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Colorful logo: FIFA Women's World Cup AU NZ 2023

SUPER informative post for Women's World Cup of Soccer 2023 by Superilla

08/05/23
by taz

"The system can't handle her real name"

An illustrated comics-style collage of different pinned and taped text examples of words with macrons (the line over the vowel) that are glitchy -- a different font, and / or font weight, or showing up as just a box, or as html code rather than the actual letterIllustration by Toby Morris via The Spinoff

Etrigan has posted The Side Eye: The Stink A, linking to The Spinoff's really well-done and fascinating infographic on "the glitchy macron" that highlights how font decisions and usage can have an outsized impact on non-Anglo populations.

02/01/23
by taz

Penguin Paladins, Pranksters, Rapscallions, and Rogues

Penguins at NANZ imagePenguin dramaz at NANZ

Burny is the vigilante anti-hero penguin we didn't know we needed. Faint of Butt

@jonnywaistcoat chronicles the Naughty and Good Penguins at the National Aquarium of New Zealand

07/22/18
by taz

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ConnectedConnected by hosszuka (cc by-sa)

Following the news from around the world -- threads worth digging into, as Mefites share their insights on:

- the forthcoming Catalan independence referendum in Spain
- the just-completed election in New Zealand
- the "most ridiculous constitutional crisis" in Australia, and
- the scandal leading to the collapse of the government in Iceland.

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