Mastodawn

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

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

Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America

Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy — but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it

The Guardian

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

Ice Cold in Alex

Airfix Group (fb)

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

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Jason844 🙃Jan 19, 2025

@noondlyt

My disinterest in TikTok lasted longer than the TikTok ban.

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The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

@noondlyt Unless it makes those around you feel bad.

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

#nyt #washingtonpost #cnn

https://youtu.be/tTBWfkE7BXU?si=bzuJQJTP5gl0qEuN

Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

YouTube

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

Nonilex Jan 20, 2025

#GiftArticle

#Trump Triggers a Crisis in #Denmark—And #Europe

What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally

By @anneapplebaum

#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

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe

What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally

The Atlantic

The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted

#chatgpt

https://open.substack.com/pub/andymasley/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for?r=555bm6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

And a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted

Andy Masley

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The Enemy is Within Jan 20, 2025

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

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jan/20/wealth-of-worlds-billionaires-grew-by-2tn-in-2024-report-finds

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

The Guardian

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The Enemy is Within Jan 19, 2025

@DrPen

The EU needs to have a word with Ireland which seems to be protecting big tech.

YouTube and Google, Meta, TikTok, Microsoft and Apple are all HQ'ed Ireland where data harvesting laws are more agreeable for now.

https://mastodon.social/@Deixis9/113828986649162281

The Enemy is Within Jan 19, 2025

Dr Pen Jan 19, 2025

Consider 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"**

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/european-union/article/2024/09/10/eu-top-court-delivers-big-win-against-apple-and-google_6725521_156.html

EU top court delivers 'big win' against Apple and Google

In two back-to-back rulings, 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.

Le Monde