Once you get through the typing.com lessons, try keybr.com to identify and fix your weak areas. Eventually you can move on to monkeytype.com for casual practice

That’s the process that worked well for me

Or when it spoils a joke or jump scare a few seconds early

“You’re not going to shoot me, you don’t have the…”

Just keep subscribing to things :)

We have this guide for how to do that more easily:

https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/threadiverse/finding-communities

Assuming that there isn’t a better extension out there for people to switch to, this move might push some people into quitting Facebook completely.

If you’re using uBlock origin, then you won’t see ads anywhere else. Meanwhile on Facebook, every few posts will be an ad.

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I think it’s a matter of how it’s framed.

It was already going out of fashion in schools when I was growing up, and people did not like it when a teacher (usually older) made them practice it. The original argument of it being faster didn’t apply once computers became common in schools/homes, and printed letters (writing like a typewriter) are better for clarity.

However, I think there is value to it when framed as an artistic skill. Calligraphy strengthens motor skills, and if you make the lesson less rigid then kids can have fun with it and figure out how to express themselves.

That already fell apart, they gave up after the site got overrun with bots. Coincidentally, they were planning to use “AI” to run parts of the site, including moderation

I’m not familiar with this situation so I don’t want to weigh in, but for people who haven’t clicked the link, these seems to be the key bits

During an interview on Boston Public Radio before a live audience at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday, the activist expressed anger at the Democratic attorney general. The hosts then invited them to the microphone.

The activist said they were among the first group of transgender young people to meet with Campbell about shrinking access to health care after President Donald Trump’s administration threatened to withhold federal funding from institutions providing gender-affirming care to minors. They voiced frustration that although Trump’s threats began in October, Campbell did not meet with the group until April — after providers, including Baystate Health, had stopped providing services to patients.

Campbell argued that Massachusetts hospitals are struggling to survive while the administration threatens Medicare and Medicaid funding for services extending far beyond gender-affirming care. She said she believes the administration would welcome Democratic officials targeting hospitals that historically provided such care as part of an effort to divide the transgender community’s allies.

“So, I do not think we’re at a stage now where I should be prosecuting a community-based health organization or a children’s hospital or others who are doing the best they can. What I do think we can do is tell them what their legal rights and obligations are, which we have. And many of these providers will come back online because of our advocacy.”

Campbell’s office pointed The Advocate to a legal advisory it published. Although three healthcare institutions have stopped directly providing gender-affirming hormone therapy and puberty blockers to minors, the office said it knew of no patients who had lost access to care as a result.

"I know this is an incredibly difficult and frightening time for transgender people. While we may not agree with Protect Trans Futures on the best legal strategy in every instance, my office and I are fully committed to doing everything we can to champion the civil rights of transgender people and protect access to gender-affirming care,” Campbell said.

Which book are you reading?

hankgreen.com/smush · Aug 12
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To be fair, I haven’t used Chromecast in a long time. Maybe even 10 years ago now.

I remember having connectivity issues, where I’d go to pause the content and realize it disconnected again. So maybe the battery drain was because of poor connections, or poorly designed apps

Its nice to be able to use it with a remote instead of fumbling around with your phone.

Also performance, decoding support, not burning your phone’s battery, etc

No ads, better performance, customizable

I also tried Projectivy in the past but I don’t remember why I switched away from it. I think there was a performance bug that was causing it to crash. Both may be good options now

That explains why I got “better than 0% of players” the first time. Even after jumping the wall, I got “better than 33%” :

putt.day #91 ⛳ 7/11 Albatross
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https://putt.day/s/dWawKhmzeaBT

The best score is probably 3

• 1 to line up the ball against the wall on the right
• 1 to bounce it off the wall onto the other side
• 1 to bounce it against the curved corner to get it in to the hole

Edit: Even 5 only gets you better than 41%

putt.day #91 ⛳ 5/11 Albatross
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https://putt.day/s/JAwZB_aiifjw

In higher education, some schools have a chain of escalation, and usually things usually don’t get to the point of actually doing a “trial” (although that does happen some times)

• students are innocent until the instructor suspects something
• instructors can implement the penalty that they see as appropriate, but the student can appeal to a higher authority if they think it is not appropriate (department, dean, etc)

Even in civil justice systems, guilty until proven innocent doesn’t mean that someone faces no restrictions until guilt can be proven. When two parties disagree, they will try to solve it themselves while the court remains an option if that doesn’t work out.

Our school actually publishes summaries of the incidents, if anyone is curious what students are getting up to these days: https://universitycounsel.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/media-uploads/files/SD 2024-2025.pdf

The Flintstones ones are very memorable, I wonder if the marketing was helped by the fact that the vitamins look like rocks 😄

That way when they are exposed to the air and begin to discolor (which is harmless from what I understand), it doesn’t become unpalatable to children

Context

Almost 305,000 doses of the morning-after pill were provided free of charge in England’s high street pharmacies in the first five months of the new contraception service, according to new NHS data (October 2025 to March 2026). This figure marks one of the biggest changes in access to emergency contraception in decades, putting a free morning-after pill within easier reach of millions of women.

Thanks, I didn’t know about them before today and this is probably why

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_cannon

There is no evidence in favor of the effectiveness of these devices. A 2006 review by Jon Wieringa and Iwan Holleman in the journal Meteorologische Zeitschrift summarized a variety of negative and inconclusive scientific measurements, concluding “the use of cannons or explosive rockets is a waste of money and effort”.[7]

There is also reason to doubt the efficacy of hail cannons from a theoretical perspective.[8] For example, thunder is a much more powerful sonic wave, and is usually found in the same storms that generate hail, yet it does not seem to disturb the growth of hailstones. Similarly, hail cannons are placed at ground level, while hail formation occurs at altitudes above 10,000 meters; a device with an effective range of 500 meters, above, would be unlikely to have an impact at an elevation 20 times higher.[9][10][11] Charles Knight, a cloud physicist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, said in a July 10, 2008, newspaper article that “I don’t find anyone in the scientific community who would validate hail cannons, but there are believers in all sorts of things. It would be very hard to prove they don’t work, weather being as unpredictable as it is.”

This is in line with how a lot of large open source projects are dealing with it

• don’t force people to use an AI tool
• don’t be a jerk to people who choose to use a tool with AI
• you are responsible for how you interact with the project. If it wouldn’t be ok if done by a human, its not ok if done by a bot

Sweet and sour, bright/tropical if that makes sense?

A friend made salsa with some once, that was pretty good

This feels like a time-traveller changing history scenario. I wonder what the original intent was

BERLIN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an ‌attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major NATO and cargo logistics hub, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.

The man spotted the drone flying low while he was working at Leipzig/Halle airport late on Tuesday, then kicked out at it ​in what Detlef Seif described as a courageous but dangerous act.

The drone, which prosecutors said was equipped ​with professional explosives and a detonator, then crashed nearby, Seif, from the governing conservative CDU ⁠party, told journalists.