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Anarcho-syndicalism is the belief that workers, as the fundamental producers of social value, must seize control of the means of production through direct action and autonomous organization. It rejects both capitalist private ownership and state-controlled systems, arguing instead for a decentralized federation of worker-managed industries. From my perspective, anarcho-syndicalism is not merely an economic strategy but a revolutionary theory of social transformation, one that places the work…

Ahead of the German automotive summit, a new study by @… shows how policies could make EVs more affordable compared to cars with internal combustion engines. One key lever would be the reintroduction of a €6,000 purchase subsidy.

Policy Levers for Affordable EVs
The total cost of ownership of EVs and combustion engine vehicles and policy design options for effective market uptake

Sources: Lynn Forester de Rothschild has put her family's full 26.7% stake in The Economist up for sale, and sellers anticipate it to be valued at up to £400M (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/economist-news-owners-rothschild-family-stak…

Scoop: Rothschild family to sell full 27% ownership stake in The Economist
A sale would mark the biggest ownership shake-up for The Economist in a decade.

Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion
Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?
— by @…
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Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host
Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?

Oh fun find, there was actually something called Oxide in the history of #Rust already - a formalization attempt:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.00982 🦀
cc @…

Oxide: The Essence of Rust
Rust claims to advance industrial programming by bridging the gap between low-level systems programming and high-level application programming. At the heart of the argument that this enables programmers to build more reliable and efficient software is the borrow checker - a novel approach to ownership that aims to balance type system expressivity with usability. And yet, to date there is no core type system that captures Rust's notion of ownership and borrowing, and hence no foundation for rese…

"Q&A: How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system"
#China #Energy

Q&A: How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system - Carbon Brief
China’s surging electric vehicles ownership is opening the door to a new technology that can help to enhance the flexibility of electricity supply

🗡️ 'Stop killing games': Demands for game ownership must also include workers' rights
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-games-demands-game-ownership-workers.html

'Stop killing games': Demands for game ownership must also include workers' rights
When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a popular online racing game released in 2014, it wasn't just the end of a title. It marked the beginning of a broader reckoning about the nature of digital ownership, led by players angry at the company's decision to deny them something they had paid for.

I think it is a nice idea to highlight why we like working with #Nix and #NixOS to remind us, why we all are doing this in the end.
For me it is still the best experience in #freesoftware I…

Hungarian journalists raise concerns after a pro-Orbšn media group bought Blikk, the country's most-read tabloid with ~3M online readers per month, from Ringier (Flora Garamvolgyi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/05…

Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-framework-deal-fff609…

Trump says China's Xi has approved of proposed deal putting TikTok under US ownership
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law. Much is still unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping “gave us the go-ahead” to proceed with the deal. Any major change to the popular video platform could have a huge impact on how Americans — particularly young adults and …

Spoiler: of the existing parties (i.e. not including Your proto-Party), the #GreenParty wins by a league.
Which political parties support public ownership? | We Own It
https://weownit.…

Under US copyright law the ownership of the copyright is in the person who recorded the video onto a tangible medium, the owner is not the speaker/subject who is in the video.
(A nit picker may note that there could be a copyright in the text of a speech if that text had been written down rather than impromptu. But even then, making a video for the purpose of engaging with the content would most likely be protected as a fair use.)
So this raises a question whether this takedown …

450 year old home ownership never gets dull.
New and exciting water ingress issues. Right hand one isnt new per-se but it just never wants to go away, bet the neighbour house is the source (who is 70 and his parents were born there, so maintenance is minimal)

Die Autowaffe als Drohne jetzt auch bald auf unseren Straßen.
Und als Bonus: Autos, die quasi fahrend parken während sie auf den nächsten Kunden warten.
#auto

The FCC launches a Congressionally mandated review of its media ownership rules, including a rule limiting a company from owning over two stations in a market (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/fcc-media-ownership-jimmy-kimmel-1236566037/…

FCC Launches Review Of Rules On Network Mergers, Local Station Ownership
The agency is mandated by Congress to review its rules every four years.

No one has ever convinced anyone with "data" and "facts." A stakeholder will always have more confidence in their existing assumptions than in your findings.
The only way to change minds is through gradual influence that nurtures a sense of ownership.
#AI tools promise to accelerate the pace of research, but they do so only by skipping this process of sense-making. Res…

Research is a leadership skill; don't cede it to AI
The role of UX is not only to change the behaviors of users, but also to influence the behaviors of stakeholders. Adding AI tools to this process only undermines alignment.

