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GOP Lawmaker Hits New Low In Misogyny And Depravity
Nov. 26th, 2025 02:22 amcrooks_and_liars_feed
Misogyny among Republicans is a feature, not a bug. They provide daily examples of it, up to and including their culture of rape. In Wisconsin, it arguably had reached its peak ten years ago when former Governor Scott Walker and Republican legislators passed a bill mandating that a woman goes through an ultrasound before getting an abortion, including a transvaginal ultrasound for early term abortions. He said that it was just "a cool thing out there."
But this year, State Senator Andre Jacque has reached new levels of misogyny and depravity. Let's let Dr Kristin Lyerly, an OBGYN, explain:
Per Jacque's bill, they could go after both the doctor and the drug manufacturer for failure to comply with this abusive law:
The Wrong Co
Nov. 26th, 2025 04:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead The Wrong Co
Customer: "I want to return these dog treats. My dog didn’t like them."
Me: "We don't sell this brand here, ma'am."
Customer: "No, I am absolutely CERTAIN I bought it here because I don't shop for pet supplies anywhere else."
Me: "Do you have a receipt?"
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Britain Plots Atomic Reboot As Datacenter Demand Surges
Nov. 26th, 2025 03:30 amslashdot_feedThe UK is seeking to fast-track new atomic development to meet soaring energy demands driven by AI and electrification. According to a new report published by the government's Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce, excessive regulation has made Britain the most expensive place in the world to build nuclear projects. The report is calling for a sweeping overhaul to accelerate reactor construction -- everything from "streamlining regulation" to relaxing environmental and safety constraints. The Register reports: The document outlines 47 recommendations for the government, which come under five general areas: providing clearer leadership and direction for the nuclear sector; simplifying the regulatory approval process for atomic projects; reducing risk aversion; addressing incentives to delay progress; and working with the nuclear sector to speed delivery and boost innovation. Among the recommendations is that a Commission for Nuclear Regulation should be established, becoming a "unified decision maker" across all other regulators, planners, and approval bodies. The report also talks of reforming environmental and planning regimes to speed approvals, echoing the government's earlier decisions to streamline the planning process to make it easier for datacenter projects to get built.
It recommends amending the cost cap for judicial reviews and limiting legal challenges to Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), while indemnifying nuclear developers against any damages they might incur as a result of proceeding with their project while a judicial review is still being decided. Another recommendation that may be cause for concern is that the government should modify the Habitats Regulations to reduce costs. These are rules created to protect the most important and vulnerable natural sites and wildlife species across the UK. The report also states that radiation limits for workers are overly conservative and well below what could be appropriately considered "broadly acceptable," claiming that they are many times less than what the average person in the UK normally receives in a year.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Make It A Blockbuster Fight
Nov. 26th, 2025 02:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Make It A Blockbuster Fight
There was a woman who not only absolutely refused to pay her late fees (which were legitimate), but she became so enraged that she threw her stack of tapes at me, hitting me in the face. She then marched around the store and knocked every cassette, DVD, and coverbox that she could reach off of the shelves (some with her hands, some by swinging her purse), while shouting obscenities.
icanhascheezburger_feedMoving into a new home is already an adventure, but this family barely had time to settle in before fate delivered an unexpected housewarming gift. Just a month after moving, a half-grown kitten came sprinting across the street, ran straight to the husband's feet, and purred like she'd known them her whole life. The moment the front door opened, she invited herself in, as if she already lived there.
Since they hadn't planned on taking in another cat, she stayed on the patio at first, complete with a warm bed, heating pad, and litter box. The door was left open so she could leave whenever she wanted, but she didn't budge. Instead, she curled up, stayed put, and waited for her new life to begin. The vet confirmed she wasn't chipped or spayed, so they took care of it all and prepared to foster her… at least until after the holidays.
Then New Year's Day arrived, and with one look, her family knew fostering wasn't an option anymore. Phoebe wasn't just visiting. She was home. And with that, she became their beloved, fifth kitty.
