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A sunbeam illuminates the sanctuary of the Iglesia de Santiago el Real (16th and 17th centuries), Logroño, Spain.

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Amid the noise, there's a silent revolution of kindness and unity happening in America. We may not be as divided as some want you to believe. Let me explain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYT-u9DDB0&t=19s&ab_channel=RobertReich

Thanks to pro-competition regulators -- in Europe, not the U.S. -- Adobe's blatantly monopolistic buyout of Figma has been blocked.

This is good news for everyone but monopolists and the people they enrich by screwing everyone else.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005996/adobe-figma-acquisition-abandoned-termination-fee

Oh. Looks like people are (once again) figuring out that silicon valley and effective altruism and longtermism and the rest are all bound up root to ass with eugenics and white supremacy.

So: Welcome to the party; there are a LOT of academics, researchers, and people with direct lived experience, already here.

“It is just over,” journalist @caseynewton told The Post.

“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-interent-elon-musk-israwl-war/

“Anecdotal evidence that X is failing this stress test is plentiful,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield told @JosephMenn in a Washington Post report. “Go on the platform, do a search on Israel or Gaza — you don’t have to scroll very far to find dubious or debunked information.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/08/israel-hamas-disinfo-musk-twitter-x/

#UWCIP #Misinformation #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy

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‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/billboards-oil-climate-crisis-phoenix-austin

> Fossil Free Media, a non-profit media organization, installed the ads in cities rocked by heatwaves including Phoenix and Austin