Yep yep yep yep yep. They do this every time salaries start to rise. Plus nothing gooses stock prices like layoffs.

I recently had to get some cash at the ATM, but the touchscreen wasn't working and it was a Sunday so I couldn't just go into the bank to get some cash. So I wondered what I could do... then I thought to use the accessibility settings and it worked! Remember, accessibility helps everyone.

i put together a bunch of the photos of dive bar bathrooms i’ve taken over the years and compiled them into a FREE digital zine. check it out if you are a little freak like me who loves grimy spaces marked by the passage of countless human dramas merrittk.itch.io/dive-bar-bat...

They can’t even put them on a zoom call?

“what really matters is the dose of light of light you're getting through the day. For optimal sleep, you want lots of light in the morning and much less at night. Blue light counts more, but it's your total exposure that makes the real difference.”

As a reminder, the Forest service are the ones who manage public lands to reduce and mitigate forest fires, prevent the spread of destructive invasive species, study the ground, water, and air quality and do tons of beneficial science for the public good. That Forest Service. F’n Smokey the Bear.

This is driven by a huge drop in 13-17 year olds getting knocked up with no recourse so just take that into consideration

We do not need another gimmicky “limited edition” oreo or coke or whatever. Enough.

Eggs are not that great. Almost nothing actually needs a runny egg on it, least of all a pizza or burger.

I never tire of pointing out that multiple shows did "Oh, my old friend is trans? That's interesting!" episodes in the '70s and '80s, and while none of these hold up by modern representation standards, they're all quite good and accepting in a way you might not expect.

I really need health care reporters to get educated on ABA because I am extremely tired of seeing stories about ‘autism services’ being cut and then it’s just ABA uncritically represented as the best thing ever and no discussion of services autistics have actually asked for and benefit from.

These are so funny why do you need a list for people who blocked you back, you’re already behind a mutual block wall and will never see that person again 😂

The comments: “but there are bigger problems!” Many things are problems. The time it takes to write a skeet of 300 characters or less pointing out exactly one problem is negligible and does not take anything of significance away from whichever issues are your personal top five.

A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems

The only thing you need to know about Tech is that the money people's sole goal is for everyone on earth to pay $150/month to watch an endless stream of artificially generated ads through a VR headset.

I recently discovered this subreddit, and it's been informative in a few ways, but mostly as a showcase for the weird ways generated slop is being used, and some of the ways to spot it. www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/

True Nurse Horror Stories: A patient told me he had anxiety about medical exams but he didn't take his Ativan, he wanted to try to get through it with relaxation practices. "So you're," I said, and at that moment every phrase meaning "unmedicated" fell out the bottom of my skull, except one

Charlie Brown ass sock cuff 😂 (Maybe this will be the attempt that works well enough to not get frogged… we shall see…)

If you're on signal & haven't already, maybe go to Settings → Notifications → Content → Name Only or No Name or Content Because apparently phone forensics can scrape msgs from notifications storage. Not just a signal problem, btw. Any encrypted messaging service w/ a "msg preview" type of setting

If your learn how to notice when you are being emotionally manipulated and unhealthily activated by a post or video, you can learn how to let it pass without interacting. Block with abandon, mute without restraint. Emotional regulation, baby!

In 1972, my parents (very early 20s, no college education) felt confident enough in their prospects to have a baby even though my dad had no idea what he'd do when his enlistment ended in a few months. They managed to swing a two bedroom apartment and a red 1968 Cutlass convertible on one income.

Why I don't trust anyone a little too obsessed about falling fertility rates

She's right and you should all accept it. An edit button would be abused withing 0.3 seconds of its introduction. The temptation to manipulate the public record is too strong. It should be easier to stop being an asshole to ourselves and each other about typos.

Also note that when someone has physical control of your device (as was the case here) end to end encryption doesn’t matter. Signal is about not being snooped on while you’re messaging and preventing signal’s servers from providing your messages to anyone. It’s not secure for 100% of scenarios.

