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QasimRashid, to random
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BREAKING: Israel confirms its military forces are in central Rafah and expanding their offensive

To recap how we got here:
•March 10: Biden warns of Red Line over Rafah & Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's Red Line
•May 23: Biden says Rafah attack doesn't cross Red Line
•May 31: Israel forces are in central Rafah and expanding offensive

As the facts show, there is no Red Line: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/does-a-red-line-for-rafah-even-exist

freediverx,
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@QasimRashid
Every US president has been hamstrung to some degree by national security objectives that might clash with public sentiment. But, unlike Obama for example, I sense that Biden's personal views are very much aligned with the war mongers and that he views public opinion as a nuisance.

campuscodi, to random
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Microsoft not saying a peep about the Recall privacy scandal is a huge tell of how much the company is focused on security

We should have had a statement by now that Recall is either re-engineered or removed

freediverx,
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@campuscodi
Not now... we're all celebrating something else

plantarum, to random
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@pluralistic The Pizzaburger Presidency (29 May 2024)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/

The dems can't celebrate their few (but amazing) accomplishments because half of their party opposes them.

freediverx,
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@plantarum @pluralistic

gedeonm, to USpolitics
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I would not doubt for a second that Trump even if found guilty in his NY case won’t serve any jail time what-so-ever. It’s just the way it goes when it comes to him for some bizarre reason. #USPolitics

freediverx,
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@gedeonm
This is just an extension of the maxim that, in America, the wealthy are above the law. The only time a wealthy person is held accountable for their crimes is when they’ve harmed even wealthier people.

siracusa, to random
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https://mastodon.social/@verge/112491429963919174

Robin Williams What Year Is It GIF

freediverx,
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@siracusa
I'm shocked either of those two companies still exist.

Is Atari now like Polaroid and Vivitar, existing only to license their name to crappy companies in search of unearned credibility?

daringfireball, to random
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How to Make Google’s ‘Web’ View Your Search Default
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/22/google-web-tedium

freediverx,
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@daringfireball
“Why doesn’t Safari support adding custom search engines like every other browser does?”

I think we all know that answer to that.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23933206/google-apple-search-deal-safari-18-billion

NewsDesk, to Aviation
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One dead, several injured after severe turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight.

CNN reports the flight from London to Singapore diverted to Bangkok: https://flip.it/BgllSl

#SingaporeAirlines #Turbulence #Aviation #News

freediverx,
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@NewsDesk
Dead link

siracusa, to random
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I spotted this car on the road, and my daughter asked why I thought it was cool. After I explained, she said, “Why would a company name a car 9/11?”

freediverx,
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@siracusa
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freediverx,
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@siracusa
How many years would you have to hold off buying a car to rationalize the purchase of a Porsche in the future?

dangillmor, to random
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Democrats ask America's most corrupt Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, if he would be kind enough, pretty please, to explain more about his corruption...

He is, of course, not explaining anything -- and daring anyone to do something about it.

https://newrepublic.com/article/181627/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-democrats-letter

freediverx,
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@dangillmor

stroughtonsmith, to random
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No doubt about it, ChatGPT upended Apple's roadmap. True disruption at work.

"Apple executives are said to be concerned that AI threatens the iPhone's market share because it has the potential to become a more compelling operating system with an ecosystem of AI apps that undermine the App Store. Apple apparently fears the ‌iPhone‌ becoming a "dumb brick" compared with other technology.”
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112418294057786439

freediverx,
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@stroughtonsmith @macrumors

https://www.wheresyoured.at/peakai/

freediverx, (edited )
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@stroughtonsmith @macrumors
Wait, this story is from NYT's Brian X Chen, the same guy who declared that nobody needs to upgrade their iPhone for camera enhancements since you can just use a flash in low light?

https://archive.is/REJ31#selection-695.178-695.293

arstechnica, to random
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Apple’s plastic-free packaging means pack-in logo stickers are going away

Pack-in Apple stickers go back at least as far as 1977’s Apple II.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apples-plastic-free-packaging-means-pack-in-logo-stickers-are-going-away/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

freediverx,
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@arstechnica
Stickergate

aral, to random
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I don’t know what’s worse, that a worm ate part of R.F.K. Jr.’s brain or that it died after eating it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

freediverx,
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@aral
Are we sure it's the worm that died?

daringfireball, to random
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TikTok Sues US Government Over Forced Divestiture and Potential Ban
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/07/tiktok-sues-us-government

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Must be nice to pontificate on privacy abuses by foreign-owned companies while applauding the same behavior from US-based companies and the government agencies they're in bed with.

This is what you get when your mindset revolves around “us vs. them” rather than “right vs. wrong.”

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Is there a betting pool on the date when Gruber has his Joe Lieberman moment and comes out of the closet as a MAGA Republican?

mvario, to random
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Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds

https://theintercept.com/2024/04/30/gaza-israel-palestine-cable-news-poll/

freediverx,
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@mvario
“Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza”

clive, (edited ) to random
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"ALICE" is the acronym for "asset limited, income constrained, employed" -- basically, folks who have jobs but ones that don't pay terribly well, and possess little wealth

Research shows this cohort of the American population is growing ...

... and they're stuck in a bad spot, policy-wise: They earn too much to quality for low-income government support, but too little to be comfortable amidst the big soaring costs of housing, health care, education and transportation

https://archive.is/UD8q2

freediverx,
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@clive
The only reason "ALICE” has fallen in Florida is because of all the folks who've fled due to unaffordable housing, coupled with all the newcomers who are the reason behind the unaffordable housing costs.

film_girl, to random
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The only time I’ve ever been what one could call a “responsible” consumer in my entire life was my refusal to buy an Apple Vision Pro. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142810/apple-vision-pro-ebay-low-prices

freediverx,
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@film_girl
I'm actually feeling bad for the early adopters on this one…

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Why any manufacturer would cede their entire UI to a ‘partner’ like Apple baffles me 😅

'Next-generation CarPlay’ just hands the [car]keys to your kingdom to a mob boss
https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/112354762255985450

freediverx,
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@stroughtonsmith @9to5Mac
Competitive strategies aside, am I the only one who finds this mockup... underwhelming? It's not just aesthetically bland, but also functionally dubious, given the information they chose to prioritize. Air quality? Time zones?

dangillmor, to random
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"My Dinner with Andreessen" will help you understand how toxic the Silicon Valley billionaire crowd has become. https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=ed57844fa5e051809ead5aa7e3e1d555.2690&s=cdaeb39801506c81595dd2c142301827

freediverx,
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@dangillmor
I didn't think my opinion of Andreessen could possibly sink any lower, yet here we are.

daringfireball, to random
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Senate Passes Bill to Force Sale of TikTok
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/23/senate-tiktok-bill

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Another bad take from the increasingly reactionary Gruber. Let’s see how long before TikTok gets bought by Palantir/Peter Thiel and Gruber celebrates that as well.

On a related note, I’d love to see a parody account simulating daringfireball bad takes in previous historical times.

siracusa, to random
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This is what I’m saying. https://youtu.be/NaaJRGYSyGo

freediverx,
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@siracusa
I liked part 2 better than part 1, mainly because part 1 had so many scenes where the casting or dialog choices were distractingly inferior to the Lynch version. Also the pacing was better.

sdw, to random
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this is some bullshit

freediverx,
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@sdw
NYT is the new Fox News.

daringfireball, to random
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★ Face the Critic: Ian Betteridge Edition
https://daringfireball.net/2024/04/face_the_critic_ian_betteridge_edition

freediverx,
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@daringfireball
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