Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

IRS says 2024 tax season officially opens on Jan. 29 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/08/IRS-2024-tax-season-officially-open-Jan-29/2541704758504/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Welcome to the new week! Sunset ticked forward to 5.08pm today, and stay tuned for a mini milestone tomorrow!

Tickling the ivories

Last year, Big Tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft) received about $3.04 billion in fines for breaking laws on both sides of the Atlantic. As of seven days and three hours into 2024, they had already earned enough revenue to pay it all off.
https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-2023-fines-vs-revenue

fines aren't working. govt needs to give them 3 trillion dollar fines or actually make privacy laws, and break up these tech monopolies.

“THE MEDIA: It's so weird, millennials aren't having kids

MILLENNIALS: Well, there is a #pandemic and #climate change and multiple wars and grapes cost $17 now and-

THE #MEDIA : [covering ears] It's a mystery, we just don't know why they won't have kids”

Interstate 80 in central #Nebraska shut down due to whiteout conditions

As of 5:45 p.m., Interstate 80 was closed in both directions between Grand Island and Lexington due to whiteout conditions as a winter storm moves across the state.

#travel #traffic
https://www.klkntv.com/part-of-interstate-80-in-nebraska-shut-down-due-to-numerous-crashes/

The People's CDC has a new #COVID report[1] out that is worth a read (its pretty short).

TLDR:

- There is more covid circulating than at any time since summer '22.

- All States reporting wastewater data are high or very high.

- Booster adoption is abysmally low, especially compared to flu shots

[1]: https://peoplescdc.org/2024/01/08/peoples-cdc-covid-19-weather-report-65/

Boudica investigating the consult room, whilst we waited for the vet.

She doesn’t like the one we saw today. Lowered and pushed herself into the crook of my arm when he came in!

#Tonkinese #RescueCat #VetVisit #MutualAid #CatsOfMastodon

Doggo has commentary…

Welcome to the Habitable Worlds Catalog https://phl.upr.edu/hwc

Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto will suspend his show business activities after a raft of media reports related to sexual assault allegations against him, entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo has announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/01/09/entertainment-news/comedian-hitoshi-matsumoto-sexual-assault/?utm_content=buffer70ef7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #entertainmentnews #hitoshimatsumoto #sexcrimes #comedy #shukanbunshun

Synnöve Solbakken (Sweden, 1919)

Also known as: Fairy of Solbakken

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010754/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1919 #cinema #film #movie

"The whole Erlang ecosystem is perfect for a fediverse server. I guess if it’s good enough for telecom companies using it to handle millions of calls, it’s good enough for us to handle a few thousand funposts." — @lain (the creator of Pleroma social networking system)

https://wedistribute.org/2018/04/blushy-crushy-fediverse-idol-a-chat-with-lain-about-pleroma/

Ugh, I just pulled a dumbass move and sent some phishing asshole impersonating my boss my cell number.

Nothing they couldn't have gotten off of my resume, but annoying to have been tricked.

https://www.europesays.com/992527/ Woman bit victim so hard part of her nose came off after meeting on app #UnitedKingdom

"Get a bidet." they told me.

"It's so much cleaner!" They insisted.

I can’t find the post now but someone said, “Apple Vision Pro got great reviews from those who tried it last year!”

My 1st thought may be a little too cynical but (not meaning any offence to those who were given demos by Apple) I thought, “Well, of course they were positive. Being negative means you probably wouldn’t be invited back for other demos.”

Not to impugn the objectivity or reputation of those who got demos but I wouldn’t base *any* judgements, good or bad, on their demo commentary.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks- WSJ
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/hewlett-packard-enterprise-nears-13-billion-deal-buy-juniper-networks-wsj-4033406

"Our research showed that everyone tends to adapt their lifestyles around 15-minute journeys if parks and grocery stores are available within that radius: If we build it, they will come."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/05/world/15-minute-cities-study-conspiracy/

Bitcoin rises 6.8% to $46,943
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/bitcoin-rises-68-46943-4033171