"That's it. That's why every government in the world allowed US Big Tech companies to declare open season on their people's private data and ready cash.
The alternative was tariffs. Well, I don't know if you've heard, but we've got tariffs now!
I mean, if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don't have to keep following their orders. So…Happy Liberation Day?" - @…
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
📢 Brigitte Bardot im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben
Die französische Filmikone Brigitte Bardot ist tot. Die frühere Schauspielerin sei im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben, teilte ihre Stiftung mit. Seit den 1970er-Jahren hatte sich Bardot vor allem für den Tierschutz eingesetzt.
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MAGA evangelicals’ 'religious freedom' claims are falling apart - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/marcotte-alex-pretti/
🐬 Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life. Our new study examines each method's risks
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-climate-oceans-reshaping-marine-life.html
RIP Brigitte Bardot ist im Alter von 91 Jahren verstorben
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/brigitte-bardot-franzoesische-star-schauspielerin-ist-tot-a-629c473c-905c-450c-9696-7c3c8982b25b
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
Did another sanity check on the 2nd PC and installed The Alters which is an Unreal 5 game. My internet bill gonna be higher this month cause I apparently passed the cap limit (thanks for failing to send me the warning email Comcast) but whatever. Booted it, checked the settings (Epic, Native AA so the 1080p the display runs at) and loaded in.. to a buttery smooth 60fps.
So it's definitely something going on with The Last Caretaker. I have no idea what, tho. For some reason in game …
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
Apple settles with Brazil's regulator to allow alternative app stores; report: Apple will charge a 5% fee for alt app stores and 15% on App Store linkouts (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/24/new-app-store-fee-structure-in-brazil/<…