I've about had it with Microsoft. If Windows 10stops working & I'm forced to buy a more expensive PC running Windows 11 with unwanted AI support, I will seriously consider switching to Apple & saying goodbye to Microsoft (thank God for the competition).
I originally chose Microsoft/MSDOS in the 1980s because a) cheaper, & b) it was running on 90% of all business machines & I wanted to be competitive. But now it is personal.
Feeling like a Luddite.
It's time to tax the billionaires https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/opinion/global-billionaires-tax.html
Scientists Reveal 'Major' New Factor in Bumblebee Decline - May 03, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT (spoiler alert: global warming is wiping out the bees)
https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-major-threat-bumblebee-decline-1896674
Noted puppy killer Noem Insists 14 Month Old Dog She Shot Was ‘Not a Puppy’ Sparking New Backlash
"We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized. Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast."
By Umair Irfan Apr 25, 2024, 7:00am EDT
https://www.vox.com/climate/24139383/climate-change-peak-greenhouse-gas-emissions-action
“I ask him, Don’t you see why many Americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles?” Cortellessa wrote. No, Trump said. “‘I think a lot of people like it.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-30-2024
Boomers will make up 70% of the seniors in Nov. 2024. It's a totally different senior that has been voting the last few elections. It's more of a "Vietnam" senior. It's a group that didn't want to answer the draft notices, but did! Republicans are finding the going with these seniors a lot tougher!! It's also a group that doesn't like someone who had 5 deferments for bone spurs!!!
I'd love to see a reboot of The Rutles, maybe as a live stage musical. It'd be tough to replace Neil Innes though. Best Beatles parody ever
The Rutles - I Must Be be In Love
https://youtu.be/SEYEVOiV2G0
Seriously though. While the Supreme Court is pondering about whether Trump can be convicted of a crime, whether under the cover of 'official duties' and what constitutes 'official duties' - while in office....
... WHY THE FUCK DON'T WE JUST SKIP THE FUCKING MIDDLE MAN AND CONVICT HIM FOR THE CRIMES HE DID AND IS DOING WHILE NOT IN OFFICE?
Start with the years of Tax fraud, I'm sure that'll lead to more. See Al Capone.
Microsoft needs to win back trust / Years of security issues and mounting criticism have left Microsoft needing to overhaul its cybersecurity.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/25/24139914/microsoft-cyber-security-incidents-trust-report
'Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s motion for a new trial'
By Kara Scannell and Michael Williams, CNN, Updated 4/25/2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/politics/federal-judge-upholds-e-jean-carroll-verdict/index.html
Harris shreds Trump in pitch perfect DNC speech.
https://youtu.be/NvLfZIOsg3s?si=wthSz1W16oyv0YWR