If you can get a reference to Taylor Swift into a headline, it probably multiplies your clicks by a few orders of magnitude, so journalists and/or editors are getting increasingly shameless. There was an article a few weeks ago about Scottish Fold cats having medical problems and they made the headline about Swift as she has one of those cats (whose medical history was not mentioned).
Maybe when they have some time, Ukraine can sell Finland’s farmers some tractor modifications to use inertial navigation or other jamming-resilient techniques they will have honed to perfection.
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....
There are plenty of unimaginably rich right-wing weirdos who will take it off his hands for a generous sum, and end up with a perfectly viable propaganda network with a few miles on the odometer.
Surely with their budgets and current level of militarisation, US police departments could afford real APCs/light infantry vehicles rather than this mall-ninja tacticool cosplay garbage.
It’s still hard to believe that “Kenneth Chesebro” is a real person and not some comedian’s mediocre-entitled-white-dude persona
(switches to slightly monotonous, lower voice) “Pleased to meet you… my name’s Kenneth. (pause) Kenneth Cheese Bro. (laughter) I live in a gated exurban community with my wife Stacey, my three sons Kenneth Junior, Brockwell and Chadbury, and my three cars. Harvard legacy admission— was captain of the lacrosse team 1989. I believe in meritocracy and oppose affirmative action in all its forms. My favourite food is mayonnaise “
I haven’t even cooled down yet, literally just finished it… I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a piece of art so carefully intentional, so cleverly crazy, or so painfully human. I’ve only done one playthrough, but I could guess the multitude of paths and forks, the complexity of it all, simply staggering....
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Nonetheless, they’ll probably get away with it, because other than among a handful of autistic furries, there’s no demand for non-algorithmic, non-enshittified social networks.
The celebrities and brand-builders who use Instagram to grow their brand aren’t switching to Pixelfed or Misskey because, without algorithms boosting them, there’s no clout to be had. Artists, indie bands, vintage clothing sellers and other self-marketers are staying put for similar reasons. (Basically, if your goal is “self-promote at scale and hope to make ends meet” rather than “find a handful of weird friends with the same kind of damage as you”, the fediverse is worse than useless: it’s lost time and effort with nothing to show for it.) Your normie friends, who want to keep up with their favourite pop stars and tattoo artists and have a busy schedule without an extra 15 minutes a day for a social network few people use, aren’t going to add Pixelfed to their dopamine loops.
Reforming mandatory helmet laws, by either abolishing them altogether or making them applicable only on busy roads, would help. The laws deter mass uptake of cycling by framing getting on a bike as a dangerous extreme sport rather than a form of active mobility. The fact that they are applied to advertising as well, with tourism ads for Amsterdam having helmets photoshopped onto all the cyclists, further reinforces this framing and deters casual cyclists.
Commanding 20% of the world’s food supply, Russia could cause hyperinflation and food riots anywhere it pleases. If they do take the Baltic States, it’ll be after half of NATO is paralysed by French-style protests from people who literally can’t put food on the table.
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
They’d be better off ploughing that money into a dark-money influence campaign to get the UK into the Schengen zone. (If hedge funds opposed to EU tax transparency rules could pull the UK out of the EU, surely it’s worth a try.)
Scottish Greens propose ticket tax on Swifties (morningstaronline.co.uk)
Pelosi says Netanyahu shouldn't address Congress: "I feel very sad that he has been invited" (www.salon.com)
GPS interferences affecting tractors on Finland's eastern border | Yle News (yle.fi)
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....
Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming (www.popsci.com)
A California company is advertising ‘tactical response’ Tesla Cybertruck upgrades for police cruisers, including shotgun racks and sirens.
TIL that 4-horned sheep and goats have existed for a long time. And that the responsible gene mutation has recently been identified. (lemmy.world)
Press release on the scientific discovery: inrae.fr/…/mystery-four-horned-goats-and-sheep-fi…...
Quinn Evans completes restoration of historic Detroit train station for Ford Offices (www.dezeen.com)
Snow Fairy - Hokkaido, Japan (slrpnk.net)
Japanese Snow Fairy from Hokkaido
Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Anon's grandfather has been jerkin' some chains (sh.itjust.works)
VFX artist explains why CGI in films is worse now (www.independent.co.uk)
A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now....
GUIDE: Special latin characters within Europe (files.catbox.moe)
What Era was the best and why was it the 90s? (lemmy.ca)
Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
“An all-male Monday sounds pretty gay to me.”...
Kenneth Chesebro Charged In Wisconsin—Here Are All The Former Trump Lawyers Now Facing Legal Consequences (www.forbes.com)
Just discovered Disco Elysium,... I may not recover from it
I haven’t even cooled down yet, literally just finished it… I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a piece of art so carefully intentional, so cleverly crazy, or so painfully human. I’ve only done one playthrough, but I could guess the multitude of paths and forks, the complexity of it all, simply staggering....
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
I mean... it is kinda hot (lemmy.world)
Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes (theconversation.com)
We want gay money too (discuss.online)
With Ukraine's resources- Putin would be unstoppable - The Telegraph (archive.ph)
The impact of an engorged Russia would unfurl over decades, touching every corner of the earth, and wreaking havoc on the global economy
A common creature (lemmy.world)
Cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16076976
Private Equity Firm Bought My Employer
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
Nice to see us all agreeing for once (lemmy.world)
Eurostar plans up to 50 new trains and more services to tap ‘huge’ demand (www.ft.com)