Steve Barnes

@Starfia
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French bread? What a pain!

#Language

Huh.

In the French dub for The Wrath Of Khan, McCoy calls it "Retinax Quatre".

#StarTrek

People who have watched Star Wars:

The original trilogy was completed in 1983. But plenty of official Star Wars material has since been produced, particularly in the last decade.

Now that it's 2026, which is preferable to consider canon?

#StarWars

All shows and movies except the Holiday Special
25%
Only A New Hope and the Holiday Special
75%
Poll ended at .

Here's my original post with a link to the bill's text:

https://mastodon.social/@Starfia/116416287251680612

I've at least found a Change.org petition about it, signed it, and added a comment.

https://www.change.org/p/block-or-reform-the-forced-compliance-act-bill-h-r-8250-parents-decide-act

If you sign it or share it, please let me know. I'm still waiting for any detectable sign that anyone is even aware of this bill, or to show me I'm over-reacting or over-interpreting it somehow.

Sign the Petition

Block or reform the Forced Compliance Act - Bill H​.​R. 8250 (Parents Decide Act)

Change.org

I shared this bill two weeks ago, and I'm staggered that no one else I've seen on Mastodon, or any other place online, has even mentioned it.

It does indeed look like the law would require every American child and adult, parent or not, to verify their age with a third party just to power up and use their own computer or phone in everyday fashion.

#AgeVerification #Apple #Microsoft #Google

I'm really looking forward to Such ID, where you can unlock your devices by just… really…

… you know, that kind of thing.

Which is more meaninglessly appealing as part or all of the name of a flavour?
"Berry Cherry"
50%
"Cherry Berry"
50%
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When getting into a real discussion on a social platform with one other person, with multiple points on the table at once, it's more helpful to…
Maintain a single thread of replies
33.3%
Allow for a branching tree of replies
66.7%
Poll ended at .

From the definition of "Europe" in…

The Oxford American English Dictionary: "Europe contains approximately 10 percent of the world's population."

The Oxford British English Dictionary: "Europe contains approximately 20 per cent of the world's population."

#Europe #Language