@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
"Billionaires have had a terrific pandemic."
And to sweeten the deal, our rigged tax code lets them get away with paying little or no taxes. (Yes, Elon Musk, I’m looking at you. You too, Jeff Bezos.) It’s long past time for a #WealthTax in America. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/01/18/richest-men-world-doubled-income-covid-pandemic/6561147001/
Lovely.
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@elaineshen_ ("Elaine Shen") wrote:
I don’t care if it’s lame, I immediately started crying when I got this email 🥺😭 #RepresentationMatters
Nintendo Does Nothing As Wario And Waluigi Go To War In Mario Kart
It seems the feud between Wario and Waluigi will never end as the mobile racerMario Kart Tour pits the two brothers against each other in a new event coming January 25. On your mark. Get set. WAAAAAAAA!
@MiQL ("vexed & glorious") wrote:
"Stop yelling about a democracy we do not have."
-W.E.B. Du Bois, Why I Won't Vote, 1956
GameStop will have PlayStation 5 bundles in stock tomorrow at 11AM ET
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
If you’re one of the many still on the hunt for a PlayStation 5, you’re about to have another shot at GameStop, as the retailer will have the coveted next-gen console online starting tomorrow, January 21st, at 11AM ET / 8AM PT. The retailer will offer the standard, disc-based PS5 as part of a bundle that includes a copy of _Call of Duty: Vanguard,_an extra DualSense controller in red, a $50 Gamestop gift card, and a 12-month subscription to PlayStation Plus.
GameStop did not supply specifics on exactly how much the bundle will cost — nor did it mention whether the restock will take place online or in-person — but the total of everything being offered is roughly $750. Another small catch is that the restock will only be available to...
@leonardpierce ("Leonard Pierce") wrote:
This is *literally* just Second Life, the future of humanity is a website even nerds stopped using in 2015
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@alexmoss ("Alex Moss") wrote:
This is the #metaverse... A live rave happening right now in @decentraland for the upcoming @LightbulbmanNFT release by #BjarneMelgaard. Music from @feedelity @prins_thomas @mightbetwins #NFTdrop #rave #virtualevent #NFTCommunity
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
$ rustc --version
rustc 1.58.1 (db9d1b20b 2022-01-20)
@mayvinie ("Mayvie | ✨ waitlist open ✨") wrote:
Finally got to watch #encanto 💛 I fell STRAIGHT in love with Dolores after her first “Hm!” 🥺
@rustlang ("Rust Language") wrote:
We just released Rust 1.58.1, containing the fix for CVE-2022-21658 (race condition in std::fs::remove_dir_all) plus other bug fixes. Check out the changes in our blog: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/01/20/Rust-1.58.1.html
@em_aytch ("the roughest toughest frail") wrote:
made this tweet two days too early
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@em_aytch ("the roughest toughest frail") wrote:
ok but consider if they made twitter a DAO and then we could all fuck off and never come back here
Xbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working Conditions
Upheaval at Activision Blizzard last year over workplace misconduct sparked an unprecedented level of labor organizing at the_Call of Duty_publisher. Those actions recently culminated in an ongoing strike and the distribution of union cards, while the misconduct reckoning that precipitated them facilitated Microsoft’s …
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Anyone who says "Bitcoin incentivizes renewables" is unqualified to have opinions on energy policy. Also they're a lying sack of shit
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahemerson/bitcoin-crypto-carbon-footprint-hearing
@outcontextyuri ("out of context GL") replied to a tweet by @outcontextyuri:
Or maybe
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:
The road ahead will not be easy, especially when one of our two major parties is standing in the way. But I still believe we can create a brighter future together, and I look forward to watching the Biden Administration build on this progress. http://www.whitehouse.gov/oneyear/
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:
This Administration has also recommitted to the fight against climate change, and signed a crucial infrastructure law to improve roads and buildings across our country. And they're only getting started.
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:
For eight years, I witnessed firsthand the empathy and precision @POTUS brought to our work repairing the American economy. And one year into his presidency, President Biden's administration has led a historic recovery effort.
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:
Under his leadership, our economy set the record for the most jobs added in a single year. Over 200 million people are now vaccinated against COVID-19. The American Rescue Plan provided relief to families. More people can now afford healthcare.
