ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

Senate committee debating C-11 amendment demanded by cultural groups on obligations of Canadian vs. foreign services. Government opposing noting trade challenge risk if impose requirements global companies can’t meet. @SenatorHousakos@twitter.com cites US concern today about C-11 and C-18.

The #Norwegians sound like my kinda people.

We got banned from Twitter! Oh well…

She died doing what she loved: untangling Christmas lights in the bathtub.

Jiang zemin, the chairman of #china from 1993 to 2003, died today. As one of the most liberal figures inside CCP, he supported marketing reform and promoted joining WTO. Additionally, he guaranteed a certain degree of expression freedom. Those ten years when he was incumbent became the best golden old days for us to mourn after PRC’s establishment. After 2008, China witnessed a severe regression in civil liberty and became more belligerent in the global community.
@politicalscience

NEW -- the #Biden admin is considering designating #Russia's Wagner Group as a terrorist organization,

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-29/russia-s-wagner-group-mercenaries-may-be-labeled-terrorists-by-the-us

"The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks." https://journa.host/@msfreepress/109429598312986151

I don’t know if I’ll have access to the birdsite for much longer if Apple pulls the app from their store. Not sure how that would work. So, now’s the best time to go through your old posts, delete the cringe, and save photos of precious moments.

Canada Steals Cultural Works From The Public By Extending Copyright Terms.
#canada #copyright

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/29/canada-steals-cultural-works-from-the-public-by-extending-copyright-terms/

"The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous and historic.

The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer's - the most common form of dementia - is possible.

Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a small effect and its impact on people's daily lives is debated.

And the drug works in the early stages of the disease, so most would miss out without a revolution in spotting it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63749586

UK's Online Safety Bill drops rules forcing social media to remove 'legal but harmful' content

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/11/30/uk_online_safety_bill/

Hey Press! Stop calling it "Mastodon's Fediverse network"!

Possession implies ownership.

Mastodon doesn't own the Fediverse.

The Fediverse can't be owned.

The Fediverse would exist without Mastodon. And it will continue to exist if Mastodon stops working.

Please do your do your due diligence before reporting on things.

Screenshot and link are relevant. https://www.howtogeek.com/850954/tumblr-and-flickr-might-join-mastodons-fediverse-network/

I think now is a good time to point out that those of us who love space and #SpaceX realize that SpaceX is successful due to the many people that actually comprise the workforce there, and has little to nothing to do with #ChiefTwit himself.

A must-read from @ntnsndr and @amyadele on a sustainable future for small #SocialMedia: https://www.noemamag.com/mastodon-isnt-just-a-replacement-for-twitter/

Core idea: VC-focused scaling prioritizes maximum reach with minimum work: The Borg. A sustainable fediverse is more like a democracy: each city runs itself while still collaborating on state, federal law, etc.

Some of my favorite paragraphs in thread...

Remember when we used to build open source software that pretty much anyone could run on shared hosting? In fact, that’s how lots of us got into software development—we needed to make a change to some forum or blog software running on a shared host for ourselves or friends or family, so we learned just enough to get by, and then we learned some more, and then some more, until one day, we realized we were software engineers.

Telling moment at this panel discussion about antitrust, where the Republican guy admits that GOP interest in antitrust is probably limited *just* to punishing big tech, and likely does not apply to any other industry.

That's not a principled stance. It's not about actual antitrust complaints. It's about using antitrust to punish companies for speech choices they dislike

Same sex #MarriageProtectionAct secures enough votes on the floor of the US Senate to pass.

The enemy of your enemy is NOT your friend. #Apple  is the largest natural monopoly in the tech industry. They have far too much power with their App Store lock-in.

Apple caves to the demands of repressive regimes in the US, Israel, and China. Apple actively deplatforms sex workers. Apple exploits poor workers in China and the global south.

We can praise some of Apple's privacy decisions (e.g. standing up to governments pushing for crypto backdoors) while also recognizing that no corporation will EVER have your best interests in mind.

We must bring all tech companies to heel with regulation. We also need to build alternative digital ecosystems that don't rely on monopolistic private companies.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-apple-twitter-app-store/