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FYI, Sesame Street went public-private in 2016 when they signed a deal with HBO to fund new episodes which then were permitted to air on PBS several months later.

In Dec 2024, HBO/Max called the deal off and effectively cancelled the show. Now they’re shopping for a new home and, with the threats of PBS funding cuts, the notion of returning to PBS is in question.

So basically the showrunners of Sesame Street are at least partially responsible for the corner they painted themselves into here.

Depending on how stoned you’re interested in getting, and your cognitive abilities under the influence, consider Mad Ape Den.

At its core, Mad Ape Den is a writing exercise where you only use words composed of three letters or less:

To bid you a bit of it, the gab may go as so.

Our favorite thing to do is to make a guessing game of it. Have everyone else try to guess something you’ve chosen, describing it using Mad Ape Den. Your turn ends if you mess up and use a longer word. For example:

He is a man, but he is a bat, too.

Batman!

Cars made to be sold and driven in Japan (aka JDM vehicles, for Japanese Domestic Market) can not be imported into the US until they are over 25 years old. This is part of a series of import laws that American vehicle manufacturers lobbied for to keep foreign cars from dominating domestic marketplaces.

The US also has crash test safety standards that domestic cars must meet because a) safety is good, and b) people drive tanks like maniacs. Kei cars used to be pretty awful in crash tests, but have gotten a lot better in recent years.

He’s deliberately manipulating stock prices on a massive scale. And his administration controls the regulators who would be policing this.

End of story.

Not just a tool for monitoring, but a tool for propaganda delivery and indoctrination for anyone with a message and cash to burn.

Proper journalism costs money and requires focused attention to consume and metabolize. Propaganda is shiny, sweet, goes down easy and it’s always free.

Isn’t a lot of that just fancy chemistry?

“AMATEURS!” bellows the shadowy mathematician from the dark corner.

the fink and the furher

Solid article. I imagine the folks at the cyberwire podcast will be doing more digging over the weekend for a solid summary come Monday.

The image link is to the cover of The Premonition by Michael Lewis.

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I CAN FEEL IT

If your employer requires you to have a phone for official use, keep it separate from your personal phone; different device, different number, different networks if possible (ie: only let it join your home’s guest network). Don’t do personal things on your work devices, including logging into personal services, social networks or communication tools.

Agreed. It’s a good thing that “no victory laps yet” is not the same as “it sucks”.

“No victory laps yet” means “the work isn’t done yet.” You only get what you demand and are willing to fight for.

MA law doesn’t force insurance providers to cover gender-affirming hair electrolysis, so most don’t. Trans women with facial hair and cis women suffering from hirsutism are all expected to live with their beards and hairy shoulders.

Washington, Oregon, California and other states have laws on the books making it illegal for medical insurance providers to deny coverage of treatment for these conditions.

MA doesn’t get to do victory laps for its progressive bone fides until it gets with the program and takes care of its women.

I see Pitch; I up-vote.

Obligatory:

I’m Comic Sans, Asshole by Mike Lacher from McSweeney’s Short Imagined Monologues June 15, 2010

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