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Sources: Google told publishers it is hiring new staff to market its ad tech to big advertisers and ad agencies, signaling a renewed focus on publisher ad tech (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/go

Google Tries to Win Over Publishers Amid AI Search Tensions
Google’s relations with publishers have suffered lately, as its shift to AI-powered searches has hurt traffic being sent to publishers’ web sites. But Google is now taking steps to curry favor with publishers. In recent weeks, Google staffers on its ad tech unit that helps publishers sell ad ...

Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others
https://theonion.com/report-98-percent-of-u-s-commuters-favor-public-trans-1819565837/

Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others
WASHINGTON, DC–A study released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association reveals that 98 percent of Americans support the use of mass transit by others.

I’m quoted here regarding the ethics in not disclosing to students and defense contractors that their information may have been leaked in an Indiana University data breach. Still no word of a third party investigator being engaged. Dear Internet, do your thing.
https://www.

Administrator says IU will never explain IT security breach publicly
For more than three weeks, Indiana University websites have been down, disrupting and frustrating the university community.

Anyone out their interested in Indigenous history in North America should check out Michael Leroy Oberg's rolling list of new publications. He updates it several times a year and covers a lot of ground.
https://michaelleroyoberg.com/new-publications/

New Publications – Native America: A History

First Law of the Internet
Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way that is privately beneficial without being publicly detrimental.
- The burden of demonstrating public detriment shall be on those who wish to prevent the private use.
- Such a demonstration shall require clear and convincing evidence of public detriment.
- The public detriment must be of such degree and extent as to justify the suppression of the private activity.
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Interesting. A free European DNS provider with various filtering options. https://www.joindns4.eu/for-public

OUP hasn’t suddenly turned evil, this has been going on for years now.
Here’s another reason why not to publish in DSH.
https://www.alpsp.org/news-publications/industry-news/oxford-university-pre…

"In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well."
https://asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific-publishing-enough-is-enough

Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Why we're no longer funding journal publications

"The British people want peace. The government’s continued support for Israel must be made untenable. The Gaza Inquiry Bill, and the “red line” Palestine solidarity campaigners drew around Parliament yesterday, help us to do that."
Corbyn’s Gaza Inquiry Bill reflects public opinion – Starmer’s pro-war policy does not | Morning Star

Doc: UK's Independent Publishers Alliance files an antitrust complaint with EU and the UK CMA against Google, alleging misuse of web content for AI Overviews (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/g