Powderhorn
Freelance journalist, burner, raver and vandweller.
I read news so you don’t have to (but you still should).
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Technology@beehaw.org•Bumble CEO reveals it's killing off the swipe "We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category"English
3·23 hours agoIf swiping were effective, dating apps would have no business model, because people would pair off and cancel. This “revolutionary” change is being instituted solely for Bumble’s bottom line and can’t possibly be more effective because that would kill revenue.
Remember: The current crop of dating apps do not exist to help you find love. They’re extraction machines running off of FOMO.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chipsEnglish
1·3 days agoSolar on a van has been my life for couple of years. Of course, now diesel’s expensive enough in Texas that fleeing will run $1/mile.
I was talking with a friend a couple of days ago whose life is basically putting out brush fires for others and had hit her limit. She pointed out the flight-safety boilerplate of “remember to secure your own mask before helping others.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits BackEnglish
19·4 days agoSo, $5 per litigant after legal fees, assuming the DOJ doesn’t step in and claim to be the defendant.
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Politics@beehaw.org•The “MAGA sphere” is in an uproar after the Canadian PM welcomed former President Barack Obama with open arms.English
9·4 days agoSomeday, we’ll look back and think being nice to each other wasn’t such a bad idea.
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Technology@beehaw.org•MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits BackEnglish
11·4 days agoIt is left as an exercise for the reader.
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U.S. News@beehaw.org•Newly released Epstein note matches handwriting of one found after his deathEnglish
1·4 days agoExcept they don’t, per the story. Please don’t post sensationalism as though it’s news.
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U.S. News@beehaw.org•Donald Trump accused of sinking to a new low after viral clip appears to show him mocking a little girl at White House eventEnglish
1·4 days agoPlease read the sidebar again. This is not the original source … you’re sanitizing this through the Politico name. I’m taking this down. I have no ill will toward you, but you seem to have a big issue with reading community guidelines.
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U.S. News@beehaw.org•'Absolutely Lost It': Trump loses it over a simple 3-letter word — White House tries to defend him by attacking Newsom but it just gets more embarrassingEnglish
1·4 days agoI’m removing this per the guidelines. Social media is not a news source.
Yeah, Consent is Like Tea was actually one of the first things I was linked to, No shade; it’s a good video.
The thing in my situation is I can’t assume the audience. When I was a baby burner, I didn’t know about the darker side. I likely need to talk with her further to determine angle. She’d be the first to tell you that she has Dori memory.
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Politics@beehaw.org•DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit saysEnglish
5·5 days agoFinally, a chance to see what Hitler would have done with modern technology! (and a smaller brain, and even smaller hands)
It was clearly being used idiomatically.
You’re being deliberately obtuse on this. “Everyone goes grocery shopping on weekends” is the same sort of construction, yet it doesn’t actually mean “everyone.” It’s referring to “everyone who votes.”
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Chat@beehaw.org•'Twas the night before surgery and all through the van ...English
2·6 days agoWe’ll have to see how the fitting goes Monday. Corn on the cob might be a stretch goal. Sorry to hear you’re going through the same issues … people take being able to eat for granted (given enough money), and yet for some, it just … isn’t.
Huh. I watched the video, and it didn’t claim anything like 100% turnout in the first minute.
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Chat@beehaw.org•'Twas the night before surgery and all through the van ...English
6·7 days agoThere will be steak involved.
I turned 18 in 1997, and I can’t remember an election where my vote counted. The further up the ballot you go, the less relevance.
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U.S. News@beehaw.org•One of the planet’s biggest cities is sinking so rapidly it’s visible from spaceEnglish
1·8 days agoOnce again, you have posted world news here. Take three days off to learn how to post.
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U.S. News@beehaw.org•Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’ | West BankEnglish
1·8 days agoStop posting world news in U.S. News. This is your third warning. A vacation comes next.





















I’m fine with that timeline. The rollout in Austin hasn’t been the smoothest – though in faiirness, we now have so many Waymos in town that they keep having issues like knowing what to do when encountering an emergency vehicle. They aren’t going around killing people, but that’s a pretty low bar.