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🥳🎉 "Tim's #Favicon Fiasco! 🎨: Where storing a whole website in a 16x16 pixel square is the latest in digital minimalism. Because why store data efficiently when you can turn your browser's tab bar into a clown car of uselessness? 🚗💨"
https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/ #Fiasco #DigitalMinimalism #ClownCar #Uselessness #WebDesign #HackerNews #ngated

I Stored a Website in a Favicon

Words from me as developer, student and human.

AI6YR Ben Jun 16

The Guardian: Starbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotion

"...The Gwangju massacre is a painful memory for many. Over 10 violent days, paratroopers crushed pro-democracy protests against military strongman Chun Doo-hwan. Victims’ groups say hundreds were killed.

Starbucks branded the date of its promotion “Tank Day”. It also featured the slogan “thwack on the desk”, evoking a notorious police explanation for the 1987 torture death of student activist Park Jong-chul. Authorities falsely claimed he had died after an officer “hit the desk with a thwack” during questioning.

Marketers chose the “thwack” slogan after consulting an AI tool for suggestions, Shinsegae Group said...."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/starbucks-korea-shut-all-stores-tank-day-promotion

#starbucks #AI #fiasco #korea

Starbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotion

The closures, so employees can watch a recorded lecture, will cost the company an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in sales

The Guardian

Global News Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/

Global News Toronto Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/

Global News Guelph Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/

Global News Kingston Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/

Global News Hamilton Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/

Global News Peterborough Jun 2

Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiasco
The gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887186/doug-ford-receives-gag-gift-from-ontario-liberals-after-private-jet-fiasco/