"From ADS to SciX: What I wish I knew about ADS/SciX during my Ph.D."
Great blog post about some very useful features of the ADS/SciX search engine such as non-traditional resource discovery.
https://scixplorer.org/scixblog/what-i-wish-i-knew-about-ads-scix-during-my-phd
Aka, paying the Danegeld.
The ad broker industry has a vested interest to promote this thinking.
It is better to move than pay.
after reading my emails for over 20 years, the ad bots still try to push things like "car finance refunds" on me. I've never owned a car in my life, but that's probably too hard to understand for an #AI #algorithm. #ads #banCars
https://www.usluck.com/482803/frigidaire-range-pull-n-clean-oven-march-1962/ Frigidaire Range Pull ‘n Clean Oven – March 1962 #Ads #Advertisements #OldSchool #Vintage #VintageAds #VintageAdvertisements
Discord wprowadzi wideo--reklamy. Takie, których nie można przerwać, i trzeba oglądać do końca.
To zawsze wygląda tak samo: oni oferują zamkniętą usługę za free, ludzie dla "wygody" zaczynają używać, a jak serwis urośnie wystarczająco (wy pobudujecie społeczności, ciężko odejść) to zmienia zasady gry.
Zawsze tak jest z bigtechami finansowanymi przez venture capital.
Uprzedzałem 
No ale matrix jest zbyt trudny 
I love that my Debian desktop and laptop doesn't bombard me with constant ads and tracking like Windows 10/11 does.
Sure, tools like Chris Titus's winutil can help debloat Windows, but for me, switching to Linux Mint is the way to go.
Musk tries to buy a Supreme Court
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/elon-comes-for-wisconsin
"Musk... so far spent more than $11 million...
One Musk-backed group... is running deceptive #ads that claim to support candidate #SusanCrawford but are actually designed to alienate moderate #voters by claiming that she supports a radical #progressive agenda. And now, #Musk is offering #Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition against “activist judges”"
Get away from her shoes, you bitch!
Late-1985 or 1986 magazine ad for Reebok Aliens Fighter Shoe and 20th Century Fox’s Aliens (or “Alien 2” if you worked in a video rental place back then like I did).
Would you like to know more?
http://www.adtothebone.com/
Veterans Group Wants to Make Elon the Supervillain of the Midterms
A new ad campaign from VoteVets goes after vulnerable House Republicans by turning the spotlight on DOGE.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-group-wants-to-make-elon-the-supervillain-of-midterms
"The #ads all feature the same roundtable of #veterans sharing their struggles after losing #employment because of #DOGE cuts...
it features #Musk throughout, incl the now infamous scene of him wielding a chainsaw on stage at #CPAC."
“Awful”: #Roku tests autoplaying #ads loading before the Home Screen
#advertising
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/roku-says-unpopular-autoplay-ads-are-just-a-test/
#Roku Tests Showing #Ads Before the Home Screen Loads
Users in the test group are unimpressed by the video ads, which play automatically. Customers say they will be eager to toss their Roku devices if the ads become permanent.
#advertising #privacy
https://www.wired.com/story/roku-tests-showing-video-ads-before-the-home-screen-loads/
Internet of shit, episode 56874: "Roku testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen"
What's up with mastodon.social instance @Gargron?
Yesterday it was cdn.concert.io and today it's admanager.concert.io.
There is absolutely no explanation over why they are integrated with the instance. Once again thanks to #TrackerControl which exposed these integrations.
It's time to ditch the mastoson.social instance.
Britain Wants Ukraine’s Minerals Too
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/13/britain-wants-ukraines-minerals-too/
“It’s not just Trump.” Mark Curtis reports on the U.K.’s scramble for Ukraine’s natural resources. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK When U.K. officials signed a 100-year partnership with Ukraine in mid-January, they claimed to be Ukraine’s “preferred partner” in developing…
#Politics #Commentary #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #UnitedKingdon #Ads #Bae #BgvGroup #ConflictMinerals #DonaldTrump #ForeignSecretaryDavidLammy #MarkCurtis #PresidentVolodymrZelensky #RareEarthMinerals #RioTinto #Rothschild&CoBank #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer
Windows 11 shows pop-up ads of games from Microsoft-owned studios
I know I deserve it for watching YouTube in the first place, but y’all, every single ad this morning is 90 minutes unless I skip it once I’m allowed to skip it.
Every ad. 90 minutes. WTF.
We just tried to check out on the #Sonic app and it offered us a pop-up ad for financing our food. Then Capital One, finally then Disney+/Hulu. I asked to speak to the manager and asked them to relay to the District Manager that I wouldn't be shopping with them anymore while it was happening
Ads in the web client
