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'People Will Not Forget': Fury as Schumer Caves to Trump-Musk Destruction, including unchecked powers for trade war in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago

How long did Schumer's brave resistance last? 6 hours? Maybe 12?

Meta wins halt to promotion of 'Careless People' tell-all book by former employee in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's a review of the book in the NYT that gives a taste of some of the awfulness:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/books/review/careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams.html

https://archive.is/Gq7O8

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

They're saying receiving EPA climate grants from the US Government constitutes defrauding the government. These grants were offered by the US Government specifically to help organizations do environmental work, but the Trump regime claims that accepting the grant you applied for, and using it for its intended purpose, is criminal fraud.

Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Mozilla has one too. And Fastmail. You can invent a different email address for every site, then block the ones that get spammed.

Trump reverses new tariffs threat on Canada after Ontario rescinds electricity charges in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Seems like the federal government understands this but Doug Ford has no follow-through for all his big talk.

X Threatens Our Democracy. Canada Should Ban It in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

He's the richest man in the world. You couldn't set a fine he wouldn't just pay as the cost of doing business.

Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I have never seen this happen, and I don't know what tools would confuse the strings "null" or "Null" with NULL. From the comments in this thread, there are evidently more terribly programmed systems than I imagined.