Wordle copycat creator apologizes for ripping off the popular free word game
Developer Zach Shakked — the creator of one of several controversial copycat versions of Josh Wardle’s popular free word-guessing game — has responded to Apple removing his app from the App Store after an internet backlash that followed his boasting about the money-making potential of his clone.
“I realize I crossed a line. And I surely, surely will never do anything remotely close to this again. I fucked up,” tweeted Shakked. He goes on to explain that “Wordle” itself wasn’t trademarked and that Wardle’s game was similar to Lingo, an older TV game show with a similar word-guessing mechanic. Shakked also says that he planned to expand on Wordle with more functionality and change the overall design of the app to less resemble Wardle’s...
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Me, a newbie on my team, pairing with a Principal Eng
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@flakealso ("neal rice") wrote:
BREAKING: Seattle-Area Polycule and Boston-Area Polycule to Announce Non-Aggression Pact, Research Sharing Agreements
California is ‘revisiting’ Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta in light of ‘dangerous’ videos
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles is “revisiting” its opinion to not regulate Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software. The news comes after numerous safety advocates and regulators have expressed concern about the company’s willingness to allow its customers to test its Level 2 driving feature in public. (The news was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.)
The state’s DMV oversees the largest autonomous vehicle testing program in the country, with over 60 companies permitted to operate test vehicles on public roads. Only a handful are approved to operate fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers at the wheel, and even fewer have been approved to deploy vehicles for commercial purposes.
Unlike other companies...
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mardelvallearts@mastodon.art ("Mar del Valle ⚡ 🌈 ⚔️") wrote:
#Vamptober: TOREADOR
Elena de Diego is Dorcas’ sire. Embraced in 1309 when she was 21, Elena was a noble poet, singer and nun. Elderly and ambitious, she has recently been crowned Queen of Iberia alongside her girlfriend Elvira Santa Cruz after dethroning Elvira’s sister – Elena and Elvira’s love story really deserves a post of its own, from enemies to lovers and vice versa for centuries.
#drawtober #illustration #art #mastoart #vampire #vampiro #OCs #VtM #vamily #toreador #eyecontact
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- Illustration in black and white portraying a young, white, beautiful slender woman, with long black hair and black eyes, and dark-painted lips and nails. She wears a sensual, high couture black dress with long sleeves that reveals her shoulders and cleavage - no bits are shown. She looks at as in the eye with an enigmatic, seductive, powerful smile. (remote)
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@LyalinDotCom ("Dmitry Lyalin") wrote:
Hi folks, decided to do a quick pulse with all of you since I know many of my followers are active .NET developers
How is .NET Hot Reload working for you?
(If you are having issues and don't mind please DM me or reply below with details, I would love to know more)
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@SilentKev82 ("The Shogun Of Harlem") replied to a tweet by @YeonU_Reeves:
@YeonU_Reeves But wait, there’s more!
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@YeonU_Reeves ("연") wrote:
Americans love to shout “free Taiwan” while illegally occupying Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Korea
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@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
choose your fighter #PokemonSwordShield #NintendoSwitch
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act represent the first real opportunity to secure the freedom to vote since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
We don't know when we'll have this opportunity again—the Senate must act now.
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@sarahmei ("Sarah Mei") wrote:
Still thinking about this. I want the word of year for 2022 to be “liberation” - for all of us, no matter what kind of work we do. We are all trapped in a system that harvests our output to benefit only a few.
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@morganastra ("Rosa Astra") wrote:
The prevailing unsolved problem in software engineering is how to organize production so we can apply our efforts to solving real problems that make the world better instead of getting more ad clicks, high frequency trading, and wage-suppressing gig economy bullshit https://twitter.com/DavidKaib/status/1480371168326688769
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@Epi_Jessie ("Jessie Seiler") wrote:
Seattle public schools have finally updated their case counts tonight and it’s a nightmare. I am heartbroken for these kids and their families.
Speedrunner Beats Halo Infinite On The Highest Difficulty Without Firing A Single Bullet
“Can you beat Halo Infinite on Legendary without firing a bullet?” That’s the question posed by Tom, a _Halo_speedrunner and YouTuber who, like many Halo speedrunners and YouTubers, is on an endless mission to push the first-person shooter to its limits. Turns out, the answer is very much “yes.”
