Amazon agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty
as part of a settlement with the Justice Department and the FTC
to resolve allegations the ecommerce giant’s Alexa voice assistant
violated a U.S. children’s privacy law, the DOJ announced.
Under the terms of the settlement, Amazon also is required to change its practices relating to the alleged violations and inform consumers of its practices.
According to a complaint filed in May by the DOJ on behalf of the FTC,…

Yet one more case of separating a child from his parent - because they crossed the border as refugees in 2023, where they followed the rules. (More details at the link below) You can send a letter protesting this horrific action, using the action network letter at https://act…

Buccaneers fire Josh Grizzard after one season as offensive coordinator: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6954277/2026/01/08/buccaneers-josh-grizzard-fired-offensive-coordinator/

Paris Gard du Nord Train Station Afternoon Piano (2023-09) - Ambient busy big city train station with a talented chap tickling the public piano. #fieldRecording #travel #Paris -

On Sep 10, 2023 I watched
𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 1x1 “𝗣𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁” 30 Sept 95 #DavidHasselhoff #GregoryAlanWilliams #AngieHarmon

Tarides | Porting OBuilder to FreeBSD
#ocaml

Big win for environmental justice in New Jersey.
A state appeals court just upheld a groundbreaking 2023 rule that makes it harder for polluting industries to get permits in low-income communities and communities of color.
Industrial groups challenged it, but the court sided with protecting overburdened areas over economic arguments.

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Thanks Antti. There are quite a few options.

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Thanks Antti. There are quite a few options.

Ersten Band der #Biografie über Walter #Ulbricht beendet.
Ilko-Sascha #Kowalczuk hat da echt ein Meisterwerk abgeliefert. Sehr schade, dass er sich von Social Media verabschiedet hat.

#Anarchism

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Indeed.

What the USA is currently doing in Venezuela looks very much like a semi-hostile takeover of one criminal organization by a more powerful one.

If there's any "rationality" it only exists in relation to the interests of shockingly small circles of power, in either country.

Ein Jahr linker Wahlerfolg

Heute vor einem Jahr waren Bundestagswahlen in 2025 fertig ausgezählt, demnach ist der überraschende Sieg der Partei Die Linke gar nicht Mal so lange her, doch die Welt hat sich in dieser kurzen Zeit umso mehr verändert, was widerrum auch Anlass für unseren Erfolg war.
Die Partei Die Linke, bei der Ich seit Anfang 2023 Mitglied bin, ist nicht mehr die selbe, doch das ist was gutes, denn wir müssen uns verändern und alte noch stimmende Analysen auf di…

I'm interested in a EU-based domain registrar to move out of the US-based registrar I've been using.

Any recommendations? I'm primarily a business customer (incorporated).

#BuyFromEU #DigitalSovereignty

from my link log —
Normalcy bias: it's not cool to overreact.
https://www.okdoomer.io/its-not-cool-to-overreact/
saved 2023-08-22 https://

Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions (TRM Insights)
https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/how

Sometimes I don't warm to my favorite band's newest album until it's been succeeded and is only their second newest album. And so I'm finally getting into Deerhoof's Miracle-Level (2023) now that Noble and Godlike in Ruin (2025) is out.

(PDF, 2023) New directions in sensory substitution using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution https://www.seeingwithsound.com/extra/Durham2023.pdf Invited talk at Durham University workshop "New directions in sensory substitution and augmentation";

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy:
🎵 La Ka Ba'a (6 Music Session, 19 Aug 2023)
#AlogteOhoandhisSoundsofJoy
https://alogteohoandhissoundsofjoy.bandcamp.com/track/la-ka-baa
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Y62CbvptkVHpq6OsmFceu