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*side eye*
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This product is so good that you don’t even mind when it leaks all over your refrigerator because it fell on its side and somehow manages to do it every single time you buy it. That’s just the bargain you make with this stern old woman
April 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.

wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Barragan’s stairs really do something for me.
February 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake

web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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don’t worry guys executive orders aren’t REALLY legal. but DO worry guys because the law isn’t REALLY real in any real sense. but DONT worry because they’re kind of too incompetent if you remember but also DO worry because maybe this time it’s different. but DONT worry bec
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Banning TikTok is hugely advantageous to both Google and Meta. They've both already built competitors, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. And while Congress and the Supreme Court cite data privacy and China wrt TikTok, Meta gave U.S. data to China before TikTok even existed
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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“I didn’t make up the problems,” I pointed out. ‘All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.’"

- Octavia Butler (2000)

commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
A Few Rules For Predicting The Future by Octavia E. Butler
Octavia Butler was an author of moving and prophetic science fiction novels. She wrote an essay in 2000 for Essence Magazine that teaches us the capacity we have to understand the future, as well a…
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January 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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happy "unearthing the bizarre politics of the shooter" day to all who celebrate the great American tradition
lol CEO shooter suspect is a trad architecture guy
December 9, 2024 at 6:36 PM