Links 25/10/2023: Media Molecule Lays Off 20%, Google Shares Full After 'Good' Results
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Leftovers
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Buttondown ☛ I wish people would do historical arguments better
There's a common argument I hear that goes like this: [...]
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Reason ☛ Brickbat: A Spooky Display
Efforts by city officials in Granstville, Utah, to remove a Halloween decoration of a pole-dancing skeleton seem to have backfired. The city posted on Facebook that the display, which was attached to a street sign, had to be removed. The post got quite a bit of negative feedback, which may be why the city deleted...
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Science
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Science Alert ☛ Ancient Human Faces Emerge in The Amazon as Extreme Drought Grips
Almost like a warning.
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Caught Sperm Defying One of The Major Laws of Physics
Some rules were made to be broken.
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Hardware
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Silicon Angle ☛ Quantum startup Atom Computing to launch industry’s first 1,000+ qubit system
Quantum computing startup Atom Computing Inc. announced today the forthcoming availability of what it says is a 1,225-site atomic array, populated with 1,180 qubits, within the next generation of its quantum computing platform.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Nvidia and AMD reportedly developing Arm-based PC processors
Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are developing new central processing units for Windows computers, Reuters reported today. The upcoming chips are said to be based on blueprints from Arm Holdings plc. Nvidia is best known as a maker of graphics cards, but it’s no stranger to the CPU market.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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University of Michigan ☛ Niche internet micro-celebrities and me
Social media is fake and influencers are not real. We have all heard (and probably shared) this sentiment: The picture-perfect lives projected by the ultra-rich, ultra-followed Instagram and TikTok famous are not from the reality in which the rest of us live.
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Science Alert ☛ New Link Between Fungal Organisms And Severe COVID Discovered
It's not just the virus.
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LRT ☛ Brussels greenlights Lithuania’s post-Covid recovery plan, raises taxing issues [Ed: It says "post-Covid recovery plan"... but COVID is not over, it's still here, and economies perish because the system is failing, not because of the virus]
The European Commission said on Tuesday that it has approved Lithuania's updated package, worth 3.85 billion euros, under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
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European Commission ☛ Opening remarks by Commissioner Kyriakides at the press conference on addressing medicine shortages in the EU [Ed: Take away the patent monopolies and there will be no more shortage, supply will meet demand]
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New York Times ☛ Meta Sued Over Features That Hook Children to Instagram, Facebook
More than three dozen states and the District of Columbia accused the tech giant of knowingly using addictive features to draw in and retain children and teenagers.
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Metro UK ☛ PlayStation staff cuts include up to 20% of LittleBigPlanet studio Media Molecule
A second PlayStation studio has reportedly suffered layoffs, as British developer Media Molecule and Visual Arts both see cuts.
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Media Molecule to Layoff Up to 20% Of Its Staff
Another game developer has entered in the large string of layoffs plaguing the games industry in 2023. According to Sports Illustrated’s GLHF, the UK game developer Media Molecule plans to layoff 15-20% of its 135 workforce. Sources said that it’s employees were recently informed about the layoffs in an internal meeting this morning.
Previously to being bought by Sony in 2010, Media Molecule was an independent game developer. After becoming apart of PlayStation Studios, the developer gained a large amount of success from its various games including LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2, Tearaway, and Dreams.
Shortly after GLHF’s report, Media Molecule put out a statement on X, confirming the layoffs.
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Alphabet and Microsoft earnings after the close. What to expect. [Ed: But Microsoft's results are fake for sure, Microsoft is defrauding the shareholders while the US government stands by idly]
The revenue estimates mark a return to double-digit revenue growth after four quarters of single-digit expansion. Google's core advertising had weakened due to economic softening and increased competition from TikTok.
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When M&As Go Wrong: A Deep Dive into the Biggest Failed Merger and Acquisition Deals [Ed: Microsoft killed Nokia -- and Nokia's Linux work -- on the cheap]
2014 saw Microsoft acquire Nokia’s handset division for over US$7 billion. This deal is often seen as a failure due to integration issues, smartphone market struggles and a significant financial write-down.
