Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring" gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/atarā¦
#Atari #Thunderful #Gaming #PCGaming
Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring"
Even more game industry consolidation going on. Atari has entered into an agreement with Thunderful Group AB to acquire most of it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Windows upgrade finished.
Teams: reinstalled
Copilot: reinstalled
OneDrive: backing up everything
Cutesy little widgets: reactivated
Elgato's new webcam can mount lens filters
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/elgatos-new-webcam-can-mount-lens-filters-163656839.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Elgato's new webcam can mount lens filters
The Elgato Facecam 4K webcam offers budding videographers a pro-grade feature. Users can swap out and mount various lens filters.Lawrence Bonk (Engadget)
Lincolnwood Fest draws thousands to Proesel Park, also includes a dunk tank charitable fundraiser
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/lincolnwood-fest-annual-summer-carnival/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lincolnwood Fest draws thousands to Proesel Park, also includes a dunk tank charitable fundraiser
The village of Lincolnwoodās signature summer community festival saw crowds estimated in the tens of thousands over the course of its four-day run at Proesel Park, featuring carnival rides, live muā¦Karie Angell Luc (Chicago Tribune)
Netgear launches its most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system
https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/netgear-launches-its-most-affordable-wi-fi-7-mesh-system-163234180.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Netgear launches its most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system
Netgear has released their most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system ever.Andre Revilla (Engadget)
#Gaza #famine
#IsraelTerroristState
@palestine
"There were roughly 25 tons of aid dropped into the region on Saturday ā but Palestinians report that the aid is being dropped in Israeli military-controlled areas, and that the aid is being looted and stolen, potentially by groups armed by Israel in Gaza"
"Israel is not interested in alleviating the humanitarian catastrophe that it has deliberately and meticulously created"
Israel's "aid" comes with added evil
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Gaza Airdrops Fell on Homes in Gaza, Collapsing Them, Aid Groups Say
Palestinians report that the aid was dropped in areas controlled by the Israeli military and was looted.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
I don't believe in the no-win scenario. - James T. Kirk
You are not delusional for seeing the rot.
You are clear-eyed.
Youāre seeing exactly whatās there.
A system that extracts labor, flattens difference, rewards cruelty, punishes vulnerability, and calls it order.
A system that warps people into resources, children into data points, relationships into transactions, and survival into something earned.
It wants you to believe youāre the problem for not fitting.
Youāre not paranoid.
Youāre perceptive.
Youāre not bitter.
Youāre awake.
Capitalism doesnāt improve society, it deforms it.
It doesn't educate. It perverts curiosity into obedience.
You are trying to stay human in a place that keeps rewarding inhumanity.
And yes, itās hard, brutally so, to see the poison and still have to move through it every day,
But what youāre actually doing is not consenting to a dehumanizing framework. That's resistance.
Neat little man-made cave area in the gardens. A fab place to cool off from the hot sun. It's tucked in behind the waterfall.
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Mega Dragoniteās silly design has PokĆ©mon fans reviving decade-old arguments
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Mega Dragoniteās silly design has PokĆ©mon fans reviving decade-old arguments
Mega Dragoniteās tender vibe isnāt sitting right with fans who thought the monster was meant to be imposing based on the original gamesPatricia Hernandez (Polygon)
Tom Lehrer, RIP: Hear All of His Witty, Satirical Songs in One Playlist
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Tom Lehrer, RIP: Hear All of His Witty, Satirical Songs in One Playlist
Tom Lehrer died last weekend, more than four decades after rumors of his death had first gone into circulation. He didn't bother to contradict them, publicly claiming that he figured they would 'cut down on the junk mail.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
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"In our latest, we talk to Texas based journalist Candice Bernd about the devastating floods that hit the Hill Country on July 4th weekend. We discuss the effect of the floods on locals, failures of early warning systems, how DOGEās cuts to the federal government contributed to it, and how mutual aid has stepped in to support the community."
