Oh, do fuck off Return the illegal tariffs to the people who are gouged by them, not as a "promotion" to benefit your own bottom line How does this help them?
In a rare pro-consumer move, PC cooler brand Arctic passes US tariff refunds back to its customers
In a surprisingly pro-consumer move, Arctic has announced its US tariff refunds will be passed back to consumers through a "dedicated sales promotion".
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I'm so sick of unreal engine man. Games used to have art direction, and now nearly every big budget spectacle is the same quixel megascan illegibly hyper detailed soulless slurry.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 22h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
so they're just cynically trying to do SEO against "spacex moon" today huh
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here
Who is going to find time in their week this week to donate blood? The American Red Cross declared only its second ever national blood crisis in 145 years. There’s only a day’s worth of O+!
This needs to be engraved on tungsten disks so future generations understand America
Your boss and your landlord have voted.
Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!
Bright Saver | Plug-In Solar@brightsaver.bsky.social · 3w agoThere's a lot of different ways to highlight the accessibility of plug-in solar. @billmckibben.bsky.social nailed it in his mention with @canarymedia.com "The solar revolution is the great sunny hope of our time, now everyone can participate." www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Lenovo Legion has a real problem with keyboard failures of indeterminate cause, just keys going out intermittently We are now 2 for 2, and the repair tech said he's seen this a lot (He thinks it's the thinness of laptops now, though the Legion is not thin)
There's always Some Guy in every age verification thread who wants websites checking his ID and saving his PII for the next hacker, and each one of them needs their brains examined
All Europeans: Time to make your voice heard to *get rid of cookie 🍪 banners* in the EU. Tell your MEPs to support Article 88b GDPR in the Digital Omnibus! killthecookiebanner.eu
Kill the Cookie Banner!
killthecookiebanner.eu
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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Bluesky ended up a liberal bubble directly in response to most of the rest of the web becoming a fascist hellscape. We didn't break it.
Not just this but the premise is wrong. Are people here because they want to be surrounded by liberals or are they here because they don't want to pay to compete with algorithmically boosted Nazis and tech dorks
Most of the news you see was put there by someone in marketing and pitched to a reporter as objective truth
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d agoThere are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Mercury being in the microwave is not helping me attain my dopamine goals.
the number of times the new matlock trots out "had to miss date family thing because of work, so we're gonna have drama about it to run down the clock" is incredible but at least you can get in a quick bathroom break
idea: late night show where the host and desk are on the left, and guests approach from the right
Seattle has its own vigilante group that will help you recover your stolen bike and I promise they were 100x more effective than the police and also sometimes the head lady tells you about her farm.
Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.