@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") retweeted:
My latest for @thenation is about the price of union democracy, and remembers slain Filipino American union organizers Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, who opposed U.S. imperialism and fought to root out corruption and protect migrant workers in the ILWU. https://bit.ly/3AjsU56
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") wrote:
Is good story. At least read it. 🙂
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@Azure_Husky ("Bi Dyke Energy") wrote:
Okay, y'all, it's time for the pitch.
Nominations for the 2022 Hugo Awards are now open. Unknown Number (this quoted story of screenshots) is one of my favourite pieces I've ever written, and would be eligible for nomination for Best Short Story https://twitter.com/Azure_Husky/status/1420177933826732034
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Luna@luna.vg ("Smol shork :collar-pink: ") wrote:
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Everyone Else Can Get Lost: This Fortnite Dino Is My New BFF
Every time I feel like my relatively newfound passion for Fortnite is starting to wane, Epic Games drops some cool new thing that I instantly fall in love with. For example, now the battle royale game features dinosaur-like beasts that suck up scenery and shoot rare weapons out of their mighty blowholes. They are…
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
"Don't be afraid of anything," the vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin said.
"This is our country and we have no other."
https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-anniversary-return-amnesty-hell/31657642.html
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") wrote:
I really want to support this, but I don't think my mental health can handle it right now, so if y'all can, you should buy this and read it.
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@sarahljaffe ("Sarah Jaffe") wrote:
hello! today we are launching the paperback of Work Won't Love You Back with an AMA for the good folks at the Antiwork reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/s629yr/ama_with_sarah_jaffe_author_of_work_wont_love_you/
Me @ This industry these days
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@Naj__Mahal ("Naj. B") wrote:
I need 7 figures. 6 ain't enough.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
@sleepisocialist ("Savvy☭") wrote:
Kids being forced to bring blankets into class to keep from freezing because all of the windows are open to try and reduce the rampant covid transmission doesn’t really seem like “the safest place for our children to be” !!
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@DrinkSolaPop ("SOLAECLIPSE®️") wrote:
nyc schools are a shtshow rn
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@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") wrote:
Heh. Puts a new twist on life insurance...
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@hexcrawl ("Justin Alexander") wrote:
D&D Tip: Revivify, raise dead, and similar spells are common enough to be a part of every character's life.
Include this in your character's back story. Did they care for someone who died and came back? Have an enemy who did? Did YOU die?
climate denialism is for the weirdos and big bad capitalsts except when it financially benefits me, in which case it's definitely not my fault
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@stuartsemple ("STUART SEMPLE") replied to a tweet by @MamaDragon05:
@MamaDragon05 @WomenriseNFT Climate change is real. The part NFT's play in that is not. This project is made by women in tech and art and their NFT's are raising money for several amazing initiatives, and the community is totally amazing. Powerful women in science, art, and culture should be valued.
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") retweeted:
@jyasskin ("Jeffrey Yasskin") wrote:
CW: blockchains
This roughly matches my thinking on blockchains. Paul's more optimistic than I am, but he's got the basic aspect that proof-of-X is a voting system where X defines the number of votes, and so the ethics depend on getting a good X.
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@pfrazee ("Paul Frazee✌️") wrote:
This is something Ive been stewing on for years; heres my latest attempt and Id like to hear thoughts
A blockchain is a political system for operating a shared dataset which is constitutional (operation constrained by rules) and legislative (operation changes by rule change). 1/
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") replied to a tweet by @textfiles:
@textfiles @Popehat It is by blockchain alone I set my con in motion. It is by the hashes of URLs that JPEGs acquire dollars, the grifters acquire marks, the marks become a warning. It is by blockchain alone I set my con in motion.
White House warns ‘small percentage’ of people can’t order its rapid COVID-19 tests
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Nearly a month after President Joe Biden first announced that Americans would be able to order rapid at-home COVID-19 tests for free from the government, the administration’s website finally went live on Tuesday. But hours after the site’s launch, users struggled to place orders to homes or apartment buildings where other tenants may have already placed an order.
The extent of the problem is still unclear as of publication, but White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz said, “It’s a really small percentage and USPS will be sending our statement on this shortly.”
