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Hey, FTC is appealing the Meta (Facebook/Insta/WhatsApp) antitrust case: https://apnews.com/article/ftc-meta-appeal-antitrust-752463c7783ba14b00b686fe0c933f88
(Disclosure: I’m an expert witness for FTC in this litigation.)

FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust decision
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta has illegally maintained a monopoly in social networking through anticompetitive conduct. The FTC says Meta bought the significant competitive threats it identified in Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta prevailed over the existential challenge to its business that could have forced the…

🎃 Carbon and charisma: How climate network CC35 tricked its way to the limelight
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/carbon-and-charisma-how-climate-network-cc35-tricked-its-way-to-the-limelight/

The rise of CC35 and the business behind its climate deals
This investigation was produced with support from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Isabel Alarcón contributed reporting from Ecuador. BARCELONA — Covering more than 65 million hectares (160 million acres) across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Gran Chaco is South America’s second-largest forest after the Amazon Rainforest. Over the last decades, the dry forest […]

𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 
He posted on Twitter last night
begging MAGA to go vote in our TN-07 special election
-- because he knows what it would mean if we won the last House race of 2025:
Voters are rejecting MAGA extremism across the country.
We can rewrite the playbook for what’s possible for Democrats in the Deep South. 
We’ll be heading into 2026 one seat closer to retaking the House
and putting a check on this administration. 
No wonde…

Aftyn for Congress
FEED KIDS. FIX ROADS. FUND HOSPITALS.

Micron plans to invest $24B over the next decade to build a 700,000 square foot memory chip facility in Singapore, with wafer output starting in H2 2028 (Reuters)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors/micron-plans-24b…

Micron plans $24bn memory chipmaking plant in Singapore
US company says new wafer fabrication facility to meet growing demand

Now that #BlueBird 6 is up (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251222922862/en/AST-SpaceMobile-Announces-Successful-Orbital-Launch-of-BlueBird-6-the-Largest-Commercial-Communications-Array-Ever-Deployed-in-Low-Earth-Orbit) the question is - after deploying the huge antenna: https://x.com/guo_lin99725/status/2003717302190243904 - how bright it will be in the sky: the earlier BlueBirds were obscenely bright as the paper https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/544/1/L15/8251664 has shown.

Media Magnet
Join entrepreneur, business coach and former TV journalist, Liz Nable as she explores how to get your business or brand out to the world using the media and Free PR...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nable-my-business/…

💸 Why the price of coffee has skyrocketed: from Brazilian plantations to specialty coffee houses
https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-12-28/why-the-price-of-coffee-ha…

Why the price of coffee has skyrocketed: from Brazilian plantations to specialty coffee houses
Climate change, growing demand and the transformation of coffee into a commodity for speculation on the New York Stock Exchange have increased the value and the uncertainty around one of the most desirable products on the planet

Donald Trump, who has repeatedly denounced the Affordable Care Act as a “disaster,”
is considering backing an extension of insurance subsidies tied to the health law that are set to expire at the end of the year,
according to a senior White House official.
“Until President Trump makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the administration’s health care positions is mere speculation,” said Kush Desai, a White House spokesman.
Extending the subsidies was at the …

Trump Is Considering a Push to Extend Obamacare Subsidies
President Trump has not made a final decision. But he is under pressure to address the cost of health care, which for many Americans will jump if the subsidies expire.

Love What You Create
You'll learn how to create the business you know you're here to create, without stressing yourself out, going into mind drama, or burning yourself to a crisp...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/love-w…

Mr. Pretti, wearing brown, is filming with his cellphone
when agents approach m,
then bring him to the ground.
An agent begins shoving the demonstrators,
and squirts pepper spray at their faces.
At this moment,
Mr. Pretti has both hands clearly visible.
One is holding his phone, while he holds the other up to protect himself from pepper spray.
He moves to help one of the protesters who was sprayed, as other agents approach and pull him from be…

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.