Current annoyance with the online world. Email FOMO subject lines like "last chance" "chosen specifically for you" "your unique code" "One time offer" "enhance your readiness" "recommended" "come back with 30% off"... etc...
I can and do unsubscribe from many mailings, but there are some products and services I'm interested in.
I just wish every info packet wasn't a "call to action" in the marketing parlance.
I understand my privilege to be #peeved at this.
I'm still annoyed at it. *Grump*
She acts like she just woke up one morning with a married man's cock in her mouth. She still accepts ZERO responsibility for her role in her affair with a President.
The skank was 22! not 15. Is her argument that 22 is too young for the age of consent? Are all women this stupid and irresponsible?
She was a S-L-U-T and so was Billy. They deserve each other and should be forced to marry!
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The 51-year-old made global headlines after being embroiled in a scandalous affair with the then-President Bill Clinton.Kirsten Murray (Daily Mail)
Easy solution: Provoke the bees with a lawn mower and then gas the f'ck out of the colonies when they swam. Kill them in mass. Problem solved. You're welcome.
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Researchers are raising the alarm over the Africanized honey bee, a much more aggressive bee that can kill someone with thousands of stings.Luke Andrews Senior (Daily Mail)
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Overhauling your website is a significant step. You're likely thinking about style, branding, or interactive elements. But here's a critical truth: even the most beautiful site will falter if it's not built with SEO in mind.
Design and SEO work together. Let's break down the essential tactics for a website that ranks well—straightforward, no jargon.
A slow site is a lost opportunity. Visitors abandon it. Google notices. Your rankings drop.
Poor performance often comes from heavy code, large images, or unnecessary add-ons. A talented website designer will fix this—compressing files, cleaning the backend, and keeping things lean.
Speed isn't optional. It's a must.
More people use phones than computers to browse. That's not a shift—it's the reality. A site that struggles on mobile is already falling behind.
This goes beyond a responsive design. Buttons should be clickable. Text must be clear without zooming. Forms need to function without frustration.
It should feel seamless. If it doesn't, users exit, and Google sees it.
Your website should make sense at first glance. Visitors should immediately understand where they are, what you do, and how to move forward—no confusion needed.
This clarity also helps search engines scan and rank your content. Logical organization and clear labels boost visibility.
Avoid messiness. Skip navigation tricks that look cool but confuse. Simplicity performs best.
Design grabs attention. Content holds it.
Search engines prioritize meaningful, clear information. Every page should have a purpose, and that purpose should be easy to spot. No need for keyword overload or stiff writing—just talk like you're explaining to a friend.
For instance, if you offer web design services, describe what you provide, who it's for, and how to begin. No filler. No vague buzzwords.
Real content, for real people.
You don't need coding expertise, but a few essentials are crucial.
Each page needs a clear title and a brief meta description for search results. Images should include alt text for accessibility and SEO. Your site must run on HTTPS for security. A sitemap ensures search engines can navigate your content.
These are the hidden factors that drive success. A reliable web design agency manages them without making it your problem.
We've all clicked a link and been hit with a full-screen pop-up. It's irritating. It also damages rankings, especially on mobile.
Google views intrusive pop-ups as user-unfriendly. If you use them, keep them minimal. Or better, rethink their necessity.
Search engines matter, but people are the priority.
Strong design leads visitors through their journey, solves their problems, and feels trustworthy. When you focus on users, rankings often improve naturally.
Test this by letting someone explore your site without guidance. Watch their behavior. You'll learn more than from any SEO theory.
Not all designers prioritize SEO. Ask tough questions. Don't just ask about looks—ask how they handle speed, mobile performance, and site organization. Ask what they do to ensure discoverability.
A good website designer integrates SEO from the outset.
Design and SEO aren't separate challenges. They're part of the same mission: delivering your content to the right people efficiently.
When planning your redesign, focus on this. Build for users. Keep it fast, clear, and straightforward. Let the design enhance the content, not dominate it. And if you're hiring, pick someone who gets this.
Your site shouldn't just be attractive—it should be found.
Create a powerful online presence with our modern and innovative web design services. Our skilled web designers will create a custom website that fits your brand.iClick Media
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Biden Judge Blocks Trump From Withholding EV Charger Funds After Joe Biden Spent $7.5 Billion to Install 8 EV Chargers
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump Administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle chargers.Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee250522001/57/en Great ideas are transformed into great reality by great leadership.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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AIDS
I'm told it's contagious, and it can be fatal if not treated.
The best way to stop it from spreading is by prevention.
The best way to counter prejudice is by information.
This post is about Artificial Intelligence Delusion Syndrome, the unfounded belief that there's intelligence (AKA ability to understand) in Lame Language Models.
When speaking of LLMs, AI stands for Autocompleters, Iterated.
Their output is SLOP: Statistically Likely, Ostensibly Plausible.
All you need to know about Israeli society is that the wanted war criminal #Netanyahu's popularity have increased since his illegal war against Iran.
This is how fucked up Israel is these days.
