NY AG filing attributes 'decrease in the number of threatening messages' to Trump gag order - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-engoron-2666534516/?utm_medium=email
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
L: https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607474
posted on 2023.12.11 at 19:25:34 (c=0, p=10)
ICYMI: FCC Partners With States to Increase on Privacy and Data Protection Investigations, Signaling Increased Focus on Future Enforcement https://www.natlawreview.com/article/fcc-partners-states-increase-privacy-and-data-protection-investigations-signaling?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
It is almost certain that China will peak emissions several years before 2030, perhaps as early as 2026,” said Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission.
So why isn’t China advertising the possibility of an early peak? “The Chinese, for whatever reason, are not realizing how important public statements are to winning the overall global debate on climate change,” Turner said. “It would be a very major step forward for the world if they did.”
Free access: https://wapo.st/3t4oOi9
Dec 11 EWE: Philippines — A loss and damage fund that attracted millions of dollars in pledges as the world came together for the COP28 summit in Dubai may benefit communities on the brink of being wiped out as sea levels rise. #ClimateCrisis https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/philippines-riverside-community-schools-students-flooding-climate-change-sea-levels-3979616
SCOTUS has granted the special council's motion to expedite the petition for certiorari before judgment. for the DC US v Trump case. Said more clearly below, it doesn't change or indicate anything of the final outcome, but can indicate that SCOTUS (so far) is responsive to keeping to the timeline.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-624.html
77 yrs ago #OTD at Castle Recording Lab studio D in Nashville singer #HankWilliams signs away 50% of his #SongPublishing to session producer #FredRose's accountant son #WesleyRose of #AcuffRose. Ol Hank's very first 1946 recordings would be released as 4 #78RPM discs in early 1947 by #SterlingRecords. Williams would soon #MoveitOnOver to the fledgling MGM label, record some 220 more songs in a short, but busy career that ended badly in the back of a #Cadillac at age 29 on New Year's Day in 1953. The car he died in and blue #NudieSuit he wore when he died are on exhibit at the #museum dedicated to his life in #MontgomeryAlabama
Solidarité.
“When the premier says teachers are practicing ‘emotional blackmail,’ do you think he’d speak that way to doctors or other professionals?” Marc said. “So why is it that when he speaks to teachers — who are mostly women, let’s be honest here — he’s so condescending? Because he knows that on some level, we’re soft-hearted and we’ll do whatever it takes for our kids. Not anymore. The only thing this government respects is strength. So I’m not bending anymore.”
https://therover.ca/quebec-teachers-are-winning-this-strike/
“The inhumanity of it all is disgusting.” Islanders Speak Out At #Gaza Vigil in #Orkney
By Mike Robertson The rain falls relentlessly on around 30 people in the ceasefire vigil and the bombs fall relentlessly on the Palestinians in Gaza. Yet still the major governments of the so-called free world look on with only mild disapproval. Those behind these dreadful acts show indifference to global opinion, disregarding the thousands of civilian casualties in their pursuit of…
The race to define what’s next for AI in libraries https://sites.northwestern.edu/northwesternlibrary/2023/12/11/the-race-to-define-whats-next-for-ai-in-libraries/ (interesting) #AI #search #libraries #prototypes
anyone knows why #alixpress is asking private data from EU customer before to finish a purchase ? I opened a complaint to alixpress audit team to know more about it; I won't fill the data request form, I think these big #ecomerce business are rose bigger than before, to big to belive it pssss... #EU parliament you're falling by pieces or you don't care at all. #gdpr ?
Skull of gigantic pliosaur sea monster found on ‘Jurassic Coast’ | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/world/skull-pliosaur-fossil-documentary-intl-scli-scn/index.html
Vodafone UK Donates 2 Million Free Mobile Data SIMs to Public https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/12/vodafone-uk-donates-2-million-free-mobile-data-sims-to-public.html
@tofugolem
While it may be a tragedy, it is also a case of the person making a conscious choice. There's no arguing a person out of making bad choices.
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.