Max Schrems hat nach 11 Jahren(!) endlich gegen Meta gewonnen: In Österreich (und wahrscheinlich der EU) sind Datensammlungen für personalisierte nur mit Einwilligung und unter strengen Auflagen zu besonders schützenswerten Personendaten und der Sammlung von Daten bei Dritten. Symbolischer Schadenersatz: 500€
#Schrems
Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser (emptywheel)
https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/20/trump-needs-a-shrink-and-a-baby-sitter-not-a-national-security-adviser/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p68#a260120p68
NS International Railways tries to make international rail travel even harder. Screenshot by my daughter, travelling from Barcelona to Rotterdam today. The app is informing her that the train from Paris to Rotterdam leaves on the same platform at Gare du Lyon where the train from Barcelona arrives. Not really. It leaves from a different station (Gare du Nord), about half an hour away by RER city train. 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦
DHS just shared this video to X with the caption
"This Christmas, our hearts grow as our illegal population shrinks."
The video is set to a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
and has text that reads
"Christmas after mass deportations."
The end reads "Mirthnuke."
Evil shit.
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tim Heidecker feat. Kurt Vile:
🎵 Sirens Of Titan
#NowPlaying #TimHeidecker #KurtVile
https://timheidecker.bandcamp.com/track/sirens-of-titan-feat-kurt-vile
https://open.spotify.com/track/2f2KzQIopkKxPb0uyrEl1s
TikTok's first awards show, held on December 18, handed out 14 awards, including Creator of the Year for Keith Lee; at the event, none of the screens worked (Kirsten Chuba/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Level: Asian
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Corporate algorithms and chatbots are taking over the internet, and it’s very bad.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, is a nonprofit made by and for human users who believe in sharing free, organized, accessible, quality information for the good of humanity.
Let’s not take that for granted.
-- Doug Lindner
https://
On Sept. 21, the police came for Larry Bushart.
They handcuffed him and hauled him away in the dead of night.
He spent 37 days in jail while held on a $2 million bond
— an amount the retired police officer could not afford.
It’s the sort of treatment one expects for accused murderers and thieves.
But Larry’s only “crime”?
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, he posted a meme on Facebook
quoting President Trump’s remarks about a different …