Tweest Edition <div><br /> </div> <h2>Top Story</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/a-tech-worker-backed-pac-is-bringing-a-5m-knife-to-big-techs-100m-gunfight/]A tech-worked backed PAC is spending $5 million to fight a multi-trillion dollar industry.[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> Or blatantly stealing the money while serving the goals of communists foreign and domestic.&nbsp; One of those.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>Speaking of which [url=https://david.newgas.net/did-my-old-job-only-exist-because-of-fraud/]did my old job only exist because of fraud?[/url]&nbsp; (It's not about code)<br /> <br /> Always awkward to realise this is a possibility.&nbsp; Something of a comfort to realise that the answer is...&nbsp; Probably not.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Tech News</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.theverge.com/tech/952245/sony-xperia-1-viii-review]Sony's Xperia 1 VIII is a pretty good phone.[/url]&nbsp; (The Verge)<br /> <br /> One would hope so for $1850.<br /> <br /> It does have a headphone jack and a microSD slot, but so does my Motorola phone which cost a tenth of that.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Viewsonic-reveals-24-inch-4K-monitor-with-100-sRGB-coverage-and-160-Hz-refresh-rate.1325632.0.html]Viewsonic has a 24" 4k monitor.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> With a 160Hz refresh rate and coverage of 95% of DCI-P3, but the main selling point is its size.&nbsp; 24" 4k models are rarer than you might think.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-shows-3x-more-ai-slop-than-youtube-report-finds/579521/]TikTok shows three times more AI slop than YouTube.[/url]&nbsp; (Search Engine Journal)<br /> <br /> Yay.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/they-looked-like-they-were-getting-rich-on-polymarket-but-none-of-it-was-real/ar-AA269SCe]Polymarket ads are ads.[/url]&nbsp; (MSN)<br /> <br /> In that nothing they present is real.<br /> <br /> This has got to break at least a dozen laws.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Musical Interlude</h2> <div>[ytlite=qdbrIrFxas0]</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer:&nbsp;It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.</span></div>