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") wrote:
In his inaugural address one year ago today, @POTUS committed to “press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility.” In the year since, he and the @VP have made significant progress in the face of enormous challenges.
Report: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, Worried
This morning, Bobby Kotick held an all-hands meeting with Activision Blizzard employees to address Microsoft’s acquisition of the company for $68.7 billion dollars. He stated that Microsoft would be trying to “retain as many of our people as possible,” and that he planned to stay on as the CEO of Activision Blizzard…
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@Teri_Kanefield ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:
It's just easier to destroy rule of law than to preserve it.
It's easier to dismantle a government than to use government to improve the lives of the people, particularly when another party is trying to dismantle the government.
That's why Republicans have the easier task.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@GunnelsWarren ("Warren Gunnels") wrote:
93% want Medicare to negotiate to lower drug prices
90% want Medicare to cover dental, vision & hearing
75% want to guarantee paid family & medical leave
66% want to lower the Medicare eligibility age
62% want a $15 minimum wageThe big lie: These policies are "too far left."
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@NoLieWithBTC ("No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen") wrote:
NEW: Clarence Thomas was the only Supreme Court justice to publicly say that he wanted to grant Trump’s request to stop the Biden administration from sending 1/6 documents to the House committee. His wife just signed a letter saying that the insurrectionists “did nothing wrong.”
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
"We would like you to do this interview at 7 am."
"I'm afraid you are mistaken. You do not want to hear anything that comes out of my mouth at 7 am."
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@RussianMemesLtd ("Russian Memes United") wrote:
promise yourself to go to bed early starter pack
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@AriBerman ("Ari Berman") wrote:
It’s beyond infuriating that Mitch McConnell can kill filibuster to confirm 3 Supreme Court justices for Trump with 51 votes to take away voting rights but it requires 60 votes for US Senate to protect voting rights
@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:
@TheDailyShow ("The Daily Show") wrote:
It’s a midterm year so Fox News is starting Back at One
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@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@violetblue ("Violet Blue®") wrote:
New Pandemic Roundup, a distillation of the week's important Covid-19 news. With: UK to quit all safety measures, fake test sites in hot water, how to gauge if you’re asymptomatic, which animals get covid, long covid updates, SF's test mess, more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-61404731
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Funny how coal had a rebound the year Joe Manchin, a coal baron, became chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 🤔
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New renewable power plants are reducing U.S. #electricity generation from #naturalgas. #solar #wind https://go.usa.gov/xtZHw
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@Adbusters replied to a tweet by @Adbusters:
Unlike kickstarter, which announced moving their entire platform to the blockchain in one go, platforms like twitter are incrementally incorporating NFTs and crypto.
One can still use Twitter, at this point, without directly contributing to their grift. . . but not for long.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@JoyceWhiteVance ("Joyce Alene") wrote:
A republic if you can keep it
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
This past year, America has seen record job creation, economic growth, and small business creation.
We’re rebuilding our economy to lift up all Americans.
@mcclure111 ("mcc") replied to a tweet by @mcclure111:
A THIRD nft-blocker: A Twitter API app by @antsstyle https://antsstyle.com/nftcryptoblocker/ (source [https://github.com/antsstyle/nftcryptoblocker).][9] I can't vouch for this app personally but it has more features than mine and doesn't require you to install anything. It does require access permissions to your account.
[9]: https://github.com/antsstyle/nftcryptoblocker).
Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon might be hiding an underground ocean
Mimas and Enceladus moons | Image: Southwest Research Institute
During a mission to discover whether or not Saturn’s moon Mimas was geologically dead, researchers discovered something far more surprising: “compelling evidence” of an underground ocean buried beneath the surface of the Death Star-like moon. Mimas, the researchers say, might be a “‘stealth’ ocean world,” a finding that, if verified, would further expand the number of potentially habitable places in our solar system.
Icy moons with evidence of subsurface oceans have garnered a lot of attention from scientists lately. The two best known examples in our solar system, Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa, are considered prime places to search for alien life. Enceladus, in particular, appears to have most of the ingredients needed to...
