They've already been paid. Advertisers pay and users endure the harassment. Making the service worse for the same price is the best way to lose your audience.
Lyrics in YouTube Music are provided by third parties that Google has to pay, so it’s not surprising that the company is looking for ways to cover the cost.
Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall
After a lengthy test, YouTube Music is making lyrics a premium feature.
arstechnica.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
They've already been paid. Advertisers pay and users endure the harassment. Making the service worse for the same price is the best way to lose your audience.
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Amazon: Dump ICE!
Rally
Friday, February 13
1 – 2pm PST
The Spheres
2111 7th Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—
Come tell Amazon: Dump ICE! www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...
Rally
Friday, February 13
1 – 2pm PST
The Spheres
2111 7th Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—
Come tell Amazon: Dump ICE! www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...
Amazon: Dump ICE! · Seattle Indivisible
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—and hosts more government repression via its partnership with Palantir and Ring camera's link with Flock surveillance. On the day Alex Pre...
www.mobilize.us
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amazon: Dump ICE!
Rally
Friday, February 13
1 – 2pm PST
The Spheres
2111 7th Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—
Come tell Amazon: Dump ICE! www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...
Rally
Friday, February 13
1 – 2pm PST
The Spheres
2111 7th Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—
Come tell Amazon: Dump ICE! www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...
Last night I wrote a strongly-worded letter to my congressperson. Today I read that the FBI is breaking down the election system. It's starting to feel like the holes in the boat are opening faster than we can close them.
Protests might be the only answer. Stand up, be firm, speak loudly.
Protests might be the only answer. Stand up, be firm, speak loudly.
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Last night I wrote a strongly-worded letter to my congressperson. Today I read that the FBI is breaking down the election system. It's starting to feel like the holes in the boat are opening faster than we can close them.
Protests might be the only answer. Stand up, be firm, speak loudly.
Protests might be the only answer. Stand up, be firm, speak loudly.
Seattle here. Endorsing Minneapolis’s nomination for the peace prize.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Seattle here. Endorsing Minneapolis’s nomination for the peace prize.
If whistles are banned, I will buy a second printer.
January 28, 2026 at 2:14 AM
If whistles are banned, I will buy a second printer.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Reposted by Tom
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
Imo they’d need to dress in something power-drunk racists wouldn’t be caught dead in. Frog hats, maybe.
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Imo they’d need to dress in something power-drunk racists wouldn’t be caught dead in. Frog hats, maybe.
I recently had an authentic danish pastry, and... friends... I can 100% vouch for this plan.
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I recently had an authentic danish pastry, and... friends... I can 100% vouch for this plan.
Maybe they're just setting up the next stock surge.
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Maybe they're just setting up the next stock surge.
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For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
Reposted by Tom
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
You never know how or when you'll become the stubborn old coot that won't give up their victrola, but it happens to all of us.
Razer thinks you’d rather have AI headphones instead of glasses
Razer thinks you’d rather have AI headphones instead of glasses
I told you 2026 was the year of cursed AI wearables.
www.theverge.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
You never know how or when you'll become the stubborn old coot that won't give up their victrola, but it happens to all of us.
Why bother with “why”. The crimes are very easy to understand.
@maddow.bsky.social: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of drugs into the US?”
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Why bother with “why”. The crimes are very easy to understand.
Reposted by Tom
Trump nearly has the power now to make convicted felons out of anyone and everyone he chooses in the Democratic Party. If they did nothing wrong and he managed to do it anyway, should they be banned from office for life?
This is why we can’t prevent convicted felons from being elected.
This is why we can’t prevent convicted felons from being elected.
Well I Agree with what should be the Rule of Law. Trump is but one of many Corrupt, Convicted Felons in the Republicans Party. If you disagree Prove Me Wrong 👊👊👊👊⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️🇺🇸😎
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump nearly has the power now to make convicted felons out of anyone and everyone he chooses in the Democratic Party. If they did nothing wrong and he managed to do it anyway, should they be banned from office for life?
This is why we can’t prevent convicted felons from being elected.
This is why we can’t prevent convicted felons from being elected.
Why do people keep linking to substack like it’s a reputable news source.
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Why do people keep linking to substack like it’s a reputable news source.
Several of us in the house are Starbucks regulars, but we haven't been in since the strike. I don't really care what they're asking for, Starbucks needs to negotiate in good faith. Support Unions.
Standing with members of @sbworkersunited.org
in Chicago today, demanding fair pay and dignity on the job.
This holiday season, choose solidarity. Don’t cross the picket line.
in Chicago today, demanding fair pay and dignity on the job.
This holiday season, choose solidarity. Don’t cross the picket line.
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Several of us in the house are Starbucks regulars, but we haven't been in since the strike. I don't really care what they're asking for, Starbucks needs to negotiate in good faith. Support Unions.
Batman
Name might need some work
Name might need some work
Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?
Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?
The actor who marries box office ratings with Wes Anderson cool should revive the Batman series, but trying to guess who she might play is a thankless task
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Batman
Name might need some work
Name might need some work
"We've put together an instruction manual for... (checks notes)... uh, looking at the moon."
Thursday's Cold Moon Is the Last Supermoon of the Year. Here's How and When to View It
The best opportunity to view this spectacle will be shortly after sunset on December 4.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We've put together an instruction manual for... (checks notes)... uh, looking at the moon."
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
Literally screaming inside rn. Those @#$% companies didn't pay the tariffs. WE DID.
The Supreme Court could pave the way for companies to receive millions of dollars in refunds for the tariffs they’ve paid.
These Companies Are Filing Fresh Lawsuits Over Trump’s Tariffs—Including Costco, Revlon And More
The Supreme Court could pave the way for companies to receive millions of dollars in refunds for the tariffs they’ve paid.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Literally screaming inside rn. Those @#$% companies didn't pay the tariffs. WE DID.
Why would you vote for her? She's done nothing for over a year while the country is in ruins. Here are a few champions that stood up:
- AOC
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren (meh, honestly)
- Gavin Newsom
- Mark Kelly
- Jasmine Crockett
- Ayanna Pressley
- JB Pritzker
- Many more
- AOC
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren (meh, honestly)
- Gavin Newsom
- Mark Kelly
- Jasmine Crockett
- Ayanna Pressley
- JB Pritzker
- Many more
Kamala Harris still has my vote if she indeed pursues the Presidency again in 2028.
She should be our President now, and none of this needed to happen.
She won. He cheated. Anyone surprised?
She should be our President now, and none of this needed to happen.
She won. He cheated. Anyone surprised?
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Why would you vote for her? She's done nothing for over a year while the country is in ruins. Here are a few champions that stood up:
- AOC
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren (meh, honestly)
- Gavin Newsom
- Mark Kelly
- Jasmine Crockett
- Ayanna Pressley
- JB Pritzker
- Many more
- AOC
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren (meh, honestly)
- Gavin Newsom
- Mark Kelly
- Jasmine Crockett
- Ayanna Pressley
- JB Pritzker
- Many more