@grumpybozo@toad.social2025-06-07 22:50:05
It is not AI that is driving tech layoffs. It’s the massive change in R&D writeoff rules that kicked in for TY2022, from the 2017 Trump tax bill.
The ability to “expense” R&D costs was in place for decades and arguably drove US innovation by making it cheap. Now R&D is amortized over 5 years for US work, 15 years for non-US work. The current reconciliation bill would bring back expensing of domestic R&D costs.
@ruario@oulipo.social2025-06-07 12:07:33
I am straight and cis but I think it's so important to show solidarity.
This amazing short shows why. ❤️
https://youtu.be/UVepoXddTW4
[And I also think it works with that rainbow band. An additional pop of colour. 🏳️🌈 😉]
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-08 14:15:43
Passengers at some U.S. airports no longer have to remove shoes during regular TSA checks, sources say (Kiki Intarasuwan/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-shoes-rule-expires/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p38#a250708p38
@ErikUden@mastodon.de2025-07-07 21:53:07
Many people do not understand how cooked the German “left” is.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-06-08 00:16:18
I made this a while ago and wanted to share it with you.
If you have epilepsy, please be careful before visiting because it has lots of rainbow spinning effects. It’s that duck spinning to Geometry Dash Practice Mode, with rainbow-colored text overlaid.
https://midtsveen.codeberg.page/duck.h
@servelan@newsie.social2025-07-08 20:17:40
California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-transgender-athletes-california.html
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-06 02:44:02
Rutte praises Trump in a NYT interview while warning of Russia's rising threat to NATO: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/06/rutte-praises-trump-in-a.html
@paulwermer@sfba.social2025-07-07 13:45:55
The argument that the market will solve the housing crisis if only we remove barriers like zoning looks weaker and weaker all the time. Why invest in affordable housing if the same investment can capture high-end prices?
https://www.
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2025-07-07 13:45:55
The argument that the market will solve the housing crisis if only we remove barriers like zoning looks weaker and weaker all the time. Why invest in affordable housing if the same investment can capture high-end prices?
https://www.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-06 23:00:56
Trump's effort to deport pro-Palestinian activists goes to trial (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/06/trump-effort-deport-pro-palestinian-activists-trial-00439997
http://www.memeorandum.com/250706/p41#a250706p41