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Texas Floodsā¦ Epic Fails and Mutual Aid in the Hill Country w/ journalist Candice Bernd
In our latest, we talk to Texas based journalist Candice Bernd (@candicebernd.bsky.social) about the devastating floods that hit the Hill Country on July 4th weekend. We discuss the effect of the fā¦Green and Red Podcast
As women's sports grows, so do the threats to racialized athletes
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/shireen-ahmed-women-sports-online-abuse-july29-1.7591885?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hedge Fund Tyrus Shutters London Office to Relocate to Abu Dhabi
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/hedge-fund-tyrus-shutters-london-office-to-relocate-to-abu-dhabi?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tom Lehrer is gone
Ā Tom Lehrer died a few days ago. For many of us involved in any way with science or math (or many other things, too!), his songs were and are a deep and lasting and gleefully sharp influence.ā¦improbable.com
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Man Awarded $12,500 After Google Street View Photographed His Ass
The case really exposed a crack in Google's policies...and this guy's backside.AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
Sanguisugabogg cover āSweet Leafā for Ozzy, announce tour with Despised Icon, Defeated Sanity & Corpse Pile
Ohio death metallers Sanguisugabogg are releasing their third album, Hideous Aftermath, this fall, and they've announced a tour supporting it.Amanda Hatfield (BrooklynVegan)
Ghislaine Maxwell Lays Out Demands Before Testifying to Congress on Jeffrey Epstein
Maxwell is set to testify on August 11 from a federal prison in Florida, where she is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.Jenna Sundel (Newsweek)
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Hawley said in a statement that āAmericans deserve a tax rebate after four years of Biden policies that have devastated familiesā savings and livelihoods.ā
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#Tariffs #JoshHawley #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Trump compared to 'kidney stone' in ex-official's vicious takedown
World leaders are just trying to endure the second Donald Trump presidency in a way that reminds a columnist of a particularly painful medical condition.Travis Gettys (Raw Story)
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ā They are the work of a mad king surrounded by mad courtiers who seem committed to finding out what happens when ignorance, arrogance and incompetence are the only ingredients in an economic recipe."
This is the post woke post DEI world of billionaires who surround themselves with a retinue of cronies, fixers and the those chosen for their massive incompetency and brutality
Wow. University and its president support DEI. Trump admin investigates them. Faculty write a resolution in support of the president and DEI policies. Trump admin investigates those faculty too.
nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/justā¦
"In a letter sent on Friday, the Trump administration said it would seek drafts of the faculty resolution, all written communications among the Faculty Senate members who drafted the resolution, and all communications between those faculty members and the office of the universityās presidentā¦Free speech advocates quickly denounced the move as an attack on academic freedom."
#Academia #Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #FreeSpeech #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter
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A fresh retail-trading frenzy is reshaping financial markets
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/07/29/a-fresh-retail-trading-frenzy-is-reshaping-financial-markets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Netgear launches its most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system
https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/netgear-launches-its-most-affordable-wi-fi-7-mesh-system-163234180.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Netgear launches its most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system
Netgear has released their most affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system ever.Andre Revilla (Engadget)
āBlue Moonā Trailer: Ethan Hawke Puts on a Bald Cap and a Great Performance as Boozy Songwriter Lorenz Hart
https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/blue-moon-trailer-ethan-hawke-richard-linklater-1235141680/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Blue Moon' Trailer: Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater Reunite
Watch the trailer for Richard Linklater's Lorenz Hart portrait, 'Blue Moon,' starring his perennial collaborator Ethan Hawke.Ryan Lattanzio (IndieWire)
Ex-Pence chief scorches tariff rebates ā likens them to Soviet-style central planning
Marc Short, who served in the first Trump administration as White House Director of Legislative Affairs and then as Vice President Mike Penceās Chief of Staff, is blasting not only President Donald Trumpās tariffs but also U.S.David Badash (Alternet.org)
āAt least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the war on Gaza erupted in Oct 2023ā¦
ā¦with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that at least 81 Palestinians, including 19 aid seekers, have been killed since dawnā #GazaGenocide aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/dā¦
Death toll in Israelās war on Gaza surpasses 60,000
The grim milestone reaches as Israel continues to target aid seekers amid famine conditions in Gaza.Al Jazeera
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That would actually be my first guess.
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in reply to Rockmaster Mike • • •@rockmastermike Maybe even an IRS transcript... to see if any third parties are reporting earned income under your record.
