HuShuo

lilithsaintcrow, 8 days ago to random

"After feeding in this highly-detailed information that would normally be kept proprietary, "landlords agree to outsource their pricing authority to RealPage—rather than competing with one another on price."" https://popular.info/p/feds-raid-corporate-landlord-escalating

HuShuo, 8 days ago to Taiwan

Taiwanese fans call out local celebs for their pro-China statements, accuse them of ‘selling out’

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwanese-fans-call-out-local-celebs-for-their-pro-china-statements-accuse-them-of-selling-out

#Taiwan #China #Music #Idols

HuShuo, 9 days ago to gay

What a great article! Also, I uh... really like ice cream, and bananas, and tofu, and, oh noes! I might catch the gay!

The Food That Makes You Gay

In every queerphobic stereotype, what and how we eat is a source of fear. But with an open mind, food might just become a liberating source of power.

https://www.eater.com/24162871/food-makes-you-gay

#Gay #Food #Stereotypes #LGBTQ

emarktaylor, 15 days ago to baseball

#Parody #NYTimesPitchbot ⚾ #Baseball #MLB @baseball @baseball

HuShuo, 26 days ago to books

The Choose Your Own Adventure haul was rich:

#Books #Bookstodon #ChooseYourOwnAdventure

HuShuo, 27 days ago to random

"Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on."

Ok, I mean, there is a whole lot going on in that song, but this line always creeps me the heck out.

HuShuo, 30 days ago to college

Is this the End of Reading?

Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-this-the-end-of-reading

#HigherEducation #College #Reading #literacy #Pedagogy

QasimRashid, 1 month ago to random

All this time the Right has claimed te anti-war protestors are antisemitic & funded by billionaire Soros (said w/o a hint of irony).

We now know a billionaire in fact funded the violent pro war mob that attacked peaceful protestors at UCLA.

Every accusation is a confession.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-seinfeld-and-bill-ackman-fund-pro-israel-counterprotests-at-ucla

HuShuo, 1 month ago to Russia

Rare Editions of Pushkin Are Vanishing From Libraries Around Europe

Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. Police are looking into who is taking them, and why — a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/books/booksupdate/rare-books-pushkin-disappearance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.qKJQ.xVLUhI2STXP4&smid=url-share

#Pushkin #libraries #Russia

ElleGray, 1 month ago to random

your identity in a capitalist society

HuShuo, 1 month ago to random

‘Eat the future, pay with your face’: my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

If the experience of robot-served fast food dining is any indication, the future of sex robots is going to be very unpleasant

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/15/ai-burger-joint-flippy-caliexpress

HuShuo, 3 months ago to random

I really hope that cat got their cheeseburger.

HuShuo, 3 months ago to animals

Petruccio wishes you a good evening.

#catsofmastodon #Catstodon #Cats

A gorgeous long-haired grey cat yawns at you then licks his nose. Seriously, he's a real stunner.

HuShuo, 3 months ago to random

New York Times, Get out of My School

"There’s no “crisis in higher education”; there’s just a crisis of New York Times writers with daddy issues and anxiety over what the end of legacy admissions could mean for their children’s college prospects."

https://www.thecrimson.com/column/a-school-outside-boston/article/2024/2/13/sperling-milner-new-york-times/

#Satire #NYT #NewYorkTimes #Harvard

HuShuo, 4 months ago to superbowl

A: Why are my life-saving drugs so expensive?

B: Well, we wanted to make our image a little less awful, so we needed to burn millions on a Superbowl Ad. Oh, and dividends, stock buybacks, and obscene payouts.

A: Already Dead of Poverty and Shitty US Medical System

#Superbowl #SuperbowlAd #Pfizer

verge, 4 months ago to random

OpenAI says there’s only a small chance ChatGPT will help create bioweapons https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058095/open-ai-bioweapon-study-preparedness-team?utm_content=buffer9ea87&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

HuShuo, 4 months ago to history

from @phil_lol_ogist on twitter:

"No one:

1590's Boomers:"

#History #Woodblock

HuShuo, 4 months ago to NFL

So, ah... This Lamar Jackson guy...

Wow.

#NFL #Ravens

HuShuo, 4 months ago to China

Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors

Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors

#ScFi #Hugos #China

verge, 4 months ago to random

eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company https://www.theverge.com/24048636/ebay-layoffs-1000-employees-january-2024?utm_content=buffer1c9ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

HuShuo, 4 months ago to random

#LATimes

HuShuo, 4 months ago to Taiwan

I need to pick a couple of these up!

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/short-stories-from-taiwan-sabina-knight/

#Taiwan #TaiwanLiterature #FiveBooks #SabrinaKnight

taylorlorenz, 4 months ago to random

Chicago-area Tesla charging stations are lined with dead cars and have essentially turned into car graveyards as temperatures have dropped to the negative double digits: “A bunch of dead robots out here” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-024817227.html

HuShuo, 4 months ago to Florida

Leopards, faces, etc...

Bill O’Reilly Outraged After School District Pulls His Books Under Florida Law He Supported: ‘It’s Absurd’

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bill-oreilly-outraged-after-school-district-pulls-his-books-under-florida-law-he-supported-its-absurd/

#BookBanning #BillOReilly #Florida #DeSantis

HuShuo, 4 months ago to Taiwan

Ruling DPP’s Lai to Claim Taiwan Election Win With KMT Set to Concede

KMT, TPP concede. Legislature numbers not clear yet.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2024-01-13/taiwan-presidential-election

#Taiwan #Election #TaiwanElection #DPP #KMT #TPP