Users trying to order tests to multiple-family homes and apartments seem to be experiencing this issue the most. Once a user enters their information into the form, they’re prompted...
@ABetterABK ("ABetterABK 💙 ABK Workers Alliance") replied to a tweet by @ABetterABK:
Whatever the leadership structure of the company, we will continue our push to #EndAbuseInGaming, and appreciate the outpouring of support we've experienced in the last year. (6/6)
@nellshamrell ("Nell Shamrell-Harrington") wrote:
Your community is not a cost center
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@lifewinning ("Ingrid Burrington") wrote:
look I have a lot of love for civic software people but I feel like "glad the website for obtaining definitely not enough tests actually worked and someone thought about the UX" is a good reflection of where the bar for pandemic response is in America
Everything You Need To Know About Halo Infinite’s Neon-Retro Event
Halo Infinite’s “Cyber Showdown” event kicks off today, adding a new mode called Attrition, plus a raft of neon-soaked cosmetic options, many available by way of a free 10-level battle pass. It’s all pretty cool. It’s also not quite what (some) players expected.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
i don't see anything that could go wrong with this idea, no notes
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@elelabrys ("Sufrágio, Hoje Sou Frágil ⚢ ♀") replied to a tweet by @LolOverruled:
@LolOverruled @canairies The solution to that isn't to make sure 0 sexual assault cases are taken to trial, it's to arm a revolutionary paramilitary willing and capable to handle rapists.
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
"Who are you to push your views on others?"
"Are you cleaning that guy's toilet?"
"Can I suck your dick?"
Those and other amazing questions in this week's Savage Love!
The US’s free COVID test website has more visitors than all other .gov sites combined
The site appears to be handling the traffic. | Image: USPS
The US government’s site to claim free COVID tests, which has started accepting orders a day before it was scheduled to, is drawing in a _lot_of visitors — more than every other government page combined, according to the government’s own analytics site.
Web traffic numbers change by the second, but at 1:32PM ET, when I ran the report to download real-time numbers for all governmental pages, COVIDTests.gov (along with its FAQ page and versions of the site in other languages) had 685,817 visitors. The visitor counts for the 3,853 other pages included in the report totaled 419,615. Traffic doesn’t seem to have dropped since then.
At times, theCOVIDtests.govpage had over 705,000 visitors.
There have been concerns...
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@catandgirlcomic ("Cat and Girl") wrote:
Catching up
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") replied to a tweet by @fakedansavage:
And it’s a double guest ep! Dr. Stacy De-Lin pops in to talk hooking up with the unvaxxed. (Don’t do it!) Then on the Magnum, I kiki with comedian @ZachNoeTowers (do him instead!).
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
New #SavageLove: Wanted spankings, unwanted blowjobs, FinDom favoritism, Patrick Stewart's dick, and a reader who thinks advice columnists should keep their opinions to themselves...
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@anildash replied to a tweet by @anildash:
Although they despise dense housing & city dwellers, I expect they’ll make hay of the (minor, but extant) issues with USPS addressing to some apartment buildings. This lets them frame it as “another botched launch” (a lie), while appealing to journalists who live in apartments.
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
If he says he doesn’t want his hair touched during sex, and you touch his hair, and he gets upset, who’s the asshole? And speaking of assholes, did you celebrate the Feast of the Ass? Did you know about the Feast of the Ass? New #SavageLovecast out now! http://savage.love/lovecast
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
And now, we proudly present: a dramatic reading from @DCPeacemaker's Chukwudi Iwuji.
#Peacemaker is now streaming on @HBOMax.
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@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
Retweeting this Jan 7th column by @RuthMarcus on the maskless Justice #Gorsuch --->
Opinion | Where was Justice Neil Gorsuch’s mask? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/07/where-was-justice-neil-gorsuchs-mask/?tid=ss_tw
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@Cal_HHS ("CA Health & Human Services") wrote:
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-home #COVID19 tests. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days.
Order your tests today: https://www.covidtests.gov/
@outcontextyuri ("out of context GL") wrote:
5 Seconds Before A Witch Falls In Love
@attitudespod ("Attitudes!") wrote:
You’re not ready for this AMAZING rendition of “Take a Candle (To The Theater)” sent in by @TheScottLittle!
