@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 00:46:01
ICE demanded Maine sheriff's employment records following his criticism of arrest (Bangor Daily News)
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/03/mainefocus/mainefocus-police-courts/ice-demanded-maine-sheriffs-employment-records/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p129#a260203p129
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-03 21:46:43
Outgoing Republican senator
Thom Tillis has vowed to block any nominee to permanently replace Pam Bondi as attorney general
if the candidate excuses the January 6 attack on the US Capitol
– a threat that could deprive the White House of a crucial vote.
“The threshold for somebody following Pam Bondi ends the moment I hear they said one thing that excused the events of January 6,”
Tillis said in an interview with CNN.
The North Carolina lawmaker, who is ret…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-03-01 18:09:30
It’s just bonkers how transparent this whole grift is and how so many people keep falling for it
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-14 03:26:11
A US judge stays Cumulus Media's antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen, following Cumulus' filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week (Cameron Coats/Radio Ink)
https://radioink.com/2026/03/12/cumulus-nielsen-fight-goes-dark-as-bankruptcy-sta…
@seav@en.osm.town2026-03-31 16:48:51
👏 to the NYT Games team for this banger of a puzzle within a puzzle! 🧩
#NYTConnections #puzzles #wordplay #AprilFools
![Screenshot of the Connections puzzle for April 1, 2026 featuring the following 16 tiles:
1. “DAY” in green
2. “STRIPE” in red
3. “APPLE” in big letters
4. “EHT OT ERUTUF”
5. “MOON” in blue
6. “THE [SINGIN’] RAIN”
7. “MILE” on the top left and “CITY” on the right
8. Three “DOORS” written top to bottom
9. “EQUIS” twice
10. “EASY” in big letters
11. “FLOYD” in pink
12. “VELVET” in blue
13. “1. CITY” followed by “2. CITY” underlined
14. “MILLER” on the left and “LIFE” on the top right
15. “U” twic…](https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/116/324/781/015/516/820/original/08245f07948b4e8f.png)
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-02-04 10:34:28
Grr and argh.
The people who make government websites generally tend to do a halfway decent job of meeting the spec, but they really really need to learn to push back when the spec is FUCKING STUPID.
Having just completed my "Annual Filing" with Companies House - and why is that even a thing, we're not posting fucking vellum to Victorian clerks who scurry up ladders to deposit the sacred paperwork in the appropriate filing cabinet any more - I got a new scary emai…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-15 03:11:06
How BuzzFeed went from a $1.7B digital-media darling in 2016 to the brink of bankruptcy, as an early investor blames mismanagement following a 2021 SPAC merger (Lukas I. Alpert/MarketWatch)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-buzz
@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social2026-01-10 14:33:10
Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
The White Cliffs of Dover are an iconic formation often seen on television or films that can be over 100 m high. The white colour is chalk "biomicrite" formed by the compacted deposits from dense blooms of Coccolithophore phytoplankton covered with distinct plates of calcite (coccoliths) in a shallow sea during the Late Cretaceous. The dark bands of fli…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-01-14 14:08:09
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-03-10 18:08:43
That feeling when you think your management portal must be broken because the numbers are too high and you drill down and check and no, people just sold that many tickets today.