I made “hot girls fight fascism” stickers if anyone wants to buy one for $4 🫶 Im going to donate part of the proceeds to an organization that helps immigrant women & children.
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Firefox choosing to become an AI browser sucks! Going to have to see if Waterfox and Zen are any good
Im so stoked! I use to love Jones soda as a kid (especially on a hot summer day). If you love Fallout it’s only $20 at Costco, and it comes with a bottle opener!
Playing Cyberpunk or Horizon is exhausting when real life feels dystopian. So I bought Hello Kitty Island Adventure to relax and damn all I do is work!!! But I guess it’s not called Island Vacation
No Spotify wrapped for me this year. I ditched my Spotify subscription to burn CDs. 10/10 very freeing.
I missed getting a San Diego comic-con ticket but I’m still going to go and have fun finding things to do outside/nearby. Going to try and do an Elaina from Lazarus fit 😌
I love old MySpace graphics so I made this :p I’ve seen them be called preppy signs but I’m not sure if it’s even the right term :D
I wish I had gaming friends to do release parties with. Do you guys remember standing outside of GameStop for midnight releases? The one near my house would get a DJ for the parking lot 😆
Welp, the federal minimum wage is now officially a poverty wage (as in, a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage gets paid less than the poverty line for a single person). www.epi.org/blog/the-fed...
I hope I don’t regret ordering a Switch 2 😅 Did anyone else get to preorder one?
🧵 NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects. ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112... This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible 🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑 First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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April’s “Pink Moon” is the first full moon of Spring. Named after pink phlox flowers.
36,000 Angelenos on COACHELLA WEEKEND. Let that sink in…125k people are in the desert this weekend, and LA was still able to amass a crowd this large to support Bernie and AOC’s anti-oligarchy tour.
Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social · last yr.36,000 people going to see Bernie Sanders on a Saturday in Los Angeles is pretty insane.
AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
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Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042! Credit: Cayetana Saiz
I know it might seem simple, but it really matters to tell people they matter. We assume they know, but often they don’t—and hearing it can make a big difference.
President Trump’s seeming determination to keep Chinese EVs out of the US is not stopping BYD’s expansion plans, with the EV giant announcing today that it is bringing its premium sub-brand Denza to Europe. And with these tariffs, the move could not come at a better time for BYD, experts say.
BYD Launches Denza in Europe—Another Mighty Impressive EV Brand the US Won’t Get
BYD’s premium sub-brand is all set to take on Audi, BMW, and Mercedes with its crab-walking, blowout-beating Z9GT leading the charge.
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