philjreese

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

Don't get me wrong, very cool of Beyonce, however, we have a city and a region that operates 24 hours. Our transit should match that. Why is Metro still running the Pandemic schedule?

"Beyonce spent $100K to keep city trains running late after concert delay"

https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/beyonce-spent-100k-to-keep-city-trains-running-late-after-concert-delay/

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

Y'all, first the whales, then the dolphins, now the otters. Sea World is getting it's revenge.

"Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river"

https://apnews.com/article/otter-attack-three-injured-montana-river-8631fd58eb137a5c3cc7a7396933806d

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back | Open Culture

https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/home-taping-is-killing-music-when-the-music-industry-waged-war-on-the-cassette-tape.html

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

DeSantis cuts a third of his presidential campaign staff as he mounts urgent reset | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/desantis-staff-cuts-republican-presidential-campaign-trump-b331a18c583bd6eb379b56cb957aa025

> Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting far more campaign staff than previously thought as he works to reset his stumbling campaign amid unexpected financial trouble.

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

X me right here

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

Turning offices into apartments could help save downtowns, but it's complicated : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/24/1189403058/downtown-real-estate-housing-offices

> Turning barely used office space into desperately needed urban housing seems like a win-win in the work-from-home era. But even in cities eager to do this, plenty of obstacles remain.

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

Good news!

”Bellwether? Ohio voters back abortion rights amendment in a test case for other states”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/24/ohioans-back-abortion-rights-amendment-a-test-case-for-other-states/70413318007/

> Even a third of Republicans in Ohio support a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a USA TODAY Network/Suffolk poll finds.

philjreese, 9 months ago to random

A fight for rights and control in a Black Belt town without elections

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/news/2023/07/a-fight-for-rights-and-control-in-a-black-belt-town-without-elections.html%3foutputType=amp

> Newbern, Ala., has never had an election. Now it has two men claiming to be mayor.

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call 'a big step backward' | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/florida-black-history-education-standards-reaj/index.html

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Congressional Black Caucus allies launch 'eight-figure' effort to flip the House

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/congressional-black-caucus-allies-launch-eight-figure-effort-flip-hous-rcna94638

> House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries would be in line to become speaker if Democrats take control.

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

ThE fReE mArKeT wIlL sOlVe It!!!1!!1

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/farmers-insurance-florida/index.html

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

David Zaslav kills everything he touches, including GQ https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/david-zaslav-gq-article-18186324.php
>David Zaslav killed HBO and “Batgirl.” Now, he’s had an article deleted from GQ’s...

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Reddit, Twitter, Mastodon: where are we all supposed to go now? - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23782607/social-web-public-apps-end-reddit-twitter-mastodon
>Twitter’s dying, Reddit’s changing, everything else is entertainment – and there’s nowhere left to hang out.

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1183337280/supreme-court-ethics-financial-disclosures-possible-conflicts-of-interest

"Chief Justice John Roberts has more than once said the court is working on an ethics code for itself, but so far, crickets."

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Elon Musk blamed data scraping for strict 'rate limits' on viewing tweets. Twitter's former head of trust and safety says it's not the first time the site's been broken by someone 'bumbling around in the rate limiter.' https://sports.yahoo.com/elon-musk-blamed-data-scraping-020803587.html
>Yoel Roth posted on Bluesky social that Elon Musk's statement blaming data scraping for the rate limit "doesn't pass the sniff test."

philjreese, 10 months ago to random

Reddit Won’t Be the Same. Neither Will the Internet | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-api-changes-ai-labor/
>Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

Honestly, get the hell off Twitter. Why are so many people still willfully propping up this antivax, transphobic, anti-labor, South-African-Apartheid-legacy-benefiting, MAGA monster???

Elon Musk declares ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ slurs on Twitter that can be punishable with suspension https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/elon-musk-declares-cis-cisgender-slurs-twitter-punishable-suspension/
>The serial entrepreneur and world’s richest person seems to be letting his own personal views shape and inform his policies governing use on the platform.

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

Crossing picket lines is homophobic.

Starbucks union says workers at more than 150 stores will strike over Pride decor

https://ground.news/article/starbucks-union-says-workers-at-more-than-150-stores-will-strike-over-pride-decor

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

"The business of social media is ultimately one that involves monetizing free content, but Reddit is also trying to do so atop a system of free labor, and that won’t fly without moderator buy-in."

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-fighting-145400882.html

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

Scientists on Twitter head for the exit https://www.axios.com/2023/06/20/scientific-community-eyes-doors-twitter
>A feud on Twitter highlights the perils of engaging on the platform and a growing tension among researchers and medical professionals.

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

I see a lot of dcgays have strong opinions about the climate protesters vandalizing expensive artwork around the world. It's unfortunate that they feel the need to do this, BUT think about it this way: who's going to care about a Monet if humanity is radically decimated, or even goes extinct, if we can't get our leaders to do something to stop the global average temperature rise going much over 2° Celsius. (1/7)

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

DeSantis is under immediate pressure to bounce back after embarrassing campaign launch | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/desantis-embarrassing-campaign-launch/index.html

philjreese, 11 months ago to random

"Glitches aside, the Twitter Space was billed as a unique event that would allow a diverse set of users to pose questions to DeSantis. But that didn’t happen when the event finally got underway. Most of the questions came from people on the right, with conversations devolving into praising Musk as a free speech hero (Musk, of course, has banned journalists and censored voices on the platform on behalf of autocratic governments.)"
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/media/desantis-twitter-musk-reliable-sources/index.html

philjreese, 1 year ago to random

As Erdogan’s votes dip, Turkey appears headed to a runoff presidential race - WTOP News https://wtop.com/russia-ukraine-war-news/2023/05/as-erdogans-votes-dip-turkey-seen-headed-to-a-runoff-presidential-race/
>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s presidential elections appeared to be heading toward a second-round runoff on Monday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with a firm grip for…