Awarded in climate tech and racial justice, work in EVs, honorable mention in number of dumplings eaten. Mostly lurking.
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you'll note we don't care enough about consumer privacy to pass a meaningful internet-era privacy law that applies to every company that does business in the U.S., but when China pops up in the conversation suddenly these folks all breathlessly care about what happens to consumer data
The US just banned a guy from the country (Imran Ahmed) for pointing out that X is full of hate speech
TechmemeThe US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Continued evidence that life's just a scam: A company* that spends more than $60B to create a thing that nobody wants is rewarded when it announces it will pump the brakes on the thing. *that knows its harmful for kids; contributed to genocide; is a general cesspool
FinTwitter*META SHARES JUMP 5.5% ON PLAN TO CUT BACK METAVERSE SPENDING
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
Emoji Caresseroh my god
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
Duncan WeldonA fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
Important takeaway -- the young men vote is still up for grabs as solid majorities of young men voted blue last night. Equally important, though, are the HUGE margins Dems won among Gen Z women. 8 in 10 young women voted for Spanberger & Sherill. That part of the story is still often undertold.
I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Here’s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)
i like that bluesky is the unc twitter cuz it means i'm extremely unlikely to ever fall victim to reading a teenager's opinon
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
violet allenAn actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.