Paramount Plus Fatal Attraction reboot will see Lizzy Caplan down bad for Joshua Jackson
Though the original _Fatal Attraction_is a seminal classic that’s always worth revisiting, Paramount’s confident that it’s high time the film was remade as a series for the generation who grew up watching _Dawson’s Creek_and Mean Girls on repeat.
In the new Paramount Plus Fatal Attraction, a series written by Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives, Dirty John), Joshua Jackson stars as Dan Gallagher, a man whose chance sexual encounter with a woman named Alex Forrest (Lizzy Caplan) leads to a torrid affair that quickly turns dark. Like the original, this Alex’s feelings for her beau sour once he begins to rebuff her, and her obsessive feelings for him begin to grow increasingly intense and dangerous. But according to Deadline, the new F...
@AdriftAlchemist ("CeeJay Yellow Hawk") wrote:
The Tongan flag bearer at the Olympics (yes—THAT one) has started a Tonga Tsunami Relief GoFundMe for his Nation!
Please share, pray, & donate if you can. Gunalchéesh (thank you) ❤️
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tonga-tsunami-relief-by-pita-taufatofua
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") retweeted:
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
I LIVED IT! My Ex-Theyfriend’s Kink Was Getting Dommed By The Borrow Checker
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@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
12 Glitter Gel Nail Polishes That Will Distract You From Your Compiler Warnings
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@sarahkendzior ("Sarah Kendzior") replied to a tweet by @owillis:
@owillis Iran-Contra (*very* relevant to now), Gulf War, Oklahoma City bombing, Waco, collapse of USSR, Columbine massacre, AIDS, LA riots, savings and loan crisis...all of these events were a precursor to today's crises, and ignorance of them is part of why modern media is awful
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@owillis ("Oliver Willis") wrote:
its kind of wild to yada yada all the consequential events between 1980-2000. like, the aids crisis and the reagan neglect, just for one.
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@freedlander ("David Freedlander") wrote:
Crazy how the last 20 years have seen the worst terrorist attack, longest wars, and deadliest natural disasters in US history, to say nothing of the Great Recession and 1/6, and the 20 years before that were mostly notable for White House sex and, like, invading Grenada
@zilmer ("Priidu Zilmer") wrote:
Lumi is snow in Estonian and Finnish, you knew that, right?
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@MaarjaKruuse ("Maarja Bussov") wrote:
Lumi is catching snowflakes #catsinhpc @LUMIhpc
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@RBReich ("Robert Reich") wrote:
“You do not get to offer praises in memory of Dr. King and then marshal the same states' rights arguments that were used against Dr. King and against the Civil Rights Movement.” - @SenatorWarnock
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@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@ProjectLincoln ("The Lincoln Project") wrote:
I don’t know who needs to hear this (Mitch McConnell), but African-Americans are Americans.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@tef_ebooks ("tef "duck detective" ebooks") wrote:
becoming one of those "old programmers" as i relay another piece of folklore, this time about Kazushige Goto, a japanese patent clerk who ended up becoming one of the world's best assembly optimisers
as it was something to do on his two hour commute to work
@LauraAmalasunta ("Laura Amalasunta Gazzoli") wrote:
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!
Visigoths: Spain
Ostrogoths: Italy
Oestrogoths: Trans girls in dark clothes
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") retweeted:
@andrew_durso ("Andrew Durso") wrote:
Orson Welles: *completely shithouse wine drunk* ohhhhh the champions of Raid Shadow Legends! are renowned for their…..gallantry
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@Curtis_Cook ("Curtis Cook (currently rebranding)") wrote:
Covid has ruined sci-fi movies shit’ll be like “The year was 3004 and aliens were gonna blow up the sun”and I’m like “Makes sense” but then it goes “So the world united to—” and I’m like “No the fuck they did not”
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@DrLeslie_MD ("Rose Marie Leslie, MD") wrote:
OMGGGG in Minnesota right now it is -15 degrees and a truck crashed and all of the potatoes it was hauling spilled out and are now frozen to the freeway so now nobody can drive on the frozen potato freeway
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
It's not quite as snappy as zls but it's way faster than fucking intellij and my laptop isn't trying to take off.