Getting rid of good things is bad and getting rid of bad things is good! Getting rid of things, on its own, is value-neutral — what is gotten rid of is the part that matters.

dear customer, your devices are old, so we're bricking them for no discernible reason other than trying to force you to upgrade. fuck you, as ever, amazon.

A fascinating look into this mentality. Why do you need to compete with a Fortune 500 company? You are a diner! The number one thing I want to see is photos of YOUR food, not a generic AI burger or your mac and cheese animated beyond recognition

I cannot stress how difficult this kind of behavior makes things for people with legitimate service dogs.

TIL about dianthus being edible! Add to the list rose, apple & pear, rock cress, lilac, lavender, linden…

The Mamdani administration today announced its own click to cancel rule, to make sure that every subscription transaction in the city is as easy to end as it is to start. The FTC did this in 2023, it was challenged in court & Trump's FTC wouldn't defend it. NYC is doing it themselves.

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

The sad thing is "the Trump Administration is trying to coerce the Catholic Church to support it by threatening military action against the Pope" is a thing you could never get John Q. Public to wrap his brain around. Ridiculous. "If this was true I'd have heard about it," they say, hearing about it

"It corrupts the youth--" My Brother in Christ, the youth are watching the entire government shuffle their feet while a babbling racist bombs Iranian children. You want to stop bad influences? Ban war. Don't let sex criminals be president. Fund school lunches.

Uruguay generates nearly 43% of its electricity from wind and solar. In 2010, the share was less than 1%. Most of the rest if hydro. Today, Uruguay produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources. More here www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Google AI and now Google search generally treats any search as a question that requires an answer. But I'm not asking a question, I'm doing a keyword search, I want a website with, products, information or files, not a made up fake-fact.

you ever have a moment where someone reveals a mode of thought so fundamentally alien to your own everyday values, you question whether we can EVER make useful generalisations about the human condition? we're horny apes. what, NEVER??

The federal government is literally striking words from official record based on them being too “woke” and pundits are arguing if the wokeness is what went too far

A lot of my work is in tourism and I recently presented a report to one travel company about how Google's AI summary misrepresented some of their destinations. Highlights included: - Inventing non-existent parking - Inventing a dinner course included in the price - Inventing a whole-ass LAKE

"AI is garbage, bro, it gives you wrong answers like half the time and the other half the time makes you stupid." Overheard a middle schooler chastising a fellow student for suggesting they use AI. Whole middle school herd started mocking the AI kid. ...We need to let these kids at the tech bros.

I know it's late, but I need you all to realize that as soon as we started paying attention to these races, Moms for Liberty & their ilk, started losing. They exploited a window of apathy & did a lot of damage, but they just cannot win when actually opposed. No unopposed elections anywhere.

STOP CALLING THINGS VEGAN LEATHER ITS FUVKING PLASTIC ITS P L A S T I C ITS PLASTIC it’s fucking plastic fuck you and your non renewable fast fashion fucking plastic goddamit

Me, a pagan: Mr. Pope sir you have my sword

Even leaving aside any moral imperatives, "don't be political" is bad advice unless you enjoy being bland. "Why are you selling hamburgers made by hand from premium ingredients? You're alienating people who prefer McDonald's!" Maybe so! But I don't want to be McDonald's.

One hopes images like this, when paired with the knowledge that everything we burn ends up in that tiny slice of gasses, would help contextualize why we need to move away from energy sources we set on fire. One hopes. Climate communicators should make some hay of this.

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

“You’re alienating half of your audience by being political” Motherfucker, my “audience” is people who aren’t pieces of shit, who care about others. That’s who I make stuff for. There is no “other half”.

A perfect snapshot of the MAGA GOP attitude towards democracy: “In North Dakota, Utah and South Dakota, legislatures are sponsoring measures on the November ballot that would raise the threshold for approving citizen amendments to 60 percent, not a simple majority.”

I think appliance review sites should have a separate 'no 'smart' features' vertical because I do feel like there are a growing number of people who don't need a wi-fi enabled dishwasher or a washing machine that requires a subscription or a fridge that can be hacked.