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Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.

Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history

The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most

newsweek.com

Maybe Trump would be more amenable to a deposition if he could take frequent breaks to get consolation from Natalie “the Wubbie” Harp? #fafo apnews.com/article/trum...

BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition in his own lawsuit against the channel

Lawyers for the BBC say that President Donald Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition in the defamation case he brought against the British broadcaster until January 2027.

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People are claiming that Elon Musk messed with Starlink in Ukraine because Trump asked him. I think a more likely reason is that Ukraine damaging Russian data centers embarrassed Elon by showing how many of his Twitter followers are nonexistent and how much traffic on Twitter is driven by bots.

It was shortly after the last No Kings when Schumer threw all that political capital away capitulating to the MAGA fed shutdown for a handful of promises like ICE wearing body cams. #suckeredagain #justthetip apnews.com/article/body...

ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate

A government report urges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure body-worn cameras are activated when needed, suggesting automatic activation in certain situations.

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Elon saying that it must have been Trump, not him who throttled Starlink for Ukraine after Operation Quiet Piggy sounds like deluxe narcissist blame shifting. And it’s terrifying that such control is so arbitrarily centralized. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Starlink: Musk says US government may be behind slowdown of Ukraine drone speeds

Ukraine says Starlink access has improved but it is still facing speed limits which are disrupting its battlefield "missions".

bbc.com

So let me guess, the “deal” isn’t a direct violation of the recent Lindsey “princess” Graham sanctions bill? It’s kinda confusing… oh look at the shiny thingie over there! finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...

'Not a USA deal': Trump downplays Russian diesel plan in the face of GOP criticism

President Trump has begun to downplay his new deal with Russia after the plan to allow imports of Russian diesel into the US came under withering criticism.

finance.yahoo.com

Melly got in on an H1-B visa because apparently at the time there was a shortage of nude models.

ebisback.bsky.social@ebisback.bsky.social · 5d ago

Fun Fact💥

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Spotted:

Ok so basically Kiev needs intel on where the actual troll farms are because everyone wants them deleted, and kinetically is fine. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Drone strikes didn’t take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it

A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.

motherjones.com

A batch of previously undisclosed documents also reveals Exxon promoted climate-solution claims, such as its work on biofuels and carbon capture and storage, that its own scientists said were unlikely to reach commercial scale: arstechnica.visitlink.me/tPZG9V

Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign

Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.

arstechnica.visitlink.me

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I know mainstream media has forgotten the Ukraine war, but Russia isn’t winning and Ukraine isn’t losing lately.

Rocket Fella🇳🇱@kooiker.bsky.social · last wk.

According to Exilenova+, Yandex's data center in Kaluga was attacked overnight. Ruzzian media report the first aftermath, saying several data center modules were completely disabled.

This is for my own entertainment! Enjoy 😊 #Pinks #USDemocracy

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All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

Paul Marvin@paulmarvin.bsky.social · last wk.

Somrone used AI to vibe vode open source versions of 7 Adobe apps A free download sure soinds nicer than endless monthly payments to a greedy company, right? getartcraft.com/apps/photocr...

PhotoCraft: The image editor you already know how to use.

The open-source image editor you already know how to use.

getartcraft.com

Sarah Paine is currently my favorite historian. She has exhaustive knowledge, explains things clearly and is often quite droll.

Bo@bofromdk.bsky.social · last wk.

Den amerikanske professor Sarah Paine er en skarp kritiker af Donald Trump. youtu.be/JwDGrLRJhQI?...

The graphic is misleading because it shows cases per state, not cases per capita. But, yes, it’s yet another example of us suffering from unforced errors apnews.com/article/meas...

Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Penn...

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Trump’s kink is causing suffering, ideally involving destruction.

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · last wk.

The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.