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Okay, having read Google's proposed remedies in its antitrust case, they seem to me deeply unserious. For one thing, it completely bypasses the concept of user choice in favor of manufacturer or vendor choice. For another, "multiple defaults" is a meaningless notion. If The Goog comes as a default, so it will remain.
blog.google/outreach-initiativ…
Full PDF here: storage.googleapis.com/gweb-un…
Toxic flame retardants could face sweeping EU ban.
A class of substances intended to stop plastics catching fire and used in anything from smartphones to sofas could be the next family of chemicals subject to blanket restrictions in the EU amid fears over their health and environmental impact. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians
<- harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th…
I use Music for Programming or DI:FM for background ambient focus enhancement. TIL some people use Spotify for this, and it's bad for artists. Suggestion: don't?
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Musk holds no elected position, nor will he in the Trump administration.
His commentary regarding Congress' funding of the government is the opinion of one man, one who could use his vast wealth to primary our representatives.
He must think that his wealth amplifies his voice louder than the law, and thus he should rule as royalty, impetuously commanding, with the expectation of capitulation by the elected.
Congress must not cave to him. The US has no kings.
Move to Amend:
End Corporate Rule.
Legalize Democracy.
On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,
the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons,
entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government.
Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions.
We, the People of the United States of America,
reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and other related cases,
and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech,
and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.
The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law.
In a democracy, the people rule.
movetoamend.org
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Today, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) conducts research funded by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD), with direct applications to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The MIT Coalition for Palestine, whose tuition and labor support CSAIL, call on CSAIL Director Daniela Rus to lead by example and end her IMoD-sponsored research.
Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos
Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos
Chinese president calls for city to ‘focus on cultivating new industries’ as he attends inauguration of new leaderAmy Hawkins (The Guardian)
Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos
Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos
Chinese president calls for city to ‘focus on cultivating new industries’ as he attends inauguration of new leaderAmy Hawkins (The Guardian)
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