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The new and improved Settings section for Kitten (Small Web/peer-to-peer web) apps is coming along nicely.
Should be live this week.
#Kitten #SmallWeb #Settings

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s stunning fall
‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ could spend up to 25 years in jail if convicted of fraud in the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/16/mike…

The web’s top three #102 - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/the-webs-top-three-102/

The web’s top three #102 - Global Comment
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and recommend just three links every week that you absolutely must see. No fluff, no fuss, just three

Bipartisan US Senators release a long-awaited plan for AI, calling for spending $32B annually by 2026 on R&D, creating a federal data privacy law, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/tech…

Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.

A disgusting piece of anti-intellectual horserace journalism from the NYT.
Basic theme is you're either with Bibi or with Hamas, no room in between.
Passes over substance of Schumer argument, dismissing it with "at such a moment, any notion of nuance most likely did not sink in."
Derides it as "painstakingly scripted" when a fair description would be "carefully written."
Republican attack dog saying Schumer "knifed Israel in the back…

A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer
Republicans have long sought to make Israel a partisan issue, framing their party as the only one truly supportive of the Jewish state. The Senate majority leader’s blistering speech may have helped.

As an old radio hack, and someone who employed radio presenters, I found this series by @… fascinating. I wonder how my record would stand up? #radio

“I don’t care who they replace you with as long as it’s not a woman": Women in Radio special serie…

“I don’t care who they replace you with as long as it’s not a woman": Women in Radio special series: Part 1
In this five-part series, exclusive to Radio Today, Brisbane radio presenter of more than 30 years Spencer Howson investigates the under-representation of

Sind die Deutschen faul geworden? Die Deutschen hatten lange den Ruf, fleißig, pflichtbewusst, zuverlässig und produktiv zu sein. Wie aber steht es heute ? Sind die Deutsche fauler als früher und das trotz Fachkräftemangel?
"Deutschland hat eine sehr hohe Frauenerwerbsquote im Vergleich zu den meisten anderen Ländern"- Rund jede zweite Frau arbeitet in Teilzeit. Rein rechnerisch drückt das die durchschnittliche Jahresarbeitszeit nach unten.

Sind die Deutschen faul geworden?
Die Deutschen hatten lange den Ruf, fleißig, pflichtbewusst, zuverlässig und produktiv zu sein. Wie aber steht es heute mit der Arbeitsmoral? Sind die Deutsche fauler als früher und das trotz Fachkräftemangel?

Russia can only afford its war in Ukraine because Britain helped raise the cash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/08/britain-war-in-ukraine-britain-putin-regime?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other…

The web’s top three #102 - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/the-webs-top-three-102/

The web’s top three #102 - Global Comment
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and recommend just three links every week that you absolutely must see. No fluff, no fuss, just three

The Carrizo Comecrudo endured slavery by the Spanish, indoctrination by Catholic mission schools, intrusion by Big Oil, and fragmentation by the Mexican border and by Trump’s border wall.
Now, they face the desecration of their sacred lands by liquefied natural gas plants and the SpaceX launch center, “Starbase.”
Last May, the tribe joined the environmental groups Save RGV and the Sierra Club in a lawsuit against Cameron County and the Texas General Land Office, stating that bloc…

Defending Native Sacred Sites From Elon Musk and SpaceX
The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is suing to protect the tribe’s ancestral land.