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@pattonoswalt ("Patton Oswalt") wrote:
Has ANYONE ever used the “skip intro” option in @DCpeacemaker? ‘Cuz I never will.
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owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
There is angular at work, so I tried to get the angular language server to work with neovim, and it loaded, and it was attached, but it was doing nothing.
Apparently you should have both that and a separate typescript server.
Now there's two of them attached to the buffer and it seems to work?
At least I can jump to definitions and get diagnostics.
Now I just have to tell neovim to not bother showing me all those ^M characters from windows editors.
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@ResidentAlien ("Resident Alien") wrote:
Last time we saw @meregarretson, she was showing us how to scramble a few eggs with a frying pan! #TBT #ResidentAlien @SYFY
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FAA estimates 78 percent of US planes can now land at airports with 5G C-band
There were concerns some altimeters might not properly filter 5G signals. | Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The FAA has announced that an “estimated 78 percent of the U.S. commercial fleet” have been cleared to land at airports with 5G C-band, even under low-visibility conditions. The agency’s statement comes after a week of controversy surrounding the rollout of AT&T and Verizon’s upgraded cellular tech, which saw US airlines warning of “catastrophic disruption” to travel and shipping and some international airlines announcing they’d halt flights to some US airports.
At issue are concerns that some radio altimeters won’t properly ignore signals from the new 5G transmitters. While there are precautions that should keep this from happening, including creating buffer zones around airports, an incorrect altimeter reading could cause real problems...
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@Kalshann ("Kalshann, 'his spirit flits - chameleon like.'") replied to a tweet by @Kalshann:
But that's the thing - Boomers lived through their fair share of disasters, and their parents told them to act normal, then us, then and then; and each time we reinforce 'act normal, return to normal' as a thing when we all quietly want to scream 'the world is on fire'.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@Kalshann ("Kalshann, 'his spirit flits - chameleon like.'") wrote:
6th grade, my entire class watched it live. Someone asked if they could of jumped out with parachutes or something and our English teacher went a little hysterical.
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@cardeaframez ("#RAIDERNATION") wrote:
Wait I’m watching #ThisIsUs and I just realized the challenger blew up on tv with kids watching like kids watching 9-11 towers
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@kunalstwt ("Kunal Kushwaha") wrote:
Ready to hone in your Kubernetes superpowers? By the end of this 45-minute session by @thekubeshop, you’ll learn how to quickly create, validate, debug, and manage your Kubernetes manifests using Monokle!
Register: https://kubeshop.io/events/manage-kubernetes-manifests-with-monokle
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
This One Weird Trick Will Cleanse Your Timeline
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@mcclure111 ("mcc") replied to a tweet by @mcclure111:
First downloadable version of the NFTBlocker plugin (Firefox only so far). Can scan a Following or Followers page on Twitter and block anyone with the beta "NFT avatar" flag. Thanks to @eramdam and @tthbaltazar for the help. See PLAN․md for future plans. https://github.com/mcclure/NFTBlocker
How to play Wordle
Wordle is the free word game everyone on Twitter seems to be playing. | Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
By this point in the pandemic, we’re all looking for something pleasant to distract us — even momentarily — from all the chaos, which may explain why the simple, no-frills game Wordle has become so popular. It’s a web-based puzzle that requires players to guess a new five-letter word every day, in six tries or less, and everyone gets the same word. You may have seen people sharing the gray, green, and yellow square patterns on Twitter, which show how they performed on that day’s Wordle without giving away the solution (more on that in a sec).
According to a lovely New York Times profile of Wordle creator and software engineer Josh Wardle (get it?), he devised the game as a gift for his partner Palak Shah, who loves word games and...
🤏🧠: NFTs are bad because of the environmental impact
🌌🧠: NFTs are bad because they glorify possession and consumption of nothing, exclusivity without meaning, receipts over creation, resale over appreciation. they devalue art and funnel money to those who already have it
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") retweeted:
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
How to Gaslight A Techbro With Bad Opinions Into Thinking He Already Has a Podcast
AirBuddy 2.5 for macOS adds better Bluetooth control for some non-Apple headphones
AirBuddy 2.5 has a new “Proximity Engine” v2 that should detect and hand off peripherals faster. | Image: Buddy Software
A new version of AirBuddy for macOS Monterey is available starting today, adding the option to quickly shift some non-Apple Bluetooth headphones and other devices between Macs and iPhones. The original AirBuddy app for macOS that launched in 2019 was a simple solution to let AirPods interface with your Mac just as seamlessly as they already did on iOS devices — complete with the animated pop-up many iPhone users are accustomed to seeing.
