As of April 12, 2023, the Internal Revenue Code contained 4,138,788 words, and as of the latest update, it stands at 4,209,496 words. This includes the Internal Revenue Code itself and associated IRS regulations, which together exceed **16 million** words. The complexity and length of the tax code have grown significantly, with the word count **more than tripling since 1975**. #tax #taxation #irs #taxistheft

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"Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an ‘inconvenience.’ We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy...." - Frank Zappa #quote #political #ZAPpa

Haribo recalls product in Netherlands after cannabis found

The confectionary company says it is working with the police after several people report feeling ill.

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"I don't know how to feel or think or love. I'm a character in a novel as yet unwritten, hovering in the air and undone before I've even existed, amongst the dreams of someone who never quite managed to breathe life into me. I'm always thinking, always feeling, but my thoughts lack all reason, my emotions all feeling. I'm falling through a trapdoor, through infinite, infinitous space, in a directionless, empty fall. My soul is a black maelstrom, a great madness spinning about a vacuum, the swirling of a vast ocean around a hole in the void, and in the waters, more like whirlwinds than waters, float images of all I ever saw or heard in the world: houses, faces, books, boxes, snatches of music and fragments of voices, all caught up in a sinister, bottomless whirlpool. And I, I myself, am the centre that exists only because the geometry of the abyss demands it; I am the nothing around which all this spins, I exist so that it can spin, I am a centre that exists only because every circle has one." - Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet) #quote #philosophy #paradox

Wired is advertising #Bluesky it seems. I just threw up in my mouth. It would be a good idea they release ONE minimum viable product before shilling themselves, trying to appeal to those who need a place online to "feel safe". If you don't like the smell of burning meat, get off the fucking planet. If you don't like the sight of Wojack and Pepe, get the fuck off the internet. Side note: it was hilarioisly sickening to see women in the comments section talking about how 'empowering' it is to see a 'woman' like Jay Graber as a CEO... the Alana McLaughlin of business¿ Credit where credit is due, @jack did say Bluesky is "literally repeating all the mistakes" Twitter made as a company, particularly regarding its company structure and the introduction of moderation tools. #fakedecentralization #socialmedia #

#Bitcoin Sellers Remorse I need a Dolorian and a Flux Capacitor, stat UnFun Fact: the term "stat" comes from the Latin "statim" which translates to 'immediately'

#bitcoin vs #ai Is is calculated that this year will require 82 TWh of energy production to facilitate the creation of shitty Ghibli memes and poorly vibe coded slop apps that contain more bugs than functions. Lowered Barrier = Lower Expectations

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