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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopolies_of_knowledge
Monopolies of knowledge arise when the ruling class maintains political power through control of key communications technologies.
[Such monopolies] gradually suppress new ways of thinking. Entrenched hier…

Monopolies of knowledge - Wikipedia

Today I learned Minneapolis' bikeshare system, Nice Ride, shut down last year. We complain about how expensive the SF system (also run by Lyft) has gotten, but maybe we're lucky to have one at all? Ouch. #BikeTooter

Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program
When Nice Ride launched in 2010, Minneapolis was one of only two American cities to have public bike sharing. The program helped pioneer the concept of micromobility, which has evolved to include electric scooters and e-bikes. But without a corporate sponsor, Nice Ride is shutting down.

Greedflation Comes From Monopolies, Period | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/greedflation-comes-monopolies-period

Greedflation Comes From Monopolies, Period
Corporate Profiteering Schemes That Drive Inflation Detailed at Senate Hearing. "At every turn, companies are cutting corners on the path to record profits, and American consumers are paying the price," one expert testified.

UniDoorManip: Learning Universal Door Manipulation Policy Over Large-scale and Diverse Door Manipulation Environments
Yu Li, Xiaojie Zhang, Ruihai Wu, Zilong Zhang, Yiran Geng, Hao Dong, Zhaofeng He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02604

UniDoorManip: Learning Universal Door Manipulation Policy Over Large-scale and Diverse Door Manipulation Environments
Learning a universal manipulation policy encompassing doors with diverse categories, geometries and mechanisms, is crucial for future embodied agents to effectively work in complex and broad real-world scenarios. Due to the limited datasets and unrealistic simulation environments, previous works fail to achieve good performance across various doors. In this work, we build a novel door manipulation environment reflecting different realistic door manipulation mechanisms, and further equip this en…

"Minneapolis police officers reprimanded for misconduct in aftermath of George Floyd's murder"
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#policemisconduct

Minneapolis officers reprimanded for misconduct in 2020 after George Floyd’s murder
Newly published discipline reports reveal that former police chiefs moved to terminate two officers for excessive force and suspended others for failing to uphold department policy.

Muddling Meerkat: Gli Hacker Cinesi Manipolano il Great Firewall e i Record MX DNS
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-a0bfa444-3440844bfb2ae7e8
Muddling Meerkat: Gli Hacker Cinesi Manipolano il Great Firewall e i Record MX DNS Gli specialisti di…

TikTok is allowing users to spread manipulated videos of Biden, despite the platform's policies | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-allowing-users-spread-manipulated-videos-…

TikTok is allowing users to spread manipulated videos of Biden, despite the platform's policies

iCloud-Speicher: Monopolklage gegen Apple eingereicht
Seit 2011 bietet Apple seinen Usern Gratisplatz für Backups und Dokumente. Sammelkläger glauben, dass das ein Lockangebot ist.
https://www.

Just booked my trip to #SOTMUS2024 in Salt Lake City, very excited to catch up with all the US #OpenStreetMap stuff after missing this conference for the past mumble-mumble years. Not doing a talk or anything but very interested to catch up with anyone thinking about Parquet geodata general…