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  • Responsibility for thee, not for me.

  • How Biden aides are trying to shield the president from protests
  • President Joe Biden’s team is increasingly taking extraordinary steps to minimize disruptions from pro-Palestinian protests at his events by making them smaller, withholding their precise locations from the media and the public until he arrives, avoiding college campuses and, in at least one instance, considering hiring a private company to vet attendees.

    First of all, this if for his campaign. Not Whitehouse briefings. At least the Dems at least treat the two differently.

    Secondly, this is for disruptions to the campaign events, which you would expect it's the campaign job to control the narrative if events. It's one thing to say he's not listening, it's another to suggest they are ignoring it.

    You guys do know Biden officially sent his top aides to Michigan to meet the American Muslim community, only to rejected a meeting by them? Look, I am all for not killing innocent, but if some are going to behave "it's my way or no deal" without even considering any discussion, that's just extremism talking.

    If you don't know, US support to Israel is ridiculous over weighted. Part post WW2 reimagined world order, part middle east power projection, and part protecting religious holy land. For the past 20 years, I was always surprised how taboo it was to dare criticize Israel in US politics and media. There is a lot of inertia and vague "obligation" to support the survivors of Holocaust, no questions asked. Because the Jewish people survived the Nazi, and we fight Nazi. Simple, morally simple.

    Ironically, the Nazi of today are at the fronts of Ukraine and they are in the US, but we ignore acknowledging the world has changed, and instead focus on "antisemitism" debate which I think is a bit out of fashion. Dare I say, the Israel government is walking down the extreme right, nationalism path. Acting in ways their people's history were so vehemently against.

    And that's the crux of it. Muslim community are ignoring or saying you don't get credit for something happened a century ago, so today, Israel acting the bully when they can do so much better. While US and the West have ingrained and championed the saving of Jewish (from Nazi) was the right thing, why wouldn't we keep saving. And we all know how hard it is to change a long held belief.

    Full disclosure, what I see as acceptable end game is US finally start winding down military support to Israel, even if we're are still publicly supporting them. Neither side likes that.

    tl;dr - op news is about maintaining order at campaign events, headline is click-baity

    tl;dr2 - sidetracked, the issue is about Israeli and Palestinine, which have their own perspective not easily changed.

  • IRS targets wealthy ‘non-filers’ with new wave of compliance letters
  • $400,00 and not filing? Assholes. Get'em Joe!

  • Google Is Paying Publishers Five-Figure Sums to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform
    www.adweek.com Google Is Paying Publishers Five-Figure Sums to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform

    Google is paying a handful of news publishers to test gen AI products.

    Google Is Paying Publishers Five-Figure Sums to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform

    Google is paying a handful of news publishers to test gen AI products.

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    The FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix quality control issues. Critics say they run deep

    Boeing has 90 days to come up with a plan to fix quality control issues, the FAA said Wednesday. Critics say those problems go far beyond the door plug that blew off a 737 Max in midair last month.

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    New York lawmakers approve a new congressional map giving Democrats a slight boost
  • Here's a link to the map from a different news source when it was proposed yesterday.
    Link

    idk, it doesn't look as bad as i though it would.

  • New York lawmakers approve a new congressional map giving Democrats a slight boost
    www.nbcnews.com New York lawmakers approve a new congressional map giving Democrats a slight boost

    The new map in New York, which will be at the center of the fight for the House majority, comes after Democrats rejected the lines drawn by a bipartisan committee.

    New York lawmakers approve a new congressional map giving Democrats a slight boost

    The new map in New York, which will be at the center of the fight for the House majority, comes after Democrats rejected the lines drawn by a bipartisan committee.

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    Biden to issue executive order aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China and other ‘hostile countries’
  • This is going to hurt Biden's chances. Stop trying to help the American people you old fossil. Go back eating ice cream or something, surely that's won't be controversial.

  • Exxon-Mobil CEO flips from "it's too soon to act on climate" to "it's too late" as a means of discouraging decarbonization
  • Denied, Delayed, Disinformed successfully!

    CEO, "Now, board of directors, how much bonus are you paying me."

