America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border.
In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job.
My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
tbf making stuff worse by adding corn has long been one of america’s special moves
Screenshot from the video game Super Mario World. Mario is standing on top of a castle. Far above him, Bowser looks down from his flying Koopa Clown Car, which is a flying machine painted to look like a weird smiling clown face. Naturally.
tfw tax rates go up
doesn’t he know that bowser is a hardworking job creator who will take his flying castle to miami if he feels too bullied??
Bluesky status report reading “We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos”
Mike D: only rock
all: JEANS
Mike D: never rock
all: CHINOS
My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service.
The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.
Hi! You can vote for @neverpo.st to win a Webby through tomorrow and we'd very much appreciate it if you did! We're nominated for our episode about how generative AI has contributed to the aesthetics of New American Fascism.
let’s GOOOOOOOOOOO
This was kind of what it was like watching Starbucks and Bella Hadid launch NFTs, except the US economy wasn't propped up by it
can’t wait to listen to this heartwarming conversation between my smart friends that definitely won’t be a huge bummer
Re-upping this Scratch interview for anyone feeling bad about taxes/themselves today, especially freelancers. I hope it finds those who need it most.
One death every 6 days so far this year, due to a pattern of systematic denial and delay of medical care. May everyone responsible never get another night of sleep.
I unwisely spent my supply of brain cells that match numbers to arbitrary words on Pokemon by age 11 so I absolutely agree
like what if port authority but for people instead of buses
SIDENOTES
reposting for the beauty of the sentence
thank you for the peer review!!!
gundam helmet with gatling gun
a head cannon you say?
what i’m hearing is that statue of liberty gundam is back on the table
yeah ok back to being a gundam truther
unfortunately / somehow makes more sense than my original assumption (the statue of liberty as a gundam)
"this is a simulation" "this is a sitcom" wrong. this is model UN
The incoming health minister of the future Magyar government, upon learning of the election results last night
(From Instagram)
more like Loser Orban amirite
i need a livestream and a tracklist stat
sam is the best, go learn from sam!!
New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more.
They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom.
www.theverge.com/news/908401/...
a side of earthmads to complement the moonjoy
damn i could have saved thousands of dollars in therapy bills just by reading this
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