Plex Is Now Enforcing Remote Play Restrictions On TVs
Nov. 26th, 2025 02:02 amslashdot_feedPlex is beginning to enforce new restrictions on remote streaming for its TV apps, requiring either a Plex Pass or the cheaper Remote Watch Pass to watch media from servers outside your home network. How-To Geek reports: Plex is now rolling out the remote watch changes to its Roku TV app. This means that you will need a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass for your Plex account if you want to stream media from a server outside your home. If you're only watching media from your own server on the same local network as your Roku device, or the owner of the server you're streaming from has Plex Pass, you don't have to do anything.
Plex says this change will come to the other TV apps in 2026, such as Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. Presumably, that will happen when the redesigned app arrives on those platforms. Roku was just the first TV platform to get the new app, which caused a wave of complaints from users about removed functionality and a more clunky redesign. Plex is addressing some of those complaints with more updates, but adding another limitation at the same time isn't a great look.
The Remote Watch Pass costs $2 per month or $20 per year, but there's no lifetime purchase option. You can also use a Plex Pass, which normally costs $7 per month, $70 per year, or $250 for a lifetime license. However, there's currently a 40% off sale for Plex Pass subscriptions.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
HP To Cut About 6,000 Jobs By 2028, Ramps Up AI Efforts
Nov. 26th, 2025 01:25 amslashdot_feedHP plans to cut 4,000-6,000 jobs by 2028 "as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence," reports Reuters. From the report: HP's teams focused on product development, internal operations and customer support will be impacted by the job cuts, CEO Enrique Lores said during a media briefing call. "We expect this initiative will create $1 billion in gross run rate savings over three years," Lores added. The company laid off an additional 1,000 to 2,000 employees in February, as part of a previously announced restructuring plan. Demand for AI-enabled PCs has continued to ramp externally, reaching over 30% of HP's shipments in the fourth quarter ended October 31.
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Trump brags about soaring prices
Nov. 26th, 2025 01:01 amdailykos_feedPresident Donald Trump is losing America, as his inability to focus on affordability is fueling his continued downward slide in the polls.
As Americans clamor for relief from high prices, Trump would rather pressure Hollywood to make movies he likes. And when he does focus on affordability? Well, it’s to brag about how prices are about to go up.
“Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, ‘STOCK UP’ by purchasing far more inventory than they can use,” he posted on his Truth Social. “That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received. These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course.”
He isn’t warning that prices will rise. He’s bragging about it, celebrating the higher costs as a sign of “record-setting” tariff revenue.
That “unprecedented course” is one of even higher inflation, because when the cost of business goes up, that increase gets passed to the consumer. His post is especially revealing given Republicans’ insistence that inflationary fears around Trump’s tariffs were exaggerated because inflation softened this year. Trump is now claiming those softer numbers weren’t real—that the true economic hit was merely delayed by inventory hoarding.
It’s a stunning position for a president to take. At a moment when families are desperate for relief, Trump is openly cheering on the very price hikes people are struggling with.
The inflationary effect of tariffs is so unavoidable that Trump was forced to cut tariffs on 200 food products, including beef and coffee, in an effort to slow rising grocery bills after the GOP’s wipeout in this year’s off-year elections.
But consumers shouldn’t expect prices to fall anytime soon. Retailers are still working through food stocks purchased under the higher tariff regime, so the recent reductions will take time to filter through. And that’s before factoring in additional cost pressures like aluminum tariffs, which raise the price of canned goods, and Trump’s mass-deportation agenda, which threatens to drive up labor costs across the agricultural sector.
This is the economic reality Trump has created, yet he is still casting himself as a victim of anyone who questions his tariff authority. “We are already the ‘hottest’ Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before,” he wrote, before accusing opponents of “serving hostile foreign interests.”