  • Wendy's says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants
  • Oh, so it's going to be (inflated) full price with permanent discount, and Wendy's gets to decide how much to discount based on need?

    Lol. Fuck'em. It's just extra steps to raise prices.

  • Frozen embryos shouldn't be considered people, two-thirds of Americans say
  • Too bad US is a republic, not a democracy. The founding fathers never intended it. Right guys? /s

  • Trump breaks silence on Navalny, casts no blame on Putin
  • Please say you forgot the /s, I wanted the fediverse to be at least above average.

  • ‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian
  • From my tiny phone... It's that Gandalf the grey struggling on hard times? Might need to cut the weed budget.

  • MAGA freaks out after Fox News reports Obama in top 10 presidents — and Trump in dead last
  • Two things that make Trump the worst and arguably traitor to the US. Just so you know where I stand.

    1. He literally try to overturn an election and remain king.

    2. He piled on $8,400,000,000,000 to national debt. $2.5T came from his stupid tax cut law, which were only off set in the billions of increased tariffs, and about $2.3 from discretionary spending increase, plain old Republicans in charge and spending out the wazzu. Saving the last one $3.6T for COVID relief and laws, which everyone and their grandma pointed out the potential for fraud and abuse, but no guard rails were put in place and DOJ is merely chasing back millions in peanuts only because some fraudster was too stupid to keep their mouths shut.

    Circumventing the Constitution and exacerbating the wealth inequality, were real acts of degrading the US, and at best just not giving a damn about the American people. Compared to all the other crap he did that were more performative, while below the office if the President, these two things have long term effect of weakening the county that I love. He's the worst President and the modern Republicans are only in for themselves.

  • Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot
  • LoL. So much for pretending "constitutional originalist" was legitimate.

  • Live updates: Another shockingly good jobs report shows America's economy is booming
  • For the average Joe, economy doing well means the job market is healthy, robust in the aggregate. All this does is give you the leverage to renegotiate salary/benefits or change jobs.

    Regardless how much money your boss makes, even if he makes tenfold from last year, he's not going to voluntarily increase your pay beyond annual adjustments.

    At the end, you need to take the initiative to change your income.

  • Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to.
  • This just confirms for me that all the MBAs and executives are completely bias in their decision making. Call it recency bias, exposure bias, they only remember what they heard of being "news" worthy in the company. These "sales" tactics gets your name out there and the bias takes hold accept that self promotion.

    Can't wait for AI to come in and answer the question, "if weekly summary report can be automated from emails, which team lead should I put in the PM position, so the project doesn't get fucked up". Oh man, we can do away with so many executive positions.

  • Black man was holding sandwiches and keys when an Ohio deputy fatally shot him, prosecutor says
  • Cop, "Your Honor, the sandwich is a known lethal weapon, given its track record of choking hazard. Just last week, Joey down at the station, was working OT and eating his favorite meatball sub. That could have been the last time I saw Joey... So, when I saw the sandwich, I immediately recognized the danger and risked my life to control the situation."

  • Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern
  • Thanks, Biden!

    Also to quote another report:
    The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

    In June, the chemical manufacturer 3M said it would pay about $10 billion in lawsuit settlements to help detoxify water supplies across the country, after plaintiffs claimed the company's firefighting foam and other products were responsible for contaminating tap water with PFAS.

  • Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern
    www.epa.gov Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern | US EPA

    EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

    Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern | US EPA

    EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

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    New EU law sets to make repair more affordable for selected products, campaigners push for widespread right to repair
  • In a leap forward, the new law supports independent repair and improves consumers’ access to affordable repair options, by introducing rules for reasonable prices for original parts as well as banning software practices which prevent independent repair and the use of compatible and reused spare parts.

    Yes, good on you EU.

  • New EU law sets to make repair more affordable for selected products, campaigners push for widespread right to repair
    eeb.org New EU law sets to make repair affordable for selected products

    Right to Repair Europe celebrates that European consumers will get better access to affordable repairs for selected products, but urges for more wide ranging rules.

    Right to Repair Europe celebrates that European consumers will get better access to affordable repairs for selected products, but urges for more wide ranging rules.

