Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?
In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.
In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.
Age verificat…
🗾 Is it Really Impossible to Make a Living as an Animator in Japan?
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2026-02-20/is-it-really-impossible-to-make-a-living-as-an-animator-in-japan/.233979
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is leaving the Department of Homeland Security (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/acting-ice-director-todd-lyons-leaving-department-homeland-security-rcna332282
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p133#a260416p133
The transfer of digital operations and print ad work from the UK's Standard to The Independent is complete; of 75 Standard staff, 23 moved to Independent Media (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has come into effect,
-- pausing fighting in the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 2,100 Lebanese people and displaced over 2.1 million.
The agreement was announced earlier by Donald Trump, who said he had spoken with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, and invited both leaders “for meaningful talks” at the White House.
Both leaders welcome…
Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed.
#israel
"Outgrow your dependence on platforms" says person who posts to Substack.
I haven't read their article because I don't want to give them clicks, honestly, but there is no fucking way to remove dependencies in the indie book market. We'll never be able to own everything because in the end we'll be dependent on payment providers to make sales on the internet, even if people buy from our website. My beautiful subs via self-hosted Ghost are as good as it gets but …
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Leaving Laurel:
🎵 Our Lives Entwined (K-Lone Remix)
#LeavingLaurel
https://leavinglaurel.bandcamp.com/album/our-lives-entwined
https://open.spotify.com/track/7tOWUn8XTf062wu1Okb80B
Removal of XSLT from HTML living standard · Issue #1287 · mozilla/standards-positions
#web
Apple TV head of international development Morgan Wandell is leaving to launch a production company, Kismet; Matt Cherniss will take over series Wandell handled (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/05/morgan-wandell-leaving-a…