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@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") wrote:
Pilot episode! I spit my coffee out laughing. @JohnCena gave me a legit spit take. You both owe me a rug.
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@JamesGunn ("James Gunn") wrote:
What’s your favorite episode of #Peacemaker so far? @hbomax
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@EricBoehlert ("Eric Boehlert") replied to a tweet by @EricBoehlert:
Trump just claimed whites can’t get vaccinated.
media: can you explain again why Biden visits him home over the weekend??
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
Our vote is our power. We must continue Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy to fight for its freedom.
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@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@jonrog1 ("John Rogers") wrote:
This makes sense when you realize the vast majority of their viewers live AT LEAST an hour from the nearest version of a city center. "City life" is essentially a fictional construct for millions of rural and even suburban Americans. So you can rewrite the fiction at will.
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@atrupar ("Aaron Rupar") wrote:
https://twitter.com/peterelkind/status/1483528098763231233
@olensmar ("Ole Lensmar") retweeted:
Ready to see how you can manage and debug your #kubernetes manifests easier? 🕵️
Join us next week as we show off #Monokle, share how to get started, see what's on the roadmap, and more.
(Register and we'll send you the recording if you can't make it!)
https://kubeshop.io/events/manage-kubernetes-manifests-with-monokle
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@cydharrell ("Cyd Harrell") wrote:
the joy I'm seeing about an (appropriately) simple website to obtain a relatively meager government benefit (4 free COVID tests) makes me think that tackling the much harder work to make more complex & essential government services easy would be rewarded by the public. 🤷♀️
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@mayavada ("🌞") replied to a tweet by @mayavada:
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
New #SavageLovecast: Dr. Stacy De-Lin comes back on the show to talk about whether a smart person with a compromised immune system should be hooking up with an unvaxxed dumb person. Plus @ZachNoeTowers joins me on the Magnum!
https://savage.love/lovecast/2022/01/18/with-the-mischievous-zach-noe/
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:
Shrinkle x Trixie Cosmetics Collection Reveal https://youtu.be/ZN72L2lBA8M via @YouTube @shrinkle @sugarpillmakeup @TrixieCosmetics
Democrats unveil bill to ban online ‘surveillance advertising’
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On Tuesday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban nearly all use of digital advertising targeting on ad markets hosted by platforms like Facebook, Google, and other data brokers.
The Banning Surveillance Advertising Act – sponsored by Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) – prohibits digital advertisers from targeting any ads to users. It makes some small exceptions, like allowing for “broad” location-based targeting. Contextual advertising, like ads that are specifically matched to online content, would be allowed.
“The ‘surveillance advertising’ business model is premised on the unseemly collection and hoarding of personal data to enable ad targeting,” Eshoo, the bill’s lead sponsor, said...
YouTube will stop making most original shows
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
YouTube will scale back a significant portion of YouTube Originals, which produced original content including scripted series, educational videos, and music and celebrity programming. Chief business officer for YouTube Robert Kyncl announced the changes today in a statement on Twitter.
Going forward, the company will only fund originals in the YouTube Kids Fund and the Black Voices Fund, a program created in 2020 that committed $100 million to “amplify” Black creators on the platform.
“With rapid growth comes new opportunities and now our investments can make a greater impact on even more creators when applied towards other initiatives, like our Creator Shorts Fund, Black Voices Fund, and Live Shopping programming to name a few,” the...
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
Republican state legislatures are outdoing each other to keep people from voting if they’re likely to vote Democratic, to keep their votes from being counted if they do make it in, & to gerrymander their districts so an extremist minority can run the country. We must fight back.
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Tesla owner is the first to face felony charges for deadly Autopilot crash
California prosecutors filed two felony charges against the owner of Tesla Model S for a deadly crash in 2019 that involved the vehicle’s Autopilot system, marking the first time that a Tesla owner has been criminally charged in the US in a case involving the automaker’s advanced driver assist system. The charges were first reported by the AP.
According to the LA County District Attorney, the incident took place in Gardena, a suburb of LA, on December 29, 2019. Kevin George Aziz Riad, 27, was exiting a highway in his black Model S when he ran through a red light, slamming into a Honda Civic and killing two people.
Riad, a limousine service driver, will now face two charges of vehicular manslaughter, according to charges filed with the...
