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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series | The Verge

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:57:42 +0000

J.K. Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she will continue using her fortune to harm transgender people.

Tags: #fantasy #harrypotter #hbo #ugh

DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis – Rust in Peace

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 05:30:29 +0000

Here’s a dude who barely had any time to confront the world before failing into an infinite money glitch in the form of Ruby on Rails, Jeff Bezos throwing him crazy money, Apple bundling his software as a highlighted feature, becoming a “new work” celebrity and Silicon Valley “Guru”. Is it any surprise that such a person later would find the most minuscule kind of opposition as an all-out attack on his self-image?

Tags: #dhh #rails #tech #ugh

Trump Executive Order Declares NASA Is Now a Spy Agency

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:10:03 +0000

The Trump administration issued an executive order late last month, quietly declaring that NASA will operate as a national intelligence and security agency going forward. The order stipulates that the agency will now "have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work." It's a major departure for the agency, which has historically focused on space exploration, as well as space and Earth sciences over its 67-year lifespan.

Tags: #space #trump #ugh #uspolitics

Carmen Sandiego Will Be the Next Thing Jennifer Lopez Ruins for Everyone - Giant Bomb

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:56:52 +0000

Jennifer Lopez + Carmen Sandiego = DO NOT WANT.

Tags: #entertainment #lopez #shared #ttrss #ugh

The 'Cheesy Bacon Bowl' Is KFC's Latest Culinary Abomination [Video]

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:19:59 +0000

Tags: #chicken #fastfood #food #kfc #ugh

Oh god, they're probably making a Farmville movie

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Tags: #facebook #farmville #gaming #ugh

New Michigan Tax On Services Impacts Many Businesses and Consumers at a r b o r l a w

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:02:34 +0000

"The creative and intellectual property service industries in Michigan (software developers, graphic designers, technical artists and writers, dance and music teachers) may be particularly hit hard."

Tags: #coolcities #government #michigan #taxes #ugh

Neurophilosophy : The rise & fall of the prefrontal lobotomy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:38:29 +0000

"After reading this post all I can say is: I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy."

Tags: #brain #lobotomies #psychiatry #scary #ugh

CRINGE: Google brings light unto Michigan - Valleywag

Thu, 17 May 2007 23:46:20 +0000

"Ann Arbor is to be home to Google's Adwords sales, one of the lowest status groups at the Googleplex. Those jobs, about as exciting as selling classifieds, are unlikely to persuade too many University of Michigan graduates to stay in the Rustbelt."

Tags: #annarbor #google #michigan #ugh

Tech news blog - Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement | CNET News.com

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:36:57 +0000

"Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America"

Tags: #argh #copyfight #dhs #gonzales #law #riaa #ugh

Digg Surrenders to Mob

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:21:04 +0000

"To say what happened today on Digg was a “user revolt” is an understatement."

Tags: #digg #hddvd #ugh #web20

Calif. interchange collapses after fire - Yahoo! News

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:20:34 +0000

"A section of freeway that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and caught fire beneath it, authorities said."

Tags: #california #commute #sanfrancisco #ugh

Ned Batchelder: Xss with utf-7

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:15:00 +0000

"The resulting page doesn't have any explicit declaration of its character set, so depending on your browser settings, the browser may try to auto-detect the character set, and seeing the distinctive UTF-7 byte sequences, will choose UTF-7. In UTF-7, the

Tags: #ugh #utf-7 #webdev #xss

Corner.js

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:44:30 +0000

Can we have LensFlare.js next please? "Corner.js 1.0 allows you to add corners to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean."

Tags: #html #javascript #ugh #web20 #webdev

People don't stop killers. People with guns do - Opinions - NY Daily News

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:37:59 +0000

Yup, there's an article about how the Virginia Tech tragedy was all about gun control.

Tags: #guncontrol #ugh #virginiatech #vt