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Roku raises the prices of its flagship hardware devices, citing shortages of RAM and other components due to AI; Roku Ultra's price rises $50 to $150 (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/07/roku-raises-prices-memory-component-shortages-bla…

Roku raises prices of streaming devices, ongoing memory shortage blamed
The cost of some Roku streaming devices has increased by as much as 50 percent as the company works through ongoing component shortages caused by the AI craze.

So here's the next step in the ongoing enshittification process...
software already comes as a subscription model,
and now hardware is moving in the same direction.
Pretty soon we won't be able to own anything
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Wir brauchen eine #Bundesregierung, die #Klimaschutz macht, um Schlimmeres zu verhindern und die #Klimaanpassung voranbringt, um das Leben erträglich zu machen.
Nichts beschreibt die …

Socialdemokraterna är med i The Onion! https://theonion.com/black-neighborhood-demolished-to-make-room-for-nothing-in-particular/

Black Neighborhood Demolished To Make Room For Nothing In Particular
FORT WORTH, TX—In a move that left hundreds of longtime residents scrambling to find alternative housing, municipal construction crews reportedly demolished a local Black neighborhood Thursday, part of an ongoing city project to make room for nothing in particular. “For decades, this part of Fort Worth has languished as nothing more than a loving community for […]

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Wolves in the Throne Room:
🎵 Vastness and Sorrow
#WolvesintheThroneRoom
https://wolvesinthethroneroom.bandcamp.com/track/vastness-and-sorrow
https://open.spotify.com/track/4CwnhY0OMmMA1S1Y0nIQaX

An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday -- as the country’s fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union
The Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on X that it has activated protocols to restore electricity.
Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island,

Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout has hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout Monday was reported by Cuba’s Electric Union, which said on X that the cause was under investigation. Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island’s ongoing economic and financial crisis. Public transportation has largely been halted, and o…

As many expected,
the Trump administration has persisted in waging its war on Iran without congressional authorization.
In doing so, the White House  continues to act in violation of not only the U.S. Constitution and the UN Charter,
but also the 60-day deadline on unauthorized hostilities imposed by the War Powers Resolution (WPR).
What’s new is the White House argument in a May 1st letter to Congress that the WPR’s 60-day clock stopped because the “hostilities that…

Ongoing Iran War Reveals Necessary War Powers Reforms
It is Congress’s responsibility to assert its constitutional prerogatives with respect to the use of force and to rein in a lawless executive.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome & Sir Antonio Pappano:
🎵 Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
#PyotrTchaikovsky #OrchestraoftheAcademyofSantaCecilia #Rome #SirAntonioPappano