Broke my bed frame today and decided to take the opportunity to buy a bigger one since gf and I are slightly cramped on a queen, went to no less than 8 stores all of which refused to sell me a mattress point of sale, required me to ship (only 299 goy)

So I bought a mattress, frame, and canopy on Amazon and still have enough in the budget for sheets and stuff for what the cheapest store wanted to sell me just a mattress for pre shipping

I hate it when people people who have no experience with accessibility use accessibility as a defense for AI because I can actively see pro-AI people making accessibility communities worse. Every other post is just low quality shilling for a new product that is 1. obviously just some kind of ChatGPT wrapper and 2. just a knockoff of a bettter, existing product. Then get mad if you question them, as if disabled people should be grateful to even be considered. fuck 'em.

Some local stories (1/2)

coloradosun.com/2025/08/15/col…
CO continues to fund EV chargers across the state (and sue the USG for more $$).

coloradonewsline.com/2025/08/1…
Adams County spending TANF $$ but USG $$ cuts will hurt local charities.

cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colo…
CO Governor Polis claiming CO isn't a "sanctuary state" in a letter to the DOJ.

Okay - why is CO prosecuting cops who help ICE?? [not mentioned]

reason.com/2025/08/15/colorado…
Some outside reasoning about the AI law passed last year by CO. A mess.

Algeria poised to fulfill its African ambition en.nhandan.vn/algeria-poised-t…

I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer

Link: drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accid…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Quand j'essayais de disparaître
infokiosques.net/spip.php?arti…

""Si j'écris cette brochure, c'est parce que je constate qu'on est beaucoup dans mon entourage à galérer avec des humeurs changeantes, des angoisses, des dépressions ou des trucs qui y ressemblent, et qu'on a peu de partage collectif de nos ressentis au moment où ça nous arrive.
Du coup on se retrouve facilement, en plus de devoir gérer notre mal-être, à devoir gérer les questions que nous imposent"

in reply to DrRyanSkelton

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Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On the Curiosity team, we’re continuing our exploration of the boxwork-forming region in Gale Crater. A successful 25-meter drive (about 82 feet) brought the rover from the “peace sign” ridge intersection to a new ridge site. […]

Will the Trump-Putin Meeting be Held in Alaska at a U.S Military Base? Or in the “Neutral Zone” of the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait? michelchossudovsky.substack.co…

MAGACOIN FINANCE Price Prediction: Analysts Forecast 50x Gains Before XRP ETF Approval - With major developments in the XRP space making waves in the market, a new contender is c... - blockonomi.com/magacoin-financ… #pr

Another odd local story - but could be an issue across the US

9news.com/article/money/consum…

Where a guy calls United customer service and after 12 minutes gets redirected to some scammer that eventually got $17K from the guy.

WTF??

How did the scammer get control of the already connected phone call. Even records at United show his call - but that it got disconnected.

No mention if the credit card company reverted the charge.

Cop City Defendant has Domestic Terrorism Charge Dropped
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit…

"Atlanta, GA – Jamie Marsicano, one of dozens of defendants embroiled in the sprawling legal backlash brought against opponents of “Cop City,” had a state-level Domestic Terrorism charge dropped in DeKalb County on Thursday. The dismissal represents the latest in a series of legal setbacks…
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