Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

I've invented a new feature for car stereos to improve convenience and safety! I'm willing to license it to auto and car stereo makers for a very low per-unit royalty.
Instead of having to navigate through menus or use a touchscreen to select one of your favorite radio/satellite stations, the stereo will have a plurality of PHYSICAL BUTTONS, each of which, upon being pressed, tunes to a user-selected station.
In the preferred embodiment, there will be six such buttons in a horizontal row.

When Hillary Clinton was the nominee, she was called "Hillary” by fans, opponents, and media alike. I was told “that's because 'Clinton' means 'Bill' in people's heads," and I didn't entirely agree, but OK.

Now Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee, and she's "Kamala,” not "Harris.” There is no other President Harris.

Trump isn't "Donald," Biden isn't "Joe,” Obama wasn't "Barrack.” In 2016, it was possible that this wasn't gendered. But I can’t buy that anymore.

News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions [SATIRE] https://www.theonion.com/news-happening-faster-than-man-can-generate-uninformed-1851601466

Breaking: Trump refuses to accept the results of the presidential withdrawal, will continue to campaign against Biden.

Know what I really like about this whole new Harris for Prez thing?

It's taken Trump out of the spotlight, and will today too. And hopefully for awhile, since she still has to announce her veep pick.

Nice bonus.

"Now the Republicans are the ones saddled with a candidate who can’t make a clear argument or finish a sentence"
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-looks-older-and-more-deranged/679186/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK30QMG1fywUquOuGp_YU0tp4

"The cloud is many things, but most of all, it's a trap." Cory Doctorow, @pluralistic

Software As A Service is another way of saying #enshittification -- Data stored in the cloud is data that has yet to be stolen.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/22/degoogled/#kafka-as-a-service

@pteryx @pluralistic

I have co-member on a committee I serve on who's trying to set up the org's digitized "bible" on Google docs—fine so far. Except what happens when Google randomly decides to shut down its "Folders" feature for some arbitrary reason?

“The cloud is many things, but most of all, it's a trap.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/22/degoogled/ ht @spinbackwards @mhkohne

No matter what the issue is and where we are as a society, it seems like the answer for some is always to give rich people more money.

"I know I already ate seventy five sandwiches and some folks here don't have any, but trust me when I say the best path forward for everyone here is to give me more sandwiches.”

Democratic Mega-Donors Pledge Eye-Popping $150 Million in 24 Hours to Support Kamala Harris https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/democratic-mega-donors-pledge-eye-popping-150-million-in-24-hours-to-support-kamala-harris/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Trump Wants to Take Kim Jong-Un to a Yankees Game to Get Him to ‘Relax’: ‘All He Wants to Do Is Buy Nuclear Weapons!’ https://www.mediaite.com/sports/trump-wants-to-take-kim-jong-un-to-a-yankees-game-to-get-him-to-relax-all-he-wants-to-do-is-buy-nuclear-weapons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Pakistan declares Israel an entity committing war crimes https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/07/21/pakistan-islamabad-declares-israel-entity-committing-war-crimes/1041721581014/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Trump to the press: I will crush you like the bugs you are.

Journalists: Haha there goes Trump again.

Biden: I'm incredibly disappointed in your coverage:

Journalists: How dare you? Resign immediately, you ungrateful pathetic SOB.

A federal court upholds Mississippi’s Jim Crow-Era lifetime ban on voting for people who have certain felony convictions. Felony disenfranchisement is rooted in white supremacy. And drafters of the state constitution wanted to limit Black political power. https://boltsmag.org/mississippi-lifetime-voting-ban-upheld-fifth-circuit/