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meejle

@ meejle @lemmy.world

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⚠️ I follow and comment on NSFW stuff.

I'm a 36m British writer, designer, gaymer, lefty snowflake, and AuDHDer. I never shut up about Ace Attorney, and I collect Tamagotchis. Trying to learn Japanese, currently N4-ish. Ask for my Slowly ID!

Also trying PieFed: @meejle@piefed.world

  • Why do some people have so many browser tabs open?

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  • This may or may not be a joke, but yes, this is very often talked about among ADHDers!

    I'm AuDHD and thankfully this is one area where my ordered, autistic side wins out – i.e. I have meticulously organised bookmarks and "Raindrop" tags for everything instead. 😄 I couldn't stand having tons of tabs open.

  • The VPN panic is only getting started

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  • I don't have kids, but if age restriction did come for VPNs, I honestly think I'd subscribe to one for them. Or at least bring back the idea of having a "family computer" in the main living area, where they can use a VPN with supervision.

    I know everyone's kids are different, but surely it's better to at least attempt to teach them how to use the internet safely and in a healthy way (adblock, security, privacy, bots, scams, the perils of social media, discussions about porn and when it is and isn't healthy/exploitative etc.) rather than keeping them on The Pretend Internet till they're 18 and then unleashing them on the world. 😬 So they can fall for every scam and get "hacked" every few days and argue with AI bots like old ladies.

  • Revolutionary!

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  • Or Vlad

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    How to archive web pages?

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  • Oh. In which case it still works fine for me, what can I say. 😅

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    How to archive web pages?

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  • Archive.ph is good, especially because I've never met a paywall it couldn't bypass. 😏

  • Perfect world for ADHD

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  • Automatic doors on dishwashers, no doors on kitchen cupboards

  • Gmail users warned to opt out of new feature - what we know

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  • Not that I've seen, no.

  • Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

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  • It irks me that all you ever hear about is "Ugh, Microsoft trying to force people to use Edge again"

    And yet, when I did use Edge, I had to install an extension to remove the huge "We recommend using Chrome" banner on every Google service. 😬

  • Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI

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  • I get where he's coming from as a tech person... I'm old enough to remember chatting to ELIZA and Alicebot. The current state of AI is impressive to me, as well as "worrying" and "destroying the planet" and "being rammed down our throats" and all the other bad stuff.

    It's wildly tone deaf of him to say it in the middle of a backlash, though. 😬

  • What's a better way to say "possibly possible" or "necessarily necessary"?

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  • What's a better way to say "possibly possible"?

    That is, it may be possible for humans to colonize Mars or create sentient AIs, or for you to lift 400 pounds, but we don't know yet.

    You answered your own question. 😁

  • MPs slam move to cut London affordable housing ratio – ‘too little, too late’

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  • Whoa you made me jump

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    Jeffrey Epstein had a tiny, ‘extremely deformed’ penis shaped like a lemon: victim

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  • What's the opposite of a lemon tho

  • Ahead of his time

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  • God, I bet those replies were a cesspit

  • Keir Starmer gets utterly ratioed on social media after claiming he’s working class

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  • I think it refers to the ratio of "likes" to "dislikes". Like, when YouTube still showed a dislike count, it meant a video had significantly more dislikes than likes.

    In this case I guess it got more "😄" and "😡" reacts than "👍" and "❤️"?

  • Starmer in crisis as war breaks out in Labour right

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  • I think there might be less of a consensus than I first thought (oops 🙈), but it is backed up by a literal NHS report from June. Emphasis my own:

    England and the rest of the UK have much lower service recognition and treatment rates of ADHD diagnosis compared with other European countries (e.g. Norway, Denmark, Spain). Recent data show a very high level of under-recognition and under-treatment of strictly diagnosed ADHD, with significant inequalities in access to care (e.g. minority groups). [...] There is also concern by some about potential over-medicalisation and over-diagnosis and a lack of regulation of ADHD service providers as this has been reported in some parts of the world. Some also raise concerns about ADHD self-diagnosis based on information from social media. However, currently there is no good evidence on what percentage of those waiting to see a clinician have self-diagnosed ADHD using social media and eventually meet or do not meet ADHD diagnostic criteria after a high-quality assessment. We only know currently that in England, recognised rates of ADHD are lower than the expected prevalence of ADHD. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/report-of-the-independent-adhd-taskforce-part-1

    I also found this:

    Reports indicate that ADHD affects 2.5%–5% of adults in the general population [...] However, fewer than 20% of adults with ADHD are currently diagnosed and/or treated by psychiatrists. Some adults with ADHD will have received a diagnosis in childhood, although some will no longer be in contact with psychiatric services and will not have access to treatment. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4195639

    Both sources have a list of references. Hope they help! 👍

  • Where Do the Children Play?

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  • I suspect the world is a lot safer now than it was then, but everyone's scared of everyone else, so 🤷‍♂️

  • When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall

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  • I love that the Reformtwats are so horrible they can't even tolerate each other. 😄

    I cover Kent and that is the bane of my existence at the moment. It turns out they’re all wankers and it turns out they all hate each other and it turns out all they do is fight with each other rather than reforming the council or attacking the opposition or making savings.

    – Reform's own South East organiser

  • ‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments

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  • Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will stop using “toxic” rhetoric, marking what would be a dramatic shift in a political brand...

    Wow they didn't waste any time dragging her, I love it. 😄

  • UK Parliament to Debate the Online Safety Act on 15 December 2025

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  • "I think it's a good thing"

    "I agree with my right honourable friend"

    The Government Responded:

    Yeah, nah.

  • Starmer in crisis as war breaks out in Labour right

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  • Also, as a neurodiverse person, I can't deal with his calling ADHD a "mental health issue" (it's a neurodevelopmental disorder) and banging on about it being over-diagnosed (experts agree it's slightly under-diagnosed).

    Not that he should be minimising mental health problems anyway. It's so obvious that it's designed to demonise more groups of sick and disabled people to make cuts more palatable. Just like Iain Duncan Smith tried to do with "bad backs". 🙄