Notices by Ned Raggett (nedraggett@spaceballs.masto.host)

Meantime on #DragRaceFrance

I'm not pulling any punches here: one of the most evil, mendacious and destructive people of modern American history has died and I for one will shed no tears. Neither should anybody. (Gift link.) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/bennett-braun-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k00.CzpX.eCzVzIeqS8Oy&smid=url-share

Over in #TheGuardian, #TomHawking has some things to say about what's been happening at #Bandcamp -- well worth your time. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/27/epic-games-bandcamp-acquired-sondtradr

Story on @sfgate reporting on a press release from @bandcampunited earlier today and yeahhhh, not good: "The job cuts disproportionately hit union leaders...Every member of the union’s eight-person bargaining team was laid off, it said, and in sum, 40 of the bargaining unit’s 67 people lost their jobs." #music #Bandcamp https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bandcamp-bargaining-union-layoffs-songtradr-18432047.php

Okay NOW my brain hurts. And yes this is a screencap of an actual tweet and the link does lead somewhere. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch