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Techmeme@techhub.social wrote:
The UK bans hidden fees imposed by online businesses as well as the use or commissioning of fake reviews, effective April 6, with compliance enforced by the CMA (Jon Ungoed-Thomas/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products
http://www.techmeme.com/250406/p13#a250406p13
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
anneapplebaum@journa.host ("Anne Applebaum") wrote:
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
The worst part for me is that I have no words to help or even offer meaningful comfort. I can't imagine how stressful this is, for so many.
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
“Last month I was just worried about my classes. Now I’m worried that I’ll simply disappear.”
- From email from a talented student whose visa was just summarily cancelled because she’s from the wrong country.
God damn this.
Mastodon FeedRIP Dave Allen. He was the bass player of two of my favorite bands of all time, Gang of Four and Shriekback. I met him once, about a decade ago. He endured my embarrassing fanboying with grace.
"According to Burnham, Allen passed away at home with his family after enduring the early-onset of mixed dementia for some years."
Guitarist Andy Gill died of COVID in 2020, so now they are Gang of Two.
There is not a lot of decent video of Allen's era, but watch these...
https://jwz.org/b/ykl2
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social )
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattl@social.coop ("Dr. Matt Lee looking for work") wrote:
I'm looking for a job... hire me? https://hireme.fyi
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
VikingChieftain@krigskunst.social ("Viking Chieftain") wrote:
Senator Adam Schiff criticizes the Trump administration for corruption, self-dealing, and disregard for the American people. He highlights actions like promoting meme coins for financial gain, purging the DOJ of loyalists, and using government agencies to protect allies and punish enemies. Schiff argues that Trump's policies, including tax cuts for the wealthy and the gutting of public services, disproportionately harm everyday Americans while benefiting billionaires.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ZaneSelvans@social.coop ("Zane Selvans") wrote:
In my ~20 years of doing co-op development, it's always seemed like a contradiction that we want our government to be democratic, but our economic institutions to be dictatorships. It's part of what drew me to co-ops. It's depressing to understand that our corporate overlords also see this contradiction, and want to resolve it in the opposite direction.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
requiem@hackers.town ("requiem 🦫") wrote:
@jimfl I love this idea, please dig it!
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
This did much better than I expected based on the trailer
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
A transgender person never fucked with my 401k.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Jgbird@mas.to ("Jerome G") wrote:
Northern mockingbird
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:
Me and @acqrel (well, mostly @acqrel she did almost all the the design work) built a fully analog flappy bird!
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Maybe, just maybe, once the great technology pendulum has attained its full apogee, we may live to see it swing back to place where we can all have stuff like this again.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ori@hj.9fs.net wrote:
I like technology. I don't like the technology industry.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
We’re down to just about 8 hours remaining for our omg.lol 25% sale and 25% donation to Best Buddies International. Thanks to all who have picked up a new address or added some time over the past week! :prami_hearts:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈"):
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:
Oh I forgot to post this one. Very nice work.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.
“Give me the best piece of meat you have,” said the customer.
“Everything in my shop is the best,” replied the butcher. “You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best.”
At these words Banzan became enlightened.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:
A state of mind should be encouraged that anything can be sabotaged.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
stevenrosenthal@mastodon.online ("Steven Rosenthal") wrote:
Too bad Dems had millions of people in the streets.
If they had a few people in a diner instead, maybe the press would have interviewed them to see what they’re mad about
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
ngons@mathstodon.xyz ("n-gons") wrote:
Fun with chiral shapes - cube from snub cubes.
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
This is an IR photo, made in afternoon light with a 1000nm filter and the Phase One Achromatic back. 1000nm is a fairly long IR wavelength, rendering a soft, surreal look. (IR photos are usually captured around 750-800nm). I used the Rodenstock 50mm HR-Digaron, which leaves the moon small in the frame but still recognizable.
This is (of course) a nod to Ansel Adams' "Moonrise, Hernandez, NM". But Adams' 1941 photo was made just after sunset, in the visible spectrum. See https://www.moma.org/collection/works/53904
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Urban Moonrise, 2020
All the pixels, none of the daylight, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/50083929243
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
keenan@social.lol ("Keenan") wrote:
You ever read something on some notable dickhead’s fucking tech blog that makes you yell “oh shut the fuck up, you pathetic dork!” So loudly that it causes the Earth to open up and swallow you whole, thus ending your suffering?
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
heyheymomo@socel.net wrote:
I opened 5 more slots! wow!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
In a cozy nook, a book opens wide,
Pages whisper stories, adventures unfold.
Sunlight dances softly on the floor,
While a gentle purr fills the air.A cat, curled in a ball, dreams in the warmth,
Its tiny paws twitching in a world of its own.
With each turn of the page,
Imagination takes flight,
And the comfort of a friend lingers nearby.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
anjaschutz ("Anja") wrote:
@Remittancegirl a rainy day in western MA—maybe 40 people off route 2 on three sides of a major intersection (the fourth side is a steep drop-off into the CT River). Thank you for seeing us in the small towns. We DO know our neighbors, just like you said—but we also have folks who’ve been in this for years and will never stop fighting.
