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Bluesky rolls out an app update that lets users customize their algorithmic feeds through "show more like this" and "show less like this" buttons (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/10/blue

Bluesky now lets you personalize main Discover feed using new controls | TechCrunch
The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it.

This is hilarious.
Imagine them fighting against real men from Russia?
Yeah me neither 🤣
https://notthebee.com/article/the-us-navy-posted-this-picture-then-deleted-it-lets-look-at-the-c…

The US Navy posted this picture, then deleted it. Let's look at the comments, shall we? 🌶️
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the United States Navy.

Crime boss lets yet another of his henchmen take the fall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/nyregion/allen-weisselberg-sentenced-trump.html?ugrp=c&unlocked_article_…

Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s Ex-Finance Chief, Sentenced to 5 Months for Perjury
Allen H. Weisselberg admitted that he had lied about helping Donald J. Trump inflate his net worth to win favorable loan terms.

Kitten update: session IDs now available in the `request.session` objects you get in your routes.
Kitten lets you persist arbitrary data in session objects to make it easy to work with sessions but you cannot store custom objects (instances of custom classes) as Kitten’s default database is not aware of custom classes in your application. Now, keyed to the session id, you can store custom objects in your app’s own database.

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A web development kit that’s small, purrs, and loves you.

I have today proposed renaming #BRICS to #ChIVEs, in order to
(a) Get away from the horror that is "BRICS Plus" and variants
(b) Keep alive the thriving punning ecosystem built around the old name
(c) Reflect how China can make you cry, or can make you socially unacceptable.
Let’s rename BRICS to ChIVEs, and admit South Africa’s place in the world
https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/phillipdewet/phillip-de-wet-lets-rename-brics-to-chives-and-admit-south-africas-place-in-the-world-20240307

This is hilarious.
Imagine them fighting against real men from Russia?
Yeah me neither 🤣
https://notthebee.com/article/the-us-navy-posted-this-picture-then-deleted-it-lets-look-at-the-c…

The US Navy posted this picture, then deleted it. Let's look at the comments, shall we? 🌶️
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the United States Navy.

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Al Green:
🎵 Let's Stay Together
#NowPlaying #AlGreen
https://open.spotify.com/track/63xdwScd1Ai1GigAwQxE8y
https://djfudge.bandcamp.com/track/al-green-lets-stay-together-dj-fudge-remix

Substack now lets podcasters distribute their shows on Spotify, and says Substack podcasters on collectively earn $100M per year, up 100% over the past year (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/substack-podcasters-syn…

Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify | TechCrunch
Substack announced on Thursday that it's launching a few new features for podcasters on its platform.

Substack lets podcasters distribute their shows on Spotify, and says podcasters on Substack collectively earn $100M per year, which doubled in the past year (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/substack-podcasters-sync…

Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify | TechCrunch
Substack announced on Thursday that it's launching a few new features for podcasters on its platform.

UK savings platform Flagstone, which lets its 600K users split cash across providers, raised £108M from Arizona-based Estancia for a minority stake (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

UK Savings Fintech Flagstone Announces £108 Million Investment
Estancia Capital Partners LP is taking a minority stake in cash deposit platform Flagstone, in order to provide “firepower” to the UK startup’s savings products.