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In the 70s I sold mainframes door-to-door. My first 4 domains were free. There were no registrars, or ICAAN, or hosting vendors. My nick was pre-banned from SEO forums. Claude AI just rejected me. All my program languages are dead.
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It's Not a Hypothetical, I've Already Lost My Job to AI The Great Displacement Is Already Well Underway shawnfromportland.substack.com/p/the-great-... Don't go into this industry, it's a sinking ship old.reddit.com/r/meirl/comm...

Why the Poor Vote for the Right (and Stop Demanding More Equality) - Bocconi University www.unibocconi.it/en/news/why-...

1st fault rupture ever filmed. Worth a watch a few times. Note the shed in the distance sustaining damage. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar : old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

Fasting rewires your brain, and you can see the changes in brain scans bgr.com/science/fast...

Is Duolingo the face of an AI jobs crisis? | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/05/04/i...

Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic | CNN Business www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/b... --- 'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/seattle-port... Stock up.

AI Is Eroding What Reddit Says Is Its Greatest Competitive Advantage - Business Insider www.businessinsider.com/ai-reddit-bu...

Toyota and Lexus no longer most reliable carmakers: Subaru is. newatlas.com/automotive/s...

In First-of-Its-Kind Surgery, Rare Spinal Tumor Removed Through Patient’s Eye Socket at University of Maryland Medical Center | University of Maryland Medical Center www.umms.org/ummc/news/20...

'Historic mistake': Von der Leyen rules out return to Russian fuels after the war | Euronews www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Where the new hubs for low-cost car production are www.axios.com/2025/05/06/t...

Modern Web Browsers Are Dropping This Iconic Feature, and I Wish They’d Stop TLDR; New Tab www.makeuseof.com/why-modern-b...

America’s Slide into Authoritarianism, as seen from TED 2025 | Washington Spectator washingtonspectator.org/americas-sli...

US DoJ wants Google to sell two of its ad products

FTC bans hidden fees for live events and short-term rentals, effective May 12 | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/f...

US corporate bankruptcies soar to 14-year high in 2024; 61 filings in December | S&P Global www.spglobal.com/market-intel...

Wait! Recalled for TOO MUCH seat room? ID. Buzz recall appears to have made automotive history | Digital Trends www.digitaltrends.com/cars/id-buzz...

Goodbye to the old Facebook - Zuckerberg admits he no longer connects family and friends, faces FTC lawsuit that could dismantle Meta unionrayo.com/en/zuckerber...

The weeds are winning | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/10/1...

Marine litter on the EU coastline down by almost one-third. Single-use plastic was reduced by 40%. Fisheries-related items decreased by 20% and plastic bags were down by 20%.

#NorthCarolina Humpback Whale Spotted During BCC/UNCW Student Dolphin Survey - Brunswick Community College. Near Bald Head Island. brunswickcc.edu/humpback-wha...

Food for thought : 50501 old.reddit.com/r/50501/comm...

Aurora launches self-driving truck service in Texas newatlas.com/automotive/a...

Microsoft Raises the Price of All Xbox Series Consoles, Xbox Games Confirmed to Hit $80 This Holiday - IGN www.ign.com/articles/mic...

Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Criminal Contempt Referral www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rule...

All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding danfabulich.medium.com/all-four-maj...

U.S. travel and tourism industry declines amid tariffs, ICE concerns qz.com/us-travel-to...

Chinese carmaker Chery using humanoid robots as salespeople • The Register www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/c...

California strips consumer protections against automated decision-making systems - Boing Boing boingboing.net/2025/04/30/c...

Amazon To Display Tariff Costs For Consumers, Report Says - Slashdot slashdot.org/story/25/04/...

worth a read: We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data www.levs.fyi/blog/we-foun...

UK: Experiments to dim the Sun will be approved within weeks www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25 | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/g... Google's Nest thermostat cull is a warning to all smart home users | Digital Trends www.digitaltrends.com/home/googles...

Reading RSS content is a skilled activity - David Oliver www.doliver.org/articles/rss... Combine RSS with tampermonkey /*monkey userscripts and you can really fly through content while highlighting content that likely meets your interests. ...All while removing the media's flotsam du jour.

Dark Matter: An 86-lb, 800-hp EV motor by Koenigsegg newatlas.com/automotive/d...

Mastodon Migration: 'Apparently Bluesky has one centralized service, the "relay"' mastodon.online/@mastodonmig...

Virginia will use technology to slow chronic speeders’ cars—and other states are rushing to join in Intelligent Speed Assist can prevent a car from exceeding the speed limit. Virginia GOP just passed a law to make it a punishment for repeated traffic violations www.fastcompany.com/91323835/vir...

900+ US measles cases this year. As of 4/25, the US has confirmed over 900 measles cases since the start of the year. The cases are across 29 states, but most are in or near Texas arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

California’s economy surpasses Japan’s as it becomes fourth largest in world | California | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Apparently, plain ol' demolition derbies got boring. Chain Racing - Two cars chained together. The front car has an engine but no brakes. The second car has brakes but no engine old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

Google Gemini Has 350 Million Monthly Users, Reveals Court Hearing - Slashdot tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/...

New Jersey sues RealPage, says collusion with landlords drives up rents | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/new-je...

Stroke Patients Have High Levels of Microplastics Clogging Their Arteries, Researchers Find - Slashdot science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/...

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The CIA's 'Heart Attack Gun': A Cold War Weapon for Targeted Assassinations | Military.com www.military.com/history/cias...