopefully not for long. 🧵