#Iran #Israel #IranUnderAttack #StopIsrael #PeaceNow #StopGenocide
@palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmy.ml @israel @iran
Show HN: Autumn – Open-source infra over Stripe
Link: github.com/useautumn/autumn
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Autumn is an open-source pricing & billing platform - useautumn/autumnGitHub
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Pyongyang, June 24 (KCNA) — The Enlarged Meeting of the Twelfth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was held from June 21 to 23, 2025.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
US to give $30m to group accused of ‘politicizing’ food distribution in Gaza | Trump administration | The Guardian
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'Insiders said that the application for the grant was rushed through the state department unusually quickly, especially for a first-time applicant that should undergo an audit to receive USAID funding.'
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #USA #GHF
@palestine
Grant makes US a direct backer of aid organization that reportedly has collaboration with Israeli governmentAndrew Roth (The Guardian)
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Google translate:
A child was martyred in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid, holding an empty flour sack in his hand, hoping to fill it with enough to sustain his family.
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Google translate:
The martyrdom of the child Abdul Rahman Nabhan (13 years old) after being targeted by an Israeli drone in northern Gaza, while collecting firewood for his family to cook food.
I want to put together a stack for hobbyist midi music composition. I understand there are a few more components to it than one might expect, but I think VMPK and Qtracer are going to be part of it?
Any tutorial links or suggestions appreciated!
Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework.qtractor.org
Ooof it can get pretty techy. Once you get it set up you likely won't have to mess with it again though.
I've done that set up many times, so if you want help I'm happy to answer questions.
I use a pipewire w/ qjackctl to connect Ardour to my speakers and midi keyboard. I do this on fedora Linux.
yeah i am on popos
i know i can't be that far off, i'm gonna have my buddy try and walk me through it and if i'm still kicking rocks by then i will hit you back
Har netop, om ikke andet til en prøveperiode, tilføjet et "addon" så man nu kan lave opslag med blikfangsbaggrunde som denne.
Hvis man kunne lave afstemninger herinde, hvilket man desværre ikke kan pt., ville jeg så lige spørge, om det er god idé, dårlig idé eller ligegyldigt. 😀
Ift. hvordan man gør, så kan man, når man er i gang med et opslag, tilføje en sådan baggrund ved at trykke på denne nye knap, og så skal man så skrive teksten man ønsker fremhævet inden for den "boks", så at sige:
Dette Friendica "addon" er lavet af samme person, der har lavet det nuværende standard-tema, der bruges herinde: "Bookface".
Så tak til @Pygoscelis Papua
That was an error on my part with Zen Postbox. It will be fixed in version 1.3.
The loading of the postbox stylesheet in 1.2 is tied to the availability of the Jot/Compose window I think, so it doesn't load that stylesheet anywhere that modal isn't shown. I'm moving it to a separate hook in the <head> element so it loads regardless, even when you're not logged in.
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By Alastair Crooke. When Iran's retaliatory strikes against Israel began, the pro-Israel bloc panicked and put enormous pressure on Trump to get the United States to enter the war on Israel's side.Alastair Crooke (Réseau International)
Mamdani is now 94% on Polymarket.
NYC is cooked.
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"A couple years later it's still amazing what a perfect distillation the original 'anonymized people of the global south' tweet is of the absolute callousness of yankee liberals;
(Screenshot of a Twitter post by @loudpenitent: "An anonymized 'people of the global south' is not worth more than domestic queer citizens or any other member of any other marginalized community - or, bluntly, any fellow citizen at all. Real-ass human beings matter more than rhetorical constructs.") (end of Twitter screenshot, back to imsobadatnicknames2’s commentary);
If I wrote a character saying this into a piece of media about how much americans suck it'd be too on the nose."
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The U.S. not only has zero interest in peace, it is engaging in morally abhorrent levels of dishonesty and deception, attacking under a false flag of truce. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.Consortium News
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A narcissistic US President thinking he runs the world while Iran and the Resistance Axis are proving him wrong time and time again.vanessa beeley (Vanessa Beeley)
Democrats are worthless.
"House votes 344–79 to kill Rep. Al Green’s motion to impeach Trump, with 128 Democrats siding with Republicans."
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We can all collectively thank Reagan, among other terrible things we have to deal with today due to his administration, he is also responsible for the state of news media in the US in 2025. Previous to Reagan we had a policy called The Fairness Doctrine, it was a policy introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. Broadcasters could show opposing viewpoints via option pieces, news segments or talk shows, but if they reported on one side they were required to show the other.
In 1987 under Reagan the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine. Broadcasters were no longer required to air apposing viewpoints of controversial topics. This has directly lead to the echo chambers that you see in the news media today.
The unprovoked attacks on Iran were not that successful but it sent a clear message to Iran that the US and Israel are lawless rabid dogs, and that it would, in fact, be safer to be nuclear armed because bullshit like this wouldn't happen.
How many times has the US bombed North Korea since they acquired nukes?
