Dave LaFontaine
@davelf.bsky.social
Lead UX Designer, Author of various "... for Dummies" books, globetrotting professor, started as a newspaper reporter back when that was still a thing. Still cantankerous, mostly funny.
Limp Bizkit says hello
a woman in a white shirt is dancing in front of a drum set with the word what above her
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is dancing in front of a drum set with the word what above her
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Limp Bizkit says hello
Many zeroes on the check she will get
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Many zeroes on the check she will get
Upon further review ….
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Upon further review ….
Spending $77BN on a shittier copy of Second Life that at one point had 38 active users
Kind of gives the lie to the whole, “the CEO‘s job is to maximize shareholder value” justification for saltire
Kind of gives the lie to the whole, “the CEO‘s job is to maximize shareholder value” justification for saltire
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Spending $77BN on a shittier copy of Second Life that at one point had 38 active users
Kind of gives the lie to the whole, “the CEO‘s job is to maximize shareholder value” justification for saltire
Kind of gives the lie to the whole, “the CEO‘s job is to maximize shareholder value” justification for saltire
Reposted by Dave LaFontaine
One thing that @thefarce.org and I found when working on a video on tariffs is this superb podcast, which is totally lowkey, mostly two host reading off futures, in between debunking the bullshit the Administration tries to feed farmers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
Clueless and LYING!! China Soybean "Commitments" and the White House
YouTube video by Grain Markets and Other Stuff
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One thing that @thefarce.org and I found when working on a video on tariffs is this superb podcast, which is totally lowkey, mostly two host reading off futures, in between debunking the bullshit the Administration tries to feed farmers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
Because ad $$ are not enough to support a news org
Because the money - as much as 95% - is intercepted by middlemen on the way to publishers
Advertisers pay $16 CPMs; publishers got $0.80
It wasn’t a choice to opt for subscriptions. It was a necessity.
Doesn’t need to be this way.
Because the money - as much as 95% - is intercepted by middlemen on the way to publishers
Advertisers pay $16 CPMs; publishers got $0.80
It wasn’t a choice to opt for subscriptions. It was a necessity.
Doesn’t need to be this way.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Because ad $$ are not enough to support a news org
Because the money - as much as 95% - is intercepted by middlemen on the way to publishers
Advertisers pay $16 CPMs; publishers got $0.80
It wasn’t a choice to opt for subscriptions. It was a necessity.
Doesn’t need to be this way.
Because the money - as much as 95% - is intercepted by middlemen on the way to publishers
Advertisers pay $16 CPMs; publishers got $0.80
It wasn’t a choice to opt for subscriptions. It was a necessity.
Doesn’t need to be this way.
I was thinking more like a Labubu
Kinda cuddly, but watch those sharp fangs
Kinda cuddly, but watch those sharp fangs
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was thinking more like a Labubu
Kinda cuddly, but watch those sharp fangs
Kinda cuddly, but watch those sharp fangs
Damn book keeps getting closer & closer to reality
John Brunner was also the first author to accurately describe a computer virus.
My father-in-law, working for IBM, had to deal with the very first one that was spread via sneakernet & floppy disks
John Brunner was also the first author to accurately describe a computer virus.
My father-in-law, working for IBM, had to deal with the very first one that was spread via sneakernet & floppy disks
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Damn book keeps getting closer & closer to reality
John Brunner was also the first author to accurately describe a computer virus.
My father-in-law, working for IBM, had to deal with the very first one that was spread via sneakernet & floppy disks
John Brunner was also the first author to accurately describe a computer virus.
My father-in-law, working for IBM, had to deal with the very first one that was spread via sneakernet & floppy disks