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    Trader Joe’s Attorney Argues National Labor Relations Board Is ‘Unconstitutional’
  • What are my remaining options of grocery store, that is social neutral at least? Wegmans?

  • Trader Joe’s Attorney Argues National Labor Relations Board Is ‘Unconstitutional’
  • What are my remaining options of grocery store, that is social neutral at least? Wegmans?

  • Philadelphia measles outbreak has hospitals on alert after child was sent to day care despite quarantine instructions
    www.nbcnews.com Philadelphia measles outbreak has hospitals on alert after child was sent to day care despite quarantine instructions

    Eight people have been diagnosed since last month. None was immune to measles — meaning they either never got vaccinated or contracted measles before.

    Philadelphia measles outbreak has hospitals on alert after child was sent to day care despite quarantine instructions

    Eight people have been diagnosed since last month. None was immune to measles — meaning they either never got vaccinated or contracted measles before.

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    Statement from President Joe Biden on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas in Yemen | The White House
    www.whitehouse.gov Statement from President Joe Biden on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas in Yemen | The White House

    Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most v...

    Statement from President Joe Biden on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas in Yemen | The White House

    Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most vital waterways. These strikes are in direct response to unprecedented Houthi…

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    Gaming @kbin.social Syo @kbin.social
    Sony has sold 40 million PS5s
    www.theverge.com Sony has sold 40 million PS5s

    PlayStation 5 sales have hit a milestone.

    Sony has sold 40 million PS5s

    PlayStation 5 shipments have begun to ramp up this year. Sony nearly hit 40 million consoles sold earlier this year and tripled the number of consoles it shipped from January to March 2023 at 6.3 million units. At the same time last year, it shipped just 2 million PlayStation 5 consoles.

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    News: Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to build a new agency to police Big Tech
    www.theverge.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to build a new agency to police Big Tech

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren has already helped create independent agencies.

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to build a new agency to police Big Tech

    The bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), would create a new agency called the Digital Consumer Protection Commission that would be empowered to go after giant tech firms for a slew of anti-competitive behaviors and failing to protect consumer privacy.

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    FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon
    www.politico.com FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon

    A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company’s dominance.

    FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon

    A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company’s dominance.

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    Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans
    www.reuters.com Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans

    Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us.

    Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans

    Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us.

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    Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity
    apnews.com Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity

    Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members.

    Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity

    Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members.

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    The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner
    www.theguardian.com The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner

    From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo

    The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner

    From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo

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    Pornhub Tells Users to Take Action Before Politicians Take Their Porn Away
    www.vice.com Pornhub Tells Users to Take Action Before Politicians Take Their Porn Away

    Porn viewers in Virginia, Arkansas, and Mississippi are now met with a video imploring them to contact their representatives about age-verification laws.

    Pornhub Tells Users to Take Action Before Politicians Take Their Porn Away

    Porn viewers in Virginia, Arkansas, and Mississippi are now met with a video imploring them to contact their representatives about age-verification laws.

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    Apple may be forced to change the Vision Pro’s name
    www.digitaltrends.com Apple may be forced to change the Vision Pro’s name | Digital Trends

    Apple may regret picking the Vision Pro name for its new headset, as a rival firm has already trademarked it. And it’s not the only headache Apple is facing.

    Apple may be forced to change the Vision Pro’s name | Digital Trends

    Apple may regret picking the Vision Pro name for its new headset, as a rival firm has already trademarked it. And it’s not the only headache Apple is facing.

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    Gaming @kbin.social Syo @kbin.social
    Final Fantasy 16 demo is out, save carries over to full game

    I'm pretty excited for this game. I don't have a PS5 yet, maybe this Christmas. But if you do, what better way to spend time in the world of Final Fantasy when it feels like the rest of the internet in down.

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    Reddark - An open source website to watch subreddits going dark
    reddark.untone.uk Reddark

    An open source website to watch subreddits going dark

    Looks like someone threw up a tracker checking on subreddit going dark. Live status looks interesting.

    Edit: I've been watching this for a while now, can't take my eyes off it. Looks like the next big block of subs is each hour mark with big one at mid-night PST (e.g., California). Gonna be fun 🤡

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