Aaron Mandelbaum

From the technology community on Reddit: IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’ | Uncertainty surrounding the government-run tax filing service has been swirling for months Explore this post and more from the technology community

After years of lobbying to make paying taxes harder, Intuit has won. :(

I wish people left because musicians were paid half for the same subscription price. I'm glad they're leaving now, but sad there are more reasons.

From the ThomasPynchon community on Reddit: The book itself, announced by Penguin Press Explore this post and more from the ThomasPynchon community

The cover is revealed!
#pynchon

Gen Z is afraid of sex — and for good reason Gen Z is in a sex recession. Not because they're less horny, but because they're more afraid.

Gen Z is in a sex recession. Not because they're less horny, but because they're more afraid.

Tweet from Sonny that says “don’t watch a 3 hour YouTube vid about colour theory just pick from this photo I’m not joking,” with the picture of Jim Henson and the muppets

This is a technique I’ve used for years because of this one tweet from @sonnyross.bsky.social. Thank you Sonny for changing my life

The book cover was designed by Talia Abramson at Penguin but they let me have a bit of a say over the colours. And I said boy do I have an idea….

A 1940 newspaper clip from the Springfield Leader and Press, declaring: Superman Poisoning American Children, Irate Nazis cClaim."

"Superman Arouses Teutonic Anger" reads the headline in the Amarillo Daily News"

The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?

That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.

My how times change ...

Economic genius Donald Trump explains how he comes up with tariff rates

be a philosopher

From the television community on Reddit: MADtv - iRack Explore this post and more from the television community

Sadly this is relevant again. At least it’s still funny.

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2025 graduation speeches give inspiration through activism and humor A muppet and movie stars give commencement speeches –inspiring graduates with hope, humor and a powerful call to action.

A muppet and movie stars give commencement speeches –inspiring graduates with hope, humor and a powerful call to action.

Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp The ads will appear under WhatsApp’s Updates tab.

Well it was fun while it lasted. So much for their promise not to put ads there:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

TST Proudly Announces America’s Newest Abortion Clinic will open June 14th in Maine. We are excited to share that The Satanic Temple (TST) is set to open a new telehealth abortion clinic in Maine this summer! The President's Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic will ...

I love the @satanictemple.bsky.social

From the geography community on Reddit: Huge landslide causes whole village to disappear in Switzerland Explore this post and more from the geography community

Before and after the landslide in Blatten.

Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.

World's largest atom smasher turned lead into gold — and then destroyed it in an instant The world's largest particle collider produces roughly 89,000 gold nuclei every second, all from smashing lead atoms together at near-light-speed.

Took a while but it's possible now.

This is a conspiracy theory I can get behind.
#existentialism

I’m not sure what’s more sad. That this happened or that i don’t expect an investigation.

Silicon Valley (TV show)
Rick and Morty (Based on Back to the Future)

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time” Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…

#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:

I’m excited for this. Hope always seemed passive and lacking in agency. Someone once called it, “chocolate covered dog poo,” and that stuck with me.

'Olo' is a brand-new color only ever seen by 5 people Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color.

We have a new color!
#magentastilldoesntexist

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Eldritch starfish. #notai

New 'time crystal' defies our understanding of time and motion The latest time crystal innovation may expand the known boundaries of quantum mechanics.

A new time of time crystal has been created called a #quasicrystal that doesn't have a repeating pattern.

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

Yale professor who wrote a book on fascism leaves US for Canada

Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.

Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankrupt Customers urged to consider deleting their data after genetic testing company collapses

Well... no surprise there. Did you read the TOU?

Ah. Heidegger shifted is stance on topics but not style.

Is this distinct from a shift in arguments (I’m thinking Heidegger)?

Finland takes top spot, US gets lowest-ever rank in World Happiness Report The US fell to 24th place amid a rise in social isolation, while Costa Rica and Mexico break into the top 10.

Finland is the happiest place (I thought it was Bhutan) and the US slips further from the top.

Reminder, some pans (aluminum, glass, copper) won't work on induction stoves. I'm not anti-induction but factor those upgrades into your plans.