The acquisition deal involved Microsoft acquiring most of Nokia’s assets based in Finland, manufacturing facilities in Asia and a workforce of 24,000 employees. Microsoft hoped that by leveraging Nokia’s hardware capabilities, it could bolster its mobile presence and give a tough fight to competitors like Apple and Google.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Island nabs another $100M for its secure enterprise browser [Ed: It's a paradox; "Chromium-based browser" and secure are not compatible notions]
Island Technology Inc., a startup with a Chromium-based browser built for the enterprise market, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. Prysm Capital led the Series C round. Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Canapi Ventures and a number of other institutional investors participated as well.
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Security
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Privacy/Surveillance
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NYOB ☛ Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files
Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files
noyb asked the Hessian authority for access to the case file of the Acxiom complaint. The address trader filed an interim injunction against the authority
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Defence/Aggression
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RFA ☛ At least 56 women killed in junta attacks in three months
They died by artillery and air strikes, shootings, burnings, and beatings, a report says.
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teleSUR ☛ Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 5,800 Palestinians So Far
As of Oct. 24, the World Health Organization has documented 62 Israeli attacks on health care facilities and ambulances.
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TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Israel’s increased strikes across Gaza kill more than 700 people in the past day, Palestinians say
The toll represented a massive increase in casualties in the already reeling territory.
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New York Times ☛ Israel-Hamas War: Death Toll Climbs in Gaza as Israel Intensifies Airstrikes
More than 700 people were killed overnight, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said. One of the two hostages released by Hamas on Monday said she had “gone through hell.”
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New York Times ☛ Israel Intensifies Strikes on Gaza as Its Allies Call for More Palestinian Aid
As two more hostages are released, American officials have urged Israel to delay a ground invasion, to allow time for negotiations and for more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.
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New York Times ☛ Israel Shows Raw Footage From Hamas Attacks on Oct. 7
The Israeli military showed the compilation to foreign reporters on a day when Israel continued to bombard Gaza with heavy airstrikes.
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Latvia ☛ Security service briefs potential terrorism targets in Latvia
Latvia's State Security Service (VDD) says it held a seminar last week aimed at making potential terrorism targets aware of risks and how to ameliorate them, the VDD said in a news release.
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AntiWar ☛ Joe Biden’s Hideous $106 Billion War Package
What a day for another $106 billion imperial boondoggle. There is not one dime in “Joe Biden’s” war package that enhances the safety and security of the American homeland, yet all of it is being blithely charged to Uncle Sam’s vastly over-extended credit card.
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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AntiWar ☛ The Mounting Evidence That the US Blocked Peace in Ukraine
On June 13, 2023, taking questions from war correspondents at the Kremlin, Putin confirmed what had already been reported: that Russia and Ukraine had “reached an agreement in Istanbul.” Peace was possible.
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Atlantic Council ☛ Battle of Avdiivka: Putin’s new offensive continues despite heavy Russian losses
Russia has returned to the offensive in Ukraine in recent weeks with a major assault on the town of Avdiivka. The Russian offensive continues despite reports of catastrophic losses, underlining Putin's determination to secure victory at any price in Ukraine, writes Olivia Yanchik.
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European Commission ☛ Press remarks by Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič on the EU Wind Power Package and the State of the Energy Union 2023
European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 Oct 2023 Good afternoon.
Today, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addressed the College by videoconference...
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Atlantic Council ☛ Alsu Kurmasheva arrest: Russia has detained two US journalists this year
The Russian authorities have detained Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for failing to register as a foreign agent, making her the second US journalist to be jailed in Russia so far this year.
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France24 ☛ Ukraine provides new training as Kyiv prepares for long conflict
Ukraine's military is training new recruits and offering courses providing additional skills to experienced soldiers as the country prepares for a long, drawn-out war. Wounded troops who have recovered are also being reintegrated into reconstituted units. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from northern Ukraine.
