Jordon

Walmart has, for the first time, hit $1T in market cap. As a celebration of that achievement, the company should provide a nice bonus of $10,000 to the associates who helped greatly in making that outcome possible. That would only make for $16B, a small price to pay for a huge sum and changes lives.

I really just do not like the window corners on macOS 26. I hope that Apple reverses course on this and I wish there were a way to revert to the previous corners.

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Bluebell is too expensive to be fake vanilla ice cream. They even add colourant to it to make it look like it has egg yolk.

There are better ice creams that have real, honest ingredients. Choose better.

The standards of dress in America has fallen so much that it’s considered fancy to wear a button down and slacks.

I wish that some channels would join Nebula so that I, and others, can continue to avoid Google and their ad bombardments as much as possible. @streetcraft.bsky.social, @strongtowns.org, @digitalfoundry.bsky.social, @techconnectify.bsky.social, to name a few.

Why is it that when a person, who works for us through the government, does something nice or helps people in his or her city, it is often viewed as a “photo op”? Could it be that the elected official is simply a good person also and wants to help in whatever capacity?

I don’t care how informative the video is, if I hear a bit of what sounds like A.I. voiceover, I’m moving onto something else.

Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.

Rest in Power 🇺🇸

I can’t believe (read: I can) that one of the ICE agents fucking clapped after Pretti was murdered. Truly vile.

They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots

Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots

Well well well. He had a permit to carry after all.

Murder

BREAKING: New angle released of the federal agent involved shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Common preservatives used to keep food safe and extend shelf life may be linked to a higher risk of several cancers and type 2 diabetes, according to two new studies from France. https://cnn.it/3YZsC0b

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, 1984

Liquid Glass has been available to the public for some time now and available to developers for even longer. The fact that so many developers, who continue to submit updates, have yet to update the UI to fit with iOS 26 is interesting and also disappointing.

I do like that Threads has a higher engagement rate. Bluesky, on the other hand, feels like posting into a void.

It makes me (un)reasonably frustrated in Expedition 33 hearing the English VA for Gustave pronounce Lune’s name as « Luné ». This, of course, prompts other English speakers who don’t otherwise know to also mispronounce the word « lune ». There is not an “eh” at the end of her name. Just « Lune ».

Maybe nearly the whole internet’s infrastructure shouldn’t be in the hands of one company.

When AWS is down, so too is much of the internet. Not a good idea, I don’t think.

the possible success of Halloween in their neighbourhood. If parents and children stayed and participated in their own area, then their neighbourhood would have an active Halloween scene too that is so greatly sought after. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Be active in your neighbourhood. (2)

Parents complain that their neighbourhood doesn’t have an active Halloween scene, and then they do what other parents in their neighbourhood do; take their kids to “better” places. This practice if done by enough parents removes the very children from their own neighbourhood, diluting further (1)

It’s bucket!

When Boromir says to Aragorn, “my King.” 😭😭😭😭

Their arguments on the matter are rarely, if ever, in good faith. They’re not typically willing to listen and consider, often talking over a point being made. They’ve only ever known their city from behind a windshield and they’re closed to the idea of maybe doing something differently. Exhausting.

Is it pronounced blessed or blessed?

Apparently I left lip balm in a pocket, washing a drying my load of clothes.

A single tube of burt’s bees ruined hundreds of dollars worth of clothes. I cannot get the oil from the balm out and I’m totally furious.

Now I have to spend tons of money on new clothes. I’m no longer using balm.

“Never again to us”

Something about the laughing emoji on Facebook makes me unnecessarily angry every time that I see it, especially when attached to a post that isn’t funny in the least.

But it does expose the sociopaths.

The USA has a lot of cities named after famous European cities, but if you take a look they certainly do not meet the standards sought to achieve. Most of them… if not all of them are TEMU versions of the real thing. Depressing, really.

I’m applying for FAFSA and going through the entrance counselling is quite a bit different than when I first did it for my baccalaureate years ago. The language used is much more hostile and punitive.

“No matter what, pay it back or we’ll report to FICO, garnish wages, and withhold tax returns.