@nprofile1q... UK state broadcaster BBC is also working on a different tactic to recover such films (I think these ones were even more far gone than the one in the article you linked to) using lasers, x-ray scanning and digital processing algorithms.

(they have also even been able to get colour video out of less knackered B&W film rolls by extracting remaining chroma information)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2017-12-morecambe-wise-video-film-archive-restoration

@nprofile1q... found multiple new copies under ISBN 9780099362814 from various sources in the UK - whilst original publication date is 1994 I assume the book itself hasn't changed at all..

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... even in countries where the term doesn't have as much an ableist meaning, its associated with the BDSM gear, which immediately makes it awkward to suggest using in a place such as a school or community group where minors might be present, or those from faith groups (and in many community groups which would benefit from FOSS there are often plenty of both)

@nprofile1q... it will be for those who hated having a black / brown neighbour since 1960s and still believe that way (which unfortunately is about a third of those living in suburbs just outside Greater London - there's plenty for instance in Ipswich (and yet more in South Essex) who fled London as the capital was getting "too multicultural"

@nprofile1q... it just also shows the real attitudes in some communities, many folk were angry about Windrush generation too and only begrudgingly endured them, hoping they would "go back home" when they stopped being useful for the economy...

@nprofile1q... given that social housing includes sheltered housing for seniors, and Britain has been multicultural for decades this shouldn't even a surprise or cause for alarm - the Windrush generation and other folk from the Commonwealth who were encouraged here for work from mid-late 20th century onwards are going to be in their later years now..

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/housing-options/sheltered-housing/

@nprofile1q... I don't even know of that many? Maybe in big cities but thats only a relatively small portion of the population.

Everyone at work who is from overseas has private housing - they can't get leave to remain in the first place unless they are in full time employment (and this is closely checked on, we get audited every so often by Border Agency)

And at least round my way social housing is mixed up amongst other private dwellings, you cannot easily tell which houses are funded by Council/housing associations unless you had access to their property database (I wonder if some Reform / Restore supporters do (perhaps those working in in building maintenance) and are quietly leaking information?

@nprofile1q... it was indeed 😁

@nprofile1q... took me a while to think of one and its been a very long time since I've actually got a burger from there, but although it was once a big national chain (and initially USA owned) the Wimpy burger franchise has been heavily downsized over the years but remains in corners of East Anglia (its a surreal combination of USA burger culture and small UK cafe/restaurants and remains popular with seniors)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimpy_(restaurant)

@nprofile1q... how are these any different from chocolate surprise eggs from Europe (other than not having the chocolate?)

You have those in Australia as well, I just checked (and got age gated before I could look at the website 😁 )

@nprofile1q... looks like there's some dome thing to let water in but keep fishes out (presumably same way they prevent them getting sucked in to any other hydro dam or similar)

I can see what they are hoping to do but I'm a bit unnerved about combination of what appears to be a posh hotel / tourist destination and a prison where by their own description the bulk of inmates are in there for violent crimes (a rich "Western" nation would struggle to rehabilitate such inmates) - although it all seems to be just a concept by some chap in Romania (many km away from Madagascar) for a design competition and no plans or budget to actually build the thing..