A lot of those remote worker scams going around where they use the SS# of real people but are working from another country.
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •what is it i'll check
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •don't you summon chthulu on me i'm just trying to pay my student loans
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •I think this is the most likely. I would also hesitate to send the form back.
You should also verify the form, the envelope it came in, etc.
I would expect identity harvesting
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •To bad you're not Bezos.
Bad luck, that.
Billionaires don't have to pay.
We pay them.
This way...
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DonatellaInCali
in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •It's crazy dealing with them now. My colleagues sister works for IRS in JAX and they cut so many people that no one knows what's going on there
I did get 'computer' audited and f'd up something during the shutdowns thanks to Mnuchin and Ed š I ended up owing $19k USD with fines, interest, and principle. This was from 2020. I like the way they waited 4 years to tell me about it!
I think your assumption that they found something to audit is probably the case (unfortunately) š
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Ma'am, we can clearly see Mac AND Cheese behind you....living high on the hotdog you are
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •Wow! That is a run around!
Every Canadian/Permanent Resident with a social insurance number can open an account with CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) and see what is going on with reported income, taxes and what letters and messages are on file.
Makes life a lot easier.
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •there has been a push for the last decade+ by banking systems to just collect that sort of stuff as a matter of routine, even if they don't need it, so that they aren't late reporting to the IRS if you make more than $10 interest in a year, etc
not saying that's what happened here, but if it's a legit request from the bank, it's probably benign
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in reply to Ricki Yasha Tarr • • •Sean Fenian
in reply to Phil Thane ā • • •The US tax system is utterly godawful. And it is KEPT godawful to create a captive market for tax accountants and tax-prep-software firms like Intuit and H.R.Block, because the tax code and the associated forms are intentionally so Byzantine that the typical individual taxpayer almost cannot correctly file their own taxes. Intuit and its business rivals/allies spend billions a year lobbying Congress to keep it this way.
And this is even aside from the corruption. There are obscure exceptions buried in the tax code that, if you can find them and study them, are written to SPECIFICALLY exempt the purchase of A SINGLE SPECIFIC YACHT from sales tax.
Phil Thane ā
in reply to Sean Fenian • • •Land of the free eh? I was self employed for 10 years and prior to that did freelance work alongside a regular job. So unlike most in the UK I had to do a tax return. It wasn't a problem though. Fill some online forms, attach a PDF Profit/Loss report from my free accounts software (GNU Cash) and wait for the bill. I'm retired now so no tax returns to do but I have heard that from this year the free online option is no more and taxpayers have to use an approved app.
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Sean Fenian
in reply to Phil Thane ā • • •Yeah, there has been a limited Federal free online tax filing option in the US for some years. Republicans and tax-prep companies fought tooth and nail to limit public knowledge of it and keep it as restricted as possible, and one of Trump's early actions was to order it killed.
"Land of the Free" is a bad joke. It's pure self-delusion. It's not the land of the free, it's the land of "Fuck you, Jack, I've got mine" and "Devil take the hindmost." The land of "How much freedom can you AFFORD?" The land of giving people as little as possible in return for their taxes and selling that to them as freedom.
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in reply to Phil Thane ā • • •Taxes in the US are structured and complexified in a way to immiserate and endanger regular citizens.
The IRS knows everything already but they make people try to figure out the tax code on their own and fill out esoteric forms - and if they make a mistake *boom!* Punishment.
This contributes to the ongoing "taxes are theft" framing of la-la libertarianism and makes people feel that this is what the parasite class is talking about when they propagandize for "tax cuts".
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Derek Dahlsad
in reply to Phil Thane ā • • •The big thing about the US tax system is that a copy of your income and paid tax records go to the government, a copy of your income and paid tax records go to you, and you don't get to see what the government knows. If you don't file exactly the same information that the government knows, you get into trouble because what you say you owe in taxes is different from what the government thinks you owe in taxes. Also, there's so many loopholes and things to do just the right way that you can *think* part of your income isn't taxable, but it only becomes such if you fill out the right form or check the right box. It's all so software companies can sell you their guaranteed accurate filing software. No, really: propublica.org/article/inside-ā¦
Inside TurboTaxās 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
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