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JSharp1436 , 14 days ago to random

🇷🇺 #Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for #Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in #russia by the #kremlin

The browser extensions, which are hosted on the #Mozilla store, were made unavailable in the Land of #putin on or around June 8 after a request by the russian government and its internet censorship agency, #Roskomnadzor

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/06/14/mozilla_firefox_russia/ #Technology #News

parismarx , 26 days ago to random

you’d almost say meta wants to kill instagram

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170682/instagram-unskippable-ads-test

#tech #facebook #instagram #meta

parismarx , 28 days ago to random

never thought i’d find so much agreement with the wsj editorial board

#climate #media #environment

notjustbikes , 1 month ago to random

[surprised pikachu meme]

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

parismarx , 2 months ago to random

Balaji Srinivasan is calling for a “tech Zionism” that would see “Grays” loyal to the tech industry take over San Francisco by allying with the police to give themselves privileges as they oppress the “Blues” (liberals).

Essential read by @gilduran: https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

#tech #politics #democracy

parismarx , 2 months ago to random

Meta lost $3.85 billion on the metaverse in the first quarter of 2024 alone. You know, that thing we all laughed about a couple years ago and next to no one actually uses.

It’s burned $45 billion on the metaverse since the end of 2020.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/24/metas-reality-labs-posts-3point85-billion-loss-in-first-quarter.html

#tech #meta #metaverse #vr

wdlindsy , 2 months ago to random

MOSCOW MARJORIE:

Yes, that's a good nickname for Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's a walking, talking megaphone for Putin right in the heart of the US government.

Ken Buck, who retired as a Republican Congressman last month, has given her the nickname of Moscow Marjorie.

~ David Badash

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #MoscowMarjorie #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #disinformation

https://www.alternet.org/mtg-kremlin/

parismarx , 3 months ago to random

Italy’s far-right party proposed using AI to assign youth mandatory jobs.

“The young person will no longer be able to choose whether to work or not, but [will be] bound to accept the job offer for himself (sic), for his family and for the country, under penalty of loss of all benefits.”

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/italian-neofascists-artificial-intelligence/

#tech #ai #italy #government

Johnson says House will consider Ukraine aid 'as soon as government is funded' ( kyivindependent.com )

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson told the Voice of America (VoA) on Feb. 29 that his chamber would consider $60 billion in aid for Ukraine "as soon as the government is funded."

VSquare: Kremlin leaks, secret files reveal how Putin pre-rigged his reelection ( kyivindependent.com )

Editor's note: This investigation, based on leaks obtained by Delfi Estonia and compiled for a joint investigation with VSquare and Frontstory.pl, Expressen, Meduza and iStories, Paper Trail Media, Der Spiegel and ZDF, Der Standard, and Tamedia publications, has been republished by the Kyiv Independent with VSquare's permission....

wdlindsy , 4 months ago to random

In the same way that the Republican-designed abortion law in Texas gives citizens the right to act as vigilantes, hounding and reporting on fellow citizens, De Santis' book-banning law in Florida encourages citizens to report books in school libraries to which they object.

These laws create vigilante societies in which some of us are empowered to harass and demean others, with law behind us.

#Florida #DeSantis #BookBans
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https://popular.info/p/oops-desantis-says-book-challenges

wdlindsy , 4 months ago to random

"Of the many faults in our democratic system exposed by Trump and his MAGA following - not least how poor education and a plague of mental illness has left so many voters’ without critical thinking skills - the worst is how he has shattered our self-image of America as a nation of law."

~ Nina Burleigh

#Trump #LawandOrder #democracy #crime #criminals
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https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/the-waiting-game

JSharp1436 , 4 months ago to random

:twitter: #MykhailoRohoza

No, this photo is not #Ukraine

This Is Chechnya in 1999, the capital #Grozny was destroyed by the Russia. But 3 years earlier, Russia signed a peace treaty with #Chechnya

They had lost the war and needed a pause, only to go back and kill up to 300,000 #Chechens, 25% of the entire small, proud nation that wanted freedom

This is how peace talks with #Russia always end. That's why #Ukraine does not want them until they leave our land

That's why we're asking for guns ⏩

JSharp1436 , 5 months ago to random

:youtube: #WardCarroll

🔸American and British Jets Pummel Yemen a Second Time🔸

ℹ According to the Pentagon, #US naval ships #PhilippineSea, #Mason and #Gravely and the submarine #Florida were involved

And #SuperHornets and #Growlers attached to Carrier Air Wing 3 aboard the Dwight D. #Eisenhower also flew

#UK #RAF Typhoons based at #Akrotiri, #Cyprus flew 1,300 miles each way to drop precision munitions on targets as well

https://youtu.be/IRYf2W9aQ70?feature=share #MiddleEast #News

parismarx , 5 months ago to random

Elon Musk has long opposed unions, but now he’s taking his war on workers to an entirely new level.

In Sweden, Tesla wants to blow up the Nordic labor model, while SpaceX is echoing the Federalist Society by trying to destroy the NLRB in the United States. He must be stopped.

https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-just-escalated-his-war-on-workers/

#elonmusk #labor #tesla #spacex #union #tech