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speaking of social media, can anyone help me figure out why X, the Everything Website, is having problems attracting advertisers:hmm: 12,000 likes, 2.4 million views. Clearly a lot of thoughtful conversations on that app. Why won't CEO Tim Apple run ads on it :hmm:

Sounds like a big pain in the ass :shrug: My phone gives me turn by turn directions. Or alerts me when I'm at the correct subway stop. When I started driving, Mapquest was a thing. Printing off directions and having to keep an eye on the road as an inexperienced driver sucked.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185/ A few weeks ago, ALL of Conservative media on both sides of the Atlantic started attacking Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. Because they thought she was trans. Why does every hog on Earth believe she's trans...

I don't disagree if we're talking about the deleterious effects on society. But an iPhone is definitely more useful than fuckin Bitcoin. Personally, I don't even know how I would navigate a new city I've never been to before without a phone in my pocket. The problem is less with the iPhone...

Has Big Tech given us anything useful since the iPhone?

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/borders-on-the-absurd-dead-womans-estate-rejects-disneys-claim-that-widowers-disney-membership-means-wrongful-death-lawsuit-must-be-arbitrated/ A doctor dining at Disney World died from an allergic reaction after being assured the meal was allergy free. The...

My modest proposal for solving "The Florida Problem" Reject modernity: Embrace Tradition:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/tlaib-blinken-gaza On the same day Antony Blinken celebrates the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, he also approved $20 billion in weapons for a régime that is currently under investigation for war crimes...

Capitalism breeds innovation. The innovation: My grocery store shopping outfit now:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/uaw-lawsuit-trump-musk-interview-b2595708.html People like Trump and Elon need to be reminded that allowing workers to go on strike is for the bosses' benefit. Otherwise, we can go back to the old alternative: workers burning the...

Congressman Gaetz believes no drugs should ever be smoked or vaped. Drugs should only be injected directly into your face.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-aircraft-carrier-f-35-submarine-tomahawks-to-middle-east-2024-8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/12/is-us-preparing-for-israel-iran-war-by-deploying-more-ships-to-middle-east Democratic Voters: If you keep providing weapons to a régime led by a criminal...

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” - Francis M. Wilhoit

Just had an earthquake in LA. Bad news for all the Losers and the Haters out there because this is how all the soccer and basketball players are gonna look, trying to stay upright during the 2028 games :shrug:

Link: from Axios Massive drop in violent crime across the nation, as the COVID era crime wave recedes. This is data coming from local law enforcement, not the FBI. Miami and DC: 29% drop in violent crime Philadelphia: 41% drop in homicides Boston: 78% drop in homicides Omaha: 30% drop in...

If I was running the NRA and saw this picture, I would just shut that shit down forever. Embarrassing.