@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-17 23:36:16
"Gaza is our show": U.S. pushes its plan over Netanyahu's objections (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/17/gaza-phase-two-netanyahu-trump-board
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p64#a260117p64
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-11-17 01:20:43
Is there a mailing list service (as in “I want to send concert announcements to a few people”) that’s not objectionable, not predatory, and not run by vile people?
For years Mailchimp was the go-to, but I see them landing on boycott lists of late.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-15 16:20:53
Amazon files an objection to Saks Global's bankruptcy financing plan, and says its $475M investment in the department store is now effectively "worthless" (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-says-saks-investment-is-worthl…
@nemobis@mamot.fr2026-01-09 16:06:56
How did the Council approve the #Mercosur agreement, exactly?
«EU capitals now have until 5 p.m. on Friday to lodge any objections and formalize the vote. This so-called written procedure»
https://www.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2025-11-12 01:35:46
Just finished "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Can't believe I didn't read this one earlier, and this strengthens my resolve to finish off the rest of her stuff I have yet to read sooner. I think it benefits somewhat from having read it after "Four Ways to Forgiveness" which gives more of the Hainish context. Certainly none of the blurbs I had read about it did it any measure of justice, which is one reason I hadn't prioritized it. More than being about colonization, it's about a solution to the paradox of tolerance, and both the price and imperfections of that solution. As usual with Le Guin's science fiction, it's a rich companion to anarchist thought.
I think the typical objection to seeing it as an answer to the warlord question would be that it serendipitously positions the indigenous population with more power and a less ruthless opponent than in the imagined scenario, and it uses the League of Worlds as a sort of deus ex machina to foreclose further retribution. Ultimately that's why I think it's more about the paradox of tolerance than anything else, but I also think in regards to the warlord problem that we are too quick to underestimate just how numerous and enthusiastic the opponents of a warlord might be, and to overestimate the strength of technological weapons wielded by frail (and psychologically unarmored) humans.
In any case, Le Guin gives this book's alien humans yet another fascinatingly credible capability, and getting to see the introduction of ansible technology with all its implications is pretty cool too. Maybe not
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2025-12-06 07:51:31
“This seems the best bang for your buck; it’s less per year than private school.”, said the future mother.
UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health
https://www.theguar…
@gwire@mastodon.social2025-11-09 12:07:05
@robpike@hachyderm.io2025-12-25 20:30:59
Besides the obvious objections, I find it deeply ironic that Claude Code would send me an email thanking me for my efforts towards simplicity in software.
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-10-30 20:32:23
Faculty will accept all kinds of deeply objectionable policies without lifting a finger. Tell us we can't spend more than $X on a glass of wine, though, and we will burn the institution to the ground.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-24 04:41:31
In practice, seems like this amounts to a (very large) tax on businesses that hire employees on H1B visas,
One that goes far beyond any possible fee for administrative/processing costs into major revenue raising reserved for Congress (based on objections to executive taxation going back to James I)
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