Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[BillRiver]

The bigots st the spa claimed the interloper was trans. There is zero evidence this person is/was trans. And the bigots (your bigots) did then side with the proud boy scum. That’s whose side you’re on.

if you disagree, write a letter isn’t that what you do best?

tldr - terfs are scum

Most of the bigots aren't T.E.R.F's.

T.E.R.F. has a specific meaning.

A T.E R.F is a trans-exlusionary radical feminist. The phrase was created by radical feminists to differentiate the types/attitudes of other radical feminists.

It's not helpful to call people T.E.R.F's when we mean transphobes or bigots.

We may believe that all T.E.R.F's are transphobic bigots (or we may not) but not all transphobic bigots are T.E.R.F's either way.

Very few people involved in events at or outside the Wii Spa were radical feminists, or indeed any kind of feminist.

 

[belboid]

Most of the bigots aren't T.E.R.F's.

T.E.R.F. has a specific meaning.

A T.E R.F is a trans-exlusionary radical feminist. The phrase was created by radical feminists to differentiate the types/attitudes of other radical feminists.

It's not helpful to call people T.E.R.F's when we mean transphobes or bigots.

We may believe that all T.E.R.F's are transphobic bigots (or we may not) but not all transphobic bigots are T.E.R.F's either way.

Very few people involved in events at or outside the Wii Spa were radical feminists, or indeed any kind of feminist.

True, tho the actual terf’s did pick up on and use the incident with their usual honesty. And the incident does show what Butler says in her reply - that the far right use gender essentialism as a form of attack and the terfs (and other exclusionary types) will not oppose them.

 

[BillRiver]

True, tho the actual terf’s did pick up on and use the incident with their usual honesty. And the incident does show what Butler says in her reply - that the far right use gender essentialism as a form of attack and the terfs (and other exclusionary types) will not oppose them.

Yep.

 

[Albert]

There is no need for it to whatsoever. The topic under discussion is guardian censorship. Do you approve?

I agree with this, it's outrageous. It should have been left as is.

The Guardian should have added an editor’s note after the journalists question, factually stating the charges and making clear that these were made after the interview.

 

[Santino]

I had a look on Twitter and I can't find anyone anywhere who says 'Yes, they were correct to remove the paragraphs.'

 

[Cerv]

Why The Guardian Censored Judith Butler on TERFs

‘Habitual bigots online are going to do their thing, and usually respond to pieces without even reading them.’

www.vice.com

Vice are on the case of what happened with the Butler interview

 

[stavros]

Whilst watching the US Open Andrew Castle has been listening to too much Alanis Morissette:

 

[SpookyFrank]

We own two properties but live in a rented house. Would that affect care funding?

We are concerned about what would happen if one of us needed to go into residential care

www.theguardian.com

Won't somebody think of the buy to let arseholes?

 

[TopCat]

We own two properties but live in a rented house. Would that affect care funding?

We are concerned about what would happen if one of us needed to go into residential care

www.theguardian.com

Won't somebody think of the buy to let arseholes?

One should kill the other. Sorted.

 

[stavros]

One should kill the other. Sorted.

If that happens the state is highly likely to provide board and lodging to the survivor for a prolonged period.

 

[TopCat]

If that happens the state is highly likely to provide board and lodging to the survivor for a prolonged period.

I will chip in

 

[billy_bob]

This doesn't work. It just made me want cake.

 

[Orang Utan]

This doesn't work. It just made me want cake.

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A climate change cake that looks like a flooded coast lining a rapidly desertifying interior

 

[two sheds]

Cake addiction is a constant danger.

 

[stavros]

Cake addiction is a constant danger.

Indeed.

 

[Pickman's model]

so clive sinclair's died and the guardian has decided to promote him to inventor of the pocket calculator

Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81

Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness

www.theguardian.com

only their link goes to Sinclair Cambridge pocket calculator | Science Museum Group Collection which says his calculator's from 1973 (and made of cheap components)
sinclair's offering was preceded by japanese, american, and yugoslavian offerings:

Calculator - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

once again the guardian is full of fail

 

[Orang Utan]

Indeed.

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wait, that’s not fair. @twosheds should have got those likes, not stavros ! Injustice!

 

[Cerv]

so clive sinclair's died and the guardian has decided to promote him to inventor of the pocket calculator
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Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81

Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness

www.theguardian.com

only their link goes to Sinclair Cambridge pocket calculator | Science Museum Group Collection which says his calculator's from 1973 (and made of cheap components)
sinclair's offering was preceded by japanese, american, and yugoslavian offerings:
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Calculator - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

once again the guardian is full of fail

the BBC bulletins on the radio tonight were also introducing Sinclair as "inventor of the pocket calculator". I wonder if there's a common source of the error in a wire service report or something they've both just copied.

 

[two sheds]

Yes I'd always thought it was HP.

 

[fishfinger]

Sinclair made pocket calculators that were much more affordable than the competition.

 

[equationgirl]

Sinclair made pocket calculators that were much more affordable than the competition.

But did he invent them? I don't think he did.

 

[fishfinger]

But did he invent them? I don't think he did.

No. He did not invent them. He helped to make them affordable.

 

[two sheds]

He didn't invent them though did he

 

[equationgirl]

Yes I'd always thought it was HP.

If not HP then one of the Japanese electronic corporations. Or Texas instruments.

Fuck it, I'm going to check.

 

[equationgirl]

Wikipedia says Texas Instruments were the first to develop a pocket calculator, although a Japanese company called BUSICOM made the first commercially available one.

Have sent a correction request to the BBC. I might have said the error was appalling given the information is easily available.

 

[Raheem]

Wikipedia says Texas Instruments were the first to develop a pocket calculator.

It seems Sinclair were the first to launch a "slimline" pocket calculator, but the calculator bit of the electronics was bought off TI. Sinclair made a thinner housing and did something apparently clever with the power input.

 

[equationgirl]

It seems Sinclair were the first to launch a "slimline" pocket calculator, but the calculator bit of the electronics was bought off TI. Sinclair made a thinner housing and did something apparently clever with the power input.

But there were earlier pocket calculator models on the market. I am not disputing he improved it, but he did not invent the concept.

 

[Raheem]

But there were earlier pocket calculator models on the market. I am not disputing he improved it, but he did not invent the concept.

He or someone he employed invented the "slimline" pocket calculator. After that, I would guess someone invented the slimline pocket calculator with an little red "on" light. And so on.

 

[Orang Utan]

Kraftwerk invented the pocket calculator

 

[equationgirl]

He or someone he employed invented the "slimline" pocket calculator. After that, I would guess someone invented the slimline pocket calculator with an little red "on" light. And so on.

I manage inventions for a living. I am telling you, he did not invent the first pocket calculator.