AirBuddy 2.5 takes advantage of new under-the-hood macOS Monterey changes to enable things like low battery notifications, switching from transparency mode to noise-canceling on AirPods that are not even currently outputting sound from the Mac, and easy control over automatic switching between devices....
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
How To Meet Hot Catgirls In Your Area By Attending Rust Meetups
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
How To Subtly Sleep With Your Eyes Open During The All Hands
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
5 Shades Of Teal Lipgloss For When You Want To Regain Cool Points After Failing To Exit Vim
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
Ex-Girlfriend’s Kink Is Getting Slutshamed Whenever She Does `curl | bash`
@ericuman ("Eric Umansky") wrote:
So the U.S. bombed a dam -- and a general dismissed reports that it happened as "crazy."
Then the U.S. droned workers who rushed to save the dam from collapsing -- and the U.S. dismissed reports of that as "non-credible."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/us/airstrike-us-isis-dam.html
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@davidmurrellv ("David Murrell") wrote:
And here's the kicker: After the U.S. bombed this dam, a group of civilian experts rushed in to prevent it from overflowing.
The next day, the U.S. killed three of the workers in a drone strike. https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1484230297621340160
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
All this talk about the Senate filibuster helping protect "minorities" from the tyranny of majorities seems to neglect the point that the very construction of the Senate is already designed to do that with each state having an equal vote (which is now resulting in disproportionate power to a minority party). Not to mention that due to the natures of the two parties, only one party wields the filibuster effectively.
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
How To Respect Your Theyfriend’s Right To Use Evil Mode In Emacs
Halo Infinite’s New Mode Is So Good It Should Be Permanent
Step aside, Slayer. There’s a new deathmatch in Halo Infinitown: Attrition, a team-based mode wherein teammates share a limited pool of lives. It’s a total blast, an easy way to spice up Halo sessions, and a terrific addition to the first-person shooter’s arguably sparse range of playable gametypes. Too bad it’s going…
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
DUDE CORNER: Cryptocurrency Advocate Repeatedly Uses The Phrase ‘Circular Collateralization’ As If That Weren’t Sketchy As Fuck
Apple’s head of comms is leaving after less than a year
Apple is renowned for a culture of secrecy, one that’s managed in no small part by the company’s head of communications. But it’s had a hard time filling that role, with the most recent entrant — Stella Low, formerly Cisco’s PR chief — now leaving after less than a year on the job.
Fifteen-year Apple vet Kristin Huguet Quayle is taking over, according to journalist Kara Swisher and BuzzFeed’s John Paczkowski. Apple confirmed to BuzzFeed that she’s been promoted effective immediately, as Low leaves to spend more time with her family. The previous comms boss, Steve Dowling, left in September 2019, and Apple left the role open for nearly two years before hiring Low last May. (During that time, long-time Apple marketing and App Store boss...
It’s always ok to aggressively bully anyone with a hex shaped profile picture in here
Dug up a Leuchtturm 1917 Sketchbook I used for a few drawings back around 2014 till 2016. It was quite good for alcohol markers, which is why I bought it back then. For some reason I abandoned it back then. Thought I should try to use it and my markers again.
..Does it show that I recently watched Demon Slayer? ^^°#art #mastoart #alcoholmarker #markers #drawing #kimono #anime #manga
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- Manga style drawing of red eyed woman with long grey hair, wearing a red kimono. She is sitting on her legs, kimono slightly sliding off her left shoulder. She is looking upward towards the viewer, brushing some hair away with her left hand. The back of her hair is held back by three pink peony's. A yellow square in the background serves as colorful contrast. (remote)
The PlayStation 5 is available once again at Best Buy right now
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Update January 20th, 2:58PM EST: ThePlayStation 5 Digital Edition for $399.99has also gone up for sale at Best Buy. We have updated the copy and product cards in this post.