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Much love to my friends over in BCN and Catalonia because this is legit scary news. It’s one thing to know these folks are capable of stuff like this but they being bold enough to let the truth get out SO SOON is rough af
Windows 11 is finally getting a new volume indicator
It has taken nearly 10 years, but Windows is finally getting a new modern volume indicator. Originally introduced in Windows 8 in 2012, the black bar that pops up when you adjust the system volume using a keyboard or other device is finally going away. Microsoft is replacing it with a volume indicator that matches the overall Windows 11 design.
Indicators for volume, brightness, camera privacy, camera on / off, and airplane mode are all being updated soon with a more modern design. “These new flyouts will appear when you press the volume or brightness keys on your laptop and will honor light/dark mode to give you a more coherent Windows experience,” explains Microsoft’s Windows Insider chief Amanda Langowski. “Brightness and volume...
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
Ooooooof
Oooooooooooooooooof
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@josepalay ("Josep Lluís Alay") wrote:
Spanish former police chief admits that the Spanish secret services (CNI) were behind the jihadist attacks in Barcelona, August 2017. Their intention was ‘to scare Catalonia just before the independence referendum.’
16 people from various nationalities were killed.
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@start_coop ("Start.coop") wrote:
🗣️As part of our work for the @AARPFoundation we want to hear from you:
Which businesses/industries have a high % of low-income, older adult workers and are ripe for new worker cooperative startups?
e.g. home care, rideshare, what else?
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actually laughed out loud
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@thenewstack ("The New Stack") wrote:
TestKube: A New Approach to Cloud Native Testing https://bit.ly/3nlftfr @olensmar @thekubeshop #Sponsored #TestKube #CloudNative #Kubernetes #testing
@Extrawurst ("Stephan D.") wrote:
I wonder how many manhours this „don’t press the big fat red button“-Problem has cost us over relogins over the last 2 years 🤣 #UXfail @Zoom
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@PPathole ("Pranay Pathole") wrote:
Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.
Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
I hoped zls would also give me completion for C libraries that are imported and translated into Zig.
Why doesn't it do that?
Can it do that?
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@sophaskins ("cron mom") wrote:
sure, everyone is working on "building pages with the DOM" but have you considered:
building pages with the sub?
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(lewd) ahh, I see
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@sophaskins ("cron mom") wrote:
tfw you wonder "but how does that work" and then you learn how and you wish you didn't know
Magic Leap’s new AR headset is rolling out to healthcare companies
Augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap has announced early partners for its Magic Leap 2 headset — a signal that the once consumer-focused company is still moving ahead with its enterprise-focused business.
In a press release today, Magic Leap named four healthcare partners that are getting access to the device: clinical data visualization company SentiAR, neurotechnology company SyncThink, diagnostics company Heru, and surgical software tool Brainlab. The Magic Leap 2 is slated for more general release in mid-2022. It’s a smaller, lighter follow-up to the Magic Leap headset that debuted in 2018; in an interview with Bloomberg, Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson said it would be “slightly” pricier than its predecessor, which starts at...
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@ManishEarth ("Manish") wrote:
today i learned about the eieio powerpc extension
stands for "Enforce In-order Execution of I/O"
so, you know, a fence
like you might find on a farm
say, one owned by an old farmer named Macdonald
@xkcdComic ("XKCD Comic") wrote:
Language Development https://xkcd.com/2567/ https://m.xkcd.com/2567/
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
i cant believe this meme is true
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@SanhoTree ("Sanho Tree") wrote:
Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/ Raise your hand if you had “weed to the rescue” on your 2022 pandemic bingo card.😏
The PS5 and Xbox Series X will restock on Thursday for Walmart Plus subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s becoming ever-so-slightly less of a maddening exercise to get your hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X. Granted, it’s still harder than it should be, but recent retailer restocks have taken longer to sell out than they used to. So, here’s hoping that you’re able to purchase whichever console you want during tomorrow’s restock at Walmart, which is specifically for paid Walmart Plus subscribers.
Starting at 3PM ET / 12PM PT on Thursday, January 13th, Walmart will offer the $499.99 PS5 with a disc drive, the $399.99 PS5 console that can only play digital titles, as well as the $499.99 Xbox Series X. These consoles will be available to non-trial Walmart Plus members, meaning you actually have to opt-in to pay...
