@servelan They did a whole episode of South Park about this. The book is, if you really want to hear about it, over-rated, but (as Holden observes at the start) so is David Copperfield. Civilized countries, and their constituent states, do not threaten jail time over either.
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Christopher Faille boosted
A very long time ago, I went looking for the naughty bits in Catcher in the Rye and couldn't find any. Don't know what the fuss is about.
Texas Bill Threatens Jail Time for Teaching Books Like “The Catcher in the Rye” – Mother Jones
@Laufr vabbè. È stata un'occasione per salutarci! Buona serata, un abbraccio :)
Flipboard Tech Desk boosted
ChatGPT finally gets a much better image generator - how to try it for free
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-finally-gets-a-much-better-image-generator-how-to-try-it-for-free/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Sebastian Lasse boosted
@jake4480 I’ve played with Canva, but graphic design isn’t really my forte :)
Martin Holland boosted
I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oaghntcihvzqkirfcn4faarb/post/3ll7kmp7hz32c
Today is the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that killed 146 garment workers.
This led me to look at ReadThePlaque. I found three plaques which give three very different perspectives of the events around it
https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/triangle-shirtwaist-factory#gsc.tab=0
#TriangleShirtwaist #ILGWU #History
Notable in these times when history is contested. As far as I know, all 3 of them are factually accurate, but they present and emphasize different facts.