I signed up for Qobuz (a French streaming platform) and it has significantly better sound quality than Spotify. I tested it on computer, bluetooth speaker, wired and wireless headphones and just my phone's speaker — better on all of them. Plus they let you move over all your Spotify playlists.

People who want to yell about misinformation should tell Reuters that this headline is objectively false.

BREAKING: ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time 🔗 www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...

If you saw someone getting sexually harassed on the train or at a coffee shop, would you feel safe intervening? If not, let me teach you effective bystander intervention to end street harassment! It's FREE and open to anyone aged 12+ In 1 hour, you'll learn 5 tactics! zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It has one of the lowest conviction rates of any crime in Canada.

I get why so many people are okay with piling on in this case because he's a tech CEO and we're living in a tech broliogarchy, so we hate these people. But surveillance culture is no bueno across the board and anytime we celebrate it, we all lose in the end.

My first thought: does he write his own memos?

whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

NEW: “The transformations that Paris made work better for everyone, including drivers.” I’m interviewed for this @politico.eu @victorglaf.bsky.social article on Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s truly remarkable city-building legacy. @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social is quoted along with many mayors.

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in: * 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily * Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65% * Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025 * $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements * B’way attendance +12% * Subway ridership +7% So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

The New York Times has confirmed our reporting that, amid a federal "defunding" effort, Planned Parenthood affiliates are considering whether to halt abortion care so they can continue accepting Medicaid: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

i wish for an excellent french baguette in chicago

incredible

unplug your alexas and be free time.com/5568815/amaz...

meanwhile, in canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Letter of recommendation: Vornado air circulators. I got one that can circulate air in a space up to 700 sq ft (model 810). I put it near the AC and it spread the cool air throughout the apartment, and it's still keeping the temp down even after I turned off the AC. #heatwave

New from Evan: You might know that the New York Times took a shameful victory lap the day after the Supreme Court ruled bans on gender affirming care are not discriminatory. But what you probably don't know is that ban supporters cited NYT in their amicus briefs 29 times.

People (including journalists) keep posting this today as if it's relevant to the current spate of deportations but the "70 deportations" cited refers to ones done 2015-2020 Misleading headline, and journos posting without reading migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-de...

my apartment is 32C (89F) lol

"Cruel and pointless" Two of the drugs used in chemical castration are widely used on people with endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, etc. — leuprolide acetate (lupron) and medroxyprogesterone (depo-provera)

"The data received was incomplete [...] but indicates there have been nearly 400 deaths directly attributed to nitazenes or suspected to involve nitazenes since 2021 across Canada. The true number of deaths is likely even higher." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82

Every dollar invested in the CTA directly causes $13 of economic activity, if the CTA is forced to cut 40% of its budget because Uber killed the transit funding bill it will shrink the Illinois economy by over 9 billion dollars.