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France24 ☛ ‘Big ambitions’: Ukrainian businesses thrive in Poland
Around a million Ukrainian refugees have settled in Poland since the start of the Russian invasion in February last year and many have brought with them an entrepreneurial spirit – some 30,000 new businesses have been opened by Ukrainian refugees and one in every ten new businesses set up in the country is owned by a Ukrainian.
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LRT ☛ Lithuanian court rejects appeal by Ukrainian convicted in 1991 Soviet crackdown case
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal of Oleksandr Radkevich, a Ukrainian citizen sentenced in absentia to prison in the January 13, 1991 Soviet crackdown case.
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LRT ☛ Lithuania to buy US air defence missiles
Lithuania is buying 36 AIM-120C-8 (AMRAAM) medium-range missiles from the United States for 94 million euros (100 million US dollars), the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency says.
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RFERL ☛ Ukraine Launches Joint Venture With German Arms Maker Rheinmetall, Says PM
Ukraine has set up a joint defense venture with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to service and repair Western weapons sent to help Kyiv against Russia's full-scale invasion.
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RFERL ☛ Ukraine's EU Membership Bid To Be Assessed In Report Due On November 8
The European Union's executive is set to present an assessment on November 8 of progress made by Ukraine in its membership bid, three officials said, a key step in the bloc's decision on starting accession talks with Kyiv.
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The Straits Times ☛ Ukraine's Siberian Battalion recruits Russians to help fight Moscow
At a simple shooting range outside Kyiv, a group of 20 Russian citizens clad in Ukrainian uniforms practiced firing assault rifles and machine guns.
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New York Times ☛ Coming of Age During the War in Ukraine
Each age group has suffered through the war, but for young adults it has been particularly hard — and not just for those who have served on the frontline.
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New York Times ☛ Amid Intense Fighting, Ukraine Orders Evacuation of Children
The evacuations from villages near the front line underscored the ferocity of the fighting as both Ukraine and Russia press bloody assaults.
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RFERL ☛ Ancient Scythian Artifacts Stolen From Ukraine Seized In Spain
Spain has confiscated 11 ancient artifacts worth around $60 million stolen from Ukraine after the suspected thieves were caught trying to sell them in Madrid.
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RFERL ☛ Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says 'Illusion' Of Russia's Black Sea Dominance 'Melting'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pledged to keep pressure on Russian-occupied Crimea after another attempt to attack Moscow's Black Sea Fleet installation in the city of Sevastopol overnight.
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RFERL ☛ EU On Track To Quit Russian Fossil Fuels
The European Union is on track toward its goal of ending Europe's reliance on Russian fossil fuels within this decade, the European Commission said.
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LRT ☛ Lithuania protests Russia’s destruction of monuments
On Tuesday, Russia’s chargé d'affaires ad interim Aleksander Elkin was summoned to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry to protest against the destruction of monuments dedicated to victims of Soviet repressions.
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RFERL ☛ Navalny Says He's Again Been Placed In Punitive Confinement, Deprived of Writing Materials
Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been placed in punitive solitary confinement, a day after his allies said he was stripped of writing materials -- his only means of communicating with the outside world.
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teleSUR ☛ BRICS Currency to Facilitate International Settlements: Glazyev
The emergence of a new settlement currency is inevitable because the current international monetary situation is "irrational," the Russian economist foresees.
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LRT ☛ Lithuania detains migrant group on border with Belarus
Lithuanian border guards detained a group of 14 migrants in Ignalina District on Monday as they tried to enter the country from Belarus. Five of them needed medical assistance and complained about brutal treatment by Belarusian border guards, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said on Tuesday.
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RFERL ☛ Belarus Issues License For Second Unit Of Nuclear Plant
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus issued a license on October 24 for the industrial operation of a second power unit at the Astravets nuclear power plant.
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Environment
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Energy/Transportation
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European Commission ☛ Press remarks by Commissioner Hoekstra on the EU Wind Power Package and the State of the Energy Union 2023
European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 Oct 2023 Thank you very much dear Kadri, and ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
Today we also present our Climate Action Progress Report.
