N-gated Hacker NewsAug 16, 2025
Ah, the future is here: now you can pay #VW monthly to get the car power you already *bought*—because who wouldn't want their car to come with a built-in treadmill subscription? 💸💨 Next up: paying for "premium air" in your tires. 😂 #InnovationOrInanity
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62weyp4qqgo #Innovation #Inanity #CarSubscription #FutureTech #MonthlyPayments #HackerNews #ngated
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power - BBC News

The German car-maker says its "optional power upgrade" is designed to give customers more choice.

BBC News
Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿Jan 17, 2025

Immigration and Customs Enforcement would require USD $27 billion in the first year to implement the large-scale deportation plan proposed by the incoming president: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262921/laken-riley-act-deportation-ice

#npr #immigration #ice #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #ximenabustillo #47 #racism #stupidity #xenophobia #inanity #stupidity

Warner CrockerNov 7, 2023

I saw this gob-smacking Economist headline fly by on one social media network or the other.

In more ways than I care or want to count it sort of sums up exactly what’s happening on this planet. 

#politics #economy #inanity #WTF #WASF

https://warnercrocker.com/2023/11/07/weve-fallen-and-i-dont-think-well-ever-get-back-up/

We’ve Fallen and I Don’t Think We’ll Ever Get Back Up

I saw this Economist headline fly by today on one social media network or the other. It’s from the end of last month. In more ways than I care or want to count it sort of sums up exactly what’s hap…

Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3
Show threadNonilexSep 20, 2023

#HouseRepublicans’ inability to find agreement on even a #stopgap #funding bill that is destined to fail in the #Senate again puts into focus the challenge before #KevinMcCarthy as he tries to unite his party & avoid a #GovernmentShutdown. Though #Republicans largely agree on the need to significantly curb federal spending, divisions mostly over process have given any 5 lawmakers enormous #power in the razor-thin majority.

#Inanity #Dysfunction #PublicDisservice

NonilexSep 20, 2023

#House flounders as #GOP fails to #appease #FarRight members on #funding

The prospect of a #GovernmentShutdown escalated significantly Tues as #HouseRepublicans’ intraparty tensions again came to a head in a dramatic floor vote amid negotiations on a nascent plan to keep the government open.

#Inanity #Dysfunction #PublicDisservice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/19/house-republicans-spending-vote/

House flounders as GOP fails to appease hard-right members on funding

House Republicans will return to negotiations over the continuing resolution as a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown looms.

The Washington Post