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How to fight back against Big Tech and the new oligarchs | Yanis Varoufakis Q&A YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

How to fight back against Big Tech and the new oligarchs www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIM...

The mathematical mystery inside the legendary ’90s shooter Quake 3 Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day

Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day

Axolotls wow scientists by regenerating this complex organ Axolotls can completely rebuild their thymus, a key immune organ

Axolotls can completely rebuild their thymus, a key immune organ

Yellowstone’s earthquakes spark microbial boom deep underground Earthquake swarms can supercharge microbial growth

During a rare "swarm" of earthquakes in Yellowstone, the amount of microbial life present increased by 6.5 times before dropping back to normal after the tremors subsided

Copyright Kills Competition Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over

Stricter copyright laws might seem tough on big tech, but they just become new tools to enforce monopolies and bully artists. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein The veteran left-wing intellectual met and corresponded extensively with Epstein, newly released files reveal

Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/noam-chomskys-wife-says-he-was-ensnared-and-manipulated-epstein

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Trump’s $10 trillion crash: Why gold & silver plummeted - Varoufakis & Munchau | The Econoclasts YouTube video by UnHerd

The Econoclasts are back connecting the dots between the gold&silver crash, Warsh’s Mar-a-Lago family ties, the toxic legacy of Quantitative Easing & the inevitable shift toward fiscal dominance, exposing why the crash is a symptom of a dying central banking era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYe...

Alcohol and the Gut: Friends or Foes? Researchers weigh in on what happens to your microbiome when you indulge in alcohol in both the short and long term.

Researchers weigh in on what happens to your microbiome when you indulge in alcohol in both the short and long term.

The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth A handful of figures will be sacrificed - but only to protect a wider culture that believes rules don't apply to the ruling elite

The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/criminal-elite-exposed-epstein-files-burying-truth

Why Signal Is Still Our Favorite Secure Messaging App (And Why No Messaging App Is Perfectly Secure) Signal’s approach to end-to-end encryption makes it especially safe for sending messages. We have some tips on how to use it, and why no messaging app is perfect.

“A lot of very smart people pay attention to both the Signal Protocol and the Signal apps to ensure they are operating as intended,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @nytwirecutter.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/...

Or Mossad

Yanis is right, algorithms (information irrigation) need to be regulated, for any meaningful effect on value to happen.

How a Cookbook Captured the Heart and Soul of Taiwanese Cuisine Clarissa Wei's 'Made in Taiwan' walks a fine line between the personal and political—and celebrates the country's distinct culinary treasures.

Clarissa Wei's 'Made in Taiwan' walks a fine line between the personal and political—and celebrates the country's distinct culinary treasures.

Epstein said UAE ruler ‘set up’ Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing Epstein floated branding slain journalist a 'terrorist' and proposed calling the killing a 'failed covert operation'

Epstein said UAE ruler ‘set up’ Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/epstein-said-uae-ruler-set-saudi-crown-prince-over-khashoggi-killing-1

In 1963 Caltrans outlined their vision for a massive interchange near today's Pepperdine.

This is a northeast view of what would've been Whitnall-Malibu Fwy (thru today's Malibu Canyon) meeting Pacific Coast Fwy (a converted PCH).

Public outcry stopped further progress of both.

TikTok USA is broken No, it isn’t just you.

TikTok in the US has been filled with errors all day, and appears to be disconnected from the global TikTok platform.

Law enforcement should only ever have rubber bullets.

Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on TikTok was supposed to be banned from the US 10 months ago.

Now that the TikTok deal is done, we've lifted a few articles out of the paywall for today in an effort to see how we got here.

First, here's @laurenfeiner.bsky.social on the TikTok ban that kind of wasn't.

Would have been better to have it banned.

US-owned TikTok is a greater threat than Chinese-owned TikTok.

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

Phreeli founder Nick Merrill “is somebody who is extremely principled and willing to take a stand for his principles,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @wired.com. “He's careful and thoughtful, but also, at a certain level, kind of fearless.”

55 Years of Financial Surveillance Reform needs to happen before the Bank Secrecy Act gets to celebrate its next big milestone, argues Nicholas Anthony, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

55 Years of Financial Surveillance

Reform needs to happen before the Bank Secrecy Act gets to celebrate its next big milestone, argues Nicholas Anthony, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.
#crypto #news

Is that a way of firing yourself?

The Secrets to Hermès’s Reign as One of the World’s Most Valuable Companies It’s not all about the Birkins. Inside the 188-year-old house that has become the most durable brand in luxury—and the most radical.

“It was like an eclipse,” Pierre-Alexis Dumas says of Hermès’s value surpassing LVMH’s portfolio of 75 brands. “I could not believe it with my eyes.”

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Yeah, but Trump is a drop in the bucket here. The billionaires that back the blue and white state—follow the money and I’m sure that is where it gets REALLY crazy.

"The Republican official who seems to have played a role in suspending Kimmel once specifically condemned the censorship of 'late-night comedians.'"

@premthakker.bsky.social dives into the background of Brendan Carr.

Read more: zeteo.com/p/trump-fcc-...

Heteropessimism is yet another reason to ban TikTok

i feel we forgot how weird the rationalizations of the TikTok ban got

TikTok misusing our personal data is bad.

Selling TikTok to a Trump-aligned billionaire family and one of his biggest political donors is even worse.