Notices by ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 (dalfen@mstdn.social)

#musk #modi #USGov #USGovernment #USPol

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When asked by reporters whether Musk spoke with Modi “as a CEO” or as a government representative, #Trump said he didn’t know but he figured that #Musk was “doing business,” and said that he would ask him.

(Sources: CNN and various clips online)

#USGov #USGovernment #USA

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There is so much wrong here 👀

~ #Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon #Musk Met With India’s Modi ~

#USGov #USGovernment

https://newrepublic.com/post/191558/trump-no-idea-elon-musk-meeting-india-modi

The #trump admin is forcing federal workers back to the office without adequate parking places (and often even office spaces) to go back to.

#USGovernment #USPol #DOGE #musk

~ DC traffic backs up as 17K federal workers are expected at base with parking for 4,400 ~

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/thousands-of-federal-workers-expected-to-return-to-in-person-work-this-week/3788567/

** DOGE is accessing US Department of Education information from a freaking insecure cloud server (the AI software used to analyze the data was on a cloud server they accessed using Azure) **

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/07/heres-what-to-know-about-elon-musks-doge-democratic-states-sue-trump-for-letting-doge-into-treasury-system/

#USA #USGovernment #CyberSecurity
#data #DataBreech #MajorHeist

Perhaps they could invest 51%

~ #Trump says US Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it ~

#NipponSteel #USSteel #business

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-us-steel-investment-200919802.html

So X is effectively the official state-run social media platform.

#USA #USPol #SocialMedia
#X #Musk

They are getting rid of vaccine recommendations and erasing the “TQIA+” of LGBTQIA+.

#USA #healthcare #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt

Hmmm… I feel like someone’s watching me (she’s lying at the base of my inclined chair by my feet) 😂

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #Caturday

~ Three states (California, Colorado, and Hawaii) passed ballot initiatives aimed at protecting same-sex marriage ~

#lgbtq #LGBT #LGBTQIA #USA

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/06/ballot-initiatives-on-same-sex-marriage/75732847007/

I took my kitty to the vet today. We officially adopted her and found out she’s a boy, so Isabel has become Is-a-boy lol

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets

Did you know that you might get a better offer for many digital subscriptions if you change the browser?

Give it a go.

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For example:

Take this digital subscription to The Economist.

In Safari and Firefox, I was offered an introductory price of $15.27 per month for the first year.

In DuckDuckGo and Edge, I was offered an introductory price of $19.08 per month for the first year (with the first month free).

(all the searches were in the same time period and on the same device)

I have seen this phenomenon with different digital subscriptions as well.

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#business #suvscriptions #consumer

No doubt it’s all about #marketing at what price the company thinks a consumer will pay.

In the previous example, the $15.27 per month is a better deal as it saves the subscriber $26.64 per year (accounting for one month free at the $19.08 price).

But a person might be more persuaded to purchase something when they can get something of significance ‘free’.

In reality, that person pays $2.22 per month more than others who got the $15.27 per month offer.

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#business #consumer #pricing

With selective pricing, “publishers (can)… set different pricing rules for ad inventory based on various factors, such as the user's location, time of day, device type & other relevant attributes”—

to gain the most return.

Per this 2023 blog, Google gives companies the ability to dynamically price based on customer & usage factors.

Likely other vehicles do too.

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~ Mastering smart blocking & selective #pricing in Google Ad Exchange~

#business #consumer #tech

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mastering-smart-blocking-selective-pricing-google-ad-exchange

Bottom line—

Mix up various factors like browsers (while cleaning cache and cookies, of course), time of day, time of the week, VPN settings…

Let’s get the best deals 🎉

#business #consumer #pricing #tech

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@AnarchoNinaWrites What were we supposed to do about it? Here in Georgia, I voted for Harris-Walz and so did more people I know around me than voted in 2016— and we still lost, just like we lost back then.

Get this:

William Lewis—publisher and CEO of The Washington Post who wrote the editorial saying the publication would no longer endorse US Presidential candidates—

is a citizen of Great Britain* and won’t even cast a vote in this upcoming election.

Democracy Dies In Darkness.

#USPol #News #NewsMedia #WashingtonPost #WaPo

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*as far as I can tell

Oh wow 👀

~Washington Post publisher Will Lewis reportedly tried to kill story about his involvement in UK hacking scandal~

(from June of this year)

#media #NewsMedia #WashingtonPost #WaPo

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/media/washington-post-will-lewis-npr/index.html

Trump ~ “met with leaders from the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin following his speech in Austin, Texas… on the same day The Washington Post would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. The outlet reported Friday that Bezos, the paper’s billionaire owner, himself made the decision to yank the endorsement of Kamala Harris…”

Not that it means anything, right?

Unless (of course) Democracy Dies when billionaires need to boost their giant corporations 🤷♀️