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I always recommend getting an ergonomic monitor arm. There are some affordable ones on Amazon that allow your screen tablet to be at eye level. So you don't necessarily need a regular tablet. Just make sure your tablet has the hole mounts on the back!

Amazon Levi's and Walmart Agreed on Increased Retail pricing for Khaki Pants Amazon sent Levi’s links to Khaki pants that were priced lower on Walmart.com [$25.47 to $26.99], saying it “hop[ed] these can get resolved over the next few days.” The next day, Levi’s reported that “I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to … take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to…$29.99 immediately” and provided links to show the increased Walmart price. Amazon acknowledged that Walmart raised its price and confirmed it had matched that higher price: “the updated pricing of $29.99 is now showing up on [Amazon].”

Amazon, Hanes, and Target Worked to Raise the Price of Apparel: Amazon sent Hanes links to Target.com and Walmart.com showing lower prices than were on Amazon, and Hanes confirmed that it “reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased.”

Amazon, Agrothrive, and Home Depot Worked to Raise the Price of Plant Fertilizer: Amazon complained to vendor Agrothrive about lower prices for Agrothrive’s products at Home Depot, to which Agrothrive responded: “Yes, just got out of a meeting with the Home Depot manager and she has agreed to raise the prices this time.”

Amazon, GlobalOne, and Chewy Agreed on Increased Retail Prices for Pet Treats: The plan was written in an email between Amazon and its vendor, GlobalOne. For its part, Amazon would raise GlobalOne’s Canine Naturals pet treat prices to get Chewy to follow, then GlobalOne would “reach out to Chewy” to let them know that Amazon was increasing the pricing and “would ask that [Chewy] follow.” In other words, if Chewy agreed, Amazon would increase its retail pricing for the Canine Naturals pet treats and Chewy would match the price increase. The plan materialized. Amazon told GlobalOne that the pricematch override was in place, and to “let Chewy know to update [pricing] immediately.” That same day, GlobalOne confirmed the “ones that went up on Amazon immediately went up on Chewy [happy face emoji] … Overall this looks like it’s working!” The result of Amazon, Chewy and GlobalOne’s price fixing agreement was to increase the retail prices of over ten Canine Naturals pet treat products on Amazon and Chewy.

We’re sharing new evidence in our case against Amazon clearly showing the megacorporation is involved in price fixing.

It’s clear as day: Amazon is colluding with vendors and other retailers to make your life more unaffordable.

We’ll see them in court.

MARMELADE

Thank you Amazon.

Amazon is using large Sunbelt Rentals Generators to charge their electric delivery vehicles

These generators are powered by diesel fuel

So they’re using diesel fuel, to charge their electric vehicles “to Go Green”

Someone make it make sense

Want to know what books on Amazon are AI slop? Click on the author's name.

Blue Origin loses satellite in setback for Jeff Bezos’s moon rocket New Glenn rocket is being developed to send astronauts to the Moon as part of Nasa’s Artemis IV mission

Yet another failed Amazon delivery 😑 sent to the wrong address.
www.the-independent.com/space/blue-o...

State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General

Today at 10: watch live as I unveil new evidence to the public in our Amazon price fixing case.

Tune in at oag.ca.gov

SEND HELP is currently the #1 Seller in Horror (and #2 in Comedy and Thriller) on Amazon. So many genres, so many extras. Releases *tomorrow* and is 30% off today! (This is not a paid ad but I will make a few cents if you buy it 😀)

DC X Sonic the Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog Batmobile is 41% off on Amazon ($14.80):

bit.ly/4mJmvZ5

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Stacy Mitchell has the best command of this subject. She explains how Amazon's ability to match any discount absolutely shreds competitors trying to give you a lower price. To hide these powers from nosy reporters, Amazon shuts off the magic algorithm during holiday shopping season and Prime Day.

I used Amazon's new AI bot for recommending books based on my reading habits. One of the recommendations appears to be a shoe.

Time to break up Amazon and cancel your Prime account

a painting of a woman with red hair and a nose ring behind bars Alt: a woman with red spiky hair is waiting at the window while it's raining outside

MY COPY OF TOMODACHI LIFE IS BEING PROCESSED OMG YIPPEE IT'S COMING SOMETIME TODAY YES PLEASE YES I NEED IT PLEASE

me at the window every 10 minutes waiting for the amazon delivery truck

Comparison Shopping Is Not a (Computer) Crime The Ninth Circuit should follow Van Buren’s lead and interpret the CFAA narrowly, as Congress intended.

Comparar precios no es un delito informático. Amazon intenta usar la ley CFAA para bloquear herramientas de IA que buscan ofertas en su web pública. Limitar la extracción de datos públicos (scraping) amenaza la competencia, la investigación y a los consumidores. www.eff.org/es/deeplink...

Baxter, the starving dog of a starving artist

Do me a favour?

If you've read my novels, would you mind writing a quick review (one for each book you've read).

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G2CDCMV...

Books with reviews are massively more likely to be recommended by Amazon. Takes 2 mins, and helps to feed Baxter.

He really appreciates it.

Unwell, needed nice things, Argos came to the rescue this time for a copy of Pragmata after Amazon didn't get the concept of a pre-order.

Xbox Wireless Controller – Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition up for preorder at Best Buy ($89.99) buff.ly/chAb52E

Amazon Controller amzn.to/4cmGCbX
Headset $134.99 amzn.to/4cSNDBw #ad

MS Store buff.ly/xbW7YLK

3 Years After a Landmark Law, Some Pregnant Workers Still Don’t Get Basic Accommodations

Businesses like Amazon are going to keep doing whatever they can get away with and that's why people should keep suing them and why there should be punitive damages | no paywall

8BitDo Charging Dock for Xbox Wireless Controllers – Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition up for preorder on Amazon ($34.99) amzn.to/4dT6VaX #ad

Ariane 6: more boosters, more power

More boosters, more power 💥

As we wait for #VA268, check out this video to learn more about the most powerful version of Ariane 6, yet.

On flight VA268, Ariane 6 with four boosters will carry 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation.

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Xbox Wireless Controller – Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition up for preorder on Amazon ($89.99) amzn.to/4cmGCbX #ad

Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition Wireless Controller / Headset up for preorder at MS Store ($89.99/$134.99) buff.ly/xbW7YLK

Amazon controller $89.99 amzn.to/4cmGCbX #ad

Union Now Is America’s New Strike Fund - The American Prospect The new nonprofit will put money directly into the hands of workers so they can fight harder and win bigger.

Union Now is a new organization that will provide material resources for union organizing in what amounts to a national strike fund, writes @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. Delta, Starbucks, and Amazon are among the first targets.
prospect.org/2026/04/20/u...

I love how Amazon buries their live chat customer service option deep beneath layer after layer of unhelpful reference topics. So efficient. No way I'd rather spend my time than an endless romp through sleight of hand misdirections.

I mean I'd argue that if an employee made a dime for every dollar Bezos is worth they'd have more than that.

Of course you can't actually divide his wealth across Amazon like that because there are too many people to split it that high, but the point is not even the old adage is true anymore.