See this is why I will say something like "gimme the uhhh hand protector for hot things"! Because yeah my brain will just not find the right word a lot of the time, it's just how I'm wired, but just bc I can't think of the word "oven mitt" doesn't mean I gotta call it "the thingy"!

Almost everyone "on the left" doesn't have a problem with machine learning, or technology, or progress. They do have problems with security, safety, mental health outcomes, plagiarism, labor distributions, and environmental & energy impact.

Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.

Literally no reason to do such a thing other than sadism. Fucking monstrous.

I'm still fuckin pissed at rahaeli about this and I don't understand why otherwise cool people keep reposting her as if her opinion is worth anything.

Apparently these guidelines are currently in a draft and open to consultation, so UK folks can submit comments here: consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...

(I know nothing, just boosting the link posted by someone else in the comments)

but sometimes

Yeah. That reply just earned them a block from me - shows they're an unreliable source of information. How gross to make bold claims like that and not bother to provide a source even when asked.

This kind of thumb position is not uncommon for people with hypermobility! It looks weird to people with typical range of motion, but it's real (and not even especially painful to do)