Some absolute heroes of eBay have been laid off once again. These are people who did everything possible to champion the customer. The sellers and buyers. They worked their asses off for almost two decades to create and constantly improve the mobile experience.

Driving around rural Washington. $7.99 a gallon diesel and not one Trump sign. People are pissed.

Looks like this time the French Revolution might inspire the American Revolution.

Good list. Adding or augmenting: - Codify Roe v Wade - Kill Citizens United - SCOTUS term limits - Add SCOTUS 3 justices - Impeach a bunch of fuckers - Raise minimum wage

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 5d ago

12 agenda items to save America: - Medicare-for-all - Trans civil rights - ICE abolition - Accountability for Trump corruption - Break up big tech - Pack SCOTUS - Let IRS target political nonprofits - Ban partisan gerrymandering - Real gun control - Undo DOGE cuts - Overturn Buckley - Basic income

My solution is to build a free site without ads or cookies or anything. Enjoy. www.pdxmovietimes.com

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 6d ago

More than half of all internet users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history.

My solution is to build a free site without ads or cookies or anything. Enjoy. www.pdxmovietimes.com

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 6d ago

More than half of all internet users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history.

I remember listening to a cassette of U2’s War so I could write down the lyrics. I knew they were important. I was a kid. But they seemed bigger than the world at that time. They still do.

Hey Portland, are we done with the fresh hop thing yet?

Billionaires would rather do this than pay taxes.

UNMUTE this is GLORIOUS

Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · last wk.

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Hundreds of people gathered to share songs and prayer at a vigil at a Bend park hours after Thursday’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.

Bend reels after school shooting leaves 3 children, teacher dead

The suspected shooter was killed at the scene. Hundreds of people gathered to share songs and prayer at a vigil in Drake Park hours after Thursday’s shooting.

opb.org

October 17 is a nationwide NO KINGS day of action ahead of the midterms. There are rallies taking place all over the country to promote early voting and make sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count. Find an event: https://www.nokings.org/

I’m a driver, I’m a winner. Things are going to change; I can feel it.

Let’s go Brewers!

ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”

Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”

Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.

cjr.org

They should try jumping out of a plane without a parachute. I’m sure AI will build them jet-boots on the way down. Trust in the process, guys! Have faith.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"

Wait until they find out that the “cure” will be surgery and months/years of chemo.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"

🔥

Scott Colom@scolom.bsky.social · last wk.

She done lost her damn mind.

I wrote about what I learned from a year or more of “vibecoding” small, personal projects: Fifty years after personal computers supposedly made computing yours, the activity keeps receding back into the computing priesthood.

The Tragedy of AI Coding

AI-assisted software development could have liberated programmers. Instead, it has become the latest way for Big Tech to confine us.

theatlantic.com

FOX has been amping up the volume on every pitch for years. It’s annoying, but then I imagine that there is a person whose only job is to push that button at the right time and I feel better. #MLB #NLCS

LOL, sure, return to X, where the white nationalist owner is telling people to put their credit card numbers into Grok prompts.

Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way https://theonion.com/forward-thinking-ceo-hoping-company-can-capture-new-aud-1846058985/

This has become my favorite radio station. Just consistently good and unique. Listen to Kiosk Radio from Brussels live on Radio Garden: radio.garden/listen/kiosk...

Listen to Kiosk Radio from Brussels live on Radio Garden

Listen to Kiosk Radio from Brussels live on Radio Garden

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I’ve decided to be as polite, respectful, and thankful as possible with my agents. You can’t be too sure.

Japan will have to face the music sooner or later. Either do some nutso “homeland” fertility incentive program or accept the fact that migration and immigration is real. They are running out of time.

Beach@beach.bsky.social · 3w ago

All the while Japan faces a massive depopulation problem…

All the while Japan faces a massive depopulation problem…

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

The Japanese government increased fees for permanent residency by 2,000 percent as part of a bid by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to make it harder for foreigners to stay in the country.

All the while Japan faces a massive depopulation problem…

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

The Japanese government increased fees for permanent residency by 2,000 percent as part of a bid by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to make it harder for foreigners to stay in the country.

Honest question, do we really want this? I’d rather not hear the bullshit and hate. apple.news/Aw_kcnmLMTU6...

Judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico — NBC News

Attorneys for the three news outlets had argued that President Donald Trump’s directive barring them from White House grounds was unconstitutional.

apple.news

Disney bought Fox in 2019 so they could compete with Netflix. Since then they have laid off at least 7000 people, jacked up prices, repeatedly introduced ads until they're on every tier, and only last year turned their first streaming profit. The mergers haven't been good for anyone.

IGN@ign.com · last mo.

Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. https://bit.ly/4hhOjBo