Oliver Ames

Figured it would go through, so I preemptively canceled HBO Max. Looking forward to returning to my roots. 🏴‍☠️

ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

This might be the first OpenAI video I've watched that hasn't made me want to pull my hair out.

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

Look, Trump can’t be expected to fuck pasty, washed-out kids.

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Bill Nye and hundreds of Planetary Society members are heading to DC on Monday to protest the White House's proposal to slash NASA's science budget in half. These cuts were announced as the Artemis astronauts were on their way to the Moon:

This! mstdn.social/@stux/1164141299...

I might actually use Gemini now. 😂 mastodon.social/@oliverames/1...

Native Swift! You really can tell. Begging Claude and Codex teams to do the same.

This gives me chills. 🌝 indieweb.social/@rickf/116388...

Some moon joy for the timeline this morning

"To have your child abused while in the government's care, to not understand what has happened or how to protect them, to not even be told about the abuse, it is unimaginable," said an attorney representing the girl. https://to.pbs.org/3PV4hr9

@mmccue.bsky.social Hi there! I'm wondering, is Surf pulling icons from the RSS feed? It doesn't seem like it.

Faster internet than the majority of #Vermont mastodon.social/@jamesthomson...

He's gonna drop a nuke while simultaneously being unable to spell "rain."

NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years.

Super cool project. I'm kinda surprised NASA hasn't built something like it! universeodon.com/@jakobrosin/...

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

wow, looks like a rough patch for stocks AND bondis

This but I also cannot understate enough how terrified I am re: his takes on wearable tech as a part of this cockamamie scheme.

Only the NYT, in a country with a population of over 330million, could base such a garbage story on those going to a church attended by 100 people. There are more people in the US who believe they are Jedis than listen to that freak pastor every week

Great day to be a fan of the open web. I hope this takes off! 🚀

This is huge. Amazing work by @mmccue.bsky.social and the Surf team, and also to Vox for making some really bold moves embracing the open social Internet. And, look how good it looks!

Folks REALLY do not understand how monumental this injection burn is. Though unlikely, failure in LEO feels somehow less scary. There's no coming back now! The bravery of these astronauts is awesome and inspiring. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👩🏼‍🚀👨🏼‍🚀👨🏿‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀 indieweb.social/@stevestreza/...

I feel like if the world was having a normal one it would be a much bigger deal that we are GOING BACK TO THE MOON I mean wtf

"we have early reports that it was a very good burn" lol Orion is 520 miles above earth now, 20 minutes ago it was about 120 miles up ... this is it! Everything of consequence that's ever happened to humanity is on this fragile little mote in the cosmic infinity, we are all absolute zilch

Apple is so far behind, particularly in the home. As a regular user of the Apple Home app, I can confirm it is ASS.

five-dollar footlong to the face from fellow fearing "fascists" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

Perfectly put @birchtree.me birchtree.me/blog/tim-coo...

the WSJ continuing to dogwalk trump like this (and get deserved traffic for it) is making the other outlets look like chumps

Apple and Google DID NOT need to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico, but they bent the knee to authoritarian power. From the Congressional Research Service crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

New: Meta employees are bracing for job cuts. "Mark is creating fear," one employee said. "He's creating a culture where you have to be loyal to him or else." Another one said that Meta right now "feels like living in a George Orwell novel." More details about how the cuts will happen in the story.

this is a @davidpierce.xyz appreciation post I read his posts, I listen to his podcasts, he is the Fred Rogers of tech coverage, always a helper steering people, ever so gently, toward better habits, tools and outcomes here's a good example www.theverge.com/apps/605756/...

Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

This is the only way now. Get off that fucking site.

Good thing Zuck is "done with politics" and has "fixed content moderation" to no longer "censor" content any more.