It is not strength that overcomes darkness, but light.
USDS is the company that keeps US TIkTok data on Oracle servers now. A new joint venture called TikTok USDS will be created by 1/22 that will add retraining the algorithm on US data to that data storage. TikTok Global will still handle interoperability and money-making. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/tik-tok-us-sale-china.html
“There are some upon this earth … who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us …, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”
People often say it must be weird to live in LA where you don’t have seasons. They don’t realize that in December we get summer during the day and it drops down far enough at night that we can pretend it’s winter.
I think I have to downgrade StubHub to chancy in my ticket procuring ratings. They’re fine when it’s integrated sports like MLB and NBA but I’ve had some recent troubles with concerts and the help line is quite difficult to access. Not saying i wont use them, just selectively.
I think I have to downgrade StubHub to chancy in my ticket procuring ratings. They’re fine when it’s integrated sports like MLB and NBA but I’ve had some recent troubles with concerts and the help line is quite difficult to access. Not saying i wont use them, just selectively.
I think I have to downgrade StubHub to chancy in my ticket procuring ratings. They’re fine when it’s integrated sports like MLB and NBA but I’ve had some recent troubles with concerts and the help line is quite difficult to access. Not saying i wont use them, just selectively.
The amazing Rich Stroffolino showed up for all you Linux fans, living with Ubuntu on a Microsoft Surface Go.
https://www.youtube.com/live/wN2rZSKslAU?si=0abGvkg7zAR2lz-q
“It's silly to be depressed by it. I mean one thinks of it like being alive in a box, one keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead... which should make all the difference... shouldn't it?"
RIP Tom Stoppard
A lot of people love Molly Wood when she rants. And those rants are pretty epic. But I think Molly is even better when she’s being hopeful. This episode on geothermal is one of the best examples of that.
https://shows.acast.com/64558952edc160001121ec0b/691ea5a27886054fec3ea7e2
In the future, will all stores be popups?
Try this: Take a break from this app and go look out a window for just five minutes. Then come back here. You’ll feel different about what you’re reading.
You can’t spell COP30 without C-3PO
Several people are furiously writing the pitch for a K-Drama about Haenyo who try to start a ketamine drug ring with hilarious consequences. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93d4y8ggvqo
There are many crimes these days, but I think one of the biggest is when my phone’s mail app suddenly and unexpectedly refreshes the mail list, right as I’m swiping to delete, thus causing me to delete an email I haven’t even seen yet. What is the government doing about this?!?!
Remember. Vote Yamamoto on Prop 50 November 4th.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a well-earned World Series championship.
Shouldn’t 35% of Toronto’s stadium jams be Canadian?
You can’t spell try with Treinen.
When you search for Van Nuys in Apple News it suggests the following topics https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/44c6b27c0cfc428e77092b65153c6e0eda4fd799d2db3572b1dbe25ab84f5b0a/62344086f82f0b4bec92d113279e19b1d660dac5240e015e845e2ceefd914d9d.webp
I think it may be a general principle that the stinkier the food you eat the longer you’ll live.
So if I believe the media reports, kids these days don’t drink or have sex, listen to soft low fidelity music and get very upset if you say something impolite or offensive. So they’re my grandparents?
Two Chinese companies. One company’s CEO serves on the board of Communist Youth League of China another company’s CEO has never had any party or government involvement in China. What are the two companies?
I wasn’t surprised by the results of the New York mayoral primary because I listen to @justinryoung.bsky.social And I was able to see the result in real time because I get @cspan@twitter.grants.cafe on DirecTV Stream.
My Eurovision faves Luxembourg Italy Switzerland Iceland UK Estonia Sweden