Final Fantasy VII Porn Interrupts Government Meeting
Italian lawmakers who gathered yesterday for a discussion of data transparency in political decision making got more than they bargained for when someone started playing a CGI video of Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Lockhart having sex in the middle of the digital proceedings. The hentai went live just as the Zoom call was…
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
.@jbenmenachem is a great follow he should absolutely be above 10k go follow him, please. clout him up
@mark_wilkins ("Mark W / CCP Darwin") retweeted:
@Eden_Eats ("Eden Dranger") wrote:
The Covid Eras:
-Tiger King
-Sourdough
-Push-Up Challenge
-“Is This A Cake?”
-Bernie Meme
-Delta
-Pretending the pandemic is over
-“CDC said…”
-Wordle
@jayKayEss ("Justin Kerr Sheckler") retweeted:
@sailorrooscout ("Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉") wrote:
Hey guys! If you’re in the United States, FREE rapid COVID-19 tests are available to be ordered via USPS. Easy form to fill out, doesn’t take very long. FYI it is 4 tests PER household. Be sure to order your tests and pass this tweet along!
Order here: http://special.usps.com/testkits
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") replied to a tweet by @LolOverruled:
*me unironically to me*
@DOStatus ("DigitalOcean Status") replied to a tweet by @DOStatus:
Monitoring: Our engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue with Droplet creation in FRA1 region and is monitoring the situation. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved. https://stspg.io/17s95mcxzmsj?u=dnlhqpjgd5jx
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
Marx would be so proud of you bro. He would have loved that post
@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") retweeted:
We're thrilled that @bcantrill CTO from @oxidecomputer is speaking at #ScyllaSummit!
Join us Feb 9-10: It's virtual & free, an opportunity to engage w/ speakers, and is packed with content on subjects across the data ecosystem.
Register now! http://ow.ly/xy2H50HxhTh
#ScyllaDBVideo:
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@jbouie ("b-boy bouiebaisse") wrote:
very cool that this impossibly callous guy with poisonous levels of self-regard will be on our tribunal of unelected lawmakers for the rest of his life
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@mjs_DC ("Mark Joseph Stern") wrote:
Nina Totenberg reports that (1) the Chief Justice asked his colleagues to mask up out of respect for Sotomayor’s health concerns, (2) only Gorsuch refused, and (3) his refusal forced Sotomayor to participate in arguments and conference remotely. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073428376/supreme-court-justices-arent-scorpions-but-not-happy-campers-either
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@RebeccaMVarney ("Rebecca Varney") wrote:
Thinking about biological collections lately I'm reminded of the time that somehow at age 4, I got a personal tour of the @UCBerkeley entomology collection (Essig?) from a kind scientist (anybody know who?!). Asked my parents how on earth THAT happened, and it turns out...🤯
Xbox Game Pass Kicks 2022 Off With Two 2021 GotY Contenders
The big news out of Microsoft today is, obviously, its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, a small country’s GDP. The immediate impact here means major Activision-published behemoths like Call of Duty and Overwatch will become first-party games under Microsoft’s ever-growing purview, with…
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") replied to a tweet by @meakoopa:
i must return with contrition to my mister scooty
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
i find i am struggling to wield my clown car with the dignity and panache i imagined
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
It's folly to try to get inside anyone else's head, I know, but I just can't shake this.
Does Justice Gorsuch revel in everyone now knowing that he's keeping her from being able to come to work? Or is he embarrassed? I mean, how do you live with yourself?
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073428376/supreme-court-justices-arent-scorpions-but-not-happy-campers-either
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
Do we have a name for when people use personal experience to quash conversation on societal wide problems that are way bigger than them as an individual and their individual experience
Moon Knight’s English accent is its first villain
As you watch the first trailer for Marvel’s _Moon Knight_series, a few things quickly become clear about Oscar Isaac’s take on the titular hero. The first: like his comics counterpart, this Moon Knight will grapple with having multiple personalities. The second: one of those personalities is meant to be believably British, despite his having one of the most ludicrous British accents recently captured on camera.
