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Holy SHIT, that's good news!!!

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Quick Fix - Gator Days

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a month without power tomorrow for these poor people

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Mark Zuckerberg spent a hundred billion dollars on VR and got nothing but ridicule in return, so you’d have to presume he’s included in the “lowest performers” here

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Case involving Gript, X and the State is grist to the conspiracy theorist mill www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Grok 3. No doubt it will 'improve' soon.

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Putting this out here in anticipation of digitizing I hope to do soon. I have boxes of 1/4" tape and if someone's sitting on a nice player of them, I'd love to long-term borrow or take as a contribution so I can start digitizing these tapes. No rush. DM away. Here's what I mean by a 1/4" player:

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Archive Request xkcd.com/3052

submitted 10 days ago • 124 comments

Google putting profits ahead of privacy shocker! www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Delightful to stumble upon this story again.

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Great news. “Petition for Denmark to buy California for $1 trillion surpasses 200,000 signatures”

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Wikipedia is rolling out anonymity features piloted in countries with authoritarian governments in the US & is making a change to not show editor IP addresses in response to a global "increase in threats" from Elon Musk, Heritage Foundation, and governments www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...

submitted 16 days ago • 39 comments

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Musk Watch launched three weeks ago and our reporting was just cited in a second federal lawsuit filed against the Trump administration. This lawsuit was filed by a coalition of labor unions and alleges DOGE is violating the Privacy Act. Musk Watch is cited six times. muskwatch.com/subscribe

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Apple Intelligence’s commitment to writing incomprehensible summaries is unparalleled

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Isn't this what it's all about for him? www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...

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Since the days of tossing black cats onto ball fields or hectoring their own RIchie Allen, Philly fans carry a reputation as poor sports. But to be fair, running amok in YOUR OWN city and setting it ablaze when YOUR sports franchise WINS a championship, while criminal, is not bad sportsmanship.

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MODERN-DAY ORACLES or BULLSHIT Machines? ( I think the domain they've chosen gives you a clue ) thebullshitmachines.com

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Big fan of Bobby and all he's achieved however using drones to deliver big macs is solving a problem that simply doesn't exist and creating a whole new set of problems.

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Woooooops..... www.fredposner.com/telnyx-knows...

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Hello everyone, emerging to drop some comments about Trump's recent statements about Gaza. I have limited time so I'd rather dump a quick analysis into a single meandering thread, sorry in advance

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We took X to court. And we won! ⚖️ The courts ruled that X must urgently grant us access to their publicly available data via their API. This access is critical for our analysis of online public discourse ahead of the upcoming German elections. Read: bit.ly/4gBWGp4 Here's what's happened 1/3 👇

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A painting, just to look at as you go about your day. "Through a Burren Wall" was painted 8 yrs ago, because I love walls. I just love them. #SpeirGorm #ArtAdventCalendar

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I realize this is just "The Way Things Work," but holy shit... over 100 thousand comments on my translation, stolen by this Facebook page. Imagine if I was credited and my book linked. Even a tiny percentage of those comments buying my books would be life-changing.

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes. There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU. Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

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My Brussels colleagues reveal the EU is preparing to use its newly-created "anti-coercion instrument" against the US, a highly flexible and potentially v powerful tool which allows it to target tech by suspending IP, stopping software downloads etc. 1/2 on.ft.com/3Er4tsq

submitted 23 days ago • 30 comments

The CIA being ovethrown by a right-wing coup is, one must admit, a pretty hilarious outcome for the Agency

submitted 23 days ago • 85 comments

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

submitted 23 days ago • 397 comments

I feel we're getting to the point where some angry American throws a shoe at Trump at a WH presser.

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The CEO of Cloudflare -- the company that keeps so much of the Internet running -- is looking at the idea of blocking all AI crawlers, like they were malicious traffic. If it happens, it'd be a massive, massive deal for tech and media. fortune.com/2025/02/04/m...

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On the left, the sinkhole in Yashio at mid-day on the 28th of January. On the right, the same spot today, as teams continue working to safeguard the area. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

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✍️Despite being the world's biggest oil producer, America is v reliant on Canadian oil. And getting MORE reliant, not less. So what happens when tariffs get imposed on Canada? The answers are quite unsettling, for the American people... and for everyone else edconway.substack.com/p/america-st...

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If you can't beat them, make downloading their apps illegal. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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