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“Oh Fork,” sighed Woody. “Is it possible I’m just being paranoid?” “Absolutely not,” replied Forky. “People really are out to get you.”

By Doug Spade and Mike Clement You can’t believe a thing anyone says anymore. Ditto for what you buy at the store. Take light bulbs, for example. A couple years back, we stocked up on a lifetime supply of those LED jobbies. With each one guaranteed to last darn near a quarter century — it said so right on the box — we figured we’d be doing wheelchair drag races at the nursing home long before ever having to change them. Naturally, they all burned out last week.  Every blinkin’ one. T...

Another new social platform is taking the industry by storm: Clubhouse, a voice-first platform, is the talk of the town for a large swathe of wine pros. It’s like the First Rule of CrossFit all over again: Make sure everyone knows you Clubhouse. My good friend Andre Ribeirinho asked me why, as a tech leader, I muted Clubhouse conversations on Twitter. First, I’m not at all against Clubhouse. It’s exciting to have a new social media platform with a novel variety of engagements. In fact, yo...

10 Tuesday AM Reads My Two-for-Tuesday morning • Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind After years of dire inflation predictions that failed to pan out, the people who run fiscal and monetary policy in Washington have decided the risk of “overheating” the economy is much lower than the risk of failing to heat it up enough. (New York Times) see also Stop Stressing About Inflation Inflation is periodic, driven by specific events; Deflation is consiste...

Filed to:confessor Crop of The Children of DHara cover. (Image: Head of Zeus) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Fantasy author Terry Goodkind passed away in September, but he left behind a long legacy of books, including the Sword of Truth series. Today Gizmodo is excited to share ...

‘I Miss Gossiping!’: How the Invite-Only Social-Media App Clubhouse Is Making the Art World Fun Again (Even Without the Parties) We took a tour through the buzzy new audio-only platform Clubhouse, which has taken the art world by storm. February 1, 2021 A user of the social media app Clubhouse shows her smartphone with the logo of the audio application. Photo: Christoph Dernbach/dpa via Getty Images. I received a text-invite to download an app a week ago from a former gallerist friend. Suff...

Selective unemployment benefits expiring for millions Share on Facebook Jazz ShawPosted at 9:31 am on December 27, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter When the clock struck midnight last night, unemployment benefits for upwards of nine million Americans turned into a pumpkin. This was one aspect of the COVID relief bill that didn’t draw as much attention initially while it was being hammered out in the Senate. Before getting to the details, I wanted to point out some curious stylistic cho...

Skooz OK, so its like this. This used to be a really nice profile page; pics galore, nice wallpapers, and if I say so my self, pretty cool. Then, Comcast deactivated the web pages of their subscribers, including me, and all the painstaking HTML was orphaned overnight. One of these days Ill get around to rebuilding this page. One of these days ... ungh!! "Will you raise or lower my taxes?" Until that question is answered, I do not hear a word they have to say. All Hail the Mighty Kansas C...

Stardate: unknown Station log: Sisko wants to bring Jake to Bajor for the gratitude festival, and also to visit the Fire Caverns. Jake begs off, though, as he says he has plans with Nog to check out an Andorian freighter. Sisko is perplexed, since Jake has been bugging him about going to see the caverns. Quark is pissed at Rom because a customer left her money pouch behind and Rom gave it back to her with all the currency. Quark punishes Rom by assigning him to polish all the railings in the ba...

By Brian Mudd The First Rule of Retirement – Brian Mudd’s Eight Keys to Success Bottom Line: As part of my series, Eight Rules for Life, here’s my First Rule of Retirement aka A mortgage isn’t a retirement plan... My first rule of retirement is that a mortgage isnt a retirement plan. The point really isnt just about mortgages. Its a story about debt. I dont endorse any retirement plan that includes carrying debt. If you have debt you have something to lose and at a time in which youre...