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 nostr:npub1uc0tcznkqrwhz3t89sj7zqllkevvlqyq9eyd5usyd2dga52jk6hqusnh76 What about it? 
 @c6d0060b @e61ebc0a it's a good thing most people appreciate on this platform. V2 of the graphic (which didn't take long to make, I note from an earlier comment) could celebrate that too :) 
 @baa7002e it's funny to have a major #transit #outage and #cn #cnrail at root of the issue not even getting much attention... #Toronto

Good thing #bikeTO has my back 
 nostr:npub1aka6wf78hfaqpz060r246dq80lmtjx6uf7wapct4ljluyfx956hszmzzz2 I like the hotfix they did ... 
 @496fc4ca @edbba727 imagine the cool howling noise it could make on a windy night.

That's not just electrical line work. It's postmodern art. 
 The latest @b92dcc07 is full of so many fantastic points. I've forwarded this a half dozen ways with seperate pull quotes for each friend

"For a lot of people, the analysis stops here. "If you're not paying for the product, you're the product." Google locks in users and sells them to advertisers, who are their co-conspirators in a scheme to screw the rest of us.

But that's not right. For one thing, paying for a product doesn't mean you won't be the product. Apple charges a thousand bucks for an iPhone and then nonconsensually spies on every iOS user in order to target ads to them (and lies about it):

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar

John Deere charges six figures for its tractors, then runs a grift that blocks farmers from fixing their own machines, and then uses their control over repair to silence farmers who complain about it:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/31/dealers-choice/#be-a-shame-if-something-were-to-happen-to-it "

All from: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/#fundamental-laws-of-economics 
 @db9c7978 it's like all the bad stuff @b92dcc07 has been writing about Amazon and its ilk is finally being legally challenged 
 Noncompete apologists argue these protect employers' investment in training and willingness to sh... 
 @b92dcc07 that is insane. Burger joint non-competes.

Big chunks of America - so very broken.