@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-22 22:34:40
The ultrarich mostly aren’t escaping the tax system through exotic loopholes.
They mostly increase their fortunes with and spend regular taxable income
— salaries, dividends, interest, business profits, realized capital gains
— and they earn a lot of it.
This means the most powerful lever is also the simplest one.
Restore the top marginal ordinary income tax rate to its pre-2017 level of 39.6 percent
— which, but for Trump’s tax cuts, would have applied t…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-22 12:01:18
NYC-based Prosper AI, whose health care AI tool is designed to answer patient phone calls, raised a $30M Series A led by a16z, for $35M in total funding (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2026/06/22/andreess…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2026-05-23 10:40:16
AI-powered Reddit search (Answers) improving from one day to the next. Today:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tjgr0x/comment/onelt9p/?context=2>
From yesterday's comment:
"… this underscores the value of not tru…
@matzekult@chaos.social2026-06-23 12:00:58
As the saying goes: Age is just a number. And even though we don’t know the age of many #StarTrek characters, it can be interesting to compare them. So let’s see if you can guess who is how old for today’s #TrekTriviaTuesday question.
As always no googling and no spoiling the answer for o…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-05-22 01:02:33
RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116609310065016685
'That contract is now broken. Generative UI doesn’t link to your article. It absorbs your article, synthesizes it into a widget, and presents it as Google’s own answer.'
Let that sink in (and read the complete article first.)
Let this be Google's "altavista" moment.
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-24 05:51:31
Despite its rise as an economic superpower,
China remains reliant on a global financial system anchored by the dollar.
Turning the renminbi into a globally accepted currency would let Beijing conduct more trade on its own terms and blunt a longstanding source of American leverage.
That push has gained momentum from the wars in Ukraine and Iran,
as sanctions drive American adversaries toward the renminbi to bypass the Western financial system.
In effect, China’…
@macandi@social.heise.de2026-05-20 08:21:00
Firmensprecher: Varta verliert Apple als Kunden
Bei Varta in Nördlingen fällt der „Ankerkunde“ weg: Der iPhone-Hersteller will keine Batterien mehr kaufen. Die Hintergründe sind unklar.
https://www.
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.de2026-05-24 08:32:01
POL-STH: Schlägerei auf dem "Auhäger Pfingstbier": Opfer erleidet schwerste Verletzungen - Zeugen gesucht Auhagen (ots) - Cho/ Am 24.05.2026, gegen 01:43 Uhr, griffen mehrere junge Männer Besucher des Auhager Pfingstbier körperlich an. Mehrere Personen wurden hierbei verletzt. Der Angriff sei laut Zeugenaussagen ohne jeden Streit zuvor geschehen und ...
@vrandecic@mas.to2026-05-20 15:50:41
"Maria and Peter are students and meet up for a late dinner. Peter asks Maria whether Tom is at the party that they intend to go to after dinner. Maria answers that Tom is at the party. After all, Tom had told her that he would be at the party. When they arrive at the party, it turns out that Tom had changed his plans, and is not at the party. Was Maria's answer true or false?"
#truth
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-06-18 11:16:02
This is a statement World Central Kitchen made a month ago about their operations in #Gaza. Since then, they've cut their Gaza operation by half, and laid off a lot of staff; and many people I'm in touch with in Gaza who were depending on food from them are no longer getting it.
/Continued
