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Sources: senior BBC executives are considering charging US consumers for access to its journalism to boost revenues amid falling UK license fee incomes (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun

So as @… pointed out, "Sneaky way to include the Russian flag in your official messaging." 🤔
#USpol #dod

📉 Fears that falling birth rates in the US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-falling-birth-population-collapse-based.html

Fears that falling birth rates in the US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S.

Welcome to Berlin Buzzwords 2025! 
Be sure not to miss our keynote speaker, @…, who will be giving a talk on „Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise," which commences at 9:35 am at stage Kesselhaus.
 
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Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise
With the new ruling coalition of Trump, Musk and Big Tech, European digital sovereignty seems to be the widely accepted solution to break free from US companies that are used to threaten European governments. The EU is reviving industrial policy and is willing to invest a lot of money into digital sovereignty - but which problems exactly should it address, and what should be part of the solution? This talk shows that digital sovereignty is prone to open the door to a nationalist agenda which fa…

Unify, which offers AI-powered tools to boost revenue pipelines, raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures, valuing it at $260M, following a $12M Series A (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/unify-ai-gtm-pipeline-40-million-raise

Unify, AI Startup Boosting Sales At Cursor And Perplexity, Raises $40 Million
Unify's Series B funding round values it at $260 million as revenue grows 17% month over month past $5 million. But a clash with GTM darling Clay may be coming up.

I had a bad day and made a mistake, but I chose to do the right thing and move forward.
Proud bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic anarchist committed to building a world based on mutual aid, solidarity, and freedom for all.
If you believe in challenging power and creating change from the ground up, let’s connect and let’s grow this movement together.
Now, here I am, feeling stronger and ready for better days ahead.

NFLPA executive committee backs director Lloyd Howell following concerns about conflict of interest https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6491352/2025/07/13/lloyd-howell-nflpa-carlyle-group/

Rich Lyons,
the University of California, Berkeley, chancellor,
challenged US House Republicanson Tuesday
as they questioned Lyons and leaders of Georgetown University and the City University of New York
in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education.
The committee accused the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination,
however the university leaders said that disciplinary action had been taken where approp…

It seems like, again, just following the plain logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (which, again, I do not subscribe to), that every law passed under Trump, every supreme court justice appointment by Trump, every supreme court ruling by Trump appointed justices, all the illegal firing, etc, must all, necessarily, be null and void.
And if not following from the insurrection act, or from the oath of office, then following from the Declaration of Independence itself. The logic here being that a constitution is a contract between the people and their government, which the later upholds in order to maintain its legal status. The violation of said laws by the government violates "consent of the governed" (which, again, I have issues with the concept entirely but we're just going to ignore that) and therefore nullifies the authority of that government, granting " the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."
That seems a lot like the hard reset some folks have been looking for. Given that existing flaws allowed this state to be reached, it would also be necessary for the true authority to correct those mistakes before assuming authority that derives from these principles.
Now, personally, I don't subscribe to any of this logic but it's interesting to explore, as an outsider, where the logic goes.

IDC: the global smartphone market grew 1% YoY in Q2, despite economic uncertainty and weak demand in China; Samsung led with 58M shipments, up 7.9% YoY (Andrew Orr/AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/14/apple-gains-in-emer…

Apple gains in emerging markets while China demand slows
Apple posted a slight gain in global iPhone shipments in Q2, navigating falling demand in China with growth elsewhere.