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Been roaming the interwebz since BBS days before dial-up. I've seen some sh!t.
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De minimis non curat lex
Henry Rollins & Ian Mackaye recount the Black Flag tour of England 1981 (KCRW)

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WELL, WOW! | Rammstein - Du Hast Live In Paris reaction

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The dawning...
SAMSON! \m/[-_-]\m/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW8bPF5mGH0
Samson (Bruce Dickinson) - Hard Times 1980 (Full HD Remastered Video Clip)

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Fake It Until You Make It, lol

Wired: Tesla Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-says-its-robotaxis-are-sometimes-driven-by-humans/

#robotaxi #tesla #robots

The motion is called “Funding Our Services with Taxes on Major Landholders and Investors”

This is a motion that will raise property taxes on:
- Non-resident investors,
- Mansion owners,
- People with huge property portfolios.

To fund our public services.
#vanpoli #evictkensim
https://www.evictkensim.ca/tax-the-rich-to-stop-the-cuts?r=2P5AqpkV

Tax the Rich to Stop the Cuts - COPE Vancouver

#OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, #FTC says

OkCupid and its owner #Match Group reached a settlement with the #Trump administration for not telling dating-app customers that nearly 3 million user photos were shared with a company making a facial recognition system. OkCupid also gave the #facialRecognition firm access to user location information and other details without customers' consent, the #FederalTradeCommission said.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/okcupid-match-pay-no-fine-for-sharing-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/

OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says

OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.

Ars Technica
IRAN - TRUMP TRIPS OVER THE REVENGE OF HISTORY

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Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded

SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.” Leo Labs says it “immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity.”

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Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war
L: https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-blocks-us-use-of-sicily-air-base/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589011
posted on 2026.03.31 at 11:39:45 (c=0, p=4)
Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base

The Italian government didn’t allow airplanes taking part in the Iran war to use the base, but Rome insists that doesn’t mean the bases are closed to other U.S. uses.

POLITICO

Europe’s $24T breakup with Visa & Mastercard has begun. ECB’s Lagarde warns almost all EU card/mobile payments still run on non‑European rails, sending spending data outside the EU. Now EPI + EuroPA are launching Wero, a pan‑EU wallet for 130M users to pay cross‑border without US networks. A huge shift for payment sovereignty—and data privacy.

#payments #fintech #eu #wero #datasovereignty

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/

Europe vs Visa & Mastercard: The $24 Trillion Payments Shift

Europe is building its own payments system and reducing reliance on Visa and Mastercard. Here’s why the $24 trillion shift matters now.

European Business Magazine