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Eight years ago Lance Ulanoff had a problem. William Shatner could not find him on Mastodon.
His distress is understandable, relatable even. Who wouldn’t want to be found by Captain Kirk himself! The way he dealt with that feeling of distress, however, was something different. He came to the conclusion that because Captain Kirk could not find him, Mastodon can’t survive.
You see, Lance Ulanoff, like most journalists writing about technology, understands tech. Like, really understands it. As an award-winning tech journalist and former Editor in Chief at PCMag-dot-com he knows the ins and outs of all corporate tech stacks. As I write this, the four latest pieces of his in TechRadar are pushing Microsoft hype like there is no tomorrow. All four published within the last two days.
That is the level of journalistic excellence and rate of creative output I know I could never even dream to attain.
Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds.
The post Small-Dollar Donors Are Asking John Fetterman for Their Money Back appeared first on The Intercept.
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From the cockpit to consumer tech, synthetic voices shed light on gender biases
The post How Talking Machines Got Their Voices appeared first on Nautilus.
Are the mysterious stars clues to one of the greatest mysteries in the universe?
The post Neutron Stars Hint at Another Dimension appeared first on Nautilus.
“I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me.” —Tom Homan, “border czar” and former acting director of ICE
Hell is not a lake of fire, nor is it composed of the circles Dante envisioned, like an infant’s stacking toy.
It’s not “The Bad Place” of sitcom fame, though it’s easy to imagine some in the current administration taking notes on hot dog torture and butthole spiders.
It’s not the Hellmouth, nor is it one of the dark parallel universes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as much as some of us want to believe we’ve shifted into an alternate reality.
Hell is as foundational as smallpox blankets and pedophile priests, as petty as a MAGA-festooned pickup that “rolls coal” on a passing Prius.
Tom Homan is taking heat in Sackets Harbor, New York, after ICE agents detained a mom and her three children in a raid.
The post Trump’s Border Czar Faces Backlash in His Hometown for Locking Up a Local Family appeared first on The Intercept.
Tom Homan is taking heat in Sackets Harbor, New York, after ICE agents detained a mom and her three children in a raid.
The post Trump’s Border Czar Faces Backlash in His Hometown for Locking Up a Local Family appeared first on The Intercept.
1. White people achieve new levels of whiteness via their most privileged impulses.
2. The stars of the show are a group of entitled and insensitive characters who may or may not face the consequences of their own actions.
3. There will be some antagonists and villains from previous seasons.
4. New and unsavory characters will be introduced.
5. Class, wealth, and power will be constantly explored in a way that seems humorous at first but is ultimately dispiriting and devastating.
6. An egocentric man will not consider his family’s well-being in the name of becoming obscenely rich.
7. We will witness an onslaught of clumsy international affairs.
8. There will be crimes in broad daylight, of course.
9. There will be fascinating, perplexing, and disturbing monologues by men.
10. The most dysfunctional characters will mask themselves as friendly and convivial to hide their moral flaws and inherent awfulness.
11. Tension will build as the audience realizes everyone involved has a literal nation-shattering secret.
12. Other cultures will continue to serve as a mirror to America’s bawdiness.