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Has anyone bought anything on #bonanza .com? It’s similar to #ebay but I’ve never heard of it until now. The seller I’m looking at seems to have good feedback, but Bonanza itself has a _lot_ of complaints out there.

Je verdienmodel voor een belangrijk deel baseren op boetes en dan zielig gaan doen als er te weinig geld binnenkomt … bizar!
Eerste elektronische tolweg is financieel fiasco: geen winst, maar miljoenenverlies
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/onderzoek/artike…

Donkerrode cijfers voor eerste elektronische tolweg in Nederland: boetegolf blijft uit
De eerste elektronische tolweg van ons land blijkt een financieel drama. De Blankenburgverbinding (A24) in Zuid-Holland levert veel minder tolgeld op dan de overheid had verwacht, mede doordat er ten onrechte gerekend was op een enorme boetegolf. Het ministerie gaat nu zelfs uit van een verlies van 10 miljoen euro, ontdekte RTL Nieuws.

A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs who is credited with turning around the Gemini app, growing its MAUs from 350M in March to 650M by October (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/20/josh-woodward-google-gemini-ai-safety.html

Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive
Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, is tasked with running the Gemini app and going head-to-head with OpenAI in the booming generative AI market.

A federal judge Wednesday heard arguments in the Trump administration’s lawsuit
challenging California’s new law prohibiting ICE agents and other police officers from wearing masks on duty.
The judge asked how ICE agents operated without masks in years past,
and questioned why California peace officers were exempted from the law.
A ruling in closely-watched case could come as soon as this week.

DOJ asks LA judge to pause new law banning masks on federal officers
California was the first state in the nation to prohibit federal law enforcement from hiding their identities.

Real Parenting™ in 2025:
Who's got a good (working) strategy for banning any mention of “6-7" within earshot?
Starting to feel like a safety issue over here…
(I had a working "no bro talk" rule where I would just over-exaggerate calling everyone "bro" until it was embarrassing for the main bro-sayer, but trying that same method here would only accentuate/encourage the brainrot.)
Also, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, conside…

UK says it will consider banning social media for children https://therecord.media/uk-says-it-will-consider-social-media-ban-kids

I would like to listen to the clean broadcast play-by-play announcer audio with noise-cancelling headphones at a hockey game, rather than the often-incomprehensible booming echo over the arena's PA system mixed with screaming people.
That sounds a lot like an assistive technology.
Possibly once existing as a tiny AM radio station, BYOR.
Does it exist today?
#hockey #audio

"Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries"
#Ford #Batteries #Energy

Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries
Amid its $20B EV failure, the storied automaker will retool a Kentucky plant to try and break into the booming energy storage sector.

🤑 $54m to walk: getting fired as a college football coach is a booming industry
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/28/brian-kelly-payout-lsu-college-football-coaches

$54m to walk: getting fired as a college football coach is a booming industry
Brian Kelly’s departure from LSU is just the latest in a series of big money firings. It’s also a jarring state of affairs for many struggling fans

Sources: Binance has been exploring ways to reboot its Binance.US affiliate, including a recapitalization to cut CZ's stake, which is a hurdle to expansion (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/binan…