From the old internet Originally from New Delhi, India. Now living in the Netherlands. I gossip about news, current events and programming. Born at 333ppm
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Last Notes npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I did not expect that the UK intercity trains to be so much faster than the NL intercity trains. NL trains typically run at 140 km/h while AFAIK UK ones run at 200 km/h. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1kc8…j65c @npub1gnw…errq Ah! Are you going to try Ditto for yourself? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1q5a…6wfy Eurostar had to slow down near Rotterdam because it was too windy. How windy is too windy for trains? NS trains were getting cancelled too. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 The farmers have been camping for months for their rights. https://youtu.be/XByFcaMnCTI?si=Zmj4pg5xDSwODNPz npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 Over on Threads, they have started complaining about how the algorithm censors (political) speech. 🙄🙄🙄 What did they expect - that Meta will not have its own profit motives as first priority? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub13g3…2zp8 Thank you. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e How it is that Perplexity or even Arc Search are not providing these wildly wrong answers that Google AI Overviews does⁉️ There are limitations of LLMs but these overviews on Google are especially bad. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1rk3…43sg Is it possible to have an option to include the person who boosted the post and brought it into my timeline to be included automatically when I reply? When people boost posts from publications, I want to talk about the story with them. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1v4e…r0et they still don’t seem autonomous. I can imagine more efficiencies but I can’t imagine replacing any human with an LLM. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1vy9…fad0 Oh. That is too far away. Must find some in NL npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub169h…spes there was a scream? My downloads completed overnight so the computer was always silent. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1vgg…pm2j Because stock has quadrupled under him. What Google needs to do is replace their product people npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1gez…tlzv this must be costing them money to run. What could possibly be their motivation to give it to people who don’t want it? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 So I hear that the clown show is over - Google has turned off AI Overviews for search for the most part https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub19qm…sn8k I also didn’t agree with https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112493647032495440 but it is no reason to unfollow. Your posts are always insightful and I like that you explain your reasoning npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e We now know how is it going to go down. 😕 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1v6a…k38l But the EU parliament is expected to shift right, isn’t it? All these “centre-right” parties are opportunists that will shift right when the center does. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1vy9…fad0 where is this painting on display? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1xfh…awf9 This is evidence that Google is desperate. They must really believe that their search audience wants AI summaries. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1xfh…awf9 I can’t believe these are not memes. 🤣 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1cnz…mvxy Great book! npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 Vertical tab trees. Who can give me vertical tab trees? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1qrq…jrm3 does that mean M4 is the state of the art for the next 2 years? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub17qj…zwhx I hate that Mastodon clients can’t view quoted posts from threads inline like they can for other fediverse instances. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1pep…d78x why doesn’t he have a guy holding an umbrella? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1z0h…g8d7 They are selling more cloud capacity and more powerful machines. I don’t who else is actually profiting from AI in 2024. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub14xc…zqkc Damn! What is wrong with me! Thanks once again. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1z0h…g8d7 🤬 this is worse than anything I have seen in a long while. Microsoft is back to its old ways not soon after it started winning. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1ltx…wp6h I believe mastodon instance servers should always be limited to people you know in real life. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub16r7…d8k2 Edge was always going to be a trojan horse. I am certain Chrome will go through similar changes. I am worried about Safari too. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1dvg…d24z I am 100% certain that this will be turned off on every corporate PC via policy. I am actually surprised that they are even offering it as a default turned on. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1jaj…54mc which mask are you wearing? N95 is the ideal but I wouldn’t mind wearing a surgical mask on all public transport all the time. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I have no doubt that we are seeing massive MacBook Air discounts because of the new ARM based Windows laptops. Competition. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub19qm…sn8k Fediverse fans like me will tell you that Reddit’s moat isn’t as deep as they think. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e Affirmative admissions. Really affordable student life. And a high quality of campus life that meant that the best people wanted to work there. It is a virtuous circle. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1zdp…vqv8 Can’t wait for anti vaxxers to become political force in the rest of the world too. Right wing nutters copy from each other. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub12f7…lkxh if you were in Delhi India, opening the window is the most effective way to kill your purifier. 🤪 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e It seems to me that AI is an inherently dangerous technology. Like nuclear fission technology. Sure you can use it for power generation, but it was mostly used for weapons. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1tyf…uls7 I love the idea of a “neverending summer”. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1vhe…33f8 i just wish I didn’t have to scroll horizontally in the boosts carousel. It is fixed at 5 or 6 at the moment. I wish it adapted to the window width. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub169h…spes Privacy is a luxury. It wouldn’t be available on free tools. You either pay with money or with time to keep your privacy. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e This is me today. Some garden furniture that has to be delivered. The courier company have missed us twice already. Now I have to go and pick it up from their local store. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I would like to see how is still trusting Google (Google!) to be the hub for their very expensive smart hub. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157154/google-home-api-matter-smart-home-chromecast-google-tv @npub1xtk…9669 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1f5h…wjhr Since these are the only vampires in the world, maybe our conception of vampires “sucking” blood is wrong. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub12jv…gf8c Institutions in India have always been weak (or “frail” as Atul (author) calls them) but until now the leaders had been careful to let them appear effective. Not anymore under this authoritarian regime. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 “Slept” for 10 hours last night. Ready to take on the world … although my back aches from too much lying down. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1uas…8xl5 is that from the command line? How do you do it? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1k72…2dvg WWDC might change all that if they open up the platforms worldwide in response to EU rules, and also sprinkle AI to make using their devices easier who still find traditional UIs difficult. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub17df…m5wm Their agent shouldn't have any more permission than to read and summarise emails. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1vgg…pm2j they already shipped them 10 years ago 🤪 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1rk3…43sg Thank you! Why didn’t you use the built in translation service on Apple all along? Was it made available to apps only with iOS 17,4?! npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1nra…lm3u the iPads are such expensive toys (no productivity gains) that I say it is the price of the hardware and not the limitations of the iPadOS that are holding it back. 30% cheaper will be a lot better. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1nra…lm3u Rich folks can afford to have both the iPad Pro and a MacBook but the rest of us have to make a choice. The choice is obvious. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1x49…ep22 I am quite set on "TravelPro Platinum Elite" but I have remind myself that money is better spent on travel than on travel gear. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub18wc…8zm4 Installer should have a section for gadgets you can love without breaking the bank npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1x49…ep22 Cycles. :-) yes, I think close to 40% of new vehicles are EVs. Chargers are everywhere.. every 50m / 100m in the cities. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1rre…vl0r Queues are endless at the museums but Paris is awesome outside the museums too. I have no answers for you except to encourage you to go to Paris whenever you have a chance. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I never see any posts about EVs (good or bad) from non-Americans. Have the EVs just not arrived in the rest of the world, or have they become an unremarkable part of life? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1p2k…tkn0 what have you written so far? I have missed links if you have posted them here. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1kx9…a7zj Bitwarden, and never looked anywhere else. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e the old fashioned coffee guy only comes on when it is late and nearly all the guests have left. 😀 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1r6r…wy8e How is there a book on this topic 😀 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e don’t tell me they were serving the shaadi coffee. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e The what counter now? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1rga…h9uc The latest Reddit quarterly results look quite good. I don’t think Reddit themselves are regretting the path they took. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1qrq…jrm3 here in this country 🇳🇱, Prime Video is so bad that its enshittification is a relief. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e I know this is unrelated but India recently allowed 10x more pesticides in spices. Wouldn’t that mean that more products from India would fail EU standards? npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I can’t believe so many people are wrong From: @npub1rkj…ufed https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/112390845584203539 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1dt0…7205 someone recently commented how rumali rotis have disappeared from menus of restaurants. That would be a shame. I loved them better than naan bread. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 the quality of conversation here in the fediverse is so good! I feel smart just browsing. It helps that everyone is also ready to engage with you. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1g8e…qdqf I got a mini shock at your reply. I thought you were replying to me from your threads account npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1g8e…qdqf Any control put on Threads post means it wouldn’t federate. Only unrestricted public posts will federate AFAIK npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1efu…6upq Love this. I have “signed up”! npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e These TikToks were mostly not from rich or urban parts of India. The ban disproportionately affected these sections and they didn’t have representation. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub154u…q4lr how many kids? We stopped at one because … npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e Not surprised at all of course. No one is. What we can do is highlight every such news story until they cumulatively change someone’s vote. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e I think Flickr and Smugmug are owned by the same folks now. At the time, they were the casual vs professional options. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub17qe…u62y That link is not accessible npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub14tp…48pp threads can post to fediverse but replies do not go back to threads. also, accounts on threads have to individually turn on fediverse sharing. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1q9q…9hw5 the interesting thing here is that the govt is accepting applications and not the end employer. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1lsl…9c2x I suppose folks would be also asking for techdirt to use an activitypub plugin. That would satisfy me. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 I bet Threads will join fediverse before BlueSky does npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1ql2…q4qh might be a TIL moment for those at CBI right now. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1nqp…w9sy @npub13rv…xhhc Because the apps come from a different vendor than the service provider and those apps want to be nice to the servers. But IIRC you can have the behavior in Ivory. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1yd8…8u8e a key thing that has changed india over the past few years is that the state has lost the monopoly over violence. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1zw0…enp4 A couple of friends are active on bsky. I guess all of us are experiencing the splintering of our follow graphs. It is tragic. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1zw0…enp4 my most interesting follows are still on Twitter. Damn inertia. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 My eyes roll into my head if I open bsky. What is wrong with me?! I did love it for a brief moment. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1kc8…j65c I seriously doubt they would be able to deliver. Surely there are places on the mainland that can be made into a high roller destination before cutting down an ancient forest. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 India has taken the homeland of Nicobarese tribe to build their “Hong Kong”. The tribe has lived on the land for 50,000 (fifty thousand!) years. https://article-14.com/post/india-s-alternative-to-hong-kong-proceeds-in-lush-nicobar-island-as-govt-ignores-pleas-of-local-tribals-64fa9d1da1bed npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1tuz…y7d3 And they also know how to run it like a business, i.e. make money while offering this compelling product. FWIW old Twitter was still better - a central place but not quite big enough to act like a monopoly. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1tuz…y7d3 Search must be possible here too but it is difficult to justify the server costs. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1xzm…eykm @npub1scj…8p7v I don’t know if you have any insight on Threads entry to fediverse. It would make a meaningful difference to social web. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1tel…4v4v @npub1scj…8p7v I hear it is simpler to backup bsky npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1s0r…972x there will be other means of permanent residency to the US. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1jzf…fp0a Your job is participating in the journey not making judgements. 😃 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1ql2…q4qh It is probably their job to sue to protect the brand. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 ChatGPT can’t even come up when good knock knock jokes. 🫤 npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub10as…s6kc I thought it was a cold day today. It is 15C here right now but Apple’s weather app on iOS 17 tells me that today’s high would be 3C above average. npub1e9s0yp00egan52c5pg9j3ujvqrh3qtu5sedyepxczy9crs404hzs9ugyyf Adnan 🦙 @npub1z0h…g8d7 Only these options according to JustWatch https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1016217-while-we-watched/watch Extraordinary documentary.