Ed Zitron

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@businessbarista I did! Where was it “incorrect” and “potentially problematic”?

@edzitron did you read the report?

@businessbarista Can you explain where it misleads?

@edzitron just updated the publish date! good catch. the same exact POV holds, though

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@mrgracemugabe The banks have run out of petrol

I would urge anyone to get to a petrol station NOW and fill up as many cans and buckets of diesel as you can, right NOW NOW NOW

@weirdoffmain Right but isn’t that at a conference

@edzitron I mean I assume it's a blue mixed alcoholic drink (vodka?) being poured down the Ice Luge to chill it for drinking at the party.

Great picture here of Wally Liaw (smuggled GPUs to china, just arrested for doing so) pouring water into an ice sculpture that says "supermicro"

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Adobe realized that it had creatives over a barrel, and long ago decided to monetize squeeze them for everything it possibly could through shameless trickery, price hikes, and paywalling features that people need to do their jobs. wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-ad…

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Decades ago, Adobe built a great business on top of incubating great digital design software - and since Shantanu Narayen took over in 2007, it's become one of the single-most abusive software companies in the world, all in the pursuit of eternal growth. wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-ad…