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Finance
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The Guardian UK ☛ Google Cloud revenue misses expectations despite AI boom
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reports stronger than expected overall revenue but stock falls in after-hours trading
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Google Revenue Accelerates But Stock Drops as AI Fails to Boost Cloud Sales
Revenue growth at Alphabet parent Google accelerated for a third straight quarter, thanks to rebounding ad sales, but its investments in artificial intelligence so far have failed to move the needle for its cloud business.
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Alabama ☛ Shipt lays off 3.5% of filled positions, closing many open ones
Birmingham-based shopping app Shipt today laid off about 3.5% of its filled positions today, according to a company statement, and closed “many” open positions.
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NPG of Oregon ☛ Bank layoffs in Canada: Here’s what it could mean, according to experts
Job layoffs across the banking industry have been making headlines in recent weeks, but what exactly is driving the cuts, and where are things headed?
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YLE ☛ Banks restrict long term lending
Mortgage-holders in Finland are forced to pay down their homes more quickly following new rules.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s top diplomat to pay rare US visit ahead of potential Xi trip
China’s top diplomat will pay a rare visit to Washington this week, the United States announced Monday, paving the way for a potential visit by President Xi Jinping aimed at keeping tensions in check.
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Reason ☛ Administration fails forward on China chip exports
Episode 478 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
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New York Times ☛ The Jewish Left Is Trying to Hold Two Thoughts at Once
Spencer Ackerman and Peter Beinart navigate the tensions between grief and solidarity in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
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Atlantic Council ☛ #BalkansDebrief – A view from the European Parliament on Kosovo-Serbia crisis | A Debrief with Viola von Cramon
Nonresident Senior Fellow Ilva Tare is joined in this episode of #BalkansDebrief by, Viola von Cramon, a member of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee and the Rapporteur on Kosovo, to discuss the implications of the resolution and the EU's role in ensuring that Serbia cooperates fully with the investigation into the Banjska attack.
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Press Gazette ☛ Biggest news publishers on Youtube: GB News and Piers Morgan Uncensored pass 1m subscribers
GB News also topped 1bn views and is claiming to be the fastest-growing UK publisher ever on Youtube.
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CS Monitor ☛ Machado, banned from office, sweeps Venezuela’s opposition primary
María Corina Machado, a critic of Venezuela’s government, took an overwhelming lead in Sunday’s primary election. Voter turnout was high despite repression and censorship, but it is still unclear if Ms. Machado will be allowed to run.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong ‘patriots only’ District Council race: 322 nominations received so far, none from pro-democracy parties
The government has – so far – received 322 nominations from would-be candidates for the “patriots-only” District Council election on December 10, though none of them have been from the remaining pro-democracy parties.
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Security Week ☛ Canada: Lawmakers Targeted by China-Linked ‘Spamouflage’ Disinformation
Canada on warned of a "Spamouflage" disinformation campaign linked to China that used waves of online posts and deepfake videos.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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RFERL ☛ Moldova Blocks Access To More Than 20 Russian Media Websites
Moldova blocked access to more than 20 Russian media websites on October 24, saying that they had been used as part of an information war against the country.
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Reason ☛ How To Yell 'Fire' in a Crowded Theater
Aside from narrowly defined exceptions, false speech is protected by the First Amendment.
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RFERL ☛ Kazakhstan Puts Self-Exiled Opposition Activists On Wanted List
Self-exiled Kazakh opposition activists Aidos and Natalya Sadykov, co-founders of the Base YouTube channel, which is critical of the government and investigates corruption, have been placed on Kazakhstan's wanted list.
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LRT ☛ Lithuanian prosecutor moves against MP over alleged hate speech
Lithuania's Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė has asked lawmakers to strip MP Petras Gražulis of legal immunity to face trial over alleged anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech.
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New York Times ☛ With War in Israel, the Cancel Culture Debate Comes Full Circle
We’re in an especially repressive period for free speech.
