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Mortgage loan officer passionate about helping others.
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Netflix officially terminates DVD rental service with final mailings: 'End of an era' (www.foxbusiness.com)
Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
I left a couple of months ago. Couldn’t be happier....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour (apnews.com)
You can’t view notifications in the app without enabling push notifications and email notifications now (i.imgur.com)
Your communities might be a lot larger than you think!
The number of subscribers listed in the sidebar is only the number of users from YOUR instance that are subscribed. This might make you feel like a community is ‘small’ or ‘dead’ when it actually isn’t....
Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter? (variety.com)
Elon Musk said he will charge all X/Twitter users a fee to be on the platform. He suggested that such a change would be necessary to deal with the problem of bots on the platform....
Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk has indicated that X, formerly known as Twitter, is preparing to charge all users for accessing the platform....
Trump Warns ‘Cognitively Impaired’ Biden May Cause ‘World War Two’ (nymag.com)
More companies, especially airlines, warn higher costs will eat into profits (www.cnbc.com)
Showing the destination before the journey - Dragon Warrior (sopuli.xyz)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/3558411...
End users (feddit.de)
Meme transcription:...
In historic first, United Auto Workers union strikes at GM, Ford and Stellantis (www.cnn.com)
Brainwashed Russian thinks Ukrainians eat Russian soldiers (streamable.com)
Apple’s new iPhone 15 Pro gets new chips, better cameras, and a titanium frame (arstechnica.com)
Americans Are Less Motivated to Work This Year Compared to Last, New Data Shows (www.bloomberg.com)
What do you do with all the free time you got once you stopped using reddit?
Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police (www.cnn.com)
Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police....
It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
How do you deal with being broke?
I’m in my 30s so I should be used to this by now, but this shit is getting so stressful guys. I have no savings, my checking account is drained every month with rent, and if there’s ever a serious emergency I have no safety net, I’m legitimately fucked. I’m one unplanned expense away from absolute ruin. Those in the same...
Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing (www.techspot.com)
Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for customers without a Prime membership (nypost.com)
The Spotify Car Thing cost $100, but I can't use it anymore. (lemmy.ml)
EDIT: The only reason why I still had it at this point was because I could use it with other apps. However, now that my Spotify Subscription is cancelled, it doesn’t work with anything. It’s mildly infuriating because today, I can’t still use it with other apps like I was able to yesterday....
California sues Chino school district, aiming to end policy notifying parents of student gender changes (www.latimes.com)
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chino school district, ordering an end to a policy that requires notifying parents if their children change their gender identity, alleging it is discriminatory and violates civil rights and privacy laws....
You’ve Heard of Quiet Quitting. Now Companies Are Quiet Cutting. (www.wsj.com)
Uno reverse 🔁 (sh.itjust.works)
Why are trending posts on Mastodon mostly negatively politically oriented? (lemm.ee)
It seems anytime I try to check out Mastodon it is always some negative political view or affiliation of why X, Y & Z is bad. Is this just what most people like boosting or is it a sign of botting to push negativity over the more positive headlines?...
$2 to cut a sandwich in half: The outrageous rip-offs targeting tourists in Italy (www.cnn.com)
An Italian holiday may be a priceless experience for those who have enjoyed all this country has to offer. But the summer of 2023 will go down as one of the priciest in history after a slew of price gouging scandals at cafes and restaurants that have affected foreign tourists and Italians alike.
What Do You Do With Large Amounts Of Money?
Suppose you win 100 million. What do you actually do with it? Banks only guarantee 250,000. Do you have to invest it? Is there anywhere you can just let it sit and draw interest?
Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)
We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
Twitter's removal of block function appears to violate both Apple and Google's app store policies (lemmy.world)
It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)
Coming to you soon... (lemmy.world)
As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
How to get past a paywall to read an article ... (lifehacker.com)
The new system to replace Reddit coins and awards is here. You got out at the right time. (www.reddit.com)
Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.
On the future of Lemmy vs reddit
Please indulge a few shower thoughts I had:...