In Marvel’s comics, Moon Knight — created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin — is both a codename and one of the alternate personalities coexisting within Marc Spector, a former Marine turned mercenary who appears to gain otherworldly abilities after dying and seemingly being resurrected by an Egyptian moon deity known as Khonshu....
if you live in the US you can get 4 free COVID tests per address now, thx biden! https://special.usps.com/testkits
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@HardSciFiMovies ("KonstantinBoristovich🐮🛠🧝🏼♀️🐗👜") wrote:
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
It's going to miss us. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/18/the-end-is-nigh-not-really/
God of War for PC just got its first discount
The PlayStation epic God of War was released to PC a mere four days ago but is currently discounted to just $37.76 at Eneba, an excellent break on the regular $49.99 price tag. This amazing reboot of the classic Sony franchise brings back Kratos in his role as the iconic God of War in a sweeping narrative bedded in the lore of Norse mythology. The RPG-inspired gameplay is made even stronger with the help of an amazing story that adds some much-needed depth to the otherwise one-dimensional diety.
The Gigabyte G32QC 32-inch curved gaming monitor is currently discounted to match its lowest price ever at Newegg. Normally, this curved gaming panel costs $369.99 but has been reduced to just $299.99 when you use the promo code GNLBNA8242 at...
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@bear_wrongdoer ("Care Bear Barney Criminal🐻🦕") wrote:
This is a fetus at 10 weeks
How to order free rapid COVID tests from the US government
With the rise of the Omicron variant, we’ve been urged to use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to make sure that we don’t spread the virus to friends and family. However, it’s been very difficult to follow that suggestion, what with long lines at COVID testing stations and high prices for home kits — when you can find them.
To try to alleviate this situation, the US federal government has created a website where you can order four free rapid test kits per month per household. While the site was scheduled to officially open Wednesday, January 19th, it started taking names and addresses a day early.
It’s extremely simple to put in your order. You will not need to submit a credit card or any other financial information.
- Go to C...
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") retweeted:
@suddenly_sleepy ("Revolutionary Girl Miluda") wrote:
before the end, all holy things are profaned
The Anacrusis Might Be A Worthy Successor To Left 4 Dead's Legacy
Zack and I were sprinting through a field of head-high flowers, and we were very afraid. Ahead of and behind us, two hordes of semi-zombified humans with alien entities clinging to their faces closed in. I fired my rifle, piercing shots driving them to the ground in droves. Earlier in our trek through the…
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:
Just so I’ve got this straight:
I made a request to the government for a service, and it just happens immediately, at no cost to me?
Is this what being a corporation feels like?
@bahamat ("Brian Bennett") retweeted:
@jamalraad ("Jamal Raad🌲") wrote:
Order your 4 free COVID testing kits provided by the administration now! https://special.usps.com/testkits
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition would instantly make it a force in mobile gaming
Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
With its pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft could soon add the likes of Diablo, Warcraft, and Call of Duty to its lineup of big-name franchises, which already includes everything from Halo to Minecraft to Fallout. That’s sure to move more Xbox consoles and bring more subscribers into the increasingly tempting Game Pass ecosystem. But there’s another, less obvious, part of the deal that could be just as important: it instantly gives Microsoft a huge audience in the mobile space.
The biggest video games in the world are largely found on smartphones, and for the last few years, major publishers have been spending lots of money to get into the space. Just this month, Take-Two — the company behind the likes of NBA 2K and G...
@bahamat ("Brian Bennett") retweeted:
@ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:
We’re helping a refugee family settle in. The washing machine in their apartment complex requires an app to pay and run loads. No phone. No email to get the app. No credit card. No bank. No SSN… the accreted foundation we stand on is enormous. To wash clothes.
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@kelseyhightower ("Kelsey Hightower") wrote:
If society has accepted charging money for life's necessities then access to the financial system should be considered a human right.
@HardDriveMag ("Hard Drive") wrote:
Here’s All The Newest Workplace Abuses Coming to Game Pass This Month
https://hard-drive.net/heres-all-the-newest-workplace-abuses-coming-to-game-pass-this-month/
@attackerman ("Spencer Ackerman") wrote:
The Monsters of Jaw Tour of legend
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Jawbreaker and Jawbox touring together (again!) and playing separate dates too
(pic of 1995 ticket stub by @heybobnanna of Braid!)
@cclutterbuck_ ("charlotte 🕸") wrote:
screaming crying throwing up shitting my pants punching a wall
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@WWWYFest ("When We Were Young") wrote:
🖤When We Were Young Fest🥀
Register now for Presale that starts Friday, January 21st, 10 AM PT. All tickets start at $19.99 down https://www.whenwewereyoungfestival.com/
@bahamat ("Brian Bennett") retweeted:
@iblametom ("Thomas Brewster") wrote:
New - WhatsApp can be told by US to provide data on any user, anywhere, without showing probable cause.
Feds don't even need to know the identities of WhatsApp users it’s targeting, as in an unreported investigation into Chinese opioid sellers:
Netflix's Cuphead Trailer Is Slightly Easier Than The Game
The official trailer for Netflix’s The Cuphead Show! just dropped and, much like the visually stunning (and brutally difficult) game it’s based on, it’s bursting at the seams with all of the charm and whimsy of a ‘30s cartoon.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Anyway. That was a lot of fancy words to say that I wish people could get the tests they need. We have the technology and the data to be way more effective than this. And it makes me frustrated.
Creator of PS5 And Xbox Scalper Subscription Claims To Be A Jobs Creator
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles are still notoriously difficult to acquire. This is partially because of the chip shortage that affects the availability of the components inside the machines, but also because of scalpers who can buy consoles and sell them for a much higher price. One guy named Jack Bayliss is…
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
It's an anachronism that speaks to how much we're still steeped in this idea of the nuclear family unit as the ideal. But when it's also used as a coarse catch-all for how we distribute resources, it becomes harmful.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Cat asks me for more food, then doesn't eat anything, but tells me to let her outside, and I'm certain that she will eat as soon as she gets back inside. Maybe she just likes knowing that food is waiting for her at home.
AT&T is limiting C-band 5G expansion around airports even more
The carrier says airlines “have not utilized the two years they’ve had to responsibly plan for this deployment.” | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
AT&T has announced it will push back its plans to activate “a limited number” of 5G towers around “certain airport runways” after airline operators warned that the deployment could cause “catastrophic disruption” to travel and shipping. While AT&T has an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to create buffer zones around 50 airports, the carrier has confirmed to The Verge that it’s halting the rollout of even more towers than originally planned.
The company is clearly unhappy with the situation. In a statement to The Verge, it said that it will “continue to work with the aviation industry and the FAA to provide further information about our 5G deployment, since they have not utilized the two years they’ve had to responsibly...
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
In the words of the Pet Shop Boys, "if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear. If you've something to hide, you shouldn't even be here!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ocE12lWOs
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downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🚩") wrote:
If you're in the United States, you can now (finally) get some free #COVID tests from the government. Act soon before they run out. Limit 4 (ever) per mailing address. https://special.usps.com/testkits or https://www.covidtests.gov
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
A while back when we were talking about wages, I told people we should stop using "a family of 4" as a benchmark for how we talk about people's needs.
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@LeslieMac ("Leslie Mac") wrote:
Fun fact - you can only place 1 order per household. I guess if you live in a house with more than 4 people fuck you. This government is a fucking joke. https://twitter.com/dadakim/status/1483488302963429378
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Reading http://noplacetohide.org.uk reminded of Brass Eye's Paedogeddon.
Sure feels like moral panic being used to justify an Orwellian surveillance apparatus being part-and-parcel with any deployment of end-to-end-encryption.
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@chrismattler ("Matt Chrisler") wrote:
From Chicago to Arizona, politicians have found a way to use pandemic relief funds to increase pay for police. Money meant for schools and hospitals is being funneled into policing and prisons in a perverse expansion of the carceral state
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@juliachanb ("Julia B. Chan") wrote:
this @USPS page for ordering FREE covid tests is up and working—it's a short and straightforward form. i'm a fan of short and straightforward forms. https://special.usps.com/testkits
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
Me when someone asks me what if my client did something really bad for the 1,000th time
@DOStatus ("DigitalOcean Status") replied to a tweet by @DOStatus:
Identified: Our Engineering team continues to work on a fix for the issue impacting Droplet creates in the FRA1 region. During this period, users may continue to experience errors when attempting to create or scale resources such as D… https://stspg.io/17s95mcxzmsj?u=9ydlcp84px9j
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