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Mint Press News ☛ Propaganda War: Pro-Israel Trolls Are Mobbing Twitter’s Community Notes
While Israel is so far militarily dominant over its neighbors and captive population, it is losing the battle for public opinion in the West. As Alan Maclead reports, it has taken to Twitter's Community Notes function, hoping to turn the tide.
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Cloudbooklet ☛ Undress AI Github Deleted: Why GitHub Removed the Code [Ed: More censorship of software; Microsoft can literally break the law, but its code remains online because... Microsoft]
GitHub removed the code of Undress AI Github, a tool that can undress people in photos, due to ethical concerns.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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Federal News Network ☛ UAW strikes at General Motors SUV plant in Texas as union begins to target automakers’ cash cows
The United Auto Workers union is turning up the heat on General Motors as 5,000 workers walked off their jobs at a highly profitable SUV factory in Arlington, Texas. The walkout Tuesday comes just a day after the union went on strike at Stellantis’ pickup truck factory in Sterling Heights, Michigan, north of Detroit. The Texas strike brings the total of UAW members that have walked off their jobs to 46,000 in a series of strikes that is entering its sixth week.
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New York Times ☛ Women in Iceland Go on Strike Against Gender Inequality
Organizers urged women and nonbinary people to stop all work on Tuesday. Even the prime minister said she would take part.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong court rules in favour of same-sex couples’ equal inheritance rights following gov’t appeal
A Hong Kong court has ruled in favour of same-sex couples’ equal inheritance rights following a government appeal, marking a victory for the city’s LGBTQ community.
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JURIST ☛ Iran teenage girl said to be brain dead after alleged subway encounter with police while not wearing hijab
Armita Geravand, a teenage girl who was seen unconscious after allegedly encountering police officers on a train without wearing hijab on October 1, is said to be “brain dead,” according to an Iranian semi-state media report published Sunday.
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: inSIG 2023
Pablo Hinojosa presented about the RIRs and their role in Internet governance at inSIG 2023, held in Guwahati, India from 28 September to 1 October 2023.
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APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: pkSIG 2023
Paul Wilson spoke at the 'Introduction to I* Organizations' at pkSIG 2023, held from 2 to 4 October 2023 in Gilgit, Pakistan.
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APNIC ☛ Notes from NANOG 89: BGP error handling
What happens if an implementation of BGP recognizes a transitive attribute but all other implementations do not?
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Monopolies
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Silicon Angle ☛ Japan’s antitrust watchdog begins probe into Google’s search engine dominance
Japan’s antitrust watchdog today announced that it has launched an antitrust probe into Google LLC, increasing pressure on a company no stranger to such probes. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, is looking into whether Google has violated its Antimonopoly Act.
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Patents
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JUVE ☛ UPC imposes penalty payment on Revolt in e-bike dispute with MyStromer [Ed: UPC is totally illegal and unconstitutional, but JUVE got bribed not only to lie for the people who promoted this crime but also to continue to lobby to legitimise this unlawful "regime", a "court" that should be invalidated ASAP]
The subject of the dispute is EP 2 546 134 B1, which covers a combination structure of bicycle frame and motor hub in an e-bike. The patent holders are Taiwan-based Fairly Bike Manufacturing and Swiss-based MyStromer.
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Unified Patents ☛ Streaming media threatened by new patent licensing programs
Streaming Media has published an article written by industry expert, John Simmons, who reports on the history of video codec Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) licensing and how it relates to video streaming services. Simmons argues that the video streaming’s enormous growth was the result of royalty free licensing of essential streaming technologies and a bargain struck to charge device makers the bulk of the royalties for SEP codec licensing while charging streaming video companies only a low nominal fee for subscription and other paid content.
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Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Techno-Optimism and Its Ties to the U.S. Patent System
The idea of “techno-optimism” has been gaining traction lately, thanks to wealthy venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. In his recent essay “The Techno-Optimism Manifesto,” Andreessen lays out his vision of how constant technological development leads to to abundance, progress, and human flourishing.
