Eight of the most corrupt US senators, who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election and got away with it, who are now taking food out of the mouths of the poorest and hungriest of their constituents, have found a sleazy and unprecedented trick to hand themselves $500,000 each in taxpayer money. https://mas.to/@tpm_rss_bot/115531895091616066
How the Web Was Lost (The internet was not meant to suck). I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @npub1hyku...3p33.
The New York Review of Books
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
The following is a technical explanation by the president of the United States. The subject: #magnets. Every word is guaranteed verbatim. “China was going to hit us with rare earth. Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening? Magnets. If China refused to get magnets, 'cause they have a monopoly on magnets, 'cause they were allowed to happen over a 32 year period. There wouldn't be a car made in the entire world. (1/2)
It's easy to hate journalists, it's easy to hate the mainstream media. Here's something that's hard, though: working in Venezuela, village after village, to find out who Trump and Hegseth have murdered in the name of fighting “narco-terrorism.” They were real people, with names, jobs, and families. Credit to Regina Garcia Cano and the Associated Press.
AP News
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
Here is Mark Zuckerberg canceling all of his previously touted philanthropy that benefited people in need and instead spending his tax-deductible “gifts” on vanity projects in AI.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.
In one state after another, and without exception, voters repudiated Trump and Trumpism today.
At this point the NY Times is just parodying itself. image
Elon Musk is stealing Wikipedia and creating a grotesque right-wing parody.
PCMag UK
Turns Out, Wikipedia Isn't That 'Woke' As Grokipedia Rips Off Most of Its Pages
Elon Musk's version of Wikipedia is scraping content from that site using a Creative Commons license and making edits to articles about more polari...