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@JuntheBun ("Jun") wrote:
When we keep saying "if you keep letting them ban porn they'll come after you next" this is what we mean
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@MadelineOnMars ("Madeline Marsanne") replied to a tweet by @MadelineOnMars:
Legislators in Iowa are really outdoing themselves — they’re arguing YA books about growing up on a reservation or books about police violence against black people are also ‘porn,’ since they now take ‘porn’ to mean anything that makes them slightly uncomfortable.
Sonic 4: Episode II Speedrun Record Broken By Player In Cursed Sonic Outfit
The speedrun world record for co-op Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II has been broken during this year’s Awesome Games Done Quick, which is made all the more impressive when you learn one of the players was wearing an ill-fitting bootleg Sonic outfit, complete with oversized floppy gloves.
The Nvidia Shield is getting Android 11 and other upgrades
The seemingly indefatigable Nvidia Shield is getting another major Android update, with the new Shield Software Experience Upgrade 9.0 that adds Android 11 and a host of other upgrades.
The new update is rolling out to all Shield set-top boxes, including the original model from 2015 — which originally ran Android 5.0 Lollipop when it first launched. The latest upgrade to Android 11 gives the popular set-top box the honor of being one of the most upgraded Android devices ever released. To put that in perspective, a comparable Android phone from 2015 would be the Galaxy S6, which never got past Android Nougat (Android 7.0).
In addition to updating the OS to Android 11, the latest Shield software is also bringing some other...
Sony says it’s still making new PS4s, but most stores aren’t selling them
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While many of us fall somewhere between trying to find a new-generation gaming console like the Xbox Series X / S and PlayStation 5 or trying to find worthwhile gaming experiences once we have them, Sony tells Bloomberg it’s still manufacturing new PlayStation 4s. According to the report, an internal plan had projected an end to the production of the system in 2021, but the ongoing shortages will cause the company to build about a million PS4s in 2022, according to sources.
If you really need one, Sony will still sell you a PS4 Slim for $300
Sony confirmed that PS4 production is still ongoing, providing a quote to Bloomberg saying the system “is one of the best-selling consoles ever, and there is always crossover between generations.”...
G4 Host Slams Xplay Audience’s Sexist Expectations
Cult-hit gaming channel G4 has only been back for a few months after its nearly decade-long hiatus, and already the hosts are fed up with some of the assholes in the audience. Former esports commentator and new Xplay co-host, Indiana “Froskurinn” Black, specifically called out the crude sexism of viewers, online…
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
With one stroke of the pen, President Biden could #CancelStudentDebt for tens of millions and show the American people that the government is on their side.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/biden-student-loan-debt-cancellation/621224/
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I tried setting up some matings in my spider colony. It went about as well as your typical high school prom.
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Sony To Produce More PS4s In Response To PS5 Shortage
It’s been slightly over a year since the PlayStation 5 launched, and it’s still incredibly difficult for anyone to get their hands on Sony’s flagship console. The company’s solution to this shortage? Sony is planning to produce more PlayStation 4 consoles this year. Wait, what?
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@PostOpinions ("Washington Post Opinions") wrote:
The latest from @anntelnaes: Your for-profit health-care system at work https://wapo.st/3rcUmNA
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@samsanders ("Sam Sanders") wrote:
Surprisingly catchy
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sohkamyung@mstdn.io ("Soh Kam Yung") wrote:
An unusual find.
"[Nick Stember] This is part of one of a six part post in which I plan to translate a 142 page Chinese comic book adaptation of Star Wars originally published in Guangdong, China, in the 1980s."
https://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/
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@zillowgonewild ("Zillow Gone Wild 🏡") wrote:
Would anyone like to join me while I use the restroom
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@SDonziger ("Steven Donziger") wrote:
Students are boycotting the infamous U.S. law firm @gibsondunn after it helped @Chevron detain me for almost 1,000 days in retaliation for helping Indigenous peoples win a $10b pollution case.
Large U.S. law firms are helping the fossil fuel industry destroy the Earth. @Ls4Ca
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@ThoughtSlime ("Pepsi® Zero Sugar presents Mildred™") wrote:
Cw: pedophilia
What's amazing is in this convo, Vaush claims Luna was lying about what he said, then when the video shows him saying it (quite emphatically) he immediately pivots to whether or not one could "hypothetically imagine" a scenario where it was true.
