It’s been several years since the Indian government has caught my attention by peddling a suspicious phone app, but they […]
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Smellvertising?
AP: A trip through New York City’s crowded subway system usually offers a pungent mix of industrial and bodily aromas. […]
Standing headline: a recent Windows update sucks
The headline from Bleeping Computer says enough: Microsoft: Windows updates make password login option invisible The official Microsoft workaround is […]
I’m deeply skeptical about any expansion of artistic “moral rights”
Which one should bother me more: some guy posting salacious movie clips on a Danish-language subreddit, or the declared intent […]
$230 for a cell phone holster?
So I saw this, about Apple’s new limited-edition designer cell phone holster: Is it a bag? Is it a sock? […]
Fittingly, an ass brought up the rear
Frequent readers might have gotten the idea over the years that I scorn the institution of voting, that I don’t […]
The Platner fuckery
Elections between two contestants in America, especially national elections, tend to be very close. This wasn’t always the case (Reagan […]
Flooding the zone with shit to obscure a declaration of war
Earlier this week, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump summoned hundreds of military commanders to Quantico to hear speeches. The two […]
“Tilly Norwood” spins Variety’s weathervane
The algo has now served me multiple pieces on the “AI” “actress” “Tilly Norwood” by the same outlet, Variety, which […]
The medbed thing
For those of you who are, like I was until this weekend, blissfully unaware of the “medbed” conspiracy theory: remember […]
Ray of Infamy 