Tootfinder

Your regular reminder that marginal income & capital gains tax rates are too low
-- and this poses an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy
https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3lzu3j77n622p

Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social)
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.' https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/oracle-larry-ellison-surveillance-state-police-ai/

We need to stop the endless reporting of whatever claims cybercriminal threat actors make on their leak sites because, in many (most?) cases, they are untrue, and yet so many outlets report them anyway.
In this case, HSBC denies the breach, and yet that doesn't stop folks from writing "news" reports about it. These outlets are taking the frequently false word of cybercriminals at face value and clogging up my news feeds.

Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 20% YoY to $33B, vs. $32.42B est., and AWS operating income up 9.5% YoY to $11.4B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/amazon-amzn-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

Amazon stock soars 10% as earnings beat estimates, company posts strong cloud growth
AWS revenue accelerated 20.2% to $33 billion, which CEO Andy Jassy said was a pace it hadn't seen since 2022.

Record fossil fuel emissions in 2025 despite renewables buildout, report says https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/record-fossil-fuel-emissions-in-2025-despite-renewables-buildout-report-says/

Record fossil fuel emissions in 2025 despite renewables buildout, report says
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are projected to reach a record 38.1 billion metric tons in 2025, an increase of 1.1% from 2024, according to the 2025 Global Carbon Budget. The report, now in its 20th edition, was released Nov. 13 as a preprint. It compiles national energy and emissions data from […]

Was mich in #Heidelberg erfreut hat, neben dem geschmückten #Weihnachtsmarkt:
Der vegane Muskatkürbis-Lauchsalat im red.
Etwas Stille in der Providenzkirche.
Der Telekom Shop hat hinten links das neue

More than a dozen states including New York, California and Delaware prohibit the reporting of #medicaldebt on a consumers’ #credit report.
The #Drumpf administration is coming for

Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from medical debt
The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has drafted an interpretative rule related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This rule suggests that the FCRA should preempt state laws on debt reporting to credit bureaus like Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union. This repeals Biden-era regulations allowing states to implement their own credit reporting bans. More than a dozen states, incl…

"Every stage of fossil fuel life cycle harms people & the environment: Report"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Every stage of fossil fuel life cycle harms people & the environment: Report
A new report traces the life cycle of fossil fuels — from exploration and extraction to combustion and decommissioning — and found stark consequences at each stage for the health of people and the planet alike. “By examining fossil fuels’ health hazards across their entire life cycle, this report makes an important addition to our current understanding […]

The 2025 ‘Tree of the Year’ Is an Ash Growing in the Middle of Glasgow https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-2025-tree-of-the-year-is-an-ash-growing-in-the-middle-of-glasgow/

The 2025 ‘Tree of the Year’ Is an Ash Growing in the Middle of Glasgow
England's coveted Tree of the Year award, on which GNN reports yearly, was won this year by a Scottish ash tree 75 feet-tall.

Nothing unveils its Essential branding for AI products, a new app store with user-designed, AI-generated apps based on Android called Playground, and more (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/788242/nothing-ai-os-essential-apps-playground

Nothing’s ‘first step’ to an ‘AI OS’ is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating
Nothing is launching an app store for AI-built smartphone software.

According to AhnLab, the N. Korean Lazarus Group, responsible for the recent massive theft from crypto exchange Upbit, has engaged in 31 cyberattacks, followed by DPRK's Kimsuky, which has launched 27 cyberattacks, over the past year.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20251130001000315<…