I have a confession to make: I like Taylor Swift.
And Lady Gaga after all these years.
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That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. 証拠なしに主張できることは、証拠なしに退けることができる。
Incredible claims require incredible evidence. 信じがたい主張には、信じがたい証拠が必要である。
The Koreans Won (KRW) tumbled overnight in response to the declaration of martial law and the now-averted near constitutional crisis.
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Another factory closure at Tyson portends higher food costs in 2025.
Popular meat company that provides food for Walmart and Target set to close busy plant and lay off over 800 employees
I concur with @malcontentnews.bsky.social that people aren't paying enough attention yet to the protests in Pakistan.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/117193922?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=android_share
I wonder how long it takes Hamas propagandists to refocus attention from rebel advances in Syria (which matters) back to Israeli strikes in Gaza (which doesn’t matter, strategically).
Conspiracy propagandists didn’t eliminate smallpox.
Vaccines did.
SAA forces were ordered to retreat from Hama to Homs. After 3 days of rebel advances the SAA appears to have collapsed entirely but it’s not crazy to assume that rebels will face greater resistance around Homs, an important logistical hub between Damascus and Russian bases on the coast.
To be clear, RFK is not interested in healthy foods. He profits from fearmongering about safe, affordable foods.
RFK JR. Can’t Champion Healthy Food While Spreading Agriculture Myths He Fabricated | Skeptical Inquirer
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, to put it mildly. Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health...
Analysts seem disappointed reception was "lukewarm" as post IPO price didn't pop to reward IPO insiders. So the IPO was priced fairly. Congratulations. What am I missing?
Nikkei Asia
Chinese courier S.F. Holding makes flat debut on Hong Kong Exchange
City's second-biggest listing of year comes as Trump tariffs overshadow market
The Politicization of Everything now includes milk.
I will take mine pasteurized, thank you…
I cancelled my Netflix subscription (temporarily) after it’s recent rate hike. However, new series are starting to arrive that will force me to renew eventually. To date: Arcane, Squid Game. The release of Three Body Problem S2 will be the clincher.
I no longer look to the US justice system for anything bigger than locking up routine petty offenders for excessively long periods of time.
Nostr is where Bitcoin Maxis talk about Bitcoin NGU. Not nothing, but there’s not much else to talk about.
To be clear a Chinese flagged and owned ship severed communications cables between Germany-Finland and Sweden-Lithuania. The CCP is directly committing acts of economic sabotage against Europe. There must be consequences.
Self disclosure: I use an MacBook Pro for work and an iPhone and iPad for personal use. I also regularly use a cheap Android tablet and 2 PCs running Windows and Ubuntu 24.04.
Apple is the last of the big 5 American tech firms not contracting directly with the military.
The Intercept
Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
With Trump’s election, Silicon Valley has successfully rebranded military contracting as a proud national duty for the industry.
I generally reject conspiracy thinking because there are usually simpler explanations that are more reliable.
This is an unfortunate example of throwing the term “constitutional crisis” around like confetti without any substance. Trump isn’t even President yet.
Threads
John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) on Threads
This is a Constitutional crisis and it’s a family emergency.
We’re wondering what happened to our nation, and to people we once love...
And just like that, my iPhone was upgraded from iOS 17 to 18.1.1. And Apple Intelligence is… missing. Oh yeah, my iPhone 15 Plus isn’t supported.
My iPad is supported, and come to think of it, I haven’t tested any Apple Intelligence yet. Does it even do anything useful yet?