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The Cracker Barrel mess exposes the cynicism of the rightwing culture war | Sidney Blumenthal

The Cracker Barrel mess exposes the cynicism of the rightwing culture war | Sidney Blumenthal

First they came for the Smithsonian. Then they came for Cracker Barrel. Whether it’s the museums or the corporations – or the universities, law firms, federal departments and agencies – the attack lines of the Trump culture war and its culture warriors are the same. The vicious full-scale assault on the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain after the company naively wandered …

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Gears of War Reloaded Is A Mess On PC And Players Aren’t Happy

Gears of War Reloaded Is A Mess On PC And Players Aren’t Happy

Gears of War: Reloaded, the newly released remaster of the original Gears of War, has a low review score on Steam due to crashes and missing split-screen support. This follows a day-one patch that was supposed to fix a number of bugs and crashes on both console and PC. On August 26, Xbox launched Gears of War: Reloaded–a remastered version …

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Google’s rollout of Bluetooth audio sharing on Pixels has been a mess

Google’s rollout of Bluetooth audio sharing on Pixels has been a mess

TL;DR Google’s new Pixel Buds 2a lack Bluetooth audio sharing, highlighting a confusing and inconsistent implementation of the Auracast feature across Pixel devices. The feature is mysteriously disabled on the Pixel Buds Pro 2 when paired with a Pixel phone and artificially blocked on budget A-series phones. This haphazard approach hinders the adoption of the universal Auracast standard, which could …

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The bizarre way foods mess with the medicines we take

The bizarre way foods mess with the medicines we take

Although pharmaceuticals usually go through decades of development and testing to ensure they are safe and effective, there are thousands of types of drugs on the market and millions of combinations of foods they could be paired with. Scientific reviews suggest food interactions can be a major threat to safe and effective oral pharmacotherapy. Experts are only now starting to …

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‘Honey Don’t!’ review: Sleazy crime caper is a hot mess — just as intended

‘Honey Don’t!’ review: Sleazy crime caper is a hot mess — just as intended

“Honey Don’t!” is a smutty desert mystery in which the detective, Honey O’Donohue (Margaret Qualley), never gets around to solving the central crime. She’s too busy seducing women and swatting down randy men. I’d call the opening murder a red herring except it’s really more like a fish left to cook in the blinding Bakersfield sun. The second film co-written …

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Tottenham's Eberechi Eze transfer mess and what it means for Daniel Levy and Thomas Frank – Football London

Tottenham’s Eberechi Eze transfer mess and what it means for Daniel Levy and Thomas Frank  Football London Premier League news conferences: Emery and Slot speaking as spending record broken  BBC Sources: Arsenal agree Eze deal in blow to Spurs  ESPN How Arsenal silently hijacked Spurs’ Eberechi Eze deal well before anyone knew  The Independent Eberechi Eze won’t start for Crystal Palace as he closes …

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The Covid Vaccine Situation for the Fall Is a Complete Mess

The Covid Vaccine Situation for the Fall Is a Complete Mess Dr. Katelyn Jetelina (aka Your Local Epidemiologist) has a frustrating update on how Covid vaccines are probably going to work this fall under the ideologically corrupt Trump regime. The FDA is expected to license the Covid-19 vaccine. Word is that the label will be restricted to adults 65+ and …

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Microsoft cleans up latest Windows Update mess • The Register

Microsoft cleans up latest Windows Update mess • The Register

Microsoft has moved swiftly to remove the bullet it fired into its own foot with the August 2025 Security Update reset and recovery bug. The company has released out-of-band patches for Windows 10 and Windows 11 to deal with the problem in which attempts to reset and recover a device fail following the installation of the August update. The patch …

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iPhone 17 Pro case has surprising name after FineWoven mess, box hints at new Apple accessory

iPhone 17 Pro case has surprising name after FineWoven mess, box hints at new Apple accessory

A year after discontinuing the rather disastrous FineWoven iPhone case, Apple will reportedly take a second shot at an alternative premium to leather cases. The latest development is the alleged name, and a potentially new Apple accessory that may be sold separately. TechWoven is the new case material name, says leaker Majin Bu, because a callback to FineWoven invokes such …

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