She would literally fire people on set for looking at or talking to her. She would yell and berate people to the point that they would burst into tears and then laugh about it. She wasn’t just a horrible boss - she made it extremely clear that she’s a shitty person

……… pation

Oh the antici

TIL people still care about Ellen DeGeneres

Huh. Who saw this coming besides literally everyone?

Correct. While neither are fit for office, one will staff smart people to do the job for him while the other will actively burn US democracy to the ground. A lot of us aren’t voting for Biden as much as we’re voting against Trump, and god damn do I wish this wasn’t the case (again).

Blaring Motley Crüe

Gabe Newell: “We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”

Here’s some more reading on the subject:

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-tiktok-isnt-really-a-social-media-app/

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/13/bytedance-executive-china-government-data

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/28/tiktok-data-collection-inquiry-australia-privacy-watchdog-marketing-pixels

This has been a known entity since the Australian equivalent of the CIA released a report saying the exact same thing (and more) in 2022. The people who don’t want TikTok banned are either in the CCP’s pocket or are addicted to the platform.

Brown, purple, and black. We unstoppable.

Not sure if NCR or House

IANAB, but I work with Oracle all the time and their arrogance coupled with how clueless they are with regards to strategy and emerging tech is going to hurt them badly.

Sir this is a Wendy’s

You forgot to add “heavy music” in the scapegoat section

I’m starting to think Spez isn’t the brightest bulb in the box