""[…] one message came through clearly: as we move forward, we should take the opportunity to improve the [#Fedora packager workflow] model rather than simply replicate it. The conversation focused on three key areas: package ownership, artifact storage, and Packit integration.
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Key takeaways include:
* A Shift to Merge Requests: There is strong momentum to make …

"Enough SUVs to swamp Manchester as ownership increases 10-fold "- EnvironmentJournal https://environmentjournal.online/transport/enough-suvs-to-swamp-manchester-as-ownership-increases-10-fold/
Which is why

Enough SUVs to swamp Manchester as ownership increases 10-fold
20 years ago 3% of cars in English cities were sports utility vehicles. Today, that figure has leapt to 30%. According to new research published by Clean Cities, ‘carspreading’ has increased 10 fold in major urban areas. There are now enough SUVs on England’s roads to cover the City of…

Ashley Allison, a CNN commentator and Democratic consultant, buys The Root from G/O Media, returning the brand to Black ownership (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/media/the-root-go-media-ashley-allison

The Root returns to Black ownership
Ashley Allison, a Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, said Thursday that she is acquiring The Root from G/O Media.

Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Scottish Greens to bring buses back into public ownership with free bus travel for all, and to replace Council Tax.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62e7849l1lo

Scottish Greens vow to make bus travel free for all and to replace council tax
The co-leaders pledged to "bring hope back to this country's politics" during their first conference speech after they were elected in August.

Job yield from industrial renewable capture systems is low. There's a need for a coherent policy approach using community and public ownership to build the ecological replacement economy.
Wind energy jobs ‘one in a million’ warns STUC | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk…

Just finished "Once For Yes" by Allie Millington. A phenomenal book dealing with tragedy, gentrification, grief, and community, it's preposterously poetic, but unfortunately has a twisted neoliberal politics lurking behind the scenes that makes me hesitate to recommend it. I enjoyed it greatly, especially the tightly choreographed prose, and the plot was both very well-paced and touching. It's fun for adults but also written for kids, which makes it all the more frustrating that despite touching on gentrification, it valorizes someone who is objectively a pretty scummy landlord, and fails to interrogate land ownership or rent in the slightest. It wouldn't be nearly the same story without the way things wrap up, but that doesn't make me comfortable with the larger messages it's sending, even if I think its messaging about grief is good, including for children.
#AmReading

I’m not gonna lie. I’m glad Charlie Kirk is dead and I’m glad that he’s dead by the very kind of things, such as ridiculously prevalent gun ownership, that he promoted.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Or gun.
#uspolitics #charliekirk

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I’m planting this seed in the shared soil, where knowledge grows free, let the fediverse spread its roots far and wide, not for ownership or profit, but for all who need its shade.

Sources: ByteDance will maintain ownership of TikTok US' revenue-generating business operations such as e-commerce and advertising (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/bytedance-expected-play-big-role-new…

Q&A: Rodney Benson, one of four authors of How Media Ownership Matters, on which ownership models for news lead to strong journalism and business outcomes (Dr. Anya Schiffrin/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/rodney-b

Rodney Benson on the Value of Publicly Backed Journalism
A recent book suggests American media can learn from European ownership structures.

Sources: ByteDance is expected to receive ~50% of TikTok US' overall profit despite selling majority ownership to US investors, including a 20% licensing fee (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-26/b…

Sources: a Chinese fab making Huawei's AI chips is set to start production as soon as the end of 2025, with two more due in 2026; the fabs' ownership is unclear (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/64caeab8-a326-4626-98fb-e1bf665827d3

“Sikh owners, Sikh manager - what Morecambe takeover means to community”
I’ll tell you what it means. It means the half time snacks will be AWESOME. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8ry4v3dv22o

Morecambe takeover: What Panjab Warriors and Ashvir Johal history means for Sikhs
BBC Sport explores the impact of Morecambe's new ownership and manager on the Sikh community, as the National League club enter a new era.

Defensive #infosec blog editor Lari Huttunen:
"[...] the Public Exposure blog has been temporarily taken offline. This action is in response to a legal challenge over the blog’s ownership initiated by its founding sponsor [...]"
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A proposed class action suit against Amazon filed August 22 claims it misleads customers, who think they own content they bought when they only have a license (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

You Don’t Actually Own That Movie You Just “Bought.” A New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon
A suit challenges Prime Video telling people they can "buy" a movie when they're purchasing a license to watch it for a period of time.

Trump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch "is involved" in the ownership group for TikTok US and "Rupert is probably going to be in the group" along with Michael Dell (Erin Doherty/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/trump-tiktok-murdoch-fox-bytedance.h…

Trump says Murdochs are potential TikTok deal partners
President Donald Trump also said that Larry Ellison and Michael Dell are also likely to be involved in the TikTok deal.

Q&A: Rodney Benson, one of four authors of How Media Ownership Matters, on which ownership models for news lead to strong journalism and business outcomes (Dr. Anya Schiffrin/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/rodney-b

"[Lucy Powell] needs to spell out where she stands on key issues without delay — the Gaza genocide first of all, the priorities for the Budget, the arms bill, public ownership of water, continuing to extend employment rights beyond the present legislation and more.
"... about the likes of Ovenden and McSweeney, about the promiscuous withdrawal of the parliamentary whip from Labour MPs and Starmer’s general authoritarianism?"

