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US Treasury confirms the end of the penny There has been a long debate over the cost and usefulness of one cent coins in the US.

US Treasury confirms the end of the penny

Bessent Says US Not Engaged in Talks With China ‘as of Yet’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US is negotiating with 17 of the nations’ “very important” trading partners but has not yet engaged in negotiations...

smh ; "Bessent Says US Not Engaged in Talks With China ‘as of Yet’" www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGgO...

Top Stories: Epic Games Victory Over Apple, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More There's a major shakeup for the App Store in the U.S. this week, with Epic Games winning a major victory that is forcing Apple to make immediate...

Top Stories: Epic Games Victory Over Apple, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More www.macrumors.com/2025/05/03/t... > “Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the company intends to bring Fortnite back to the U.S. App Store next week….”

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Has a Problem: It’s Too Accurate for Conservatives MAGA folks can't believe their preferred chatbot won't reaffirm all their beliefs.

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Has a Problem: It’s Too Accurate for Conservatives

Information is Beautiful Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations

Information is Beautiful

Hamas' iron grip on Gaza is slowly slipping as residents protest Gazan civilians are losing their fear of Hamas, openly criticising the group on the streets and online.

Hamas' iron grip on Gaza is slowly slipping as residents protest

Bad design might simply be obsolete design Perhaps you’ve encountered a sink with two taps, not one. One for hot, one for cold, without a chance to mix them before you scald or chill yourself. It seems absurd that the folks who figure…

Bad design might simply be obsolete design

I applaud the effort. It won’t be enough. But keep trying!!

Some TikTok creators revealed their secrets before the app went dark. That might be awkward now. Popular TikTok accounts such as DuoLingo shared trade secrets before the app went dark in the US, while creators confessed to long-running inside jokes.

Some TikTok creators revealed their secrets before the app went dark. That might be awkward now. https://buff.ly/4hqbM1T > wait … are you telling me some of the content is faked??!

How Much Would Buying Greenland Cost? President-elect Donald Trump wants to buy the territory from Denmark, which says it’s not for sale. DealBook asked experts how they’d approach the deal.

Trump Wants to Buy Greenland, But How Much Would It Actually Cost? - The New York Times > seems like a steal! If USA doesn’t buy it maybe Elon will “take it private!?”

"Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects Scientists have found a way to use toxic masculinity for good. Australian researchers have successfully genetically engineered insect semen to be poisonous, reducing the number of female insects able…

"Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects https://buff.ly/3DY6ThP < putting poison into insects ; seems smart! What could go wrong?

Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation xplore tobacco industry's calculated mind games through Stanford's collection of 62,000 psychological manipulation campaigns.

Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation

Florida cop watching porn on his phone while driving crashes into car stopped for school bus Lake County, Florida Sheriff's Deputy Tristan Macomber was allegedly enjoying a leisurely drive in his patrol car, watching some pornography on his mobile phone as he tooled along. Then bam! He…

Florida cop watching porn on his phone while driving crashes into car stopped for school bus

Every Car You Can Get With A Manual In 2025 https://buff.ly/407a8LA

DORA Report 2024 – A Look at Throughput and Stability Google recently released the 2024 Accelerate State of DevOps (DORA) report, and there were some holy shit moments in those 120 pages. Or–to phrase it more professionally–this year’s report has some…

Google recently released the 2024 Accelerate State of DevOps (DORA) report, and there were some holy shit moments in those 120 pages. Or–to phrase it more professionally–this year’s report has some very interesting and counterintuitive findings.

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Hey @karlthefog.bsky.social - the fog hits a little different this morning… Did you go out last night??

Welcome!!

Counterintuitively, this earned you a follow from me!

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