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SCOOP: Shopify has laid off the team responsible for its social impact initiatives, including programs to support Black, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs. Story by @aimlo.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

After three quarters, the Raptors are shooting 7-36 from 3. That makes them +4 on makes and +10 on attempts over the Rockets (3-26). 63-58. Scottie has 6/7/6, IQ stuck on 18. Brooks has 14, Landale has 11/10.

Shooting splits in this Raps/Rockets game

no

but why

And here we go again. Fox-Wemby such a great fit.

I keep expecting to see it announced that Mavs ownership has cancelled the deal and Harrison has been fired. I can't even wrap my head around this

The groundhog sees its shadow: 6 more weeks of winter The groundhog doesn't see its shadow: early spring! The groundhog has been found dead

That just can't possibly be true. It can't.

Feeling down? Just got dumped? Laid off from your job? Why not try: eating a ham sandwich!

@jjdotbiz.bsky.social love the Ishibashi shout out. Wasn't aware of this track. Fun little jam

This is a beautiful tribute.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to resign this morning at 10:45am.

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol... one's gotta be the John Cale cover cause of Shrek, right

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... 🥳

fridays on bluesky

interesting to think about michael lewis' relationship to SBF vs michael oher. confronted with the criminality of the former, his response is "look what they're doing to my beautiful boy," confronted with the fact that he abetted the exploitation of the latter, his response is "he's ungrateful."

Ten years ago on Reddit, LeVar Burton told a story about how as a teenager he learned that it's wrong to hurt an insect. It stuck with me and I remembered it today after seeing whom he is willing to fight. I'm not on Reddit anymore, but I found it and made a screenshot.

The new "beatles" song is bad and doesn't sound like the beatles

youtu.be/EvGjAYH-Nq4?... this is, maybe, the most perfect song?

A little phrasing that floats around in my inner monologue frequently: Robert Smith singing "justtriedto mmmmmakeit work" in Close To Me

Daiquiri with Smith & Cross (and a lil triple sec for sweetness instead of just sugar syrup) - oh man. That is spectacular rum

Been back in school for two weeks and my brain already feels like it's oozing out of my ears