Really perverse

I have a friend in tech who was laid off and now they are replacing him w a consultant that will cost them 100k more in wages. It’s absurd.

As best you can, ignore him.

This is why I don’t practice.

Only 1,461 days to go.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Deleting your accounts isn’t enough. You have to disable all the ways they track you to really hurt them. Sounds like several hours worth of work, but worth it.

An excerpt from NYT article about people’s thoughts re: the incoming administration. WTF is this dingbat talking about?! Cleaning up our food? Is she insane?!

Dear Allied Nations:

We (Democrats), will not blame you for retaliatory tariffs on US goods, it'll only be fair.

But please, try to target products from Republican stronghold states the most.

Such as...
Texas - O&G, semiconductors.
Florida - aerospace parts, citrus.
Kentucky - bourbon.

Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90 Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.

Awww, RIP #HarryDoyle #MajorLeague

YouTube video by Netflix YOU: Season 5 | Date Announcement | Netflix

Can’t wait! #You #PennBadgely #JoeGoldberg

There once was a girl
Who lived in the forest
She whispered to her best forest friends:
“I’ve had a personal experience”

“Wow!” they exclaimed

A man she never met
Miles, miles away
Heard that “wow” and rose to his feet
Climbed hills
Crossed rivers
Fought dragons
Only to tell her:

“No, you didn’t”

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.

Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx

Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer. The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

Flags to fly at full-staff for inauguration after Trump's complaints The governors of Alabama and Texas also ordered flags at full-staff on Monday.

They just can’t pass up a chance to be disgusting human beings.

Hello! Yes, they all suck hard now, esp Meta, which has abandoned all pretense of not being a Trump supporting misinformation machine for fascist billionaires.

Big kettle chips fan here. I get so excited when brands I actually like are on the right side (which is the left side, of course) of things.

Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House (Gift Article) Lobbying by banks helped torpedo a major proposal, and a top regulator announced this week that he would step down from a leadership role.

Those wins? Undoing all the rules put in place in 2008 after they almost crashed the economy (with no legal consequences) and taxpayers had to bail them out.

Victims of the Pacific Palisades fire face another harsh reality: no insurance to rebuild Insurers have been cutting coverage for thousands of homeowners across the neighborhoods most affected by this week's California wildfires.

So the same issue that Florida homeowners have with insurers leaving the state when they have to pay claims is happening in California. So I guess insurance is easy to get as long as there’s no chance you’ll never make a claim. Seems legit.

Snack according to your values… #SnackBlue

New year, new platform. First post. #Cookies #HappyNewYear