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Want to Try Tab Groups in Firefox? Here’s How

if you have upgraded to Firefox 133 you can manually enable tab groups to try it out. Just keep in mind it’s not enabled by default for a very good reason: it’s not finished!

I’ve wanted this for SO LONG. Might have to switch from Firefox ESR to try it out 👀

No, Trump Didn’t Nominate El Chapo as US Ambassador to Mexico

The fact that Snopes.com even felt the need to post this says a lot about the state of things 😅

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is much better without microtransactions

The original Pocket Camp has technically shut down, replaced by Pocket Camp Complete, which gets rid of all the in-app purchases in exchange for a one-time fee.

Love this! The microtransactions are the reason I couldn’t keep it installed on my phone for more than a day or two. It’s now $10 for the full game and it looks like it’ll go up to $20 next month, according to The Verge. Well worth the price in the name of de-enshittification.

Meta says it’s mistakenly removing too many posts

He said the company regrets aggressively removing posts about the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently told the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee the decision was influenced by pressure from the Biden administration.

I assume he means misinformation on COVID? Of course he wants more conspiracy theories. Meta is in the business of rage and division as a service.

The company publicly apologized after its systems suppressed photos of President-elect Donald Trump surviving an attempted assassination.

How dare they remove propaganda that makes Trump look like he courageously took a bullet to the face in the fight against fake news and the commie liberals.

I’ve never had a bullet slightly graze my ear but I DID cut myself shaving the other day. I feel like an American hero.

Here’s a fun link: everyone Donald Trump pardoned between 2017 and 2021.

But yeah; the Hunter Biden thing is a TRAVESTY 🙄

This New Microsoft 365 Attack Can Break Through Your 2FA

The Rockstar 2FA phishing kit is a unique set of malicious tools that cybercriminals can purchase on the black market for $200. This kit gives the criminals everything they need to break into someone’s Microsoft 365 account, even if they have 2FA enabled.

I had to learn the hard way 2FA isn’t impenetrable. It’s always a good idea to use a password manager with obnoxiously long and unique random generated passwords. Never click on a link anywhere unless you’re 100% sure it’s legit. Anyone can fall for a phishing scam.

Biden’s Unpardonable Hypocrisy

The president vowed not to pardon his son Hunter—and then did so anyway.

What a stupid article from The Atlantic.

A willingness to evade the rule of law is the foundation of Donald Trump’s entire career in business and politics, not a nepotistic exception…Biden chose to prioritize his own feelings over the defense of his country.

What’s the point of this article? The rule of law obviously means fuck all now. Half of Trump’s cabinet are rapists… Trump himself is a fucking felon, 34 times over but he’s still about to be sworn in as president.

What is Brain rot, the Oxford University 2024 word of the year?

Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year.

Sounds about right. The Macquarie Dictionary in Australia picked “Enshittification”. Sums up 2024 beautifully.

What Breaking Up Google’s Search Monopoly Could Do to AI

Making it harder for Google to give its own products preferential treatment might not actually drive people away from the company’s search engine–but it could make them second-guess Gemini.

Good! Gemini is still terrible. The fact that Google already has that “sprawling ecosystem and user base” means that they can slap it on all of their hardware and suddenly they look like a legit AI company with as many users as anyone else.

Small scale is the best scale – Manu

I can’t help myself thinking that I’m getting to the point where the bigger you are the more unappealing you become to my eyes.

And that’s true not just for social media platforms but for creators and personalities in general. I’m an absolute nobody in this world. My blog’s not famous, my work doesn’t spread around. And that’s a good thing. Because it means I can still do the things that matter and that is taking the time to interact with every single person that gets in touch with me.

I’ve been feeling this a lot lately too. You can have 1000+ followers somewhere and 99% of your interaction is Likes and Reblogs with little meaningful conversation, if any.

Or you can have five followers and make five legitimate friends.

Or maybe you have no idea how many followers you have, or how many people like your posts because you’re on something like Micro.blog. That’s been the most rewarding and engaging community I’ve ever found online, and it does it without internet points. Small indie web communities are where it’s at <3

Walmart made a whole Christmas movie just to sell you stuff

Walmart is linking up with Roku to release a full-length Christmas movie that will let viewers buy products on their TV during specific parts of the story

The film is titled Jingle Bell Love and stars Joey McIntyre, a member of the boy band “New Kids on the Block…”

What a fun spin on late stage capitalism!

Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’

I, for one, think it’s great the deer are taking traffic safety more seriously.