The only thing I bought after being advertised on a podcast was a Cleverhood jacket/poncho thing, and I have zero regrets, it’s a great rain jacket. But I had seen other people use them so it wasn’t a complete ad-based purchase.

Ooh, that is lovely, I like the dappled light. Thanks for sharing it!

I like the terms “moto” and “e-moto,” and they are accurate in these cases. They work in many languages, too, which is cool.

Ecosia and Qwant are trying to change that, but it’s an uphill fight.

https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/

Ha, my first reaction to this title was “What, is the other half sailing the seven seas for shows?”

Considering that every Cybertruck ever produced has been recalled, it’s fair to point out that it has been a short, troubled history for this platform.

Also, 173 units is a devastating indictment, probably the wildest part of the article.

Ooh, man, I’ll be trying this out later!

And you melt it down to form a sword that can reveal and vanquish serpent men.

Until they stop offering it for free, after making you get dependent on their service. The Google Photos playbook.

If the reporting is accurate, your data is still sent to Google’s servers for processing. This doesn’t appear to improve privacy, it’s more like an extension of the user surveillance business model that Google has pursued in the past decade.

I’m loving the early 90s style. And I think I had my picture taken with that background at Olan Mills at some point.

Lovely photo. If it doesn’t load for you like it didn’t for me, here is the link:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schönwald_im_Schwarzwald,_Escheckstraße_--_2025_--_0150.jpg

I was in a small town in Maine that did that informally, there were a handful of shops and a ban at one store was applied everywhere. They all had signs warning about the policy. It was apparently very effective.

I had some okay experiences with Spirit, but they “rescheduled” a flight one time by 13 hours that was essentially a cancelation, and I swore never to use them again for any trip that mattered. Between “ceasing operations” and a taxpayer-funded half-billion dollar bail-out, I choose ceasing operations.

so if you shoplifted in a Nottingham Tesco’s, be prepared to be banned from Sainsbury’s in Swansea

This got a genuine chuckle from me, I love a bit of good writing in the wild!

Exactly right. Written for an audience of one—and not the judge. Essentially pseudo-legal bootlicking.

I just read Red Rising and felt no need to continue. “Budget Hunger Games” was what came to mind, but in a world where women only exist in relation to the Chosen One main character.

When a generally favorable economy and a rising tide for all boats is used to hide the disastrous long-term consequences of infrastructure and social program disinvestment. That claim was already false in 1983, inequality was already on the rise for the first time in decades.

I’m still convinced these statements will age like milk.

A built-in ad blocker is easily the least problematic announcement coming out of Mozilla in the last year.