Biden locks in $6.6B for TSMC chip factories, ensuring Trump can’t rescind CHIPS Act deal
The Biden administration has finalized a $6.6 billion award for the Taiwan semiconductor giant that is building massive factories in Phoenix, amid concerns President-elect Donald Trump will derail subsidies aimed at fostering the domestic chip industry
I tested Threads. In my experience, this is how Threads compares to Mastodon:
— The algorithm decides if your content is visible to others. Some content gets zero exposure for reasons which are not transparent.
— Sharing links to other platforms makes the algorithm suppress your content's visibility.
— Slower to use.
— Only one app allowed, and it does not support iPads and other tablets.
— Ads are coming in early 2025.
— You cannot run your own server.
— Your data is mined by Zuckerberg.
The barbarians who run Texas killed this woman. It is that simple:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/texas-abortion-ban-josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage/
Everyone should read -- and think hard about -- Rick Perlstein's latest commentary.
He poses a series of ugly hypotheticals that could easily come true in a new Trump administration.
And he asks, "What will you do?"
If the worst happens in this election, we ALL should be preparing to answer this question.
Because our answers will be decisions -- to be collaborators in fascism, or members of the resistance. There can be no middle ground.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-10-30-what-will-you-do-trump-wins/
Well done, @NYTimes Editorial Board.
Digital version: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/25/opinion/what-trump-says.html #press
U.S. Politics in Real Time
Dr. Lucky Tran 
Randahl Fink
Dan Gillmor
kottke.org
Johannes Ernst
cbarbermd