The US and Israel are violent nation that make the world less safe. I know it's a fools hope but I'm hoping some of those spineless Europeans step up and accelerate the reduction of US hegemony.
Are sanctions just for Black-led and brown-led countries? Y'all still white supremecist, Europe?
Reign in Knockoff Mussolini and Derivative Hitler NOW!
So I am playing through Paper Mario TTYD on my Switch for the first time. I never played these games growing up, and while I kinda enjoyed the Super Mario RPG remake for its quirkiness, I strongly believe that if you don’t have specific nostalgia for it, it just doesn’t hit the same.
TTYD is great. It’s so fun and captures a sense of adventure, with big swings from light hearted comedy into some dark territories. I was not expecting that, but I absolutely was not expecting just how horny everyone seems to be for Marty-o!
All the ladies swoon and mention how manly he is, commenting on his moustache. I was not expecting this coming from a Nintendo game. It’s pretty funny and I love it!
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Iran has launched six ballistic missiles at United States bases in Qatar, Axios reports. ‘Iran launched several [six – ed.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
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“I’m not happy with Israel,” Trump told reporters, after Israeli fire threatened a fragile ceasefire with Iran. “They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing,” the president continued, referring to both of the countries.Qassam Muaddi (Mondoweiss)
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@Autumn Just when you think Dr. Leana Wen has disappeared, she gets interviewed on CNN to discuss razor blade throat. 😒
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A new Covid-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or Nimbus, represents about a third of new US Covid-19 cases. Dr. Leana Wen answers common questions about the new variant.Katia Hetter (CNN)
Show HN: Oasis – an open-source, 3D-printed smart terrarium
Link: github.com/justbuchanan/oasis
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
3d-printed smart terrarium. Contribute to justbuchanan/oasis development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Based on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, I think...
@zephyrotv
... he launched from Here Come the Brides:
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Moscow, June 24 (Prensa Latina) The goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit is to take spending to 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (Prensa Latina)
This project is coming along nicely.
A modified Barracuda in the wild.
It will be my OPNsense router for my new business location. I very much enjoy piecing together old hardware to make something useful or interesting.
The chassis is a salvaged Barracuda BSF200a appliance. Stripped most of what was in there out, leaving the power supply. Replaced the motherboard with Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI - this was chosen due to the dual GbE network ports.
Low profile cooler (heatsink) came from a SuperMicro motherboard combo that I ordered from ebay. Kingston 120GB SSD came from local recycling.
Processor is i3-3220T - a lower power option than the processor that I originally got with the motherboard.
Blower fan is from a Dell Optiplex SFF machine, placed upside down, cushioned with foam and hot-glued in place.
It is a thoroughly custom solution built from parts I acquired from many sources.
#opnsense #bsd #hardware #retroedge
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I haven't done much on opnsense yet. Just got it installed on the machine pictured. So I have no experience with ip sec or opnvpn yet.
I plan to get more familiar with it once it is installed in our new location.
I ended up not being able to use this as my router, as the ethernet ports on this motherboard would not accept an IP address from the ISP's DHCP.
A Dell Optiplex 3010 with a SuperMicro ethernet expansion card is the hardware that replaced it.
Steve Witkoff: “We put 12 bunker buster bombs on Fordow. There's no doubt that it breached the canopy...and there's no doubt that it was OBLITERATED. So, the reporting out there that in some way suggests that we did not achieve the objective is just completely preposterous!”
ooh, new dark pattern I discovered today.
Stuck with MS Teams at $DAYJOB, I continue to hold onto the thick-client instead of succumbing to the heavy-weight web client.
Just about every time I switch to the app after a couple hours of not using it, it pops up a "This is unsupported" interruption with a link to learn more, HUGE, colorful "Try it on the web" button, and a smaller light "continue using this antiquated unsupported piece of junk" type button.
As if that wasn't bad enough, as dark patterns go, when you tab through the controls, focus lands on the "more information" link and on the "try it on the web" button, but the "continue using this" simply won't focus with the keyboard. You HAVE to reach for the mouse to click the "continue using this"
Have I mentioned how much I loathe using MS products, and Teams in particular?
I agree with you.
But I don’t have the energy to object after my day.
So a resounding “+1” from me.
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Steve Witkoff on the 12 Day War ceasefire: "The proof is in the pudding, no one's shooting at each other. It's over.”
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And I'm one of them.
"61% of Canadians don’t answer unknown numbers anymore."
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Telus is implementing a new technology on its network that will allow for businesses to prove they're legitimate so people don't think they're spam.Brad Bennett (MobileSyrup)
The German automotive industry wants to develop open-source software together
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Automotive industry signs Memorandum of UnderstandingVDA - Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V.
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in reply to Pseudo Nym • • •I mark that shit as Spam and move on. If I want to see some of the mailings or I have an ongoing relationship with a vendor I won't unsubscribe, but their mail goes into Spam by default from here on out.
If needed I'll mark something as Not Spam too. Let the Bayesian filters recalibrate and reset if needed.
But I'm with you. Hate any and all "call to action" verbs in marketing.