Can't wait to see all of our former friends responding in kind ...

@wtg said in Let’s not get him started on Wordle scores…: We could use some new members, but he doesn't sound like a good candidate for WTF. Good call!!!

@Bernard I think he's claiming that it was carrying oil to Iran, defying sanctions. He claims a lot of things but I don't believe much of any of it.

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Vote for clowns…

Here's their website. https://forte3d.com/ Their YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@forte3d

BBC TV licence (which gets us lots of freeview channels), Private Eye. Occasionally buy the FinancialTimes, iPaper, Daily Mail.

Looking like more good news, this time from Georgia. Democrat Eric Gisler claimed an upset victory Tuesday in a special election in a historically Republican Georgia state House district. Gisler said he was the winner of the contest, in which he was leading Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest by about 200 votes out of more than 11,000 in final unofficial returns. Robert Sinners, a spokesperson with the secretary of state’s office, said there could be a few provisional ballots left before the tally is finalized. “I think we had the right message for the time,” Gisler told The Associated Press in a phone interview. He credited his win to Democratic enthusiasm but also said some Republicans were looking for a change. “A lot of what I would call traditional conservatives held their nose and voted Republican last year on the promise of low prices and whatever else they were selling,” Gisler said. “But they hadn’t received that.” https://apnews.com/article/georgia-house-special-election-gisler-guest-046d2fe14eab0cbe4ce10afd66827020

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/10/parents-react-to-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-interactive It's only been two days, so polling so soon seems a bit ridiculous. But anyway, there are some interesting responses. The one comment that stood out to me: They (and I) would rather see regulation of the social media companies than the children. Yeah, this. I think it's a shame that they had to include Youtube in the mix. There is so much really, really good stuff on YT. IMO, YT should be responsible for ensuring a safe platform so that everyone can enjoy its real benefits. I can't comment on snapchat or instagram because I've never used them. It seems to be 'profits at all costs' for these companies. If they'd taken their responsibility seriously to begin with, perhaps a ban would never have been necessary.

Beautiful!

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The dogs are the instigators. Their owners went out for dinner and.... https://www.facebook.com/reel/1204312071569492 Backstory: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-andrew-mackay-pets-dogs-let-horse-steer-into-house-video/

@Axtremus said in Calibri v. Times New Roman: the previous change to Calibri was a wasteful sop to DEI wokeness. And changing back won't be wasteful? The cognitive dissonance continues.... Also the cruelty. On a separate note, I hate Microsoft's new default font, Aptos. Hate hate hate it! And now, the default font for Japanese also looks horrible, and for many characters, doesn't actually look like Japanese but looks more like Chinese. Which is fine if you're typing in Chinese, but not good for Japanese, and I worry about the impact on my students' writing as well. It's not super hard to change the default settings in desktop applications, but in browser versions, I can't get it to set my desired font for Japanese, so I have to go in and change it manually every time.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/09/raul-malo-the-mavericks-dies-aged-60

I think the concept much like the concept of hyper-surveillance is very unpleasant.

Capitalism is the worst form of economic organization. Except for all the rest that have ever been tried. This is probably a good messaging bill for the Dems though.