https://youtube.com/shorts/siAj2XieLD0?si=PZsTuovsKvjC3iyZ

36 years later, and this still makes me cry. The people most reliant on the gears and levers of society, still threw themselves on it.

Republic of Congo's president reelected to fifth term, provisional results show
https://apnews.com/article/republic-of-congo-president-election-a7e32fea3127f90dabfc838eedd83d21?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress

🦨like, if you can understand that the government takes taxes out of your wages on your paycheck, you have to understand that the government is gonna want their taxes out of self-employment income *that they know about because you were paid digitally and all the online merchants report that*

☘️ DEAL OF THE DAY: Belkin’s awesome camera grip power bank just received its first discount — a nifty 25% off. This thing does it all: magnetic wireless charging, retractable USB-C cable, Bluetooth camera control, tripod attachment, iPhone stand, and more! #affiliate

https://amzn.to/4bOz9SE?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

🌧️🌧️🌧️ #rain #weather #gif

On FehrTrade today - a Just Patterns Sybil Sweatshirt in a trompe l'oeil sweatshirting. Is it leopard print, or ladies faces??

I love the look of the notched collar on a casual sweatshirt, but I'm glad I read reviews before sewing... 🫣

https://blog.fehrtrade.com/gallery/10697/a-hidden-faces-sweatshirt/

#sewing

Fortnite will return to Google's Play Store globally on March 19
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/fortnite-will-return-to-googles-play-store-globally-on-march-19-170200794.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gaming @gaming-Engadget

I realize it’s just gambling for rich people, but I am doing way better than your high paid investment banker (percentage wise. I don’t have the same kind of assets to play with/risk)

Be the capricious, wish-granting entity which people mistake AI for. https://youraislopbores.me/

Switch 2 software update adds 'Handheld Mode Boost' for your old games
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/switch-2-software-update-adds-handheld-mode-boost-for-your-old-games-165451808.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gaming @gaming-Engadget

A heavier version of the proton, has been discovered by a team at the nuclear research laboratory CERN

It was found using the newly upgraded Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as part of its latest “beauty” experiment, known as LHCb.

Scientists spotted the particle amid a spray of debris created by colliding particles at the facility near Geneva, Switzerland.

The particle has been called
Xi-cc-plus,
(written as Ξcc⁺),
and is four times as heavy as a normal proton.

Its extra mass comes from the fact that it is made from heavier building blocks, known as quarks.

A regular proton contains two "up" quarks and one "down".

However, the Xi-cc-plus proton contains two “charm” quarks instead of the lighter "up" quarks.

Because of this, it has been dubbed a “doubly charmed baryon”.
(A baryon is a subatomic particle, including protons and neutrons, that is made of three quarks.)

Scientists were able to deduce its existence when they spotted three lighter particles created as by-products when the Xi-cc-plus proton decayed.

It is the first new particle detected by the upgraded LHC, whose first iteration astonished the scientific world with the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/subatomic-particle-discovered-cern-gjhrk57pd#Echobox=1773768448

Book rec: Gilded Rage by Jacob Silverman. I’m not quite done but holy shitballs on a sub sandwich, what a network of money and weirdos. And they control everything.

#Bookstodon

RE: https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/116245050059271241

Tiny bat for the timeline🥹

#batsofmastodon #bat #bats #cute

Plexamp is great, but it's AI playlist feature is shite, so I quickly built this with Claude Code to run on my Plex server.

Working well, and I have ideas for future iterations...

https://github.com/dynamicskillset/plex-playlist

A PlayStation Portal update is adding a 1080p High Quality mode
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/a-playstation-portal-update-is-adding-a-1080p-high-quality-mode-142216189.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gaming @gaming-Engadget

The judge then ordered the 3 leaders of the NJ office, who last week were found to be occupying their positions unlawfully, to appear next month to testify about their office’s leadership structure. Attorney General #PamBondi appointed the unconventional three-person leadership team in December after #AlinaHabba was also found to be unlawfully appointed & was disqualified. The leaders are Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox & Ari Fontecchio.

#law #Judiciary #Trump #DOJ #kakistocracy #idiocracy

Breaking

Fuel rationing looming unless Hormuz supply resumes, experts warn.

Oil companies say price rises resulting from the American war with Iran could force the government to protect supplies for hospitals and essential services.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/fuel-rationing-looming-unless-hormuz-supply-resumes-experts-warn-qd78lskcn

#worldnews #news #iran #iranwar #hormuz

All too often today, we treat "boycott" as though it means withholding consumption, rather than withholding labor and open displays of hostility.

Bring back the meaning of "get the fuck out of here, you are not wanted"

🦨there's something really funny about this X user complaining about $300 for a ref sheet like "I have to work 10 hours at least to make that much, actually more because the government taxes wages!" and then saying artists should do tax evasion like, buddy you didn't evade the taxes, neither can we