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The first step of taking on social media companies is to develop much more comprehensive rules that platforms must conform to. Ideally, that process would be done collaboratively with likeminded countries cooperating on a set of enforceable standards that apply across markets like Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil, and beyond to make it harder for tech companies to wield their leverage against an individual country going it alone. Those rules should be comprehensive, looking at all aspects of platform design and operation. They could include reining in dark patterns that manipulate users, limiting if not outlawing aspects of algorithmic amplification of content, implementing high standards of moderation and larger penalties for breaches, and enforcement mechanisms that allow swift action when rules are violated, leaving the door open to blocking platforms that do not comply — as Brazil did to X in 2024.

A tree may explode when stresses in its trunk increase due to extreme cold, heat, or lightning, causing it to split suddenly.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, in a seeming rebuke of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from international collaborations.

Today I got a DMCA notice from Github to take down code for a Chrome extension I forked. Only problem is that the code has always been under the GPL for years. Apparently the original dev now wants money for his extension. Guess he’s now regretting his GPL decision.

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We’re supposed to get 8-12 inches of snow between tomorrow afternoon and Sunday, so I went to make sure Sandy’s blanket was okay and that she has enough of her supplements to last until I’m not snowed in.

From the Minnesota General Strike (2026 01 23) https://mastodon.social/@stacescases2.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy/115946359117055592

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“I have two bits of news for you: one good and one bad.”

What stops ICE is having a crowd show up which is bigger than their kidnapping team. That’s why having neighborhood Signal chats and whistles is important.

Yeah, they overlap since I did whole hour (120 30-second codes). I didn’t know specific time, so it’s 2 pages, 3 hours, 42 minutes and 30 seconds.

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I have posted pictures of Roslagsbanan before, but this station means a lot to me.

Blast walls, rocket attacks, Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)… and long queues in the canteen. Anyone who deployed to Afghanistan, in whatever role, between 2001-2021 will have their own vivid memories of that time.

A provincial court judge has reserved her decision on the sentence for a former Regina police officer who used internal databases to pursue intimate and personal relationships with nearly three dozen women.

TOS s1e27 “errand of Mercy”

Now, if you want your new Tesla to steer itself—while you pay attention to the road—you will have to pay for FSD. Until the middle of February, that can be done for a one-time fee of $8,000. But starting on February 14, that option goes away, too, and the sole choice will be a $99/month FSD subscription. But probably not for very long. Last night, Musk revealed on his social media platform that “the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve.

Thank you chiitan

ICE stopped paying for medical care in their facilities months ago

Former Winnipeg police officer Elston Bostock has been sentenced to seven years in prison, after an internal investigation revealed years of corruption and other crimes — sometimes committed on the job.

…“The calculation results show enhancements of fusion yields by orders of magnitude with currently available intense low-frequency laser fields,” highlighted the study.

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Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments

Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promoted the idea of the province of Alberta voting to exit Canada as his boss lusts for U.S. expansion.

Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling toward much of the United States, according to two sources familiar with the directive.

Herrera said 10-year-old Karla is stressed thinking of the school she’s missing.

It’s hard not to attribute Sinners‘ record-setting nomination total as a reflection of this expanded field. A sharp rebuttal to the past two years of media cowardice and corporate reneging on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Oscars’ more diverse membership did as intended: Put the Academy more in line with the industry it’s aiming to represent and the moviegoers who watch their art. And, after all the handwringing about Ryan Coogler’s deal, Sinners was a genuine hit. It was the eighth-highest-grossing movie of 2025, and the only one in the top 10 that’s not a sequel, adaptation, or remake. An original vampire film, with a cast and creative team full of Black talent, being the movie to set this nomination record is a one-two punch for the Academy—the Oscars’ days of shunning genre movies are over, and their days of being So White are seemingly on the way out too.

A breakfast restaurant, a bike shop, and a brewery: these are some of the hundreds of businesses across Minnesota closing their doors Friday as part of a general strike to push Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of the state.

Easy, 1.26 mi out and back

Seven House Democrats voted in favor of a $64.4 billion bill to advance a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending measure that includes about $10 billion for ICE. The votes came during a markup of the DHS appropriations bill, with Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky casting the lone Republican vote against the funding, which passed 220-207 and will fund ICE and FEMA through September 30.

With Zohran Mamdani’s ascent to Gracie Mansion, a democratic socialist is now chief executive for the largest municipal bureaucracy in the United States, meaning that he oversees the daily activities of roughly 300,000 employees. Most of these employees are what the political scientist Michael Lipsky called “street-level bureaucrats”: the teachers, firefighters, cops, bus drivers, and others whose jobs put them into direct and regular contact with civilians. But they also include the urban planners, economists, analysts, and administrators who operate behind the scenes and at the higher echelons of city government: the people who help write the city’s budget, study traffic patterns, and run grant and incentive programs.

Bring on the weather and have a great day!

VOY s4e25 “One”

Ukraine on Jan. 23 began a two-day trilateral meeting with Russia and the United States in the United Arab Emirates, as Washington renews efforts to push toward a settlement with Russia’s full-scale war nearing its fourth year.