I’ve seen a few of those anti-Lemmy posts, a previous one was written by AI.

That one Sounds like a rather confrontational poster ended up arguing with people on .ml which went as badly as you’d expect and soured them to the whole thing.

However, treating Lemmy as a monolithic thing and making demonstrably false statements (no games, movie, etc communities) is suspect.

It’s always a worry when you see this because it is understood that if anyone was going to permanently remove Dredd from the board it would be Wagner and he is probably close to retirement now…

So you bagged that before I could!

Who do I have to blow to get a bumper sticker saying: “Powder by Superpiss”?

I’m with you on that - “we” paid for it.

Which tools specifically?

Standard Web forum tools include:

• Editing posts - the main issue is misleading titles
• Moving posts to different communities
• Merging posts
• Splitting comments into separate posts
• IP check

This post makes some good points about reports federating (being worked on, I believe) but also about the lack of what we’ll call a “moderation panel” where you can access tools for the community, like seeing a list of banned users and being able to add to it there or unban someone.

There are other “nice to have” tools like post approval

I am curious to see what moderation tools PieFed, has and NodeBB now they are federated, but the documentation is skimpy on that front.

China has entered the chat.

No, the movies with their earliest appearances in are copyright, so they aren’t public domain until those films are.

Some of them are the “prototypes” of the characters but films with the classic versions in are already public domain. Once the prototypes are PD then the classic characters are fair game too.

So first appearing in crappy, low budget horror films?

Finding a Y chromosome isn’t that helpful where performance is concerned as it isn’t just XY and XX out there and some chromosomal abnormalities can mean you are less susceptible to testosterone which can impact development.

There are people with genetically high red blood cell counts or lung capacity. Usain Bolt has a much higher percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibres (top sprinters tend to be 80-90% compared to the average of 50%). Are we going to test for those too?

Human biology is complicated and the more we know the less black and white it becomes. A crude genetic test isn’t going to help with this.

They may be looking at cashing out while they still own the characters - within a decade Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Porky Pig will be public domain.

That would be a daft thing to do as it seems so tied to WB but:

it is worth noting that the original Looney Tunes animated shorts, which ran from 1930 through 1969

A lot of these are public domain already because their copyright wasn’t renewed. For those under copyright the public domain wall is approaching:

The earliest currently copyrighted Warner Bros. cartoon, “Ride Him, Bosko!”, is set to enter the public domain in 2028.

So, while some later cartoons are PD, some first appearances of classic characters (albeit often in unnamed and prototype form) aren’t but the wall approaches:

• Porky Pig - first appeared in “I Haven’t Got a Hat” (1935) - PD in 2031
• Daffy Duck - first appeared in “Porky’s Duck Hunt” (1937) - PD in 2033
• Elmer Fudd - first appeared in “Little Red Walking Hood” (1937) - PD in 2033
• Bugs Bunny - first appeared in “Porky’s Hare Hunt” (1938) - PD in 2034

It shouldn’t be too difficult. A move is essentially a cross-post but it keeps the OP as the poster (rather than the cross-poster). You’d then want to lock the original post, and either hide it or add a message directing people to the new post. That’s all current forum software does.

Yep, it’s a great British success story.

The only issue has been availability. You might be better using a thin client or SFF PC.

Although favourites tend to be from HP or Dell, looking around there is:

• Axel - French
• Igel - German
• Praim - Italy but information is skimpy

You already have the link but it is also in the sidebar.

You’re so needy.

I’m playing it cool and not asking for the money I gave her to have her granny’s warts lasered off.

Most tax revenue comes from taxes on work, not wealth. Taxes on work currently bring in almost half of all government tax receipts. While taxes related to wealth, such as capital gains and stamp duty, are only set to bring in less than 5% of tax receipts.

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – from one of the 250 richest families in the UK – paid just 23% in tax in 2023 on his £2.2 million in earnings. That’s a lower rate of tax than a teacher.

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Polling shows that the public and 65% of millionaires themselves want the wealthiest to pay more, and are more likely to vote for a party that commits to higher taxes on the wealthiest to invest in public services.

It’s perverse that they’ll take from those in most need and not touch the insanely wealthy who wouldn’t even see an impact on their lifestyle.

I can’t recommend Gary’s Economics enough, especially his recent video “How to stop the economy collapsing” which goes into the idea of taxing wealth not work.

“Forced”? It is her own “rules” that are doing the forcing:

She is also expected to squeeze future Whitehall spending plans to ensure she is on target to meet her self-imposed fiscal rules, despite weaker OBR projections

If I went around doing something wildly unpopular because of a self-imposed people might, rightly, question my sanity.

Some in Labour had urged Reeves to flex her fiscal rules instead of outlining future spending cuts – but the Treasury fears that any sign of indiscipline would risk spooking bond markets and driving borrowing costs up further.

The experts I’ve heard interviewed on the radio say that is only if they increased borrowing, increasing taxes shouldn’t do that.

At this point they have to decide if they want to piss off enough of the electorate that they won’t get voted in again or if they want the Tory press to say “Labour are bad with the economy and don’t stick to their promises” because their very wealthy mates had to cough up their fair share.

What have you been up to?