UCLA cancels Bari Weiss' Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on "the future of journalism", following student protests; a source says it will be rescheduled (The Wrap)
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Fernando Mendoza Drops True Feelings on Raiders Draft Link https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/fernando-mendoza-true-feelings-draft-link/
For todays #fotovorschlag 'Sitzgelegenheit' / 'seating',
I chose a photo from a trip to #scotland and its highlands years ago.
We so enjoyed the history, landscape people and the haggis.
Best greetings to all the scottish people out there
It's Interesting today that the popularization of @…'s concept of "enshittification" is leading us to really think hard about how various methods of vendor lock-in enable corporations to abuse users. We see how first there's lock-in then quickly abuse follows, and recognize that the only way out of this trap is to build systems where users can leave at will.
But it's interesting that in this time of rising fascism no one is making the connection to fascism, as both increased lock in and enshittification of government. And no one is making the connection between the need to make systems optional to avoid enshittification, and libertarian socialist arguments against the systemic lock-in (and following abuse) of capitalism and the state.
It makes sense that I posted my favorite 20 LPs of 2025 Friday and over the weekend I found another great death metal and punk album from this year, and now today, just Monday of the following week, I stumble across a TROVE of great rap records that just came out also. Yeah, that tracks. 😂
Well, at least now I follow this label and am aware of these bands, etc. (And they're not a secret or anything, I'm gonna post about em here but I'm still going through em all.) Unbelieva…