JarOCats™

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#LGBTQ | #GenerationJones | ex #infotech pro/#programmer | #writer | #artist/ #artivist | #graphic #design(er) | #video(maker) | #rural | #offgrid | #liberal | #fbr| #foodie | into ethical #ai, #cats, #books, #cooking, #photography, #classic & #cult #movies & #vintage #tv & just about everything #retro

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Let's see...

✅ Mass layoffs

✅ Dumping billions into Zuck's Folly (a.k.a. "the Metaverse") and then quietly turning away from it the minute ChatGPT goes viral

✅ More layoffs

✅ Charging for #2FA

Now...

#Instagram has started putting ads in search results https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/21/23650766/instagram-ads-search-results-feeds

Instagram has started putting ads in search results

Instagram is bringing more ads to the platform. This time, they’ll show up in the feed that appears when you tap into a post on the platform’s search results page and start scrolling.

The Verge

Between this stupidity (#parody is #freespeech, after all) and the black mold its new barrel houses are (allegedly) causing all over town, you've got to ask what bright bulb is running #JackDaniels' reputation straight into the ground:

Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy #BadSpaniels https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1162692739/supreme-court-jack-daniels
>The whiskey maker argues that the toy named Bad Spaniel infringes on its trademark, confuses consumers and tarnishes its reputation.

Yes, for just $180 a year, you too can enjoy #2FA (which you should have access to for free) and -- don't faint, now -- sooper-speshul stickers for your Stories 'n' Reels!

But seriously, folks... This is in the wake of how many thousands laid off now? You can almost smell the desperation for cash:

You Can Now Pay #Meta to Verify Your #Facebook and #Instagram Account https://www.lifewire.com/you-can-now-pay-meta-to-verify-your-facebook-and-instagram-account-7368432

You Can Now Pay Meta to Verify Your Facebook and Instagram Account

Today Meta begins rolling out paid verification for Facebook and Instagram users in the United States.

Lifewire
At last, the truth comes out about what we'd all assumed: The Iran hostages were released just minutes after Reagan's swearing-in according to a plan the Republicans hatched with the Iranian leaders, telling them they'd get a much better 'deal' under Reagan.
I was a columnist near Detroit at the time and I wrote about that day as it happened.
Here is my account from 1/20/1981.
Please share. Thanks.
#IranHostages #Reagan #Carter #Republicans
https://constantcommoner.substack.com/p/reagan-carter-and-the-hostage-release
Reagan, Carter, and the Hostage release, January 20, 1981

I wrote about it back then. This is how I saw it that day.

Constant Commoner
@RamonaGrigg
Great piece. I just flipped it: https://flip.it/iDeA2n
Reagan, Carter, and the Hostage release, January 20, 1981

I wrote about it back then. This is how I saw it that day.

Constant Commoner
@w7voa
And to think of all the good all that money could do if it weren't concentrated in the hands of one badly-behaved third-grader.
@JoshuaHolland
I'm just bummed that we still have to resort to prosecuting major criminals for relatively minor (and in this case, arguably victimless) crimes in order to hold them accountable for anything at all. (Think Al Capone and tax evasion.)
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html?smid=tw-share
An Untold Story Behind Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Defeat

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

The New York Times

@Heimdall @TonyStark @SharG

A United States without Reaganomics?

A country without a history of unqualified actors as commander in chief?

A country who didn’t normalize putting an actor in the most powerful position in the world?

A country who continued a legacy of a good man who lived his whole life doing good things for Americans?

I can’t imagine, but if I could it would be someplace I’d like to/be proud to live

Unlike now

@GreenFire
Common knowledge (albeit without any rock-solid evidence) on the Left, for sure. But if you breathed a word about it within earshot of a Reagan worshipper, suddenly you were the conspiracy nut.
@SharG @TonyStark