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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kravietz@agora.echelon.pl ("kravietz 🦇") wrote:

Marco Rubio just posted on Twitter:

The European Commission’s $140 million fine isn’t just an attack on X, it’s an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments. The days of censoring Americans online are over.

He did so after a few US companies got fined in EU for violation of laws regarding privacy and not only moderation of posts, but also the opposite - arbitrary deletion of legitimate content and refusal to restore it.

Seems like the secretary of state just discovered that if an US company wants to earn money in another country, that comes bundled with following its laws! Can you imagine?

For comparison, if an EU company wants to do business in US, it has to follow not only US federal laws, but also state laws and county (!) laws. Americans in EU have it much easier, because they enjoy laws that are largely harmonised among member states rather than the US mess of incompatible state laws and variable sales tax rates between counties.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
RealJournalism wrote:

"The world's largest streaming company swallowing up one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers." -- Writers Guild of America West & East on the acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix. #1u

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

coding lament

Chasing the error,
TLS slips through my fingers,
Mystery remains.

[ courtesy https://arghstudios.com/ ]

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
xtaldave@xtaldave.net ("Dave nλ=2dsinθ") wrote:

Fuck you, Labour, you cunts. You are dead to me.

BBC News - Trans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773vm4n3n0o

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Curves.

📷️️️️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

I don't think there's anything in this photo that is fully sharp or in focus, but I like it anyway

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Horses can be a goofy lot sometimes. #iceland #horses

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The horses were observing local foot traffic. #iceland #horses

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The local cat shelter had these two current inhabitants. Hopefully not for long.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

#caturday! First off, Skotta loafs in the spot favoured by many of the local cats.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD") wrote:

This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

FFS, rice was only domesticated around 8000 years ago. this is amazing…

https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115673384959772020

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

My wife couldn't remember Benedict Cumberbatch's name and called him "scumbly numfkins" and I'm sorry but that's his name now

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Tutanota wrote:

"Software with 0 haters"

What's your pick?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

evergreen holiday meme

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz FINAL (2).DOCX") wrote:

The logical endpoint of self-driving cars is you getting into your car to go to Burger King, and the car refusing to take you there because its manufacturer has an exclusivity agreement with McDonald’s

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:

Emo lad I dated cancelled date saying his bat died. He was ultra goth so sounded plausible. On next meet said sorry about the dead bat & he said "no I meant my battery "

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Can you sing your national anthem from memory?

#EvanPoll #poll

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tarheel@mstdn.io ("John Lusk") wrote:

@wdlindsy

In aggregate, we have the memory of a goldfish. Once around the bowl.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

and the focus of a dog (SQUIRREL!)

https://mstdn.io/@tarheel/115673376682939816

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

FBI Deputy Director basically says “pay me enough and I’ll say anything”… and on FoxNews, of all places

https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-confronts-bongino-with-old-jan-6-pipe-bomb-cover-up-remark-11164625

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
fabio@manganiello.eu ("Fabio Manganiello") wrote:

Linus Tech Tips: There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it means nothing.

Linus Torvalds: Oh yeah, no, you shouldn’t even be upset at that point. That’s just incompetence. Anybody who thinks that’s a valid metric is too stupid to work at a tech company.

LTT: You do know who you just said that about, right?

Linus Torvalds: No.

LTT: Oh. Uh… he was a prominent figure in the improved efficiency of the U.S. Government recently.

Linus Torvalds: Oh, apparently I was spot-on.

https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-creator-torvalds-thinks-elon-musk-is-too-stupid-to-be-working-at-a-tech-company/

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

New #Freebooters is live at https://freebooters.uk. Recorded today.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Latest Freebooters podcast: Getting busy with bash, FOSS sound formats, and why YouTube has outgrown us

https://freebooters.uk/media/20251206-getting-busy-with-bash.mp3

Chris shares the bash projects he's been working on, we talk about MP3 vs other FOSS audio formats, and we talk about why YouTube isn't the best place for smaller creators any more....

#Freebooters

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: 12/06 Founding of Quito in Ecuador

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Independence Day in Finland

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897