Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Should TikTok be banned? Should younger children be kept off social media?

The AP reports that Congress is eyeing new rules for tech: https://apnews.com/article/congress-technology-regulation-tiktok-155d696fd44a450a43ce8cb9802e40bb

#Tech #Technology #SocialMedia #Regulation #Congress #USPolitics

The funniest/saddest thing about tech bosses fighting unions so hard is that many of the very same things they complain non-stop about their employees would vanish with a healthy and strong union.

Worries about employees hopping from company to company? Offer them a pension and unions have perks and promotions based on seniority, people won't be leaving.

Struggling with DEI initiatives? Giving the Union rep a seat at the table means that you'll be rid of toxic managers and keep your most valuable diverse employees.

Struggling with recruiting talent? A clear union contract showing what the company will give in exchange for what expectations, you'll have a whole class of people who want stability over chasing the highest paycheck beating a path to your doorstep.

Activist shareholders bullying you about needing to do layoffs even when you know it's not going to actually benefit the company? Tell the investors "Sorry, but we can't do layoffs without risking Labor action." The Activist investors will go away and you'll get more investors who want to hold for the long haul.

Worried about hostile takeovers? Not with a union. Vulture capital will leave your business far alone - Unions are their kryptonite.

🕵️ Member States must possess effective tools to protect national security and fight serious crime.

But, the legal use of #spyware must be in line with the law and within clearly defined borders!

Read @vladobilcik’s view: https://epp.group/8pfrkg

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPPGroup/status/1655550707586543618

We finally made it! This is the result of a group of 15 amateur astronomers (which I am part of) who have shared their data in an effort to get as much data on this pair of galaxies as possible. The result is over 400h of exposure time (where over 200 are in narrow band Hydrogen-Alpha).

This allowed us to create the deepest and most detailed image of M81 and M82 probably done by amateur astronomers ever! The red, faint Hydrogen "exploding" outwards from Messier 82 is truly a sight to be seen.

For more details and a full-resolution image check the my website https://theuberger.ch/post/astrophotography/20230507-m81m82-collab/ or the official AstroBin post: https://www.astrobin.com/tb0sou/

#astrophotography #space #astronomy #astrodon #photoghraphy #photog #longexposure #night #nightsky #science

Dear news media,

Woman up.

It’s time to call them what they are: Domestic Terrorists.

Want a hot #Feditip ?

Keep your current handle, but look into #SelfHosting any #Fediverse instance. Keep your current #Mastodon and add on a unique experience that you control completely.

#Friendica #CalcKey

Hell, even #Pixelfed if you're a photographer.

Check out #SpaceHost if you are less tech savvy. I'm trying to figure out how to #SelfHost a #Friendica instance on a #Rock5 8gb #SBC #ArtFed

#TheResistanceWillBeFederated

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The ten-year-old is describing a super annoying afternoon in which his favorite classmates were acting like a bunch of ten-year-olds.

IBM plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI over time, pauses hiring certain positions https://arstechnica.com/?p=1935937

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@dgar

I started a band called 999 Megabytes

We still haven't gotten a gig.

We were going to tour around Australia, but it's a hard drive.

@fcktheworld587 @davidaugust @gilesgoat

At the moment, people work, get paid and use salaries to pay for goods and services, which pays for other people to run / provide those goods and services.

Once you replace people with AI, don't you then remove the money from the people who will go on to buy those goods / services. The result is people won't have the captial to spend, the companies now running AI will lose money as no one is buying their products.

What happens then, profits down, share down, dividends down and the CEOs who make these decisions will be thrown off boards for damaging profits.

@fcktheworld587 @zleap @gilesgoat and yet, there are zero instances of that actually occurring before. And history is full of examples of the reverse: the rich being..removed. It could give them caution.

They must allow for a gentle change toward more equality, for if they don't: the ungentle change will visit them first.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." — John F Kennedy.

@fcktheworld587 @davidaugust @gilesgoat

I am fine with that, one of the best things about here is the intellectual discussions.

@zleap @fcktheworld587 @gilesgoat that's an intriguing idea... I like it. Seems practical.

Kudos to the scientists who resigned, en masse, from the editorial board at one of the journals published by Elsivier, a company that almost defines the word "greed" -- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees

Seems very poignant indeed, USA.
Get with the program.

Linus Torvalds Announces First #Linux Kernel 6.4 Release Candidate https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-4-release-candidate

#OpenSource #LinuxKernel

:Cheering megaphone: Are you disgusted by Rep. Keith Self (TX03, including Allen, TX) saying that not only can't we do anything about mass shootings but *we shouldn't even try* since "God is in control of our lives?"

Well, I have bad news and good news.

Bad News: He won by 23 pts last year & likely won't be beatable in 2024.

GOOD News: There are 19 *other* GOP-held seats which ARE winnable next year, and Dems only have to net 5 of them to flip the House:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/houseblue24

Stopping gun violence is such a complex issue that only every other advanced nation in the entire world has figured it out.