While there have been many restocks of Sony’s PlayStation 5 console as it slowly gets a little easier to obtain one, we’re sadly not out of the woods just yet. The PS5 is still hard to come by for a product that is over one year old. Thankfully, there’s another chance to pick one up today, care of Best Buy.
Best Buy is opening up orders for the standard disc drive-equipped PlayStation 5 console, costing $499.99 and disc-less Digital Edition for $399.99. Orders from Best Buy are usually based around store pickup orders, so it is very likely that you may need some...
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Wonder if this dude took a plane from San Francisco to DC in order to testify 🤔
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@BitcoinMagazine ("Bitcoin Magazine") wrote:
“The aviation industry uses something like 50x more energy per unit of value than does #bitcoin” - Bitfury CEO educating Congress
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
This--->
After a storm, school football coach told players to ‘find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel their driveway’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/19/snow-shovel-football-coach-pennsylvania/?tid=ss_tw
“To help them realise their dreams—
this will be my greatest contribution to our world.”
Peloton’s woes continue as it temporarily halts bike, treadmill production
Peloton is pausing production of its connected bikes and treadmills. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Peloton’s pandemic fortunes began waning in 2021, and it appears that trend is continuing into the new year. According to a new CNBC report, Peloton has decided to temporarily halt production of its connected exercise bikes and treadmills amid weak consumer demand.
Citing a confidential internal company presentation, CNBC reports that Peloton will stop producing its original Bike from February to March. The company halted production on its more premium Bike Plus in December and apparently has no plans to restart until at least June. The newer Peloton Tread, which launched last year, will also cease production for six weeks starting next month. Unsurprisingly, Peloton also reportedly has no plans to produce any Tread Plus machines in...
@mcclure111 ("mcc") replied to a tweet by @mcclure111:
First downloadable version of the NFTBlocker plugin (Firefox only so far). Can scan a Following or Followers page on Twitter and block anyone with the beta "NFT avatar" flag. Thanks to @eramdam and @tthbaltazar for the help. See PLAN․md for future plans. https://github.com/mcclure/NFTBlocker
Epic pushes to overturn App Store ruling in opening appeal brief
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Epic Games has filed its opening brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn the previous ruling that Apple’s control over the iOS App Store does not qualify as a monopoly. The company first gave notice of it appeal in September, but Thursday’s filing is the first time it has laid out its argument at length.
“Epic proved at trial that Apple retrains trade...by contractually requiring developers to exclusively use Apple’s App Store to distribute apps and Apple’s IAP for payments for digital content within apps,” the filing reads. “If not overturned, [the district court] decision would upend established principles of antitrust law and...undermine sound antitrust policy.”
Epic’s first legal challenge to Apple’s App...
Lawmakers approve Big Tech antitrust overhaul, but with strings attached
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
Congress is one step closer to actualizing transformative antitrust reform for the tech industry after sending their most viable bill to the Senate floor.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the American Innovation and Choice Online Act by a 16-6 vote on Thursday after hours of lengthy debate. The bill – sponsored by a bipartisan group of tech hawks like Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) – would ban dominant tech platforms from favoring their own services and products over those of their competitors.
The successful committee vote comes after a week of antitrust action from the federal government that’s spooked the tech industry and put lobbyists in a frenzy. While prohibiting self-preferencing, like Amazon placing its...
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
A lot of restaurants in Massachusetts are hanging on by their fingernails. Every time we lose a local restaurant, it tears a hole in the fabric of our communities. I’m going to keep pushing to get this relief out the door as soon as possible.
https://boston.eater.com/2022/1/19/22891396/elizabeth-warren-massachusetts-covid-19-restaurant-aid
@mitchchn ("Mitchell Cohen") wrote:
"How hard can a password manager really be?" Well, B2B support, compliance, infrastructure, integrations, SecOps, are all more specialized when dealing with the incredibly sensitive data people keep and share in @1Password. But let's just talk about my favourite part, the apps.
