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I wonder if Apple will ever merge App Store Connect into developer.apple.com. Pretty weird that things are still fragmented. (“Oh, you want to update an app ID? Better go somewhere else.”)

It’s a minor nitpick. Just the whole backend feels stagnant because they have a monopoly on app distribution.

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LA Mayor Karen Bass The Latest Democrat To Wimp Out On Paramount Merger

The unpopular Paramount Warner Brothers merger should have been a perfect opportunity for Democrats to demonstrate they are finally serious about stuff like media consolidation, right wing propaganda, media reform, and antitrust after decades of policy incoherence. Instead, numerous prominent California Democrats have been buckling to Paramount demands aimed at settling a 12-state antitrust lawsuit […]

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Facing largest hike in grocery prices in 50 years, East Bay shoppers get creative — and food banks get busier

With some of the highest food costs in the country, East Bay consumers are stretching meals, swapping staples and watching every dollar.

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Portrait of a Musician, 1485 #davinci #earlyrenaissance

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Ads in Apple Maps Have Now Launched

9to5mac.com/2026/08/25/apple-maps-launches-ads-on-iphone-heres-whats-new/

Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac: Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the ads rollout in Maps began in the last few days. And it will continue ramping in the weeks ahead to all users. There are two places you’ll find ads in the Maps app: Before searching: Suggested Places in the...

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‘How Europe Is Killing Makers and Micro-Entrepreneurs’

lectronz.com/u/lectronz/articles/how-europe-is-killing-makers-and-micro-entrepreneurs

Alain Pannetrat, founder of Lectronz: Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups. They are engineers, independent designers, and hardware enthusiasts working from spare roo...

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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America

bbc.com/news/articles/ckgwdn1g58yo

Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.

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3-time Trump voter: I would give the economy a D-. Everything is expensive. Gas is expensive. I regret my vote.

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White House Trolling Of Canada Goes Horribly Wrong Again

In the real footage of the fight, the goose ultimately prevailed over the eagle, which gave up and left. As one commenter astutely wrote, "If this isn't a metaphor for US trade policy, I don't know what is." Source: The New Republic The Trump administration has futilely pr...

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Gov DeSantis’ Hope Florida Scandal Just Got A Whole Lot Worse

A Florida grand jury has handed down a rather awkward verdict for the DeSantis administration: $10 million in taxpayer money was misappropriated and ultimately used for political purposes, CBS News reports. Gee, who didn’t see that coming? The catch? After finding what it d...

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Relax, If Food Is No Longer Safe to Eat, Just Eat Cake

It seems like food safety is all anyone has been talking about this summer, whether you found out about these problems the easy way (reading an article your mom texted you about the latest recall) or the hard way (weeks-long explosive diarrhea because you ignored your mom’s ...

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Performative Slurp

Underground Artists is an ongoing comic by Ali Fitzgerald (Hungover Bear & Friends) that follows woodland creatures as they create art and search out whimsy in a bleak forest.

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3-time Trump voter: I'm very disappointed. The prices haven't gone down. I'm over the Trump thing. We've got Iran, whatever's going on over there. We need to bring the troops home and just be done with it.

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A grinning Natalie Harp follows Trump aboard Air Force One

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Trump Jokes About Renaming Atlantic and Pacific

“President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ then joked that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be next,” Fox News reports. Said Trump: “So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now all we need is an ocean. So maybe we’ll […]

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Police Are Spending Opioid Settlement Funds on Flock Cameras

motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/police-opioid-funding-flock-alpr-camera-surveillance-tech/

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

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Carly Pearce Reveals the Painfully Honest Story Behind New Song

Carly Pearce's new album doesn't shy away from the messy feelings nobody wants to admit — like being jealous of your best friend's engagement ring. Continue reading…

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Myke Hurley blogging about the upcoming campaign for St. Jude:

We are now within reaching distance of $5 million raised. What an incredible achievement in less than 10 years. I don’t think I could have imagined what we would all achieve together. But time and time again, the Relay community has stood by us and believed in this cause.

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Ron DeSantis diverted $10 million in taxpayer money from a program meant to provide healthcare for poor children, funneling it instead to Republican PACs.

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BYD installed 10,000 hyper-fast 1,500kW chargers in just 5 months

BYD announced that it has already installed 10,000 of its 1.5 megawatt “flash charging” stations, despite only starting earlier this year. The number puts it halfway to its lofty goal of 20,000 stations by year’s end – and just about on pace to hit it.