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Two US representatives launch the bipartisan Congressional Creators Caucus to "bring the perspectives of online content creators into the public policy arena" (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/crea

Creator Caucus launches in Congress with support from Patreon, YouTube | TechCrunch
The Congressional Creator Caucus will work to support the creator economy, which is estimated to be worth half-a-trillion dollars by 2027.

Henry Chu named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard once Ann Marie Lipinski steps down on July 1 after 14 years leading the institution (Nieman Foundation)
https://nieman.harvard.edu/henry-chu-named-int…

Henry Chu named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard - Nieman Foundation
Henry Chu has been named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Currently Nieman’s deputy curator, Chu will start his new role when Curator Ann Marie Lipinski steps down on July 1 after 14 years as head of the foundation. Chu has played a key role at Nieman, strengthening the foundation’s publications, overseeing […]

Cartier and NorthFace have become the latest fashion brands to suffer a data breach.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/cartier-and-northface-latest-brands-to-be-breached

Cartier and NorthFace latest brands to be breached
Cartier and NorthFace have become the latest fashion brands to suffer a data breach.

Evidence for a composite volcano on the rim of Jezero crater on Mars: #Mars — and its Habitability: https://cos.gatech.edu/news/volcano-hidden-plain-sight-could-help-date-mars-and-its-habitability

»Hacker greifen Kundendaten bei Adidas, Victoria's Secret und Cartier ab:
Hacker haben es auf Firmen mit kaufkräftigen Kunden abgesehen. Nach Datenabgriffen bei The North Face sowie Marks & Spencer werden jetzt drei weitere namhafte Unternehmen Opfer. Die Cyberkriminellen haben große Datensätze gesammelt, aber keine Zahlungsinformationen erhalten«
Die wievielten Konzerne sind das, die sich einen Quatsch um Kundendaten kümmern?
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Hacker greifen Kundendaten bei Adidas, Victoria's Secret und Cartier ab
Hacker haben es auf Firmen mit kaufkräftigen Kunden abgesehen. Nach Datenabgriffen bei The North Face sowie Marks & Spencer werden jetzt drei weitere namhafte Unternehmen Opfer. Die Cyberkriminellen haben große Datensätze gesammelt, aber keine Zahlungsinformationen erhalten.

Having nothing to do with current events, might I suggest reading my “children’s story” Winnie the Coup and Elongated Muskrat Bulldoze the Gubment tonight before bed?
https://medium.com/the-haven/winnie-the-coup-and-the-elongated-musk…

Winnie the Coup and the Elongated Muskrat Bulldoze the Gubment
Once upon a time, there was an orange creature named Winnie the Coup and he had what he thought was a friend, the Elongated Muskrat. Muskrat had a lot of toys and Winnie the Coup was sorta jealous…

The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk of being killed by Intuit’s lobbyists and Donald Trump’s megabill.
Meanwhile, several top developers who worked on the software have left the government and joined a project to explore the “future of tax filing” in the private sector

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

Annd youtube is doing this again for me.

YouTube rolls out a tool to let some creators upload different thumbnails for each video dubbed into a different language, to help expand their global audience (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-te

YouTube is testing a new feature to help videos travel globally
YouTube is testing a new tool to let creators switch out thumbnails for videos in different languages, helping their content spread globally.

Some LGBTQ creators are seeing their brand partnership revenue for June's Pride Month dwindle in 2025, as advertisers pull back on their Pride marketing spend (Alexander Lee/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/pride-but-no-budget-lgbtq-creato…

Pride, but no budget: LGBTQ+ creators hit by ad spend drop
As brands pull back their spending on Pride Month marketing initiatives, LGBTQ+ creators are seeing their brand deals dwindle.