- How getting big tech platforms to care for their users could mean a better online experience for everyone ↗︎ « Maybe we should just block it — probably do a lot for right wing disinformation in the country. —
- ‘In a panic’: Why Iran admonished Australia’s ambassador in Tehran ↗︎ « The continued aggressive advancement from the IDF needs to end. —
- Trump Reiterates He Wants To Be a ‘Dictator’ for ‘One Day’ at Wisconsin Rally ↗︎ « Truly mask off psychopathy. Yet people think this guy is … literally jesus. —
- Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job ↗︎ « Hegemonic enforcement — in this case it happens to be a drug lord hegemony, but the methods are similar. Sad. —
- It’s not enough to ‘punish Labor’ ↗︎ « “Labor has betrayed us” understatement of a lifetime. —
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because ‘we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway’ ↗︎ « “I’ll die soon anyway so you all might as well all suffer the upmost” from a company whose alleged motto used to be “don’t be evil”. —
- Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask Ray-Ban Meta AI to analyze ↗︎ « I thought this was its primary purpose, beyond looking stupid? Also I do not consent. —
- Police can access mobile phone data for minor crimes, EU top court rules ↗︎ « I can’t say this often enough — fascism is here, all across the west, you’re just a frog in slowly boiling water. —
- Working-Class Men Are Not Okay ↗︎ « Sadly lots of the vitriol against this situation which should be directed at billionaires and capitalists is redirected by the hegemon against the already superexploited. —
- ‘Shame on them’: Netanyahu slams French call to cut off Israel's arms supply ↗︎ « Absolutely slammed… seriously though if France actually begins to cut this psychopath off, only good things will follow. —
- License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars ↗︎ « Same exact thing happening in Australia. Tracking citizens on a range of vectors and often using that to fuel illegitimate (like it all is) policing. The government and social media are in a competition to collect as much data on you as possible — and you have things to hide even if you insist you don’t. —
- Fedora 41 Has Working Intel IPU6 Web Camera Support With Modern Laptops ↗︎ « As a modern ThinkPad user this is gratefully received news, hopefully Debian stop disabling IPU6 by default on Sid. —
- The Campaign to Unionize Amazon Gains Momentum ↗︎ « With Bezos stealing more than the average western human does in a year PER HOUR this is, as with all new unions, a great move. —
- Democrats suspect Netanyahu attempting to tilt Trump-Harris race ↗︎ « Might be (yet another) queue to actually take some action to stop his genocide? —
- Bathrooms with a view: Cutting windows into student restrooms is a new level of weird ↗︎ « This is not just weird - it’s sick. —