At its core, techno-optimism is the belief that technological innovation is an inherent good that we should actively encourage as a society. Many go further and view technological advance as the only way for humanity to survive and thrive.
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Trademarks
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TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: TTAB Rules in Three Section 2(d) Oppositions Argued in August 2023
The Board recently decided three Section 2(d) oppositions in which it held oral arguments in August 2023. How do you think they came out?
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Copyrights
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Digital Music News ☛ TikTok Copyright Takedowns More Than Tripled in 2022 — What Will 2023 Look Like?
TikTok releases the latest data on copyright and trademark content removal requests the company processed last year, revealing numbers that more than tripled from the previous year.
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Michael Geist ☛ The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 181: Is this Podcast About to be Regulated by the CRTC?
Several weeks ago, the CRTC released the first set of what is likely to become at least a dozen decisions involving the Online Streaming Act, formerly known as Bill C-11. One of those decisions involved establishing which services would be required to register with the CRTC as part of new registration requirements in the law. That sparked an immediate public debate over the scope of the registration requirements and their potential applicability to podcasts.
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Digital Music News ☛ Juice WRLD Estate & Dr. Luke Face Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘Not Enough’
Dr. Luke and the estate of the late Juice WRLD face a copyright lawsuit alleging they did not credit a co-writer for the contribution of ‘key elements’ to the 2021 song ‘Not Enough.’
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Public Domain Review ☛ A Melting Cauldron: The Book of Hallowe’en (1919)
The first book-length history of Halloween, written when the author was a mere twenty-six years old.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal/Opinions
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2%
Well, I'm rounding up a bit. My 2023 allotment plan was to grow around 10% of the family's calories; we're pretty much done harvesting for the year, and I have amassed ~43,000kcal over the year. That's about 22 person-days of calories - or 2% of the year's calorie requirement for the whole family. Pretty short of what I imagined was possible.
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Politics and World Events
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Re: Ascension day ponderings
Interesting post by Solderpunk that I just happened to have seen while looking at their gemlog [...] Because I have graduated with a Theology major, however, I do feel a duty to add a correction: Confirmation is *not* a second baptism. Second baptisms are considered heretical and are in fact the reason why Anabaptists were killed and harassed in Europe, and what eventually led them to moving to the Colonies in North America. Anabaptist literally means "one who baptizes again", and it comes from the fact that they baptized into their faith even those who were already baptized as infants.
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Technology and Free Software
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Chording With Moonlander
For the past three years I've used the Moonlander[1] as my work keyboard whenever I'm sat at my desk. It's a wonderful keyboard and I can't recommend it enough; its pretty pricey but as someone whose profession relies on them sitting a desk all day it's easily worth it. It's a split columnar keyboard meaning that there are two pieces that can be positioned so that the shoulders, elbows, and wrists are all in a comfortable angle and not twisted at all. The columnar layout, meaning that there is no stagger like normal keyboards, means that each finger mostly moves up and down rather than shifting a little left and a little right to hit the right keys. In other words, its how a keyboard ought to be designed.
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My responses to christyotwisty's 5 questions for September
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Answers to christyotwisty's 5 questions for August
Super late, but here are the answers to christyotwisty's 5 questions for the month of August, 2023. [1]
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roophloch23_redux
I decided to add m0ar window dressing to my ROOPHLOCH, 2023 phost since I have m0ar time now at the terminal instead of in the field. Links have been added to the footnotes.[6]
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The Guppy Protocol Specification v0.3
(I don't know if anyone is interested in this, but let's give it a try. It started as a thought experiment, when I looked for 'lighter' protocols I can implement on the Pico W. I see Spartan mentioned here and there, and I wonder if there's any interest in going even more ... spartan.
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Internet/Gemini
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A friendly link to my little web
Where I'm blessing the light of new dawn, instead of doing a "Hello World". I'm trying to use what I'm learning in Gemini and Gopher in the Big Bad Web, so help me God.
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* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.