Um, it's growth statistics. Growth from 10 to 30 is an increase of 200%, but growth from 1,000,000 to 1,100,000 is an increase of 10%. You need to know the absolute change as well as the relative cha… (View Post)

"Banning" implies removal by a central authority. He was initially suspended but IIUC BlueSky allows for communal lists of blocked people: you subscribe to those lists and you never see the… (View Post)

Speaking of which, your regular reminder that several PBers have Bluesky accounts https://bsky.app/starter-pack/mattwardman.bsky.social/3lfk4fvp5yv26 (View Post)

Yay! Le @Sandpit est retourne! Are you looking forward to the upcoming nuclear apocalypse? :) (View Post)

Don't beat yourself up over it. Nobody gets to their older years without scars (View Post)