Good news: a court just agreed to review the case challenging Trump's illegal attempt to destroy the CFPB, the agency that has returned more than $21 billion directly to Americans scammed by giant corporations.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
ophiocephalic 🐍 @ophiocephalic@kolektiva.social Every time there's news from Mozilla we see a lot of takes around here along the lines of: they're clueless, their heads are in the sand, they don't know their userbase. Alternative interpretation: We're looking at another case very much like Bluesky - a corporation with somewhat-openwashed branding which knows exactly who their userbase is, hates it, and wants a different one. The rationale is clear enough; the browser is just a massive opportunity for datamining. The "AI" startups can only dream of controlling a browser with even the marketshare of Firefox. In that light, it's no use having a userbase of technically competent, privacy-aware dissidents who can work around the extractive dark patterns. Let's face it people, we're not profitable to surveillance capitalism
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Why should anyone believe that Pam Bondi will lead a fair review of the Warner Bros. merger when her ex-lobbying firm was hired by both Netflix and Paramount?
The merger review process under Donald Trump is already a hotbed of corruption.
AG Bondi must recuse herself now.
Kuma, a black cat with golden eyes, peers out from under a white and light blue striped blanket.
Someone’s a tad cold this morning… #catslife #cats #sundaypov #hedgewatch
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
Millions of Americans are getting kicked off of their health insurance so that Donald Trump can fund tax handouts for billionaires like Elon Musk.
Let that sink in.
Headaches and migraines 😞
"my brain requires crop rotation" is the perfect summary of the ADHD phenomenon of needing to periodically hibernate a hobby and bring another out of dormancy
I have been alerted to the existence of this horrifying elder god y’all worship in Nova Scotia. What the actual heck, Canada?
www.moderntraveller.ca/home/waking-...
Today I leave you with one of my favorite photos, both for the moment and for the adventure of getting to that place. I hope you like it
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan says he “doesn’t care what judges think” as he doubles down despite the deportation ban.
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Moose laying down in the snow next to a small pine tree.
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
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That's what other platforms do, I'm surprised this one doesn't
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
This is how you start to fight fascism
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More here:
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Bears repeating.
If you deactivate your Goodreads account, be sure to also delete their cookies and others you don’t recognize. Here’s how to do that in Chrome. support.google.com/chrome/answe...
Blue Sky feels a lot like live journal did in the early days, except that everything seems to be public even though we have lists. You really need the ability to put posts locked behind the list we make so only certain people can read them
A federal court just blocked Elon Musk from interfering with the federal government’s payments system.
There is power in fighting back. We won’t let up until this block is permanent.
Donald trump refused to show his tax returns. Now Elon and his rando tech dweebs have our Social Security info, and folks are just going along with it?
This is fucking insanity.
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In plain English: Republicans in Congress plot more severe budget cuts to health care, nursing homes, and school lunches to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk.
It sounds absurd, but it’s true.
I don’t fucking think so.
