@adrianriskin@kolektiva.social2024-02-27 19:16:39
TIL that "delit" is an archaic form of "delighted", by which fact I am delit!
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Everything was in our favour; everybody on board the brig was in good spirits. The captain was delit with the vessel; the crew, Italians and Maltese, were in high glee at the prospect of making a short voyage on high wages in a well-provisioned ship.
-- Wilkie Collins in The Queen of Hearts
@servelan@newsie.social2024-04-24 21:26:42
Ohio Lawmakers Remove Marital Rape "Loophole" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/04/ohio-lawmakerd-remove-marital-rape-loophole/
@nelson@tech.lgbt2024-03-13 19:18:40
Business card (n, archaic). A small piece of paper given to people to convey your contact information. Unknown to people born after 1990.
@servelan@newsie.social2024-04-11 16:31:45
The archaic Comstock laws were named for a man who also fueled the US obsession with book banning - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/the-obscene-comstock-laws-were-named-for-a-ma…
@nelson@tech.lgbt2024-03-13 19:18:40
Business card (n, archaic). A small piece of paper given to people to convey your contact information. Unknown to people born after 1990.
@Kencf618033@social.linux.pizza2024-02-05 23:51:39
Watched the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee session featuring the director of the Moronic Inferno. Oh golly-gee-willie-will-wilkers, you're stranded with archaic IT and it's so expensive to outsource and there's only so much those smart people can do?
@beaware@social.beaware.live2024-01-30 00:01:57
Why is Mastodon moderation so archaic? Why cannot I not yet completely stop posts with certain words from federating into my instance in the first place?
This should be a thing. I shouldn't have to view potential illegal content to have the gross shit removed from my viewing.
It should be automatic and precise.
Furthermore, I cannot remove single posts with a simple "remove this fuckin bullshit" button. Instead, I have to "report" the post (to myself…