Amanda Unvarnished

Bluesky: “Strange, our beta social media platform was working just fine until we added people.”

—@MissingThePt

“Awesome” is an understatement!

(WaPo gift link) He wanted to pet dogs for his 100th birthday. Hundreds lined up. 🎁 https://wapo.st/3K0FM5Z

[ Edited to tag #DogsOfMastodon #Dogs ]

—@mjf_pro

Now this here is truly dystopian. LG, in their ever profit-seeking greed, has come up with Home As A Service. Yes, so not only do you buy the fucking appliance, you also buy a subscription to use it. What’s next? Your stove is going to advertise Campbell’s soup!? Yeah, fuck no!

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/13/lg_smart_life_solutions_strategy/

—@ablackcatstail

This is exactly right

—@SteveBologna

Short-term climate survival pro-tip:

Cover your sidewalks and driveways in canola oil so if you fall you won’t stick from the searing heat from the pavement burns (a real thing ERs are seeing). Handy tricks learned from searing steak.

—@aardrian

House GOP: There’s no such thing as “systemic racism”, it’s a myth.

Also House GOP: “The military was never intended to be, you know, inclusive.” This amendment will block all military funding until the Pentagon gets rid of these woke diversity programs. “And it has nothing to do with colored people”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/14/gop-lawmaker-says-he-misspoke-referring-colored-people-house-floor/

—@kennwhite

In the wake of news about Thomas and Alito’s grifting this is especially troubling. If she had a billionaire benefactor it would be all right? Cyber director not approved for position due to personal debt.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/15/kemba-walden-nomination-cyber-director/

—@gretared