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@command_tab ("Collin Allen") replied to a tweet by @rmondello:
@rmondello It’s bonkers to me that they have 600 people there for a password manager app and service. I could see 60, but 600? 😳
@skullface ("lil togepi") wrote:
beautifully sickeningly sweet artwork i commissioned from @nieniekoto for my bf 🥰🥰🥰
@TwitterAPI ("Twitter API") wrote:
Today, we’re launching improvements to the v2 Retweets and Likes endpoints that allow you to retrieve the complete list of accounts that have Liked or Retweeted a Tweet.
#TwitterAPI #v2
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@TwitterDev ("Twitter Dev") wrote:
Thanks for your feedback on the v2 Retweets and Likes endpoints. We've heard you. Starting today, you can retrieve the complete list of accounts that have Liked or Retweeted a Tweet. Don't forget to tell us what you'll build! #BuildWhatsNext
https://twittercommunity.com/t/updates-to-retweets-lookup-and-likes-lookup-endpoints/165327
@christinelove ("Christine Love") wrote:
Ten years ago on January 20, 2012, Love Conquers All Games—although it wasn't called that yet—released our first commercial game ever, called Analogue: A Hate Story. It's an visual novel where you solve the mystery of a derelict generation ship, with the help of two AI sidekicks.
@vv1lder ("emily wilder") retweeted:
@ericuman ("Eric Umansky") wrote:
A massive dam in Syria was on a U.S. no-strike list.
Tens of thousands people lived downstream.
When it was bombed, the Pentagon said the US didn't do it.
A general dismissed even the possibility as "crazy reporting."
The U.S. did it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/us/airstrike-us-isis-dam.html
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
oh to be a sandwich
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@MahmudAsrar ("Mahmud Asrar ⚔️") wrote:
The Thing #6 Variant Cover
Painting a cover of classic Thing was tremendous fun. Had to give him a sandwich to munch on, like in good ol’ times. Detail shots on Instagram.
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@DearAuntCrabby ("🖕🏻Aunt Crabby Calls Bullshit 🖕🏻") wrote:
THIS gets a huge Auntie Amen!
Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures
Twitter NFT profile pictures | Image: Twitter.com
Twitter said in September that it would add a way for users to authenticate non-fungible tokens (NFT), and now the feature is live — if you pay for a $2.99 Twitter Blue subscription and are using an iOS device.
Image: Twitter
Image: Twitter
On one hand, NFT profile pictures could be viewed as an incredible technology integration adding real utility for verified digital items. Alternately, it’s an unmissable signal pointing out the people that you should block or mute before they try to sell you some of their blockchain receipts.
No matter what your opinion of easily reproduced digital trinkets is, Twitter is integrating them in a way that separates ridiculous images of cartoon apes that have...
TikTok marketing lead behind its NFTs and ghost kitchens no longer at the company
TikTok has had some... interesting marketing campaigns recently. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Nick Tran is no longer TikTok’s global head of marketing, reportedly because the company was unimpressed with his “side-show” marketing campaigns, according to the_New York Post_. Some of the most notable “stunt-marketing” schemes he came up with included opening TikTok Kitchens, letting people apply to jobs at places like Chipotle or Target via TikToks, and an NFT collaboration with celebrities like Lil’ Nas X and Bella Poarch.
The _Post_reports that the restaurant campaign, where ghost kitchens would cook and deliver recipes that went viral on TikTok, was the one of the last straws for Tran. “We’re not in the restaurant business and we shouldn’t pretend to be,” one executive reportedly said. Looking at some of the campaigns, it is a...
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@RepPressley ("Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley") wrote:
After centuries of building this nation, Republicans still don't consider Black voters to be Americans.
That's why not a single one of them voted to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act or the Freedom to Vote Act.
We cannot pretend that the days of Jim Crow are behind us.
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@MeidasTouch ("MeidasTouch.com") wrote:
In case you missed it, Mitch McConnell said the quiet part out loud last night: “African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.”
Make sure everyone sees this.
Video:
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@douglasmack ("Doug Mack") wrote:
bought some park service fonts and
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") wrote:
People whine about vi being hard to use and I think (but don't say) "have you tried TECO?". 😈
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
Since President Biden and I took office, we have gotten shots in arms, got people back to work, and passed laws that will rebuild our crumbling infrastructure while creating good-paying jobs.
We are delivering on our promises for America’s working families.