He closed by pressuring the Supreme Court to uphold his sweeping tariff powers, calling the case “urgent and time sensitive” so he can continue to “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Related |If Trump can’t do tariffs, we will lose a squidzillion dollars
Threatening the Supreme Court with accusations of disloyalty is a remarkable move from a man whose economic agenda now depends on that very court. His own policies are driving up prices, he is openly predicting more inflation, and the only institution that can limit the damage is the same one he’s trying to browbeat into submission.
Trump’s economic message now boils down to demanding credit for higher prices and attacking anyone who stands in his way.
Cartoon: 'Great Again?'
Nov. 26th, 2025 12:59 amdailykos_feedKeef headed to San Francisco Dec. 7 & 8!!
Related | Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
The Recap: Hegseth attacks the wrong guy, and Trump's unhinged turkey pardon
Nov. 25th, 2025 08:44 pmdailykos_feedA daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.
Kash Patel and Kristi Noem take corruption to new heights—literally
Nothing like a night out paid for by American taxpayers.
Hegseth is losing his despicable crusade against military hero
In the battle of public opinion, Hegseth is the clear loser.
The Trump phone goes the way of all Trump scams
It goes down with other grifts like Trump University.
Hopefully, the victims get some peace, too.
Trump ruins turkey pardon tradition with unhinged murder rant
Only Trump would make a turkey pardon political.
The ASUS Chromebook is a tablet when you want, laptop when you need, all for $159.99
Nov. 25th, 2025 10:00 pmboingboing_feed
TL;DR: The ASUS Chromebook CM30 (Open Box) is a portable 2-in-1 device that packs a touch display, garaged stylus, and detachable keyboard—now $159.99 (reg. $329.99) with a 1-year warranty.
If your laptop feels like overkill for emails, docs, and a YouTube spiral, this thing fits the in-between life. — Read the rest
The post The ASUS Chromebook is a tablet when you want, laptop when you need, all for $159.99 appeared first on Boing Boing.
Apply Pressure
Nov. 26th, 2025 01:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Apply Pressure
Owner: *Yelling.* "Why are you applying only now?! I've had an ad in the paper for weeks! You're very slow!"
Me: "I literally just saw your sign up front. I didn't even know about the ad in the paper."
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Warner Music Group Partners With Suno To Offer AI Likenesses of Its Artists
Nov. 26th, 2025 12:45 amslashdot_feedWarner Music Group has reached a licensing deal with Suno that will let users create AI-generated music using the voices and likenesses of artists who opt in. WMG says participating artists will have "full control" over how their likeness and music are used. "These will be new creation experiences from artists who do opt in, which will open up new revenue streams for them and allow you to interact with them in new ways," Suno says, adding that users will be able to "build around" an artist's sounds "and ensure they get compensated." WMG is also dropping its previous lawsuit accusing Suno of scraping copyrighted material.
"Along with the licensing agreement, Suno is planning to use licensed music from WMG to build next-gen music generation models that it claims will surpass its flagship v5 model," adds The Verge. "It will also start requiring users to have a paid account to download songs starting next year, with each tier providing a specific number of downloads each month."
Further reading: First 'AI Music Creator' Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
20 Meowsical Cats Singing Songs and Playing Instruments
Nov. 25th, 2025 04:00 pmicanhascheezburger_feedWe all love a live musical performance. There's something so passionate and moving about seeing your favorite bands and artists perform live for you, making them so real. They come to life in person, they're instruments in hand, strumming on guitars and banging on drums. They're not the only ones who enjoy playing music, you know. Our precious cats like to play musical instruments as well. Trust us when we say they're not as talented as they think they are. Cats play all sorts of instruments, from pianos, to clarinets, French horns, and snare drums. Some paint with claws. Some sculpt with chaos. And some? They compose meowsterpieces.
