#VISA #MasterCard
One potential side effect of limiting processing fees would be merchants being able to deny using some high cost cards.
"The 'honor all cards' provision, which requires merchants to accept all Visa and Mastercard versions, would be discontinued. Merchants may choose to decline to accept higher-cost rewards cards and other premium consumer and commercial credit cards."
Oligarchies suck
https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/what-the-38-billion-visa-mastercard-swipe-fee-settlement-means-for-credit-card-users-164015738.html
Mysterious Meddling in Democratic Primaries Has G.O.P. Fingerprints (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/gop-mystery-pac-midterms.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p61#a260512p61
@… As Zappa put it, "Look here brother, who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris" https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/science/mys
A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/world/a-russian-ship-sank-in-mysterious-circumstances-it-may-have-been-carrying-nuclear-reactors-to-north-korea
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p44#a260512p44
Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-12/france-s-…
Forscher finden neue Methode für den Nachweis von Leben
Für das Leben notwendige Moleküle wie Aminosäuren sind noch kein Nachweis für Leben. Das hinterlässt eindeutige Muster, die statistisch nachweisbar sind.
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