Toward Generalized Autonomous Agents: A Neuro-Symbolic AI Framework for Integrating Social and Technical Support in Education
Ryan Hare, Ying Tang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18406

Toward Generalized Autonomous Agents: A Neuro-Symbolic AI Framework for Integrating Social and Technical Support in Education
One of the enduring challenges in education is how to empower students to take ownership of their learning by setting meaningful goals, tracking their progress, and adapting their strategies when faced with setbacks. Research has shown that this form of leaner-centered learning is best cultivated through structured, supportive environments that promote guided practice, scaffolded inquiry, and collaborative dialogue. In response, educational efforts have increasingly embraced artificial-intellig…

The National Association of Broadcasters and several broadcasting companies urge the FCC to end its rule capping the number of TV stations an entity can own (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/broadcaster-fcc-abolish-nation…

Broadcasters Call for FCC to Abolish National TV Ownership Rule
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several broadcast companies called for a repel of the FCC's national TV ownership rule.

SEC filing: Jeff Bezos discloses that he now owns 9% of Amazon's shares, down from 10.1% a year ago, after selling 100M shares over the course of the past year (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Jeff Bezos’ Ownership Stake in Amazon Drops Below 10 Percent as Tech Mogul Continued Stock Sell-Off
The Amazon founder has been selling off his shares at a regular cadence since stepping aside as CEO four years ago.

As Sinclair and Nexstar refuse to air Kimmel's show, Disney has strong leverage with its ownership of major ABC stations and upcoming affiliate deal renewals (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sinclair-nexstar-jimmy-kimm…

How Long Will Sinclair, Nexstar Jimmy Kimmel Blackouts Last?
When will Sinclair and Nexstar bring back 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to their stations? And who has more to lose -- Disney and ABC, or Sinclair and Nexstar?

A survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll finds 87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows; 63% expressed concerns about data ownership (Vic Hood/GamesIndustry.biz)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/87-of-game-devel…

87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows, says new survey
A new survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll has found that 87% of developers are using AI agents in their workflow…

Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-framework-deal-fff609…

Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law. Much is still unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping “gave us the go-ahead” to proceed with the deal. Any major change to the popular video platform could have a huge impact on how Americans — particularly young adults and …

Renationalisation of train operating companies will be complete in 2027 (Louise Haigh's legacy) but it's important to note that the profitable rolling stock leasing companies will remain private, continuing to leach money out of the system.
Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working? | Rail industry | The Guardian

Nvidia debuts the Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2, a hybrid Mamba-transformer model, saying it achieves scores comparable to or better than Qwen3-8B on reasoning benchmarks (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-rele

Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning
Developers are free to create and distribute derivative models. Importantly, Nvidia does not claim ownership of any outputs generated...

Some Australian leaders debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by a Trump-allied consortium that includes News Corp (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/techno…

Clothing subscription service Rent the Runway gives up around 86% ownership to three lenders in exchange for $240M in debt relief and $20M in fresh financing (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/rent-the-…

The Daily Beast COO Keith Bonnici says the publisher has been profitable through the first nine months of 2025 and expects its first full year of profitability (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/daily-beast-annual-profit-growth/

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Beast Expects First Annual Profit in 17-Year History
The publisher has seen revenue and headcount grow 20% and 25%, respectively, after changing ownership last April

Sources: ByteDance is expected to receive ~50% of TikTok US' overall profit despite selling majority ownership to US investors, including a 20% licensing fee (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-26/b…

Trump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch "is involved" in the ownership group for TikTok US and "Rupert is probably going to be in the group" along with Michael Dell (Erin Doherty/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/trump-tiktok-murdoch-fox-bytedance.h…

Trump says Murdochs are potential TikTok deal partners
President Donald Trump also said that Larry Ellison and Michael Dell are also likely to be involved in the TikTok deal.

China calls US-China framework deal to move TikTok's US business to American ownership a "win-win"; Trump and Xi are expected to confirm the agreement on Friday (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-

Sources: Meta is set to seal an almost $30B financing package for its Louisiana data center; Meta will retain 20% ownership in the Hyperion data center site (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-16/blue…

OpenAI's blockbuster deals with Nvidia and AMD add a new layer to its complicated ownership structure and will dilute existing shareholders like Microsoft (George Hammond/Financial Times)

Sources: Lynn Forester de Rothschild is exploring a sale of a ~20% stake in The Economist Group, potentially raising between £200M and £400M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-15/forester-…

Forester de Rothschild Said to Explore Sale of Stake in The Economist Group
Lynn Forester de Rothschild is exploring a sale of a significant minority stake in The Economist Group, marking the first ownership shake-up in a decade at the 182-year-old magazine read by both the political and business elite.

Penn State University plans to "wind down" public media station WPSU by June 2026 after a university board declined to transfer ownership to Philadelphia's WHYY (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky/WHYY)
https://whyy.org/articles/penn-state-wpsu-whyy/

Penn State to wind down WPSU after board of trustees declines transfer to WHYY
In voting down a proposal to transfer the station to WHYY, trustees expressed concern over a $17 million subsidy and wanted a commitment to hire staff.