I’m renting a house from a matron at the local ursine hospital, and it’s full of Disney “Jungle Book”-themed inflatable sofas. It’s not luxurious, but it’s got all the bear nurse air settees.
Amongst other good points, the letter asks EU to ensure Apple is not be permitted to impose non-disclosure agreements on its replies to interoperability requests, a point I made in @npub19rt0...adh9's response to the consultation.
"Gen Z has boundaries. They don’t owe you anything. They want a life outside of work." - well, yeah. The Gen Zs I know (kids' friends) certainly aren't lazy. But they've seen my generation get laid off at the drop of a hat to fluff stock prices, while useless CEOs get paid ever more ridiculous sums as they stripmine the planet. The kids are alright™ - and they won't get fooled like we were. All power to them, even if their music is shit and their slang is bollocks.
"The EU must break big tech’s manipulation machine … A secret Facebook study reported in 2016 that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools … our recommendation systems grow the problem”." by @npub1qujz...2gp0
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” statement signed by Kate Bush, Billy Bragg, Thom Yorke, Robert Smith, Björn Ulvaeus, Simon Rattle, Antonia Frazer, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kevin Bacon, Aurora, Roger McGough & 39000 others
“we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual”
