The conflicts of interest are mind-numbing.
The backlash will be stunning.
via @rbreich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/20/trump-return-hopeful-america
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Jason844 🙃My disinterest in TikTok lasted longer than the TikTok ban.
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
Nonilex#Trump Triggers a Crisis in #Denmark—And #Europe
What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally
#geopolitics #diplomacy #allies #unfit
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/01/trump-greenland-crisis-denmark-europe/681371/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRYxflJ4CXtTdUrwhkRLCww&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted
The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew by $2tn (£1.64tn) last year, three times faster than in 2023, amounting to $5.7bn (£4.7bn) a day
the world is now on track to have five trillionaires within a decade, 2024’s forecast was one trillionaire within 10 years.
At the same time, the number of people living under the World Bank poverty line of $6.85 a day has barely changed since 1990, and is close to 3.6 billion – equivalent to 44% of the world’s population
Dr PenConsider this: The #EU has just won 2 court cases against big tech. Yet these do not get continuous MSM attention. The USA banning #TikTok is wall-to-wall even here in Europe. We need to celebrate our wins more, not obsess about USA (frankly) incompetence.
"**the European Court of Justice gave the Union's regulators two major victories in their ongoing battles with tech giants, judging that #Apple and #Google must pay over €15 billion in total"**
"As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out"
"One in five British adults aged between 28 and 44 would now prefer a dictatorship to a democracy, apparently. Hopefully they will have the consistency not to vote."
Stew
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/19/information-dark-age-elon-musk-donald-trump-jeff-bezos