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@professordarwin ("Eron (Re-Education)") wrote:
Let's say "hypothetically" you needed to mo**** children... because aliens!
fml... Do I even need to say CW?
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🎉 Yummy mango! 🎉
Mango is a man-page generator for the #golang flag, pflag, and cobra packages. It extracts commands, flags, and arguments from your program, and enables your code to self-document.
Get it here: https://github.com/muesli/mango
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I would like to formally apologize to @JamesGunn for any and every ill spoken word that I may have said about this show.
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A new clip from #Peacemaker has been released.
Read our review: http://bit.ly/PeaceDF
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@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
a collector’s piece INDEED!
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@dan_p_simpson ("Donna Murphy’s fake mole in Passion (1994)") replied to a tweet by @meakoopa:
@meakoopa The first NFT musical was phantom because it began with the sale of a useless monkey that someone else owned.
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She wrote amazing lyrics.
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
Not the obituary I wanted to read today.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/arts/music/marilyn-bergman-dead.html
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@roslyntalusan ("roslyn talusan") wrote:
damn it’s almost like the war on critical race theory is just rebranded white supremacy
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Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color. https://nbcnews.to/3JYFqv3
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@schratze "time warner"? I just call it an alarm.
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@SaludArte7 ("SaludArte Ediciones") wrote:
"Tu sistema de salud con ánimo de lucro en funcionamiento."
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@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending Americans use N95 or KN95 masks to protect against the coronavirus.
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
jesus when will you send me my asteroid
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The Off-Broadway hit The Wrong Man becomes the world's first NFT musical! https://bit.ly/nftmusical
@buritica ("☠️ buriticá ☠️") wrote:
I wrote another take on RFCs, this time from the Open Source perspective for @github’s The Readme Project. Check it out 😎
(shoutout to @ag_dubs and @steveklabnik for sharing their own experiences)
Kirby And The Forgotten Land Trailer Shows Off New Abilities, Co-op Play
Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the next mainline game in the adorable franchise, finally has a release date, and it’s not too far out. The open-world, 3D game is slated to drop on March 25, and ships with co-op multiplayer that looks similar to Bowser’s Fury.
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@drmistercody ("Cody Johnston") wrote:
I dunno man, this absolutely seems like Tesla's fault.
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@markos ("Markos Moulitsas") wrote:
Oh yeah? And how many bipartisan votes have you cast?
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Democrats want to break the Senate rules to change the rules to pass their agenda on a partisan basis. Iowans want MORE bipartisanship not less
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
Merged! Coming soon to a cargo near you https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/10269#issuecomment-1011186036
@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
Sarah is a genius and as much as I already miss her, I have to admit this is very very cool.
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@SarahRense ("Sarah Rense") wrote:
It seems too cool to be real, but today is my first day editing features at @Jezebel! Very excited to join this team. Pitches always welcome.
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@sarahkendzior ("Sarah Kendzior") wrote:
If you critique Garland on Twitter, you will be harassed by a troll bot farm reciting identical talking points. Their latest talking point is that Merrick Garland heroically investigated the Oklahoma City bombing.
This is a myth. https://www.patreon.com/posts/merrick-garland-61044216
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@RogersParkMan ("Bill Savage") wrote:
This review is hilarious. Trump’s new Manhattan bar: serving rip-off drinks and a side of narcissism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/12/trump-bar-manhattan-new-york-45-wine-and-whiskey
Apple’s largest iPad Pro with the M1 processor is $100 off
The larger 12.9-inch iPad sports a Mini LED screen and more real estate for use with Apple’s Pencil. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
There is no better screen in the world of tablets (yet) than the Mini LED panel on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro of 2021. While Mini LED is not super common yet — though we did see more of it announced at CES 2022 — it’s appealing as it achieves deeper black levels, a high contrast ratio, and high brightness. It’s also more expensive than a traditional LCD panel, so any dollar saved can be a worthwhile one.
If you want that Mini LED-equipped iPad Pro, we have a solid discount to share. Apple’s Wi-Fi-equipped base 128GB storage configuration is $100 off. This model usually runs for $1,099, but Amazon is selling it in the silver colorway for $999. The 2021 iPad Pro also packs Apple’s stellar M1 processor, ensuring its performance can not only...
