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I believe that is the point.

Yep, this is it. Show how “broken” it is by breaking it, and enough of the population won’t even notice when it’s “fixed” and they’re only getting 2/3 of what they were before (and are entitled to). Plus grift, etc.

Someone’s been reading Dave Graeber again

Not to mention if you’re out on a surfboard you probably don’t want to be wearing a weight belt :)

Little Martha by The Allman Brothers does the weirdest thing in my brain. It’s just a fantastic instrumental acoustic guitar piece, but my brain desperately tries to “find” words in the melody. It’s almost like it’s a foreign language and I’m trying to suss out the meaning somehow. I’ve never run into another song that does that.

It’s hard to imagine stoner bands not doing well in Europe. Maybe it’s just because they’d start heading across the pond, get distracted, and turn around?

For those too lazy to read the (very brief) article:

Since the introduction of browser choice screens [required by the Digital Markets Act (DMA) ] in 2024, Firefox’s daily active users on iOS have grown by 99% in Germany and 111% in France, showing that when users are given a real choice, many move away from default browsers.

That said it’s still only a few percent of the overall browser market.