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This administration is lies and #fakenews all the time.

June 11: Trump announces trade deal with China is "done."

July 29: Howard Lutnick tells CNBC trade deal with China won't be done anytime soon.

cnbc.com/2025/07/29/trump-trad…



Omg what movie is that? Preteen / teenage me feels Seen af. (28:50 "nukyuler". Reminds me of when I saw the pronunciation of sexual reproduction in, of course, a McGraw-Hill textbook as "sek-shul".) youtube.com/watch?v=eqsJAEnHPn…
in reply to Mx Verda

"Thank you for making this. I hadn't even heard of the first org, the rebranded one. Also gov.uk/government/publications… For anyone else horrified. This is just the Snoopers' Charter again, Is2g.

Literally goes against info security advice over the past 30 years, ffs. Not that the Online Surveillance Act addresses any of its asserted aims, anyway! We need infographics aimed at parents and carers: explain how to active Parental Controls, and describe how their lives will be harder from the Act.

Teach the parents and carers you know how to activate Parental Controls on their devices and networks.
Teach the kids and teenagers (and adults!) you know that their body is their own."
You are allowed to say "no", it's not your fault if someone ignores that, and whatever you feel about your own experiences is ok.

youtube.com/watch?v=qYWPjW_VVj…

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in reply to Mx Verda

Proton's CEO kinda went MAGA half a year ago, btw. I recommend Mullvad VPN instead.
Keep signing the petition tho. If nothing else, it boosts morale and wider attention on public opinion.

Also... It's nobody's favorite topic, but...

Teach the parents and carers you know how to activate Parental Controls on their devices and networks.
Teach the kids and teenagers (and adults!) you know that their body is their own.
You are allowed to say "no", it's not your fault if someone ignores that, and whatever you feel about your own experiences is ok.
If your story is different, then that's okay too. If you have better advice or resources, please share them.

youtube.com/watch?v=qYWPjW_VVj…

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"Finally, Microsoft is tweaking the so-called 'Second Chance Out of Box Experience' window (also called 'SCOOBE,' pronounced 'scooby'), the setup screen that you'll periodically see on a Windows 11 PC even if you've already been using it for months or years. This screen attempts to enroll your PC in Windows Backup, to switch your default browser to Microsoft Edge and its default search engine to Bing, and to import favorites and history into Edge from whatever browser you might have been trying to use before."

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…

in reply to Jason Lefkowitz

Ars' guide to "de-cluttering" Windows 11 includes instructions on how to disable SCOOBE.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…





Anthropic Nears Deal To Raise Funding at $170 Billion Valuation - An anonymous reader shares a report: Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much ... - slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/16… #ai
#ai



This is another attempt by the MAGA cult to give law enforcement unfettered and unregulated power over the public.

crooksandliars.com/2025/07/idi…




#OutTonight #PenelopeRoad #NewMusic
Hot off the presses! 🔥🎵🎶
Very nice! Check out the new Atlanta based band Penelope Road. Beyond genre classification so I'll let them describe themselves - #StankyFunkyJunk

Penelope Road - Out Tonight (Official Music Video)

Listen to "Out Tonight" from Penelope Road:
youtu.be/CQ3PAq45_gY?si=hiPTTo…

in reply to Dennis A

#PenelopeRoad
Guys, these young men are very unique and really do have that #StankyFunkyJunk
Check them out. I'm proud of the unique music that comes out of my area. 🔥🎵🎶🎸


Tab Over to This Deal: Save $60+ on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE
https://www.pcmag.com/deals/deal-save-60-plus-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-s10-fe-july-29?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tablets: Expert Reviews and Top Deals @tablets-expert-reviews-and-top-deals-PCMag





Storing binary data in birdsong is cool and all, but I can’t help but think it would be more efficient if it was encoded in tern-ary




New Comic Found:
Non Sequitur - 2025-07-29 gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/…

#comicstrips #comics #nonsequitur #nonsequiturstrip





Sources: Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise $5B in a funding round led by Iconiq, valuing it at $170B; Anthropic was valued at $61.5B in March (Financial Times)

ft.com/content/8b8248ec-e93f-4…
techmeme.com/250729/p26#a25072…



Why do homosexual women have all these fun words like lesbian and sapphic, and yet those of us with expansive attractions are still just bisexuals and pansexuals?

I submit to this queer corner of the fediverse that we should come up with a fun alternative term for those who are attracted to multiple genders or regardless of gender!

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@oldladyplays
Punksexual
Allfucks (ok not this one)
Alphabet sexual
Joysexual
in reply to Joscelyn Transpiring

Ugh, friends, I’m trying to inspire some fun here. Yes, a bi person can call themselves sapphic and I am one of them. I don’t need a bunch of people informing me of this.

I meant people who are bisexual and pansexual regardless of their own gender identity and regardless of the identities they are attracted to.

The same observation applies to how homosexual men are also generally called gay. I’m wanting fun alternative terms that don’t sound like someone is diagnosing a person with their orientation.



alojapan.com/1333652/he-has-cl… “He has cleared all the criteria and has a good chance of winning the Sawamura Award,” says Tomoya Satozaki of his expectations for Hiromi Ito | Pacific League #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #news #北海道 On July 28, Tomoya Satozaki appeared on the official YouTube channel of Pacific League TV program “Monday is also Pate-tele-iki” and talked about Hokkaido Nippon-Ham. Hiromi Ito He spoke about his expectations for pitcher. ◇ ◇ ◇ “Monday is



Is this just 'normal', or is it me? 🙏

When talking to NTs, if the talk is not going their way, they change the subject, trying to find one they can 'win', as if conversation is a competition or fight.

Is this an NT 'thing'?

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

in reply to PatternChaser

there are people who do this and people who don’t. IMO the people that do are kinda assholes in other ways regardless


It remains supremely silly that PTCGP won’t let you search by card text like “heads” or “flip a coin”, only by card titles


If you are making your own startup, don't forget your logo should be shaped like a butthole.


Miami Dolphins safety Ashtyn Davis sustains apparent lower leg injury upi.com/Sports_News/NFL/2025/0…


europesays.com/2285633/ Discussion Thread: Texas Senate Hearing on Congressional Redistricting #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates


📰 ‘Appeasement of the aggressor’. Sanctioned Russian Federation Council speaker attends global summit in Switzerland, uses platform to repeat Kremlin war narrative

🔗 meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/2…

#News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine



OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/open…



Spotify hints at a more chatty voice AI interface in the future techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/spot…


Arrenca la copa del Rei de vela a Palma

✍️ J. Margalef lesportiudecatalunya.cat/mes-e…



MIT Just Proved Einstein Wrong in the Most Famous Quantum Experiment

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