@HillaryClinton ("Hillary Clinton") wrote:
“Years from now, our children and grandchildren will ask us about this moment,” @VP said yesterday of the fight for voting rights. "They will ask us: What did we do?"
"We cannot tell them we let a Senate rule stand in the way of our most fundamental freedom.” #VotingRightsNow
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@Rainesford ("Rainesford Stauffer") wrote:
"Officials and pundits pit parents and teachers against each other, but both groups need more help than they’re getting, and both have reason for fury. They share an enemy the size of a country. America was failing its kids before COVID. We’re reaping the consequences now."
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@onesarahjones ("Sarah Jones") wrote:
I got fed up https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/were-having-the-wrong-conversation-about-school.html
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
Clearly we need BTC to go to $0 for the good of humanity
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
The Bitcoin price versus COVID cases. Coincidence? 🤔
Kirby’s post-apocalyptic Switch adventure is coming in March
Horizon Zero Kirby, better known by its official title, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, launches on March 25th and has a new trailer showing off the game’s co-op features and all the cool powers you’ll be able to suck out of the local fauna.
In Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, the eponymous Pepto-Bismol-colored creature travels to a mysterious land dotted with overgrown buildings and rusted-out cars to investigate the mass kidnappings of Waddle Dees. Kirby, eater of worlds, is joined on his journey by a cute blue sidekick called Elfilin, who will help him defeat the evil Beast Pack.
The trailer showcases two new abilities Kirby can learn using his power of vore: Drill and Ranger. With Drill, Kirby can dive underground dodging attacks and...
@kumailn ("Kumail Nanjiani") wrote:
#Eternals is on @disneyplus right now. For free. All you have to do it hit play.
Hit play.
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
Make no mistake: There is nothing normal about laws that prevent the American people from exercising their constitutional right to vote.
Two landmark voting rights bills sit before the Senate. The Senate must act to protect the will of the people.
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Netflix’s The House is an unsettling anthology wrapped in cozy stop-motion
Image: Netflix
The House, one of Netflix’s first new releases of the year, is a straightforward concept. It’s a film split into three chapters, each helmed by a different director, all of which explore a different story related to the same sprawling home. What connects each short, aside from the physical house and stop-motion animation, is a creeping sense of dread. The House looks cute, with talking animals and dollhouse-like visuals, but in each story there’s something lurking just beneath the surface; something wrong, unsettling. It could be a recession or a scary creature — but when you put it together the result is an anthology with a trio of distinct, yet clearly connected stories.
The first chapter, directed by Marc James Roels and Emma de...
Biden administration announces major new initiatives to clean up the electric grid
Block Island, R.I: Deepwater Wind installing the first offshore wind farm at Block Island, Rhode Island, August 14, 2016. | Photo by Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced a slew of new moves to transition the US to renewable energy, with a focus on upgrading the power grid and using public lands and waters to harness solar, wind, and geothermal energy. It’s the administration’s latest effort to clean up the nation’s electricity grid, as Democrats struggle to make headway on key legislation needed to tackle the climate crisis.
The Department of Energy is rolling out a “Building a Better Grid” initiative, which will put federal dollars to work after the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure law allocated $65 billion for grid improvements. Notably, there’s $2.5 billion earmarked for new and improved transmission lines that will be crucial for zipping...
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@WholesomeMeme ("WholesomeMemes") wrote:
Comic by @KatalystComics
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@EricBoehlert ("Eric Boehlert") wrote:
press quoting Republicans hitting WH re: testing after every every single Republican voted against Covid relief, which contained $$$$ for testing, is some predictably awful journalism.
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@EricBoehlert ("Eric Boehlert") replied to a tweet by @EricBoehlert:
btw, if you read/see hysterical reports abt food prices, keep in mind they also climbed 0.5% in December, which means if you spend $100 at grocery story, last month it cost you $100.50.
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@LunaOi_VN ("Luna Oi! 👁 USA and UK Watcher 👁") wrote:
Today, there are more than 4 MILLIONS victim of agent orange in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
3rd and 4th generations of us are still being born with birth defect from the toxins spreaded by the USA.
