[00:08:44] it might be better than the US but that is not a high bar nor does it inspire much confidence given osa and antics so far [00:35:03] I’ve been laughing at this over the last two hours lmfao [01:43:29] You could probably use this to your advantage [01:46:43] Fandom has been taking down content they deem brand unsafe recently so you could potentially have them take the wiki down [02:21:35] I think fandom fused old Equestripedia with the mlp fandom which bugged me a little. That wiki only covers a single element of the franchise but gets to have the domain for the entire thing [02:28:03] Forcible agglomeration of similar established wikis was definitely a whole move on their part... [02:34:51] One that stung the most was a lot of comic wikis getting merged together. [05:15:09] I could yeah [05:15:44] though before that I kinda need to finish up migrating over all the videos (though if anyone wants to help, be my guest) [05:24:06] Gamepedia buyout: [07:03:42] no way madrik [09:16:27] I mean this is what the gubberment wanted and they are not about to give it up short of the entire population of the uk suddenly becoming French [09:18:06] becoming french is a terrible fate [11:14:28] Especially if you get gov as shitty as our [12:39:01] I'd rather be french than british [12:40:45] I don't have much hope in the people of the UK fighting against this tbh, like sure the outspoken, non-Conservative British people interested in politics know this law is bullshit, but most people either don't know about the OSA or all that they've seen is that this law will protect their kids. [12:41:36] Gamepedia buyout sucked but I think it has a silver lining that it just emboldened the move away from fandom. A lot of the more prominent gamepedia wikis are still around independently (Vault and Zeldapedia off the top of my head). [13:27:16] [1/2] Peeps are forgetting that the Online Safety Act was bipartisan [13:27:17] [2/2] Labour and Tory agreed to it [13:27:49] As if there's any difference between those two [13:27:54] Tory is Tory [13:28:03] Labour believes in nothing and has even moved to the right [13:28:52] Even the US Democrats are better than Labour [13:29:11] We don’t have many options [13:29:42] Are there any better third parties? [13:29:51] not to my knowledge [13:30:31] Lib Dems? [13:31:59] I haven't really researched them, mostly because outside of regional elections like the NI Assembly only the Tories and Labour are competitive [13:32:13] they may be cool, they may not [13:32:37] Greens, SNP, and Plaid Cymru are too small or regional [13:33:57] Reform is very crap, Corbynites also are dogwater [13:39:55] my honest take on UK politics is that Northern Ireland and Scotland should just leave already so they don't get brought down by the sinking ship that is the UK, both economically, with the poverty and Brexit (remember that they didn't want to leave the UK), and socially [13:40:18] and then whoever is left should either figure out their shit or continue spiraling down [13:48:23] http://youtube.com/post/UgkxIVCCZM5-poLEqdeCGjy7tMwnXxKojB3A [13:48:27] Interesting! [13:49:13] omg we're finally getting an answer to which came first,, the egg or the chicken [14:38:13] I don’t think you can say that, particularly in the case of NI, that they can just “leave”. A large portion of Northern Irelands population considers themselves British. [14:38:54] that can of worms is explosive [14:39:20] It literally was, yes. [15:28:57] I'm well aware of The Troubles [15:31:16] That topic is perhaps a bit too spicy for the moderators of this server but all I'll say is that 1: I don't think we should let that discard the option of Irish reunification and 2: Unionism in NI is represented by like, what, the DUP? Lol. [15:32:27] Ireland is an actual country, with something to look forward to, whereas the UK only has their wounded post-colonial pride [18:54:49] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1399827521515815104/20250728_151905.png?ex=688a6a78&is=688918f8&hm=cd320157d99f4505907ecb768aaac779b82e4d71913a65130768aaed2f5e7664& [18:56:37] (if it reaches 1 million signatures, does it get a golden no?) [19:58:34] Sadly not [20:05:21] It's a shame that all these official government petitions often end up either being completely disregarded or the government pretends to engage with them but then essentially does nothing. That's pretty much what I've seen so far for EU petitions, France and UK [20:05:58] The Stop Destroying Videogames one was supposed to be promising but apparently there aren't plans to have an actual law there either [20:22:13] is it possible for petitions go to the House of Lords first before the House of Commons [20:42:47] Because the government doesn’t care about consumers. [20:43:17] never underestimate the power of lobbying [20:43:47] Did the eu debate this ? [20:43:59] I didn't see that [20:44:14] <_arawynn> there was/is a petition [20:44:31] is it even over yet [20:44:33] does anyone know how you unsubscribe from Wikitech-l the amount of emails there is pissing me right off [20:44:54] I don't even know how to subscribe [20:45:04] (I'd imagine they're in the same spot) [20:45:09] I wouldn't its people asking stupid fucking questions they could google [20:45:49] lists.wikimedia.org i think has an interface [20:45:56] <_arawynn> the EU-petition is running until July 31st [20:46:32] ah gracias [20:46:34] found it [20:46:57] and you bet your sweet ass they're gonna take 7 years (exaggerating) to get around to it [20:48:06] <_arawynn> sadly yes, even though it met the necessary signatures [20:52:40] Yeah but it still has to be debated by the parliament isn't it ? [20:53:15] yeah [20:54:02] <_arawynn> yes they have to since the initiative got enough signatures for that [21:59:27] yeesh wtf [22:01:07] i watched a funny lawyer vidya on it [22:01:19] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhNJkjuew8