"How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe"

Full headline, due to Dreamwidth's inadequate subject field length: "Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe"

"Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world."

(MBFC for Propublica, for reference, since it's a "new" source for me. I'd heard of it before, but that's about it.)

"The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister"

Nothing new being claimed here, really. The gist: The Internet is grossly polluted with AI bots now, and the Internet is grossly polluted with disinformation now, and the latter is being aided by the former.

It's a big part of why 卐 wait I mean X is dead on arrival, despite Elon Musk's assurances of various "only way"s to end bots that he has failed to implement since that time he killed Twitter.

(MBFC for TheConversation, as that one, unlike the other one, actually is completely new to me.)

"Tesla's 'gaming computer' ... will be 'no longer capable of playing Steam games'"

Full headline, because I didn't even try to fit this one up there: "Bummer: Tesla's 'gaming computer' that it built a car around for some reason will be 'no longer capable of playing Steam games'"

"'They probably realised it's a car.'"

Also, this, from a few years ago. What. (Fortunately, as stated in the article linked at the top, at least some of the idiots at Tesla apparently have at least a modicum of sense, as that was later disabled while driving.)

It really sucks that Tesla is probably the "most well known" name in electric cars *ahem* """""vehicles"""""[1] now. It also really sucks that the Tesla name is being dragged through the shit by these ludicrous dumbfucks.

[1] - After all, the cybertruck is still a thing that, unfortunately, exists.

"Ancient Gamer"

I happened across this thing on this page on KnowYourMeme.

Ignoring for a moment that the whole thing is just a shitty, stupid meme, the fact that the Jack Nicholson Joker and that particular list of games is associated with "Ancient Gamer" is offensive to me. Where the fuck is the Cesar Romero Joker and a list of games like Wasteland, or at least, you know, Fallout (instead of Fallout 3), Half-Life (instead of Portal), Wolfenstein, with or without "3D" or maybe Doom (instead of every single other game on that list), and such? Fuck outta here with that Calluhdoody4 shit being labeled "ancient." ¬_¬

(I mean, slightly more seriously, maybe I'm just missing "the point," and all that new-ish shit being labeled as "ancient" is part of the so-called """""""""""""""joke""""""""""""""" or something. And, no, I'm not actually angry or offended about this... well, at least not any more offended or angered than I am by most other asinine, worthless memes these days. *shrug*)

(EDIT) Here is an "updated" version of it. (Fortnite is apparently "old school" now lol) Yeah, I guess I just don't get it. I mean, unless the "point" is that Kids These Days™ are dumb for thinking that new shit is "ancient" or "old school" or whatever. Or that, like, video games actually matter at all and that society as a whole should take "gamers" seriously. And I've already shared my stance on the ridiculous notion that gamers "get sh&#^*t done."(/EDIT)