It is incredible to me how many of the things we do every day - purchases on a credit card, texts/call we experience a phone, content we consume via a search engine or browser - is mediated by a monopolist or cartel with near-zero incentive to innovate UX

Proud to be a part of the LA tech community and to see so many stepping forward to support those in need in so many different ways. If you can contribute to this fund, please do! Thank you @msuster @du_ro @jimandelman @gilelbaz et al for your leadership ❤️❤️❤️ #lastrong

This is ratfuckery of the highest order. Cancel your LAT subscription; the institution cannot be trusted.

I Tronc'd in my mouth a little

After millions of views spreading lies about the Palisades firefighters lacking water because of regulations, the boring truth comes late like usual and wont be shared. Here it is: 1 - Reservoirs and water tanks were at normal levels and completely full before the fire. 2 - All 114 city water supply tanks were fully stocked pre-fire. 3 - A 15-hour surge at four times normal demand reduced water pressure. 4 - High demand at lower elevations slowed refilling tanks at higher elevations. 5 - This unprecedented fire was fueled by 8 months of no rain and 85 MPH winds. Water is being brought in continuously. 6 - Even if, like Trump claimed, the protection of the Delta Smelt caused over regulation by California, it's the FEDERAL Endangered Species Act that requires the protection of endangered species like the Delta Smelt and their habitats, not Gavin Newsom or California. I expect the comments to me filled with people personally attacking me for putting this information out. All it does is show that you are unintelligent. Thanks.

Stop the timeline, please; today's winner has been selected:

If ever there were a case for emergency remote control of autonomous vehicles, this would be it

I hope they have a marvelous time ruining everything!

My love language is bluesky

Girl dads unite. #BlueWave2024

Election Day By Walt Whitman If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, 'Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor you, Yosemite—nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyser-loops ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing, Nor Oregon's white cones—nor Huron's belt of mighty lakes—nor Mississippi's stream: —This seething hemisphere's humanity, as now, I'd name—the still small voice vibrating—America's choosing day, (The heart of it not in the chosen—the act itself the main, the quadriennial choosing,) The stretch of North and South arous'd—sea-board and inland—Texas to Maine—the Prairie States—Vermont, Virginia, California, The final ballot-shower from East to West—the paradox and conflict, The countless snow-flakes falling—(a swordless conflict, Yet more than all Rome's wars of old, or modern Napoleon's:) the peaceful choice of all, Or good or ill humanity—welcoming the darker odds, the dross: —Foams and ferments the wine? it serves to purify—while the heart pants, life glows: These stormy gusts and winds waft precious ships, Swell'd Washington's, Jefferson's, Lincoln's sails. – hat tip @NicholsUprising, who adds: To the polls, Americans, to the polls!

If you’re still on the fence about voting in this election, think about what really matters – about the values we were taught, the kind of country we want to be, and how this is a moment when your vote really does count.  Your vote could determine the fate of our republic – the world that our children and grandchildren will inherit. It’s an awesome responsibility. But what an extraordinary privilege it is to live in a democracy that gives each of us the opportunity to make our voices heard.