#NYC protesters have achieved a real victory: hospitals in New York are dropping their contracts with #Palantir!
The people have the power.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/new-york-hospitals-palantir-ai
This one takes the cake.š¤·
Seems like a new scam is AI companies making infringement claims against the musicians they scraped for sounding like themselves.
Turns out it works because the claims are adjudicated by, you guessed it, AI agents.
"Because YouTubeās copyright claim system operates without individual human review of each dispute, Campbellās channel was effectively handed over [to the AI company.]"
https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/
h/t @jeeynet https://framapiaf.org/@jeeynet/116359059101502550
Folk musician Murphy Campbell found herself at the center of a major ordeal when an entity called Timeless Sounds IR uploaded AI-generated imitations of her music to every major music platform, then used her recordings to strip her of her own income. According to sources, the scheme worked like this: someone fed YouTube videos of ... Read more
Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.
Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Law
APRIL 6, 1968: TUSKEGEE STUDENT UPRISING
The Tuskegee Student Uprising of 1968 was one of many instances when Black students fought to expand educational opportunities and create more equity on college campuses.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tuskegee-student-uprising/
We are setting up a #Deshittification CoOp for whose who want to deshittify their lives and this world. We'll host a call to figure out how to do this on 29 April. All welcome.
https://rorshok.com/tracks/dsht-coop/
#enshittification @pluralistic #independence #StayCalm #StayCharged
US and Israel are bombing Iranian Universities, civilian spaces - a war crime, and look at how CNN chooses to describe it. Western Media is fully complicity in these war crimes because what kind of journalism is this?
24/7 #Western #Media #Propaganda
#Lebanon #news #resistance #Iran #straitOfHormuz #politics #middleeast #freepalestine #Gaza #Yemen #geopolitics #Iraq #Syria #socialmedia #war #usa #cdnpoli #eu #Chin #Africa #Cuba #Venezuela #LatinAmerica #Censorship #usa #us #uspolitics #press
German digital ID will require an Apple/Google Account
Rooted/jailbroken phone? Custom ROM? Latest updates not applied? Authentication denied, Mutterficker!
Apple & Google become gatekeepers. "Your" device will be constantly monitored - for "compliance". "And you will be happy".
#DigitalID #IDVerification #Google #Apple #Android #iOS #technology #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #BigTech #Germany #EU
MAGA: DEI is weakness!! diversity is bad!
SEATTLE: *chuckling* The most diverse neighborhood in America is Federal Way in Seattle.
MAGA: socialism never works!
SEATTLE: *folding our arms* just for that we're going to socialism even harder. we just elected a socialist Mayor.
MAGA: feminism is the downfall of society!
SEATTLE: *wiping our brow* our female socialist mayor just built the world's first floating train system.
MAGA: but you can't just raise minimum wage to $10/hr. All the job creators will leave!
SEATTLE: *nostrils flaring* you're right let's make it double that instead.
MAGA: but all the billionaires will leave!
SEATTLE: *eyes flashing* you don't have to sell us on it. it's $21.30/hr now.
MAGA: you'll collapse! this is the end of civilization! what the fuck are you doing??
SEATTLE: *levitating three feet above the ground* we just voted in a wealth tax targeting billionaires and became the fastest growing economy in the entire country while sheltering trans folks and immigrants what the fuck are you gonna do about it bitches
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