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i'm a little sad i wasn't able to foresee how numerous and how bitter the nocoiners in tech would be. it's obvious in retrospect.

why does the press never call a 1911 a "military-style firearm"

has anyone ever used the term "ignoramus" sincerely who wasn't themselves a complete tool?

great photos from @angristan: https://stanislas.blog/2020/04/street-photography-seoul-south-korea/

i'll be over here tooting until the heat death of the universe

https://www.newsweek.com/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-gets-freedom-expression-award-sponsored-youtube-1585147

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube

nytimes sends your browsing activity to *both* amazon and google for advertising purposes on every page you view on the site.

the new imacs are gorgeous. i remember when i used to be able to get excited for these. now i am filled with dread at the prospect of the majority of the users of these devices being coerced into giving most of their daily usage data, as well as their identity alongside, to a giant corporate log repository that the CIA can access at any time without a warrant.

if the iphone not allowing you to install apps without doxxing yourself to apple wasn't enough to make me stop buying them (spoiler: it was), the fact that apple is now going to co-opt your device into being part of a global tag locator surveillance network (a la "xfinitywifi") sure as fuck is.

https://twitter.com/ajpiano/status/1383865610484862977

the minimum bar for live sets is now set: you have to be more entertaining than the acid randomizer:

https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/

what is the ERC20 equivalent of VFIAX?

> On April 29, 1992, the seventh day of jury deliberations, the jury acquitted all four officers of assault and acquitted three of the four of using excessive force. The jury could not agree on a verdict for the fourth officer charged with using excessive force.

fred wilson personally took 1.8bn usd out of coinbase last week, along with another 1.8bn for his fund, if i'm reading this image correctly.

in 2020 you were twice as likely to get killed by a cop in the usa than killed in a mass shooting.

somehow the president is asking the congress to legislate the latter.