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Yeah, I knew some lovely people who worked at Twitter too. And did you know they once had unfettered API access and anyone could create their own client? Some of us loved that so much we built things that helped legitimise them as an open platform. And then one day they just switched that off.
Legitimacy is gold to venture-capital-funded startups. They need people with it to convince everyday folks that this latest iteration of the same old rug pull is different. Until they’ve grown s…

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)
Attached: 1 image I can't wait to use Bluesky, but I will not be joining Bluesky. As much as I trust and respect the Bluesky executives and board members I am acquainted with, I believe the service itself is insufficiently enshittification-resistant to trust: https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/14/fire-exits/#graceful-failure-modes If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: h…

"Weakening net zero policy 'will spook investors' warns UK's climate adviser"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero

A profile of 6-year-old Ramp, which has grown to a $22.5B valuation as it expanded beyond corporate cards to tools for expense reporting, bill payment, and more (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/article/ramp-american-express-corp…

Ramp is taking aim at American Express by upending corporate credit cards. Can the $22.5 billion startup live up to the hype?
With $1 billion in revenue, Ramp has grown at hyperspeed amid the AI boom and corner-office financial anxiety.

Commanders Get Clear Jayden Daniels Take Before Raiders Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/commanders-jayden-daniels-injury-take/?adt_ei=[email]

Zero-Emissions Ferryboat to Glide Commuters Up and Down Historic River in European Capital https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-emissions-ferryboat-to-glide-commuters-up-and-down-historic-river-in-european-capital/

Zero-Emissions Ferryboat to Glide Commuters Up and Down Historic River in European Capital
Lithuania’s capital Vilnius recently debuted a new electric ferryboat for transit up and down the River Neris. Called the Lašiša, it joins a trend of electric ferryboats on the famous rivers and bays of Europe such as the Elbe or the Copenhagen harbor. Tickets can be bought online and through an app for just €3, […]

Well Zack's won, convincingly, 20k votes to 3k votes for the others.
So that's good.
Now lets see if he can make the media actually reflect the message like they reflect Farage constantly.
Gonna be harder for anti-capitalists than pro-capitalists, what with the media all being owned by the capital.
#ZackPolanski #green #uk

The Trump administration
elected in 2016
came in riding on a lie about American carnage in American cities.
This was also a period of dramatically declined crime rates and violent crime rates, in particular, across U.S. cities.
So, there is nothing here that is factual in terms of the pretext for the calls here.
What is consistent is Donald Trump’s use of racist rhetoric,
racist ideas, and the use of policing to enact a domestic policy agenda.

“Slide Towards Fascism”: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover
After announcing the federal takeover of law enforcement in D.C. in the White House briefing room, President Trump painted a grim picture of the capital — including “roving mobs of wild youth” — that contrasts with crime figures showing D.C. reached a 30-year low in violent crime last January. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of African American studies and public affairs at Princeton University, says the move is an extension of Trump’s “use of racist rhetoric, racist ideas, and th…

Incredible...
"The White House says it was informed of the operation, almost certainly because of the proximity of the huge US airbase at al-Udeid, just outside Doha.
But this means that Donald Trump had a chance to say no to Israel but chose to give a green light instead.
Israeli media says the operation involved 15 Israeli fighter jets, firing 10 munitions against a single target."

Israel carries out strike on senior Hamas leaders in Qatari capital
Qatar says the strike is a "blatant violation" of international law, while Hamas says its negotiating team was targeted in the attack.

Creating truly green cities in Europe: leading the way in climate action, air quality, water resilience, biodiversity, and sustainability. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

How do you create a truly green city?
How green is your city? With the title of European Green Capital 2027 soon to be awarded, The Road to Green takes you to Lisbon, Portugal and Lahti, Finland to discover urban solutions to our environmental challenges. #TheRoadToGreen

According to capitalists:
✅ Working for a company like Google or Microsoft that is complicit in genocide.
❌ Displaying images of the genocide.
Maybe if the consequences of your work are considered “Not Safe For Work”, you shouldn’t be doing that work in the first place.*
But, no, it’s just much easier to look away, isn’t it? After all, you’re just following orders, right?
* Update: because I just *know* that someone will pipe in maliciously with “oh, so you mean…