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    Disney decides it hasn’t angered people enough, announces Disney+ price hikes

    It has to be 20% better than when you left last week, right?
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    You’ll enjoy the Specialized Turbo Vado SL 2 6.0 Carbon even without assist

    Looking at my HRM my acoustic commutes looked like more than moderate exercise. I still see a small heart rate peak in the morning on the ebike but my ride home is indistinguishable from normal wandering around at work. The benefit is that after an ebike commute I still want to ride my bikes...
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    What to expect (and not expect) from yet another September Apple event

    In the last 10 days my iPhone 16 has used more than 50% of my battery life only once. Current battery life is fantastic.
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    SpaceX got good heat shield data for Starship, so what comes next?

    And somehow didn’t fly apart.
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    CDC stopped actively tracking 6 foodborne infections amid budget cuts

    Deep fried food is now the healthiest choice you can make.
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    Physics of why Belgian beer foam is so stable

    I've liberated a few glasses from bars in Europe, they all have volume markings on them appropriately below the rim. None of my local glasses do though. Here in NZ if you order a pint they can serve you up whatever they want as a "pint" has no legal meaning here. Aussie is... complicated...
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    US electricity 2025: Solar continues growth, coal still up

    Start using the term remote nuclear. Should delay the inevitable by a few months.
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    Sequel series Blade Runner 2099 set to premiere in 2026

    Unicorns, horses, can we finally be faithful to the original material and have a series the revolves around a goat please?
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    With Starship, SpaceX encounters an obstacle that haunted NASA’s space shuttles

    2035: Diamonds are the major income earner in the Turks and Caicos.
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    Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere

    They’re probably vegetarians. How could they not be?
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    NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

    It's the 5000km long extension cord that's the killer.
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    New executive order puts all grants under political control

    Just drafting up my grant application for my very excellent thesis. "The (very very terrible) effects of fluoride on cancer rates amongst whales swimming near offshore windmills". I should be able to retire on this.
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    Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue.

    Could have been four time the size, maybe some disco lights in the base.
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    Citing “market conditions,” Nintendo hikes prices for original Switch consoles

    First term, people got the benefit of the doubt, 2nd term confirmed it unequivocally.
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    With Trump’s cutbacks, crew heads for ISS unsure of when they’ll come back

    There is no problem here. It turns out the official tasked with counting the number of astronauts on the ISS got it WRONG WRONG WRONG. They've been fired and replaced with someone who can count. SAD!
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    Citing “market conditions,” Nintendo hikes prices for original Switch consoles

    After 8 years I can sell my old switch for about half what I paid for it, and everything except Labo works on the new system. Thats incredibly good value, thanks Nintendo.
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    Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff

    Well, you probably have a contract with the power company, but they aren’t likely to wake up one day and say they are doubling the voltage and you have to repurchase appliances accordingly. But maybe they should.