Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

According to a New York Public Library pilot, 65-75% of rights holders opted not to renew their copyrights for books published between 1923-1964.

How was this determination made? The study required laborious research, using docs from Library of Congress - U.S. Copyright Office & Internet Archive. Learn more about the study & what this means for the historical record of American culture in the fantastic new article from journalist Claire Woodcock @clairewoodcock in VICE: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzyde/librarians-are-finding-thousands-of-books-no-longer-protected-by-copyright-law

So -- Chat GPT. It's impressive, right -- but I am concerned that Peter Thiel is involved. And Elon, I think. I don't want our automated future to reflect those men's prejudices. But I did write this, which pulls a few punches, but that's my line

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3687612/does-chatgpt-spell-curtains-for-apple-business-chat.html

The op-ed form is officially tapped out. “Liberals” have nothing to “learn from” Ron DeSantis. We already know ffs that he went to Harvard and played baseball and works hard and is liked by the Floridians who voted for him.

So if the headline is obsolete, what would anyone write this?

Because the Times loves to grind away at its anti-woke bona fides. This is a stock, spiteful effort to troll the readership. I could go line by line with the MLM-level petty deceptions here but screw it

App Store May Violate Japanese Antitrust Law https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/09/app-store-japan-antitrust-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A new phishing campaign targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) logins is abusing Google ads to sneak phishing sites into Google Search to steal your login credentials.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-google-ads-sneak-aws-phishing-sites-into-search-results/

Enough is enough: My colleagues and I are introducing legislation to expel George Santos from the United States Congress.

If Kevin #McCarthy refuses to hold #GeorgeSantos accountable, then we will.

@benda @SrRochardBunson @GeorgeCarlinWasRight @Str8nger Electing Republicans to run government is like hiring Vegans to run a steakhouse

Here is RepubliCON Senator from #Florida (which has no income tax) #rickscott calling his own plan (which calls for sunsetting programs like #socialsecurity & #Medicare), a “Democrat talking point” & even #FoxNews isn’t having it. This is the proposal #POTUS #DarkBrandon was referring to during #SOTU

https://youtu.be/iTnjOXMq_nQ

#Starbucks Asked a COVID-Positive Employee to Work, Then Fired Him for Tweeting About It

“Scott “included the address of the store & invited the public to visit him at this store location, while #COVID-19 positive,” the company said in firing paperwork. “This tweet adversely affects Starbucks, customers, & partner [sic]...”

"I wasn’t inviting customers to come catch COVID, I was letting them know that there’s going to be a #COVID positive person here & to stay away”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pywg/starbucks-union-covid-positive-tweet

Originalism is an utter sham. It is bogus pseudointellectual claptrap trotted out when convenient, then put away when otherwise.

Originalism is a code word for white male supremacy.

Originalism is nothing more than a tool currently in use by federalist society christofascists to reverse engineer outcomes dictated by their masters.

Originalism Is Going to Get Women Killed-
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/originalism-united-states-v-rahimi-women-domestic-abuse/672993/

#ChatGPT might make a better politician than many currently serviing in office.

It lacks emotion leadership, empathy, and the ability to work effectively with others - but then again so do some currently serving.
On the plus side, #OpenAI provides neutral, fact-based information and answers to questions, regardless of political affiliation or bias - something sorely lacking in today's political climate.

Another data point on how merit is over rated
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230208125113.htm

Everything you need to know about patent litigation:
Over the past five years, the ten most-sued companies are all innovative tech companies, while the seven companies filing the most patent suits are all trolls

https://www.patexia.com/feed/patexia-insight-167-patent-wars-a-look-at-the-most-litigious-companies-of-2023-20230209?utm_medium=email1&utm_source=massemail168&utm_campaign=newsletter

Burt #Bacharach , one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies aged 94 - BBC

He wrote enduring hits like I Say A Little Prayer, Walk On By and What The World Needs Now Is Love.

Along with lyricist Hal David, he also wrote numerous movie themes including What's New, Pussycat, Alfie, and The Look Of Love, a major hit for Dusty Springfield.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64587070

If you don't thing the right-wing dominates our politics, think about how little you hear about wage theft -- the largest single form of theft in America -- and how much you hear about two trans kids in Texas who'd like to play a sport.

The effort effectively continues our proud American tradition of striking politically-performative, temporary partnerships with the very monopolies responsible for spotty and expensive U.S. access in the first place

RT from Jessica Hardcastle (@JessicaHrdcstle)

Google pushes fake abortion clinic ads to lower-income women, report says https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/08/google_fake_abortion_clinic_ads/ via @theregister

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.fdn.fr/JessicaHrdcstle/status/1623414628595433472

Adams killed a plan for an open access fiber network that would have dramatically boosted competition and lowered prices, instead opting to pay $90 million to local monopolies to provide discounted service for three years, after which: ??

https://ilsr.org/new-york-citys-ambitious-broadband-plan-is-a-shadow-of-its-former-self/

not only did NYC Mayor Adams kill plans for a promising open access fiber network in NYC, he's telling ISPs already serving NYC housing developments they have to disconnect existing service and let local monopolies take over:

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-yanks-small-internet-co-op-to-make-way-for-charter-altice-at-bronx-nycha-complex