Actually Infuriating

cross-posted from: https://potato-guy.space/post/38825

OP: [email protected]

It's impossible, i got this instance to just see lemmy from my own instance, but no, it was slow as hell the whole week, i got new pods, put postgres on a different pod, pictrs on another, etc.

But it was slow as hell. I didn't know what it was until a few hours before now. 500 GETs in a MINUTE by ClaudeBot and GPTBot, wth is this? why? I blocked the user agents, etc, using a blocking extension on NGINX and now it works.

WHY? So google can say that you should eat glass?

Life is now hell, if before at least someone could upload a website, now even that is painfull.

Sorry for the rant.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30910548

The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission, famous for recently trampling on human rights by arresting peaceful protesters, has decided that trans people need to stop complaining about people taking away their rights.

The fucking AI is like the antithesis of King Midas; everything it touches turns to shit.

So long, Telegram, so long...

Not just a little bit, either.

But piracy is a crime...

EDIT: This guy is a clown

If you Wonder, yes, it's That Insurance Company with that "former" CEO.

He totally deserved what happened to him

The state has not taken any action against Phillip Koons license. Likely because the Ringling superintendent and either Walters Stitt or both go golfing together.

State agents were investigating Koons after allegations of bullying and physically abusing football players. Some of the players told police that Koons allegedly had them do warm-ups naked, which gave them burns on their genitals.

Some more accounts:

Players are cursed and belittled for missing practice. I was called a pussy when I missed practice because my mother was put in the hospital. I was told I didn’t deserve to play and humiliated in front of the team in the locker room after a game,” one player wrote. “The constant verbal and mental abuse had made some players depressed, anxious, and/or thinking about committing suicide. I have tried to be there for those going through these troubles. (…) One player would get upset after Phillip Koons would call him racial slurs. He felt targeted for his skin color, and we were upset seeing how much this hurt our teammate.”

Another victim impact statement referenced prior allegations about Koons’ behavior at past coaching and teaching jobs.

“I have at times had some suicidal thoughts due to the situation, the pain, and the betrayal. I have felt that the ones I have trusted most and thought were great people have turned their backs on me and others,” the student wrote. “I cannot stand the fact that Phil and the other abusers have continued to get away with this for so long and are still able to keep doing this to kids and other people. I have been traumatized by all of this. I feel I have suffered academically due to the mental strain and depression making it hard for me to focus on my work. (…) My family has been hurt and attacked by the people who support him. My family, friends, and I have been harassed on social media as well as my family and friends have been harassed face to face. I have been hurt and stressed by this entire process. This man and others that are involved deserve to be punished for what they have done.”

While Koons has been listed as the Ringling High School principal on the bottom of the district’s website for months since he was charged, the site now lists Jackie Matherly in that position. Koons was placed on administrative leave during part of the investigation, but he was reinstated by the district.

Remember - Summer Bosmier was driven out of the state for posting a QR code when they made her cover up her library. OSDE spent months wasting everyone’s time by trying to change the dates to avoid a media presence.

The coaching associations contact information is publicly available if you want to let them know how you feel about this.

Greg Warner from Poteau is also a fun name - I think his scandal was letting players mom’s sleep with him for positions. But I’m sure a lot of names on this list would have some very interesting search results… almost as if coaching in the South is a “sexual abuse” license…

Link to a Reddit post by an activist I know.

But to summarise, Amendment NC21 to the Data Use and Access Bill would require sex to be defined as "sex at birth" for all identity verification requests.

This includes people who have changed their sex legally, which will now be separately catalogued.

This means that all kinds of people, including (potential) employers, landlords, government staff etc. will be able to look up these details about you.

This amendment will be voted on on the 7th of May, so if you're in the UK please badger your MP to vote against it (template email in the Reddit post)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42834907

“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.

The parties included a 7-year-old boy, wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke. There was an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve. None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys, only shelter workers who helped them log on to the hearing.

Immigrant advocates and lawyers say an increasing number of migrant children are making immigration court appearances without the assistance of attorneys, which they say will lead to more children getting deported.

“That child will be ordered deported from this country — that could all happen without that child ever speaking with an attorney and given the opportunity to obtain representation,” Shah said. “The cruelty is really apparent to all of us out here in the field.”

Lack of sleep (because today is supposed to be a holiday and NO ONE is supposed to be working)

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Hunger (for rushing home without lunch or breakfast)

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Previous anger over a bad paycheck (I was docked 25% of my pay for not showing up one day through no fault of my own)

+

The stress of working against the clock because we were supposed to finish early

=

My first panic attack in 5 fucking years and an embarrassing episode at work that I'm sure I'll have to talk to HR about tomorrow or Monday so they can determine if I'm sane or crazy and should be fired...

I am... So tired...

... in the context of the 2010 Equalities Act.

Personal note:

This is a dangerous precedent that is already being used to justify banning trans women from women's bathrooms, and will likely allow male police / security to manhandle women to ascertain their gender. It will also put trans women at a further disadvantage for getting jobs, as if there wasn't enough stigma as is.

Get ready for the genital inspectors, more transpotting (like with that non-trans lady in the Olympics) and an increased amount of abuse of trans people.

Disclaimer: Not sure if there are other smaller ones in other parts of Gaza.

This is something which really made me furious. Instead of raising reciprocal tarrifs like Canada and EU did, Starmer decided to increase taxes/cut benefits for the UK citizens and lower them for US companies.

Absolut fucking madness!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23716733

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59610924

Hi, I posted about this yesterday, but people should be aware that the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to dismantle three civil rights offices for allegedly standing in the way of their immigration mission.

If that doesn't concern you on its own, you should know that the funny thing is, only two of the three civil rights offices are actually focused on immigration. The third is just general civil rights. So that means today it's this lady, tomorrow it's you or someone you care about.

You can read more about that here: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/

The good news is that people all over the UK are planning to protest this Wednesday on the 26th.

https://dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welfarenotwarfare-list-of-local-actions/

If you live in the UK, show your support by showing up or spreading the word to people who can!