UK and Irish retailers pull products associated with Conor McGregor
Lucky for him the US loves rapists. His bottom shelf hooch will continue to do just fine over here. Hell, he might even get nominated for a Cabinet position.
Update: Ope, maybe not! Conor McGregor dumped by Proper No. Twelve Whiskey, multiple UK retail giants in wake of sexual assault verdict - Yahoo Sports
I still stand by my Cabinet position comment though 💁
I was in the middle of writing this post about how, pretty much until the middle of the 20th century, people took the law into their own hands if they saw fit. And they probably got away with it too. Like this photo I saw on Reddit: That’s a feel good ACAB justice kinda story, right? I’m not sure of the source or legitimacy of it; I mean after all it was just a random Reddit post, but OP had a little blurb to go along with it:
I subscribed to the print editions of a couple websites I like recently. Magazines are such a cool nostalgic experience. The original adhd doomscrolling device, in the flesh.
Elon Musk Muses About Buying MSNBC: “How Much Does It Cost?”
The billionaire and buddy to the president-elect jokes about buying the liberal network. At least we think he’s joking.
His acquisition of Twitter started out as a joke too. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t at least make an offer. Fascist regimes need their state run media and he’s just preaching to the converted on Twitter now.
Would you live on a cruise ship for four years to escape the Trump presidency?
If only I had a cool $160,000 to secure a spot
Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser
Doing what they can to get people to switch to Internet Explorer Edge 😏
You deserve a better browser than Google Chrome
If you’ve been using Chrome because it came as the default browser on your phone, you might want to try something new. If you’ve been using Chrome for 15 years because it was so innovative when it was introduced, that’s no longer the case, and you should definitely try something new.
I’d also add that if you’re using Chrome on iOS, you’re just using a shittier version of Safari that spies on you.
I like that Feedbin uses the same key commands as Nethack
I really like Reeder 5 on iOS but I use Linux on my desktop so I’ve been constantly syncing OPML files between that and different web based RSS readers. I used Inoreader for a couple years but it’s so expensive for something that constantly suggests features to try and upsell you to the next tier. I switched to Feedbin a couple weeks ago and I think this is where my feeds will live for now. $50 a year and easy sync between iPhone and random Linux box.
Gaetz withdraws from consideration for Trump’s attorney general role
“There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General,” Gaetz wrote.
Whoa he really doesn’t want that report to come out 😆
The FDA’s inspection took place in May, and Tom’s of Maine responded to its initial results in June. The FDA’s latest letter declares that the company’s June response was “inadequate,” so the agency is calling for further action.
Great way to freshen up after munching on some Boar’s Head deli meat with a side of listeria.
T-Mobile actually stopped some hackers from stealing customer data
T-Mobile detected suspicious activity in a recent attempt to access customer data and kicked the cyber criminals out before they were able to infiltrate deeper levels of the network.
Well now I’ve seen everything 🙃
The fight for Alex Jones' Infowars company heats up as Jones sues to hold on
I knew he wouldn’t go down without a fight. He’s just prolonging the inevitable, but he’s going to be as difficult and obnoxious as possible in the meantime.
Magnetic North Pole moves closer to Russia in a way scientists have never seen before
What a headline 😆
From 1600 to 1990, it is estimated to have moved about 10-15km a year. In the early 2000s, it sped up to around 55km a year…In the past five years, the magnetic north pole has significantly slowed down to about 25km a year.
At first glance it looks like a terrifying conspiracy theory about earth spinning off its axis and killing us all but I guess it’s pretty normal uneventful stuff.
RFK Jr. Told a Bunch of People the Government May Have “Planned” COVID
“Many people argue that this pandemic was a ‘plandemic,’ that it was planned from the outset, it’s part of a sinister scheme. I can’t tell you the answer to that. I don’t have enough evidence. A lot of it feels very planned to me. I don’t know.
I wonder when Alex Jones will get a cabinet seat.
A few months ago I wrote about the drama surrounding MrBeast and his former co-star Ava Tyson.
Never thought I’d feel so strongly about a terminal app but I’ve been obsessed with Warp Terminal for the last week. It has built in AI so you can use natural language when you don’t know where to go next. I wish they had this kind of thing circa 2009 when I installed Ubuntu on my old HP Pavilion. I’ve spent so many nights trying to install some obscure program, screwing something up and ultimately installing dependencies for dependencies for dependencies and breaking stuff to the point where I throw in the towel.
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
This morning, The Pew Research Center…published a deep 122 page report that found that the news influencer landscape skews male and leans disproportionately conservative, creating a concerning imbalance in our online news landscape that could ultimately have profound political consequences.
I find the whole influencer thing pretty wack to begin with but we do need more liberals in the space. And women. We need fucking crazy leftist conspiracy theorists actually. Clearly there’s a market for it.
“The older I get the more conservative I get” aka switched from a rapid release distro to Debian with Firefox ESR. It’s all so stable 🥲
Scientists Discover ‘Immortal’ Marine Creature That Can ‘Time Travel’
I’ve been a broken record on the sea aliens lately but this is pretty cool, and actually real.