@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-24 12:15:15
Trump’s venal persona and his war on Iran will do untold damage to America’s ability to make a positive difference in the world
Trump’s hardline authoritarianism is devastating to American soft power.
He is a one-man wrecking crew for values that presidents of each party tried to promote.
America the generous? He eviscerated USAID, America’s foreign aid agency.
America the democratic beacon? He pardoned the January 6 rioters and sent ICE to Minnesota.
America …
@aardrian@toot.cafe2026-07-23 21:19:52
I know nothing about LabX Media Group. Is my decades-old subscription to Scientific American about to bring me enshittified content instead? Anyone have experience with LabX Media Group beyond what I can find on its site?
“LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio”
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-23 13:40:55
A profile of TP-Link, whose share of the US consumer router market grew from 10% to 60% between 2019 and 2025, as it seeks to rebut national security concerns (Noah Berman/The Wire China)
https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/05/17/tp-links-american-dream/
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-06-23 04:08:08
Plastic Poisons Primates: One Focus of 2026 American Society of Primatologists Conference https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2026/6/17/plastic-poisons-primates-one-focus-of-2026-american-s…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-23 17:10:39
Springer Nature announces the sale of its consumer media businesses, including Scientific American, which is being acquired by LabX Media Group (Research Information)
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/springer-natur…
@pgogl@troet.cafe2026-06-24 04:18:35
Guten Morgen,
schön, daß es abgekühlt hat, bevor die Hitze in Bayern bis zum Samstag in die Vollen geht.
Gestern lief auf Arte eine sehr gute zweiteilige Doku über Amerika.
"America, who are you"
Verstehen aus der Geschichte heraus, warum die Menschen so ticken, wie sie es tun.
https://www.
@jonippolito@digipres.club2026-06-23 13:12:06
Interviewed for this "Spotlight on America" story about data center pushback, I said towns should compare what they're promised with the actual effects reported by communities that have had to live with these things https://mynbc15.com/news/s…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-07-23 13:11:23
Carolina Panthers, Bank of America extend naming rights with renovations underway https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7465607/2026/07/23/carolina-panthers-bank-of-america-stadium-naming-rights/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-23 06:05:42
How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids and what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future (Chris Gillett/Works in Progress Magazine)
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-american-data-centers-cant-plug-in/…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-22 17:37:19
Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek are matching American frontier capability at a fraction of the cost,
and a wave of American and European challengers are building toward the same price point.
Adoption is already shifting, with Chinese models taking a growing share of enterprise AI traffic.
That’s a problem for OpenAI and Anthropic, which are pitching IPO investors on a premium moat that’s eroding fastest in the enterprise segments they need to dominate