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@Underground_RT ("Going Underground on RT") wrote:
On this day in 1962, Operation Ranch Hand, a US Air Force plan to spray South Vietnamese forests with Agent Orange & other defoliants to reduce cover for the Viet Cong began
The Red Cross of Vietnam🇻🇳 estimates 1 million were disabled or suffered health problems due to exposure
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@Underground_RT ("Going Underground on RT") wrote:
On this day in 1962, Operation Ranch Hand, a US Air Force plan to spray South Vietnamese forests with Agent Orange & other defoliants to reduce cover for the Viet Cong began
The Red Cross of Vietnam🇻🇳 estimates 1 million were disabled or suffered health problems due to exposure
@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
Rowing machine nation: which one should I get? https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/g38675497/health-best-rowing-machines/
Becca’s ‘buds’ beat out other words
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon
Buds, buds, buds, buds!
Buy Nothing exploded on Facebook — now it wants a platform of its own
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A new app hopes to be an independent platform for the wildly popular Buy Nothing groups
@schneierblog ("Schneier Blog") wrote:
Faking an iPhone Reboot https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/01/faking-an-iphone-reboot.html
How to mute a word or phrase on Twitter
In February 2020, I found that that it was possible not only to mute conversations or other accounts on Twitter, but (courtesy of a tweet by @nonprofWHIT ) that you could also mute a specific word. And you could do it straight from a tweet.
Now, Twitter has announced it is expanding this feature so that when you mute a word or phrase, it will not appear in your Explore tab or Event-based notifications.
Here’s how you go about it.
Mute words or phrases on an iPhone
If you’re using the Twitter app on an iPhone, it’s a quick and easy process:
- Long-press on the word you want to mute.
- Choose “Mute” from the pop-up menu.
- You’ll be sent to a page where you can choose from where you want to mute the word (your timeline or notifications), from...
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
We will fight to safeguard our democracy and secure our most fundamental freedom: the freedom to vote.
The Senate must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act to protect our right to vote.
@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
This station is the way to start your day (LA time), even when there is no new @frankturner music involved.
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@BBC6Music ("BBC Radio 6 Music") wrote:
when you hear that new @frankturner music is about to drop on 6 Music 🥵
Join Steve Lamacq this Wednesday afternoon to hear it here first alongside a tasty batch of forgotten 90s tracks as we gear up for our Back to the 90s day on Thursday 💫
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Can't seem to get adaptive sync to work with this screen.
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
No one should have to guess whether a top government official is acting in the public interest or advancing their private interest. My anti-corruption plan would ban members of Congress, federal judges, and key executive branch officials from owning or trading individual stocks.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I'm less frightened by the idea of being in a self-driving car (I won't be!), than I am of sharing the road with thousands of *other* people who think self-driving cars are a good idea.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/12/every-billionaire-is-a-con-artist/
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@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
This is a great entry in a supergreat series.
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@tombreihan ("Tom Breihan") wrote:
Number Ones on Kris Kross, who I thought were the coolest people in the world when I was 12, and on "Jump," a watershed moment in rap history: https://www.stereogum.com/2172381/the-number-ones-kris-kross-jump/columns/the-number-ones/
Meta’s real antitrust problems are only beginning
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Just over 13 months ago, the Trump-era Federal Trade Commission sought to break up Facebook. The lawsuit was a long time in coming — it sought to unwind acquisitions that were made in 2012 (Instagram) and 2014 (WhatsApp) — and, in its initial form, was laughed out of court. The FTC had not plausibly demonstrated that Facebook had a monopoly, Judge James E. Boasberg ruled at the time, and thus could not proceed.
Still, Boasberg offered the FTC a second chance: re-file the case with more evidence to support its central claim, and perhaps it could go to trial. In the intervening months, President Trump had been dislodged from office, and antitrust crusader Lina Khan took the reins at the FTC. To no one’s surprise, she took Boasberg up on...
The Verge guide to working from home
Working from home is normal now. For some of us, it has become a permanent change.
Thankfully, in these days of videoconferencing, texting, and file-sharing, it has been possible for many of us to move to home desks and offices and thrive that way. It helps that remote working was already a part of many people’s lives before COVID-19 appeared. But that doesn’t mean it’s been easy. It’s been an adjustment for many of us here at The Verge, too.
Now we’re taking the tech expertise of our staff, and the experience of our writers and editors, to put together our best tips and advice on working from home. For example, we give advice on looking for the best monitor, choosing a business-level file-sharing service, and buying a printer. (Yes,...