Kalo

@Kalo18
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Attorney, PI, and collector of too much stuff. WGAW & SAG-AFTRA franchised agent--we're stronger together.

Whatever is going on right now in #Russia, I do note this: #Twitter is now useless at tracking this. Junk accounts everywhere, no verified accounts, swarms of sketchy bluechecks.

The ONE thing that place was good at was breaking global news. But not now.

See everyone here tonight.

Police in El Paso, #Texas say a tourist from #Kentucky thought her #Uber driver was abducting her when she saw a highway sign indicating they were approaching #Mexico. So she shot him. He died. https://www.elpasotexas.gov/assets/Press-Releases/Police/2023/06-June/Update-to-shooting-on-54.pdf

Google ended moderation of 2020 election lies on YouTube.

Facebook/Instagram restored Trump's deceitful, violence-promoting accounts.

Spotify stopped pretending to exercise editorial oversight over the increasingly vile Joe Rogan.

And of course, Twitter is now run by a right-wing extremist who uses the platform to promote right-wing extremism.

This is the social-media trendline as we head into an election that will decide the fate of democracy.

How's your day going, #Trump? 💥

Judge allows #EJeanCarroll to amend her defamation lawsuit to seek more damages against Trump (to include comments he made at a CNN town hall.) #legal 1/...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/politics/e-jean-carroll-damages-trump-cnn-town-hall/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2023-06-13T20%3A31%3A42

In underreported news, the EPA reversed a Trump-era decision on plastic processing, which closes a major loophole that allowed the chemical industry to pass off toxic disposal as sustainable recycling. It isn’t.

Elections affect who runs the EPA. That also matters.

EPA opts to maintain existing pyrolysis air rules-
https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2023/06/06/epa-opts-to-maintain-existing-pyrolysis-air-rules/

EPA opts to maintain existing pyrolysis air rules

Ample time and staff resources are needed to study and gain a technical and regulatory understanding of the air quality impacts of pyrolysis. In the meantime, the process should remain subject to more stringent regulatory requirements, the U.S. EPA decided. 

Plastics Recycling Update

Looks like Twitter is about to become even worse: its failure to pay for these services could ruin its ability to automatically detect and remove child porn and gratuitous gore images.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/musk-stiffing-google-could-unleash-yet-more-abuse-on-twitter-report-says/#p3

Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says

Musk's top priorities seem to be cutting costs and removing spam bots from DMs.

Ars Technica
They're not even trying to have a coherent vision for Twitter. You can't be "the world's most accurate real-time information source" if the content is "unfiltered." It's not possible. It can't even happen by accident.

The US is rejoining #UNESCO (which it quit under #Trump).
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230612-us-plans-to-rejoin-unesco-from-july-ending-membership-dispute

Although the US is already strengthening its #OpenAccess policies under the #OSTP #NelsonMemo, renewing its participation in UNESCO is a good opportunity to join 193 other member states in endorsing UNESCO's November 2021 #OpenScience recommendations.
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en

#OAintheUSA

US plans to rejoin UNESCO from July, ending membership dispute

The United States plans to rejoin UNESCO from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced on Monday.

France 24
Ha ha Ted Kacynski what a weird modernity-hating freak. Anyway, back to this tech billionaire who killing children with his robot-car alpha tests and turning a virtual town square into a incel klan rally