Kevin Ashton 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

pretty sure the big fat payment processing percentage will guide their moral compass

While I agree completely, I fear this first sentence is less true than it used to be.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

Eastport school scrutinized amid nationwide book ban spike The New York Civil Liberties Union is monitoring the Eastport-South Manor Central School District’s decision to declare 14 books obsolete, raising concerns

Nationwide, book bans are on the rise: In just a year they tripled from 3,362 to 10,046.

NY schools are no exception. Last July, a Suffolk Co. school district disposed of 14 titles - including The Bluest Eye, Fahrenheit 451, and Black Boy - without explanation. We're keeping an eye on the district.

Fossils are the real classic rock

Lost dog in SF. If spotted text John 8572340177 or call animal control 4155546364. Very shy. Do not chase! Dog pictured is about 35 pounds, lean, brown brindle coat with black stripes, large pointed ears like a heeler, and dark muzzle.

SF, please help me find my dog. She was lost by her sitter in the mission. But when she escaped 2 years ago, she made it all the way to Golden Gate Park. She is very sweet but very shy.

I am very worried about her getting hurt while she’s loose.

this guy is absolutely the median Mensa Guy

A still of a scene from the movie Knives Out showing Jamie Lee Curtis with silver blonde blonde hair and glasses, wearing a burgundy cardigan, standing in an elegant room with ornate wall sconces and a fireplace. She is speaking while holding an iPhone. Someone has circled the iPhone on the still in pink and drawn an arrow pointing at it. The image has subtitle text at the bottom that reads "Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies, but,"

A still from a video showing Rian Johnson with light brown hair and a beard wearing a dark navy blazer over a black and white checkered shirt standing against a white background. He is speaking while looking down with a slight smile. The image has subtitle text at the bottom that reads "a mystery movie, bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera."

This is old but I saw it for the first time today. Big general purpose spoiler from Rian Johnson.

The Anti-Porn Crusade That Censored Steam and Itch.io Started 30 Years Ago Keywords and tags have never been a useful metric for distilling nuance. Pushing for regulations based on them is repeating a 30-year history of porn panic online.

Excellent reporting by Samantha Cole of @404media.co on the nonsense censorship of Steam and Itch.io by credit card processors. A quick read and well worth it, especially if your interests include censorship, games, queer rights, sex work, or the right-wing "protect the kids" hysteria pipeline.

NYT Op-Ed, August 3rd 2025 When Everybody Has Airport Lounge Access, Nobody Does

@davidmackau.bsky.social David, my man, with blood still in the streets, this is the conversation you pull from your heart to bring to the attention of New York Times? Christ alive.

how much of this is because Thatcher let everyone sell their council houses

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

I feel so validated now

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both of these things are disturbing af

$100 a month for zero minutes.

I suspect the people who think 30 hour Zoom meetings are a good idea are also the ones who need the AI companion.

A Zoom subscription prompt in the form of a blue banner notification stating 'Reactivate your Pro plan to have access to features like Meetings for up to 30 hours, AI Companion, Zoom Phone, Team Chat, and more!'

If I spend more money I can have 30-hour Zoom meetings.

so many questions but mainly: before during or after

"videotaping"

This is nice and all but I cannot help noticing that US police do in fact know how to deescalate and not rush in mob handed wearing Call of Duty cosplay and stamp on people's heads.

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

I see this is one of those woke mercenary rare coin guides with a woman mercenary

but they were all so very gay and beautiful

the wholesomest information of the day

The minimum wage is still $7.25

this is a very niche post that also shows how old I am

I guess the Labubu kids never heard of Labbits

A grid of professional headshot photographs of an author named David Szalay, who is a man with dark salt and pepper hair, in various poses and lighting conditions. The images are from different photo shoots and shoe him in different clothing including dark shirts and sweaters. Each photo is labeled with different website sources including The Guardian, Penguin Random House, The New Yorker, and other literary or media publications. The photos show him from different angles - some facing forward, others in profile, with varying expressions from serious to contemplative, but he is not smiling or looking remotely cheerful in any of them.

never mind I found him he is a man who never smiles