Just when you thought your cat couldn't get more creative in making you stay up, he just figured out a new way to ruin your sleep schedule – with musical instruments. If you thought cats spent all day napping, demanding snacks, and plotting to knock over your most breakable belongings, think again—because the internet has revealed a secret society of meowsicians. These are no ordinary household felines. No, no. These kitties who have decided that the world needs more jazz paws, more pawp music, and absolutely more whiskered virtuosos tapping away on miniature instruments like they're headlining Coachella for Cats.
Trump’s Homeland Security goons are fighting the wrong crimes
Nov. 25th, 2025 11:30 pmdailykos_feedThe Trump administration has done a tremendous job of staffing its brutal crackdown on immigrants. But it turns out that reassigning everyone to that effort means that the Department of Homeland Security is giving short shrift to fighting actual crime. But hey, at least the government is keeping us safe from tamale vendors and day laborers, right?
The New York Times obtained an internal report from Homeland Security Investigations, the division of DHS that is supposed to be focused on conducting federal criminal investigations. Here’s HSI itself explaining its mission:
HSI conducts federal criminal investigations into the illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology into, out of and through the United States. HSI’s investigations are wide ranging – our cases include drug and weapons smuggling, cyber and financial crime, illegal technology exports and intellectual property crime. We also play a crucial role in investigating crimes of exploitation. This includes combating child exploitation, human trafficking, financial fraud and scams and other crimes against vulnerable populations.
All those things sound like things you would like your federal government to protect you from! Too bad they are busy doing other things.
The HSI report showed that, when comparing the period from Oct. 1, 2024-Sept. 30, 2025, to the same time in the previous year, narcotics arrests have fallen by 11%. Oh, and also, HSI agents have opened 15% fewer new narcotics investigations.
Okay, so we’re more awash in drugs than before, thanks to 90% of HSI staff—over 6,000 agents—being reassigned to ICE. But that’s not all. We’re also more awash in guns, with weapons seizures dropping from 41,400 to 11,200. If you’re doing the math at home, that’s a staggering 73% decrease.
This report follows last week’s New York Times story about how the monomaniacal focus on harming immigrants has pulled thousands of federal agents from their regular duties investigating child exploitation, sexual crimes against children, human trafficking, and terrorism. When comparing February through April 2025 to averages from previous years, HIS personnel worked roughly 33% fewer hours investigating child exploitation cases.
The administration’s spin on this is genuinely unhinged. Per DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, by focusing only on immigration, they are actually fighting every other type of crime:
Child exploitation, human trafficking, terrorism, financial scams and smuggling all have a nexus to illegal immigration. DHS is mobilizing federal and state law enforcement to find, arrest and deport illegal aliens. We are prioritizing the worst of the worst and aliens with final removal orders. Nearly every day we are arresting pedophiles, known or suspected terrorists, kidnappers, child smugglers and sex traffickers, including those who entered our country illegally.
Come on, are we really still doing the “worst of the worst” thing? The largest percentage of people languishing in ICE facilities have no criminal record at all. For those with criminal records, the most common criminal charges are immigration violations and traffic offenses. Thank god we are being kept safe from immigrants who failed to signal a right turn or something equally malevolent.
The administration’s fixation on fighting fentanyl suppliers has also had stupid consequences. Trump can brag about disrupting Mexico’s biggest fentanyl trafficker, the Sinaloa Cartel, but all that did was clear the way for a cocaine kingpin to consolidate power. Well, at least cocaine is mad cheap now! Crazy that bombing random boats has not somehow magically saved us all from illicit drugs.
Meanwhile, ICE is busy arresting tamale vendors and shooting pastors in the head with pepper balls, which also somehow has not magically saved us from anything. Instead, we’re facing more drugs, more guns, and more crimes against children. Great job, everyone.
A Cashier Cross-Examination
Nov. 26th, 2025 12:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead A Cashier Cross-Examination
Me: "Ma’am, could you please keep your kids with you? They’re making a bit of a mess."
Customer: "Oh, let kids be kids, for god’s sake! They’re just having fun!"