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IamSparticles

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  • Phone bans are spreading across the US workplace

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  • Not a ban, as such, but our IT has been tightening security and is now requiring us to install a device management app on our personal phones if we want to be able to run Outlook or Teams on them. I told them that's fine, I just won't run the apps, which means it's a lot harder for people to get ahold of me outside normal working hours. It's pretty great, actually!

  • Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: ‘It Is Not Government’s Job to Censor Speech’

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  • Ted is likely positioning himself for another presidential run in 2028. Part of that involves making statements that are broadly popular. "The government shouldn't censor speech" is about the most non-controversial thing he could possibly say.

  • Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"

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  • You're kidding yourself if you think companies being online was ever about anything other than potential profit. At first it was just a way to reach a wider pool of customers. Like the yellow pages before. Then, once every company had an online presence, they started looking for new ways to monetize the connectivity.

  • The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume

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  • I'm pretty sure they're still looking for a permanent replacement for Pam Bondi. He should submit his resume!

  • The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume

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  • Turns out her husband is pretty fucking awesome, too!

  • Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says

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  • Ah, beat me to it. Yeah, the Spanish Flu, one of the most deadly pandemics in human history, was initially spread through US military bases. It's literally one of the reasons why we make sure soldiers are vaccinated.

  • US Navy denies food shortages after grim photos emerge from blockade ships

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  • Reminds me of Steak-umm. Ground up meat trimmings formed into a loaf that is sliced thin before cooking. Frequently used in place of higher quality cuts in cheese-steak sandwiches. I don't think I've ever seen it presented in such a depressing manner, though.

  • Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation ran a monopoly and overcharged fans, jury finds

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  • Ah... right. Because this only applies to the states that didn't agree to the settlement. Welp. That is pretty disappointing. I would have hoped it would hit them a little harder. I don't really care about what I'm going to get out of it (though I am in one of the states that didn't settle), so much as the degree to which it hurts Live Nation.

  • House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump

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  • I'm well aware that all of that is necessary to make the removal permanent. My point was that in order to get things moving, all it takes is a simple majority vote of a small number of people, which is much easier to accomplish than even getting a vote on articles of impeachment in the House. Which then, at best, kicks off a months-long process that might lead to removal, but would much more likely go nowhere. If they could show that even his cabinet has lost faith, it might even be much easier to convince congress that making the removal permanent is in their best interests, and it doesn't even require a lengthy trial.

  • Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation ran a monopoly and overcharged fans, jury finds

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  • Well... based on a (conservative) sales figure of 500M tickets sold per year over the last 5 years, that's a penaly of ~$4.3B in restitution. That doesn't include potential punitive damages.

  • House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump

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  • A 25th amendment action is arguably much easier. You only need a majority vote of the cabinet secretaries.

  • Trump is about to drop a “nuclear weapon” on trans youth health care

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  • That's absolutely the next step. They'll charge them with human trafficking for purposes of child abuse. Just watch.

  • Astrophotography @lemmy.world
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    First attempt at NGC 7380 (Wizard Nebula)

  • Americans quit streaming services as cost of living continues to climb, report finds

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  • A little from column A, a little from column B.

  • U.S. Government Moves Toward Automatic Registration for Military Draft

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  • Absolutely. And yet... they definitely want to be able to remove people from voting rolls.

  • Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

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  • Sure. But they already fired or demoted most of the military leadership that wasn't on board with following absolutely any order, legal or otherwise. So now the "dilemma" falls mostly to lower-level officers and enlisted.

  • Houston, we've got a plumbing problem: Artemis II toilet is still on the fritz

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  • They have backup waste collection methods. It's a lot less pleasant, is all.

  • Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash | The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers.

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  • In order to stabilize the milk they use in the milk chocolate bars and make them last longer on the shelf, they treat it with a process that converts some of the milk fats into butyric acid. That's the vomit flavor. I'm sorry to report that it has probably always tasted that way, you just didn't notice. They've been using the same process since the early 20th century.

  • Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest

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  • At the risk of making a sexist comment, she should have been wearing a scrotum for those gigantic balls.

  • halp i’m bein kneecapped!

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  • Not safe for leggings?

  • Astrophotography @lemmy.world
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    Iris Nebula

  • Astrophotography @lemmy.world
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    How do people here feel about smart scopes?

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Ozzy Likes to Snuggle Heads

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Napping so hard