German court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws.
The Origin of the Research University.
First-Time Homebuyers Are Vanishing, and the American Dream Is on Life Support.
How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke.
Not So Fast: AI Coding Tools Can Actually Reduce Productivity.
IBM laid off 8,000 HR employees!!
Not for budget.
Not for performance.They got replaced…by a chatbot.
That bot? It’s called AskHR, and it runs on IBM’s own AI engine: Watsonx Orchestrate.
– 94% of HR work, automated
– Pay, vacation, paperwork, even terminations
– $3.5B in…— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) July 9, 2025
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.
Except I can’t afford any because I’m jobless, homeless and living in a Frigidaire box. Glorious.
I love that I got fit enough that some people assume I must be using steroids.
Nope. Just lifting, lifting, lifting. (And no, I don’t use anything that even metabolizes to steroids except, like, food. No HRT or anything else.)
Nice song. I like the bassline even if it is not a human playing it. (I’d like to hear Blu DeTiger do it up.)
This is the saddest thing I've ever read pic.twitter.com/atHWHheguX
— Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) July 9, 2025
Wow Gen Z is fucked. Yes, they were a thing. That was not just the movies; the movies were a reflection of life.
Even in my small town there were parties every weekend in the 1990s. I wasn’t invited to most of them, but some of them I was. And they looked about like that.
Women often see male intrasexual competition where it just does not exist because there is so very much female intrasexual competition.
A weak handgrip could be an indication of a host of diseases among over-50s.
Study finds children in U.S. became increasingly unhealthy over past 17 years.
US court strikes down ‘click-to-cancel’ rule designed to make unsubscribing easier. Well that sucks.
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion.
Extreme heat is a killer. A recent heat wave shows how much more deadly it’s becoming. And…that’s climate change at work.
Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one.
The worst bill in modern history. Democrats must make it a career-ender for Republicans.
What Happens When Most of the Adults in Boys’ Lives Are Women.
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system. And now due to Trump we’re gonna fuck it up in the US.
Hi-Res Audio Is Pointless for Everyday Listeners.
Call Center Workers Are Tired of Being Mistaken for AI.
FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls.
Not a full review but Tana French’s In The Woods was good despite the fact that I knew who was behind it all from the very moment the character was introduced.
Not because I’m so smart, but because I’ve met too many people just like that one. However, I think most people would not pick up on it. And in fact, it marks French’s skill as a writer that people who have encountered that type will likely see the signs right away.
That’s my first Tana French; she’s a bit Bradbury-esque. I’ll read another of hers soon.
I’ve pissed off a lot of people at work by refusing to support a very stupid idea.
And I do not care.
I expect about the same results. No one seems to care much that it is happening. It shall indeed be the Chinese century — not because the Chinese were so great but rather because we shot ourselves in the face.
It’s amazing what some people think and do instead of just accepting that climate change is occurring. I wish it were not as well. But wishin’ don’t mean a damn thing.
I’m so glad I do not have kids.
It makes everything easier. And the risk one would’ve been like me…no.
I feel sad for people who have defined themselves by their career and then how hard it hits them psychologically when they get laid off. I do well, but my job defines me not at all. And I mean that sincerely, with no snark, about being sad for them. It seems horrible.
So it’s good that I’m full awesome unemployed, employed, does not matter.
Watching my dad get laid off from Occidental Chemical when I was a kid cured me of ever wanting to identify myself with any job.
Glad that was a lesson learned early.
That’s because in Florida at least you’re allowed to shoot them if they ignore a “No Soliciting” sign. That is, if you dispose of the body yourself.
It’s a thing.
Has anyone worked 75 hour weeks?
More than. I’ve worked two full-time (in person) jobs back to back before, so yeah, I have.
If you’re wondering how I was night shift manager while also gaining help desk experience at the same time, that’s how. I usually started about 10AM at my helpdesk job and finished that about 6PM. After a quick bite, I started my night shift manager job and did that till 2-3AM.
And repeat. It was incredibly hard and I’d never do that again. I lived that way for over a year. Luckily I do not need much sleep or it would’ve been untenable. As it was I felt a decade older after that year+ was up.
Hilariously, while I was doing all of that was when my horrible narcissistic ex accused me of having “no ambition.”
If working two full-time roles at the same time to further your career isn’t an example of pure fucking ambition, I have no idea what might be.