The actual article copy is ok—I was referring to the title (“South Carolina pastor charged with allegedly cyberstalking wife before she died by suicide”).

This (mis)use of “allegedly” is a bit of a pet peeve of mine: he’s not charged with allegedly cyberstalking her, he’s charged with actually doing it. A charge is already a type of allegation, and you can’t just nest in an extra “alleged” for good measure—it’s not idempotent.

And it matters because sprinkling the word into articles without regard for its meaning gradually strips it of meaning, leaving it with nothing but a general association with crime (which negates its ostensible function).

I dunno—on the one hand, I can see where data consent that’s folded into a long user agreement might get overlooked and approved without thinking, and a second verification would be helpful; but on the other hand, the more times users are asked for consent, the more likely they are to agree reflexively to everything.

It seems like a user-configurable setting would be the best solution.

@[email protected] 14,000,000,000 years

First they came for the woodwinds, and I said nothing because I play violin.

Edit: It’s a silly joke, but I do think instruments in an orchestra is a good metaphor for the importance of diversity to society.

Typing with long nails is the embodiment of “beauty is pain.”

I’m sure the pain is real, but the beauty is subjective.