BREAKING: Israel confirms its military forces are in central Rafah and expanding their offensive
To recap how we got here:
•March 10: Biden warns of Red Line over Rafah & Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's Red Line
•May 23: Biden says Rafah attack doesn't cross Red Line
•May 31: Israel forces are in central Rafah and expanding offensive
@QasimRashid
Every US president has been hamstrung to some degree by national security objectives that might clash with public sentiment. But, unlike Obama for example, I sense that Biden's personal views are very much aligned with the war mongers and that he views public opinion as a nuisance.
I would not doubt for a second that Trump even if found guilty in his NY case won’t serve any jail time what-so-ever. It’s just the way it goes when it comes to him for some bizarre reason. #USPolitics
@gedeonm
This is just an extension of the maxim that, in America, the wealthy are above the law. The only time a wealthy person is held accountable for their crimes is when they’ve harmed even wealthier people.
Democrats ask America's most corrupt Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, if he would be kind enough, pretty please, to explain more about his corruption...
He is, of course, not explaining anything -- and daring anyone to do something about it.
No doubt about it, ChatGPT upended Apple's roadmap. True disruption at work.
"Apple executives are said to be concerned that AI threatens the iPhone's market share because it has the potential to become a more compelling operating system with an ecosystem of AI apps that undermine the App Store. Apple apparently fears the iPhone becoming a "dumb brick" compared with other technology.” https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112418294057786439
@stroughtonsmith@macrumors
Wait, this story is from NYT's Brian X Chen, the same guy who declared that nobody needs to upgrade their iPhone for camera enhancements since you can just use a flash in low light?
@daringfireball
Must be nice to pontificate on privacy abuses by foreign-owned companies while applauding the same behavior from US-based companies and the government agencies they're in bed with.
This is what you get when your mindset revolves around “us vs. them” rather than “right vs. wrong.”
"ALICE" is the acronym for "asset limited, income constrained, employed" -- basically, folks who have jobs but ones that don't pay terribly well, and possess little wealth
Research shows this cohort of the American population is growing ...
... and they're stuck in a bad spot, policy-wise: They earn too much to quality for low-income government support, but too little to be comfortable amidst the big soaring costs of housing, health care, education and transportation
@clive
The only reason "ALICE” has fallen in Florida is because of all the folks who've fled due to unaffordable housing, coupled with all the newcomers who are the reason behind the unaffordable housing costs.
@stroughtonsmith@9to5Mac
Competitive strategies aside, am I the only one who finds this mockup... underwhelming? It's not just aesthetically bland, but also functionally dubious, given the information they chose to prioritize. Air quality? Time zones?
@daringfireball
Another bad take from the increasingly reactionary Gruber. Let’s see how long before TikTok gets bought by Palantir/Peter Thiel and Gruber celebrates that as well.
On a related note, I’d love to see a parody account simulating daringfireball bad takes in previous historical times.
@siracusa
I liked part 2 better than part 1, mainly because part 1 had so many scenes where the casting or dialog choices were distractingly inferior to the Lynch version. Also the pacing was better.